Coen Brothers and Roger Deakins

Coen Brothers and Roger Deakins have worked together on a lot of films. Here is a tribute to that work, with some of the greatest shots of their filmography.

First posted: 14 August 2014

The Rules of Film Noir

Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers:

* Choose a dame with no past and a hero with no future
* Use no fiction but pulp fiction
* See America through a stranger's eyes
* Make it any color as long as it's black
* It ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it

First posted: 26 June 2014

Coen Brothers and Roger Deakins

Coen Brothers and Roger Deakins have worked together on a lot of films. Here is a tribute to that work, with some of the greatest shots of their filmography.

Shadows in the Valley

Roger Deakins has been at the helm of many of the most beautiful films of the past twenty years, including Skyfall (2012), True Grit (2010), A Serious Man (2009), Revolutionary Road (2008), The Reader (2008), No Country for Old Men (2007), The Ladykillers (2004), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Big Lebowski (1998), Courage Under Fire (1996), Fargo (1996), Dead Man Walking (1995), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Barton Fink (1991), Air America (1990), and Stormy Monday (1988).

This tribute video from Plot Point Productions puts his career into some perspective. Relax and enjoy.

The Rules of Film Noir

Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers:

* Choose a dame with no past and a hero with no future
* Use no fiction but pulp fiction
* See America through a stranger's eyes
* Make it any color as long as it's black
* It ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it