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 ...

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. Following an embattled young folksinger in ...

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 ...

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 Joel and Ethan Coen’s new film, Inside Llewyn ...

“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 ...

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 ...

The eponymous Llewyn (Drive's Oscar Isaac) is a man out of time, trying to make a living playing covers of folk songs in a transitional period where tastes were leaning towards singer-songwriters who ...

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 ...

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 ...

C'mon, Caleb! Domhnall's... The idea of just aggressively disco dancing at someone. I've had to do in my life. when I'm ...

The Coen brothers' blackly comic drama Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of struggling folk musician Llewyn (Oscar Isaac) in 1960s New York. Digital Spy sat down with Isaac and Carey ...