For ‘Ballad of Buster Scruggs,’ Coens travel to Old West
Nov 09, 2018
3 minutes
More so than with most filmmakers, the movies of the Coen brothers are an acquired taste. Some of their movies, like “Hail, Caesar!,” leave me cold; others, especially “No Country for Old Men,” I consider near-masterpieces. Their new movie, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” which is in theaters and on Netflix, strikes me as mid-to-upper range Coen fare. It’s an anthology film consisting of six discrete vignettes set in the Old West. This provides a measure of relief: If
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