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It’s hard to pin down the brothers’ new film, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” an anthology film that presents itself as a literal story book, first edition 1873.
Nov 8, 2018 · The Ballad of Buster Scruggs avoids anthology pitfalls with a consistent collection tied together by the Coen brothers' signature blend of dark drama and black humor. Read Critics Reviews
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Nov 8, 2018 · A crusty prospector (Tom Waits), digging for an elusive pocket of gold in a pristine mountain valley, sings a wistful ballad, as does a gentlemanly bounty killer (Brendan Gleeson) during a tense...
Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 25, 2021. David Walsh World Socialist Web Site. This is not satire, for the most part, aimed at those who rule, manipulate and exploit Americans, but...
Aug 31, 2018 · The first episode, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” is the most insanely violent, because it’s pure six-shooter burlesque: an over-the-top satire of the chutzpah of Western heroism, with Tim...
Nov 14, 2018 · Review. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Is as Open and Thrilling as the Old West. Joel and Ethan Coen’s Netflix anthology tackles the greatest of American myths from several angles, all compelling....
Nov 9, 2018 · With Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown, Danny McCarthy. Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.
Nov 9, 2018 · Netflix's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Review The Coen Brothers are back with a wild west anthology that's hilarious, sad, violent, and a poignant summary of their entire, wonderful...
Nov 14, 2018 · The Western is the most inherently political genre, and, with “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” their two-hour-plus anthology of six short Westerns, Joel and Ethan Coen have made an...
Oct 15, 2018 · Netflix’s Ballad of Buster Scruggs is an old West folk tale, with a signature Coen brothers twist. The six-part romp leans hard into caricatures to sing of mortality and life’s absurdities....
