Tag: Carey Mulligan

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Review: A Eulogy to Broken Dreams

Inside Llewyn Davis Review: In Greek Mythology, once returned home after the wars he has fought, Ulysses thirsted for more. A spirit guided by restlessness, he reeked of discontent and did not…

Nicolas Winding Refn 8 Only God Forgives

Every Nicolas Winding Refn Film Ranked

“Kill your darlings” is a phrase attributed to William Faulkner, advising writers to resist overuse of their favourite expressions, tropes, characters, etc. This is true for any writing, wherein emotional proximity to…

Drive (2011)

Drive (2011) Review: A Fully Realised Arthouse Action

An impeccably rendered & thoroughly absorbing character study that relies more on images than words to convey its themes & emotions, Drive (2011) is smart, subversive & soulful in ways that most…

Inside Llewyn Davis [2013] Review: Wings of folk singer’s desire

Inside Llewyn Davis [2013] Film Review: Inside Llewyn Davis is a character-driven film. But the elliptical storytelling forms a mosaic of artistic desolation and struggle. Cigarette smoke swiftly embraces the thick cold…