Friday Film Noir

Fargo (1996) is a splendid crime drama written and directed by the Coen brothers. The film follows Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy), a desperate car salesman who hires two criminals to kidnap his wife for ransom, sparking an unraveling wave of violence. As pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) investigates, her steady, methodical approach contrasts with the criminals' chaotic…