While most of us are trying to get tickets to Inside Llewyn Davis when it hits theaters this week, its creators, the Coen brothers, are busy working on a “musical comedy” set around an opera. As they told Vulture, it’s one of two projects that the brothers are in the middle of. “One of the two things […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
October 28th, 2013 
Kevin Blumeyer Film: Inside Llewyn Davis Directed by: Ethan and Joel Coen Written by: Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Oscar Isaac, John Goodman, Carey Mulligan “I don’t see a lot of money here,” a nightclub owner played by F. Murray Abraham tells Llewyn Davis after the folk singer bares his soul during a private performance in which […]
Official Trailer For Coen Brothers’ Folk Music Movie
August 23rd, 2013 Kriston McConnell The Coen Brothers have been hard at work on a new folk music movie, titled Inside Llewyn Davis. The film is loosely based off Dave Van Ronk’s published memoir The Mayor of MacDougal Street, and has actors such as Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan starring in it. The film was already a huge hit at […]
Jack White, Conor Oberst, Patti Smith to Play Coen Brothers’ Concert
August 19th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Who would curate a concert that includes The Avett Brothers, Conor Oberst, Marcus Mumford, Patti Smith, The Decemberists‘ Colin Meloy, and Jack White‘s first live performance of 2013? Obviously the… Coen Brothers? In preparation for their upcoming film, Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coen Brothers and T-Bone Burnett (the film’s soundtrack producer) are bringing the big hitters […]
SCENE & HEARD: The Great Gatsby
June 17th, 2013 Grace Duffy Written by UTG critic Grace Duffy, Scene & Heard takes a look at the music that makes our favorite films so memorable. Whether it’s the 400-piece orchestra Christopher Nolan used for The Dark Knight, or the dozen or so bands that contributed to the soundtrack of Top Gun, there is no denying the impact music has on movies […]
The Great Gatsby Pushed Back To 2013
August 8th, 2012 Grace Duffy Leonardo DiCaprio’s long-overdue Oscar hopes may be put on ice for another year, with the announcement that his upcoming film The Great Gatsby is being delayed until summer 2013. The much-heralded Baz Luhrmann adaptation was originally scheduled to debut on Christmas Day this year but it is thought that stiff competition from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey […]
MOVIE TRAILER: Shame
November 2nd, 2011 James Shotwell Throughout the history of the MPAA, any film given an NC-17 rating had pretty much received the mainstream “kiss of death.” The rating, which restricts entrance to a film to only those above the age of 17, turned away theater owners who rely heavily upon ticket sales from teens to keep the lights on. Luckily […]
Scene & Heard (Week 5) – Drive
October 18th, 2011 James Shotwell Written by UTG critic Grace Duffy, Scene & Heard takes a look at the music that makes our favorite films so memorable. Whether it’s the 400-piece orchestra Christopher Nolan used for The Dark Knight, or the dozen or so bands that contributed to the soundtrack of Top Gun, there is no denying the impact music […]