Sentences with phrase «folk singer llewyn»
Folk singer Llewyn (Oscar Isaac, «Drive») is having a rough go of it on the hootenanny circuit: he's trying to break out as a solo act after minor success as half of a duo, and he favors dark material that doesn't make the espresso - swilling hipsters in his basement audiences sing along.
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Early in the ceremony, the London singer and pianist Benjamin Clementine performed the song Fare Thee Well from Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coens» folk drama which took the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2013.
Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Oscar Issac gave a terrific performance as Llewyn, an angry and devious Greenwich Village folk singer whose fortunes fade just as a young man called Bob Dylan arrives in town.
Recap: Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is a young folk singer, trying to survive and thrive in the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Inside Llewyn Davis is a circular journey involving an imperfect man trying to maintain his integrity as a folk singer through the absurdity of modern life.
Llewyn Davis is a folk singer gigging in New York of the early 1960s.
NEW YORK — A single song bookends «Inside Llewyn Davis,» the forthcoming film from Joel and Ethan Coen about a week in the life of a struggling singer in the New York folk scene of the early 1960s.
«Inside Llewyn Davis» Synopsis: Set in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early «60s that birthed Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, and loosely based on Dylan's songwriting buddy Dave Van Ronk, this is the story of Llewyn Davis, a folk singer who, despite his talents, can't seem to make ends meet.
Following some solid supporting work in Drive, and surviving the unfathomable catastrophe that is Zack Snyder «s Sucker Punch, in 2011, 2013 brought him into the spotlight with his emotionally wrecked, exquisitely melancholic performance as the titular folk singer in the Coen brothers» Inside Llewyn Davis, followed by an excellent turn in J.C. Chandor «s A Most Violent Year, a better - than - average Sidney Lumet riff from 2014.
B Inside Llewyn Davis: The Criterion Collection Rated R for language including some sexual references Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94 % Available on DVD and Blu - ray The folks at Criterion picked the perfect time to re-release this 2013 Cohen Brothers musical about a young folk singer who tries to make it while struggling with personal relationships and a quest for a missing cat.
The other three candidates are «All Is Lost,» about a sailor stranded in a damaged boat; «Frances Ha,» about an aspiring dancer; and «Inside Llewyn Davis,» about a down - on - his - luck folk singer.
Oscar Isaac garnered attention playing a down - on - his - luck folk singer in the movie Inside Llewyn Davis.
Oscar Isaac (Drive) plays Davis, a folk singer who can't catch a break, professional or otherwise: Bouncing from one couch to another, Llewyn looks for work while shuffling a friend's cat back and forth through the streets of New York's Greenwich Village.
, has a lot to live up to as the follow - up to 2013's masterful Inside Llewyn Davis, and quite shrewdly the Coens have chosen to move on from that soulfully sad rumination of a folk singer on the brink by providing what could be their zaniest film this side of The Ladykillers, a screwball romp through the backlots of Hollywood at the height of its power and influence.