When it was revealed two years ago that the Coen brothers’ next project would revolve around the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early ’60s, the first thought that came to mind was “who’s going to ...
At one point in the Coen brothers latest film Inside Llewyn Davis the title character shouts, "I hate f---king folk music." It's a strange declaration for Llewyn—a folksinger himself—but it's ...
Casting a reimagined scene from the film "Inside Llewyn Davis," an early morning conversation scene between two characters, Llewyn and Troy. Rehearses Nov. 6 (6 p.m.) at JHU-MICA Film Centre, 10 E ...
If there's any one movie this coming Oscar season that's already, definitely, unabashedly worth anticipating, is is perhaps the Coen brothers' latest: Inside Llewyn Davis. The film, highly praised at ...
After a week of musicals and dramas, the AFI Fest ended with a bit of both when the Institute closed its annual celebration with a screening of Joel and Ethan Coen’s folk music-tinged drama, “Inside ...
Apparently, Inside Llewyn Davis — which was just nominated for a best picture Golden Globe in the comedy/musical category — just couldn’t fit all the folk music in just one movie. Though the Coen ...
As they were in the two previous decades, the Coen brothers were as vital as any filmmaker over the last ten years. Their output: "True Grit" "Hail, Caesar!" "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" and, most ...
2013’s Inside Llewyn Davis was a major role for star Oscar Isaac. It turns out it could have instead been a major role for Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, as he recounted on Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and ...
Three types of artists hinge on authenticity: punk bands, folk singers, and rappers. Actors, like Oscar Isaac, are by definition phonies. But the star of the Joel and Ethan Coen’s new film, Inside ...
Bon Iver songs have landed on a number of movie soundtracks, but Justin Vernon has never actually appeared in a feature film himself — unless you count a Taylor Swift concert film. Turns out there was ...
The movie follows Llewyn as he travels from New York to Chicago in a last-ditch effort to jump-start his career, and it’s ...
Late last week, New York Times print readers may have come across a full-page ad featuring Times film critic A.O. Scott apparently, excitedly praising the Inside Llewyn Davis soundtrack on behalf of ...