Chris Evangelista's Top 10 Movies Of The Decade
Chris Evangelista's Top 10 Movies of the Decade feature films from Martin Scorsese, Todd Haynes, Jonathan Glazer, George Miller, David Fincher, and more.
Read MoreChris Evangelista's Top 10 Movies of the Decade feature films from Martin Scorsese, Todd Haynes, Jonathan Glazer, George Miller, David Fincher, and more.
Read MoreNow Stream This highlights the best movies streaming right now, including Inside Llewyn Davis, Overlord, The King, Near Dark, Overlord, and more.
Read MoreRead an exclusive excerpt from Adam Nayman's The Coen Brothers This Book Really Ties the Films Together, focused on Inside Llewyn Davis.
Read MoreIn honor of the release of Hail, Caesar, we have assembled a list of the ten best Coen brothers scenes, from Blood Simple through Inside Llewyn Davis.
Read MoreNo year in cinema ever shapes up exactly the way we'd expect. In fact, it'd be boring if one did. Still, when faced with the promise of a whole new year of movies, I can't help try and predict which ones I'll love or hate. I put my best guesses in list form last year,…
Read MoreWhen Joel and Ethan Coen were assembling their new film Inside Llewyn Davis, they realized the film posed a unique challenge: their script featured a lead character who needed to be able to play and sing just as well as he had to act, and there are other side characters who need to be able…
Read MoreThanksgiving was over a month ago, but now seems as good a time as any to thank the cinema gods for the fantastic films we got in 2013. With the usual caveats that this is more of a personal "favorites" list than an objective "best of" list, and that there are plenty of great films…
Read MoreMore than in most of the Coen Brothers films, the music of Inside Llewyn Davis is essential to the story. Character facets are revealed through the songs various musicians play, and the actors' musical performances are as essential as their dramatic turns. The SoundWorks collection has turned its attention to the film to create a…
Read MoreLooking back on 2013, it's hard to spot one overriding trend other than "great." Like any other year, the superhero movies, sequels, adaptations and remakes were present, but most of them were disposable and forgettable. The greatness in 2013, not surprisingly, was from the original and unexpected movies. Films born out of the mind of…
Read MoreDave and Devindra discuss the latest films from Adam McKay and the Coen Brothers. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES Featured Reviews (3:43) Anchorman 2 (19:00) SPOILERS (28:00)…
Read MoreThe Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis (which rolls out to more cities today) begins with a folk singer getting beat up in an alleyway, a scene that served as the inspiration for the whole film. From that idea, the Coens came up with a story that would "fit around that and explain that incident.” The resulting film is…
Read MoreWhile most of the West Coast was still curled up in bed, Aziz Ansari, Zoe Saldana, and Olivia Wilde got up bright and early this morning to announce the nominees for the 71st annual Golden Globes. 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle led the film nominations, with an impressive seven each. The latter didn't…
Read MoreThe Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis has earned strong buzz from the get-go, picking up the Grand Jury Prize shortly after its Cannes debut and earning Best Feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards this past weekend. Now, after months of hype and even more months of marketing, it's finally about to arrive in theaters. Oscar…
Read MoreTrailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This…
Read MoreAll movies have soundtracks. Some of them have really good soundtracks. Very few of them have soundtracks so exceptional, they're able to inspire a concert and a subsequent documentary of their own. But leave it to the Coen Brothers to be that exception. Their latest film Inside Llewyn Davis centers on a musician (Oscar Isaac)…
Read MoreT Bone Burnett has worked with Joel and Ethan Coen on the musical component to the brothers' films a few times, starting as a "musical archivist" for The Big Lebowski, and most notably acting as producer for the O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack. That album became a hit in its own right, and there's…
Read MoreHere's a new long trailer for Inside Llewyn Davis, the new film from Joel and Ethan Coen. Oscar Isaac stars as the title character, who is making his way through a music career in '60s New York as he also navigates a few tricky personal and business relationships with the likes of Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake,…
Read MoreThe new film from Joel and Ethan Coen is Inside Llewyn Davis, which stars Oscar Isaac as a singer/songwriter who finds his way through the folk music scene in Greenwich Village in the early '60s. As happened with the Coens' O Brother Where Art Thou?, which also featured a strong musical component, the music from…
Read MoreThe number of filmmakers who continue to shoot movies on film dwindles every single day. Now, one of the most well-respected holdouts are going to the digital side. The Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen, believe their new movie Inside Llewyn Davis will be the last one they ever shoot on film. The Coens said that in a…
Read MoreThis weekend has an incredible collection of indie movies opening for your enjoyment; it has been called the best moviegoing weekend of 2013, and for good reason. But there's still a lot to look forward to in the colder days of the year. Chief among the much-anticipated films coming this fall is Inside Llewyn Davis,…
Read MoreWhereas some filmmakers prefer to stick with one mode or another, the Coen Bros. have shown an ability to leap from Depression-era Greek musical epic to '90s stoner neo-noir comedy to violent Oscar-winning thriller. Their newest film, Inside Llewyn Davis, sees them dropping by '60s New York for an intimate character study of a folk musician.…
Read MoreThe work of Joel and Ethan Coen owes much to many who went before them, but they have few equals. There is no body of work quite like theirs in the post-1980 film landscape. Even in the decades prior, only a handful of directors -- Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges prominent among them -- can rival…
Read MoreThere's a new film from Joel and Ethan Coen this year, and that is a wonderful thing. The first footage we saw from the movie, Inside Llewyn Davis, announced a preview screening and introduced us to the folk singer played by Oscar Issac, and to characters played by Carey Mulligan, John Goodman and a few others.…
Read MoreIt's great that folks in Cannes will get a chance to see Inside Llewyn Davis, the new film from Joel and Ethan Coen, later this month. But for the rest of us... how does December sound? Not so great, right? I'll take a release date inside this calendar year for a new Coen Brothers movie…
Read MoreGood news for Coen Brothers fans: the pair's new film, Inside Lleywn Davis, has a home. CBS Films bought the movie for US theatrical distribution. We don't have a release date yet, though we can likely expect to see it this year. A trailer for the film was released in January, but that won't be…
Read MoreSuperheroes aren't the only ones showing off their goods today. A batch of new photos have dropped for a trio of highly anticipated releases that don't involve flowing capes or secret powers (at least, that we know of): Ti West's The Sacrament, Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis, and Terrence Malick's To the Wonder. Check…
Read MoreFor their follow-up to 2010's True Grit, Joel and Ethan Coen are heading to a whole other time and place. Based on the memoir The Mayor of MacDougal Street by musician Dave Van Ronk, Inside Llewyn Davis follows the a rising singer-songwriter (Oscar Isaac) through the folk music scene in '60s New York. The film's been at…
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