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2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 5: Coen Bros.’ Inside Llewyn Davis

Published on May 19, 2013

Almost fitting that it was raining “cats” and dogs during the queuing up portion to yesterday’s early-lead press screening at the Debussy for the Coen Bros.’ latest, perhaps riskiest film in recent memory includes furry feline friends, folk style score, an infusion of the classic, offbeat, deadpan Coen-esque comedy elements intertwined with a surprising number of songs that overlap with a narrative that contains darker undercurrents; Oscar Isaac’s character’s journey is seldom hope-filled but desperate, road-blocked filled. While we await more grades, Inside Llewyn Davis rocked our charts, the critical consensus among our panel is that this (we’re almost at the midday point) would be the film to beat.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).