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Inside Llewyn Davis

Film Commentary: “Inside Llewyn Davis” — Another Perspective

Among the important things the filmmakers get right — the elemental pissiness of a scene that is far smaller than it is envisioned by the narcissists who once occupied it.

By: Jackson Braider Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Coen Brothers, Dave Van Ronk, Inside Llewyn Davis, Jackson Braider

Movie Review: The Ten Best Films of 2013 — Our Lists

The most unfairly maligned film of the year: Ridley Scott’s “The Counselor.” The most overrated movie of the year, which gave me a mammoth headache: “American Hustle.”

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Afternoon Delight, All is Lost, American Hustle, Blackfish, Caesar Must Die, Computer Chess, Fill the Void, Her, In the House, Inside Llewyn Davis, No, Our Children, Paradise: Love, Peter Keough, Sun Don't Shine, The Act of Killing, The Counselor, The Wolf of Wall Street, This is the End, To The Wonder, Upstream Color, Wadja

Fuse FIlm Review: “Inside Llewyn Davis” — Opaque to a Fault

“Inside Llewyn Davis” is a watchable if not particularily compelling tale of the never-ending woes of the protagonist, a walking basket case of self-destruction.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ethan and Joel Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

Film Review: A Splendid Homage to the Greenwich Village Folk Scene — “Inside Llewyn Davis”

For many boomers, the film will be a joyous invitation to wallow in déjà vu. For younger generations, it will shine a light on a time when musicians really thought music could change the world.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis, Oscar Isaac

Film Interview: Oscar Isaac on “Inside Llewyn Davis”

There was a moment when I turned around and thought, ‘I am definitely in a Coen brothers movie. This is crazy.’

By: Rob Ribera Filed Under: Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: Folk-Music, Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel and Ethan Coen, Oscar Isaac, Robert Ribera

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