Fans of the Coen brothers have come to expect two kinds of releases from the movies’ most irascible duo, as distinct as the musicals, westerns, and prestige pictures that dominated the old Hollywood studio system. There are the
major Coens films, like
Barton Fink,
Fargo, and
No Country for Old Men; boundary-pushing, serious-minded efforts that have made them one of the most respected forces in filmmaking. On the other side are
minor efforts, like
The Hudsucker Proxy,
The Big Lebowski, and
Burn After Reading: typically silly comedies...
