If you want to talk to Marge Gunderson, you'll find her at the Fargo Theatre. Don't expect her to talk back, though. She's made of wood. A life-size statue of Frances McDormand's character from the ...

Joel and Ethan Coen won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 1996's Fargo, a Midwestern crime thriller that also earned star Frances McDormand the first of her three Best Actress wins. McDormand leads ...

A version of this story first appeared in The Swell, Salon's culture newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, for more culture that's made to last. Despite her occupation, Marge ...

It took me a while to understand what the Coen brothers were about. Not because they were obscure, or because “Fargo” was a puzzle box. The movie is almost aggressively straightforward: a harebrained ...