<div><p>Tommy Lee Jones invited the Mexican novelist and screenwriter, Guillermo Arriaga, to write a film for him to direct. It had to be set in the area of west Texas and northern Chihuahua where Jones was born and now has a ranch, and it had to have a leading role for him. The result ...

<div><p>It's great to have the Coens back on track, especially after the embarrassing misfire of this film's predecessor, The Ladykillers. Their first direct adaptation, from Cormac McCarthy's book, is also their first best picture Oscar winner, one of the film's four prizes. This time, the writer-director duo have pared things ...