Fargo is a masterpiece of a crime movie, but the Coen Brothers kicked off the Oscar-winning movie with the lie that it’s based on a true story.

If you’re a fan of the Coen brothers then you’re probably acutely familiar with Fargo‘s opening words. “This is a true story,” white text against a black background reads. “The events ...

Fargo may be in its fifth year at FX, but the anthology series from showrunner Noah Hawley continues to raise the never-ending question: Is this a true story?. At the beginning of every episode ...

The accents, paired with the farcical “true story” intro, serve to exaggerate and sharpen the proceedings. Each time I see the intro text in a Fargo story, I imagine I’m hearing a tale told second or ...

Fargo begins with the opening text, “This is a true story.”However, this is inaccurate, and the end of the film has the disclaimer saying it is a work of fiction. Over the years, the Coens ...

Since every season of show is purported to be based on a true story (but not really), some narrative distance is necessary. Still, the 2019 of Fargo season 5 feels about as close to modern day as ...

Three of the predicted five Best Limited Series Emmy nominees — “Lessons in Chemistry,” “Shōgun” and “Masters of the Air” — are new shows, while the other two are, well, not.

As always, this is a scattered story with multiple moving parts. Among the most dangerous of those parts is the Gerhardt family, which runs a criminal empire from a farmhouse outside Fargo.

Fargo may be in its fifth year at FX, but the anthology series from showrunner Noah Hawley continues to raise the never-ending question: Is this a true story? At the beginning of every episode ...