From their 1984 debut, Blood Simple, to their latest film, the Netflix funded The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel and Ethan Coen have established themselves as a unique creative force in modern cinema. The day will examine how, with films like Fargo, True Grit and cult favourite The Big Lebowski, they have reworked and reimagined established genres to cast an ironic eye on the American Dream.