In this bonus live episode we bring you the Q&A from Xander Robin - Mutations in Nature: Hidden Florida Movies, an evening of short films, sizzle reels, and discussion at Dunkunsthalle.

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Event Producer + Audio Engineer: Sam Geller

Special Thanks

Rachel Rossin, Jeff Delauter, Danny Garfield, Ben Hosley

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We’re thrilled to bring you today’s episode and today’s guest, filmmaker Xander Robin. We read pages 11-12 and stare into the unknown through a fractured prism of glints, glimpses and glimmers.

Please join us at Dunkunsthalle for Xander Robin - Mutations in Nature: Hidden Florida Movies. It’s going to be amazing; don’t miss it!

Coens covered: Lebowski, No Country, A Serious Man, Llewyn Davis

Plus: Are We Not Cats, Deliverance, Chillin' Island, Rear Window, The Vanishing, Memoria

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In our first bonus episode we bring you the Q&A from our live screening of Z Behl's film Geppetto 2.0 at Dunkunsthalle. Featuring writer/director Z Behl and producer Julia Simpson.

Watch Geppetto 2.0 at the following link: https://vimeo.com/432671444

Event Producer + Audio Engineer: Sam Geller

Special Thanks

Rachel Rossin, Joey Frank, Jeff Delauter, Ben Hosley

Today we welcome our first ever guest to the TTWS study group, artist and filmmaker Z Behl. We read pages 9-10, and then take a deep dive into this week’s theme—Help Me—scenes where Coens characters ask for help. Do they get it? You’ll have to listen and find out.

We have another live event coming up we’re super excited about. Next week filmmaker Xander Robin will be our guest on the show, and on Thursday April 13 at 730pm he'll be screening some never-before-seen short films at Dunkunsthalle at 64 Fulton St. in Manhattan. Come through, see the films, and join the Q+A :)

We read pages 7-8 and discuss a fundamental aspect of storytelling: setup. We look at how the Coens put pieces on the board and advance them, and how these opening moves set—and set off course—expectations for what's to come. We also discuss Theater 2 at the Lincoln Square 13. >>> IMPORTANT LIVE EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: If you're in NYC, join us at the Dunkunsthalle gallery at 64 Fulton Street, New York, NY (DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN) on April 4th at 7:30 pm for a screening of artist and filmmaker Z Behl's exhilarating short film Geppetto 2.0 and stick around for a Q+A afterwards. Z will also be our first guest on next week's episode. <<<

We're back with pages 5-6. This week we bring you a wide-ranging discussion about a recurring Coens motif: when there's a little guy and there's a big guy, and they go versus on each other.

We read pages 3-4 and discuss how the Coens build story and character through a particular type of montage sequence.

In our first episode, we read pages 1-2 and discuss cold open monologues in the Coens’ films.