October 23, 2025
HAIL, CAESAR! (2016) – AFI Movie Club
A hilariously satirical send-up of Hollywood in the 1950s brought to the screen by co-writers and co-directors Joel and Ethan Coen, HAIL, CAESAR! (2016) features an appropriately star-studded cast that includes AFI Life Achievement Award honoree George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum. Featuring more...
August 15, 2025
RAISING ARIZONA (1987) – AFI Movie Club
The second feature from the Coen brothers – directed by Joel, produced by Ethan and co-written by both – RAISING ARIZONA (1987) stars Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter as would-be parents in a western fable named by the American Film Institute among the greatest comedies of all time. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more...
February 6, 2025
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013) – AFI Movie Club
Written and directed by the Coen brothers and starring Oscar Isaac in a breakout role, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS embodies the spirit of a great American...
November 30, 2024
FARGO (1996) – AFI Movie Club
An iconic crime dramedy from the Coen brothers, FARGO (1996) was included on the American Film Institute’s original list of the greatest American films, as well as among the art form’s greatest comedies – with Frances McDormand’s Marge Gunderson appearing on AFI’s list of the greatest screen heroes of all time. Visit the AFI Catalog...
September 25, 2024
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) – AFI Movie Club
A chilling modern masterpiece from the Coen brothers, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) was honored in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN breathes new...
January 29, 2023
A SERIOUS MAN (2009) – AFI Movie Club
A SERIOUS MAN (2009) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “A SERIOUS MAN is a theological shaggy dog story that could only spring from the miraculous minds of Joel and Ethan Coen. The film...
November 15, 2022
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (2021) – AFI Movie Club
Written and directed by Joel Coen in his first solo venture, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (2021) is a stark and fantastical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece of power and corruption starring Frances McDormand and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Denzel Washington. The film was recognized with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding...
March 13, 2022
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (2021) – AFI Movie Club
"THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH burns and bubbles with power and passion – a stark cinematic rendering of William Shakespeare’s immortal work. Joel Coen richly imagines this bloody tale of hubris as a gothic fever dream where “fair is foul and foul is fair”– a monumental achievement, and one in which only titans as towering as...
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