’Blood Simple,’ The Coen Bros. and film noir, Florence Pugh, ’Tár,’ and Richard ”Racehorse” Haynes

In which we take a closer look at the Coen brothers' first film Blood Simple and some of the Texas (Fort Worth) lore that inspired the movie. We also have a conversation in which we express our feelings about the new releases The Wonder, Tár, and Aftersun. 

If you like Blood Simple, you might like these films:

• The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946, Tay Garnett
• A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, 2009, Yimou Zhang
• The Last Seduction, 1994, John Dahl
• Something Wild, 1986, Jonathan Demme
• Diabolique,1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot
• Gloria, 1980, John Cassavetes
• Dream Lover, 1993, Nicholas Kazan

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