The Coen Brothers have no shame in gut-punching audiences with sharp dismantling of characters or rude short-changing of narrative expectations, in ways that feel like a cinematic middle finger. While ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: This includes spoilers for the film Inside Llewyn Davis, a movie that its co-writer and director Joel Coen once said “doesn’t really have a plot” so don’t worry too much ...

Joel and Ethan Coen explored the folk music scene of the early 1960s, just before Bob Dylan became a star, in their 2013 film, Inside Llewyn Davis. The film follows the titular Llewyn Davis, played by ...

Llewyn Davis is a jerk. One of many folk musicians working the cafes and basement bars of Greenwich Village in 1961, Llewyn (Oscar Isaac) is undoubtedly a talented artist. But he’s also a walking ...

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 ...

“If it’s never new and it doesn’t get old,” the singer tells his audience, “it’s a folk song.” Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) has just finished performing the traditional blues number “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me ...

The Coen brothers are hoping the music for December's Inside Llewyn Davis—the already highly praised story of a struggling folk singer—can live (and thrive) independently of the film.

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 ...

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 ...

Welcome back to another issue of Your Movie Mage, where I discuss underrated movies across genres. Last week, we discussed the highly underrated film adaptation of the popular book, “Where the Wild ...

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 ...

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 ...