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hats your favorite movie? Im asked often, usually a few drinks into a discursive barroom conversation, and Ive always had a tough time answering. But the older I get, the more confident Ive become in my choice: Joel and Ethan Coens Fargo, a 1996 black comedy about a string of increasingly bizarre crimes that leaves a trail of dead bodies scattered between Minnesota and North Dakota. The film was released 25 years ago this week, and it hasnt aged a day. It was a critical smash upon its rele...

Fargo movie and the Fargo TV series open up by saying it’s based on a true story––so is it really true? The Coen brothers were inspired by two actual crimes, but Decider found that the cases aren’t connected at all in real life and much of the movie isn’t actually true, saying “It’s not so much that the Coen brothers are lying to us when they claim Fargo is based on a true story. It’s that they’re commenting on the trend of movies using fact to write their fiction while cr...

Snow movies: 25 flaky films to watch in the winter weather, from ‘Fargo’ to ‘Frozen’ Updated Feb 17, 2021; We tend to shut things down if even just a few snowflakes fall in Alabama, with good reason. Winter storm warnings this week will give some of us time to snuggle up on the couch and catch up on some work at home, or some movies. While cooped up inside during one of Alabama’s rare snow days, enjoy this list of films that memorably use snow as a backdrop or even a glorified charac...