Complicating Sophie Turner’s character would have allowed the film to feel as if it had more on its mind than pulling the rug out from under us.
A dour and withholding character study, Michel Franco’s film invites more questions than it’s willing to answer.
The Criterion Collection’s heavyweight disc is a major release for the label that may pass through the market square without much fanfare.
As played by an eloquently beleaguered Oscar Isaac, Llewyn Davis is arguably the most vivid and complex character the Coens have dreamed up since Marge Gunderson.