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 ...

Three types of artists hinge on authenticity: punk bands, folk singers, and rappers. Actors, like Oscar Isaac, are phonies by definition. But the star of the Joel and Ethan Coen’s new film, Inside ...

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 ...

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 ...