Katherine Borowitz

The Coen Brothers direct this dark and twisted film noir tale about a seemingly simple barber (Billy Bob Thornton) who turns to blackmail and revenge to escape his dull life.

A playwright is plagued with problems while trying to stage his new work, which was written for a New York troupe.

As in Saul Bellow’s esteemed novel, in the dramatic course of one day, a middle-aged man, who loses his job and maybe his wife, searches for purpose.