FILM
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Issue 59 / 2014
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COMING SOON
INSIDE LLEWYN
DAVIS
The Coen Brothers take us on a beatnik romp of the highest order.
24th January
The Oscar season well and truly kicks off this
month, and with it comes the latest Coen
Brothers' effort- a beautifully observed tale of
a slightly pretentious 1960's singer-songwriter
struggling to make ends meet in a winter-tinged
Greenwich Village. The titular crooner, played
with perfect nuance by Oscar Isaac, is accompanied by a great supporting cast including a
hilariously deadpan Carey Mulligan and an expectedly charming Justin Timberlake.
The soundtrack is phenomenal -T Bone Burnett looks all but a shoe-in to win the Academy
Award at this point- with many of the actors
contributing their vocal chords to the breathtaking musical sequences that prove to be the
film's centre pieces. 'Inside Llewyn Davis' is also
blessed with a wealth of interesting peripheral
characters, each with their own unique brand of
storytelling and eccentricity.
This depth of support allows the film to calmly
and slowly run its course –there's no need for it
to kick into overdrive to hook you in, from the
moment the opening credits roll you're thrown
into an immaculately fashioned world of smoky
cafés and icy streets. It may not speak as loudly
as many of its fellow Oscar contenders (Or indeed much of the Coens' back catalogue) but
that doesn't mean 'Inside Llewyn Davis' has any
less to say.
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The Monuments
Men
February 14th
George Clooney leads a
stellar cast into the thick
of the Second World War,
where they are tasked with
protecting the France's cultural heirlooms from the Nazis by any means necessary.
The Lego Movie
February 14th
Boasting a killer voice cast, some
hilarious trailers and more pop
culture references than the average human mind could possibly
fathom, this looks like one hell of
a chaotic slice of brilliance.
Only Lovers Left
Alive
February 14th
Jim Jarmush's take on the
vampire-romance
genre
(Starring Tom Hiddleston and
Tilda Swinton) is frequently
hilarious, wholly refreshing
and utterly bizarre.
