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For those puzzled by the Coen brothers’ construction of their twisted dark comedies, recent solo efforts offer insight into who brings what to the game. Joel’s Macbeth was bleak and atmospheric. Ethan’s lesbian crime caper is broad and bawdy. Created with his wife and longtime editor Tricia Cooke – she is queer, both have other partners and all live in a sprawling house – Drive-Away Dolls follows libidinous Jamie and straight-laced Marion (Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan oozing charisma) as they flee hitmen, corrupt senators and the law, having accidentally driven away in the wrong hire car with an errant steel suitcase in the boot. Set in 1999, it echoes the decade’s pulp fiction tropes – think Tarantino directing Thelma & Louise. It’s a broad, sexy comedy that struggles to find purpose beyond making you realise how valuable the right creative partner is.