The movies to see are:
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Trivia
- Loosely based on incidents in the life (and the 2005 memoir) of the late Dave Van Ronk and the Greenwich Village music scene in and around the real-life Gerde's Folk City club.
- The "Inside Llewyn Davis" album cover is based on the cover of the album "Inside Dave van Ronk".
- This film marks the second time Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan have played opposite each other. The first was in Drive (2012) where they played a husband and wife.
- The Coens' usual choice for cinematographer, Roger Deakins, was unavailable as he was busy shooting Skyfall (2012).
- The valet driver for John Goodman's character mentions a stint in a play he did for three weeks called "The Brig". This refers to a Living Theatre production in the early 1960s which was revived a few years ago - including a documentary covering the play by Dirk Szusies, former member of the Living Theatre and his partner Karin Kaper.
- Last acting role of Jerry Grayson.
- After Oscar Isaac's first meeting with T-Bone Burnett, advisor/composer/musician Burnett put on a Tom Waits record and simply left the room for an hour. "That was the first lesson." Isaac said. "It was a real Mr. Miyagi moment."
- Early screenings were shipped to theaters under the code name, 'The Gaslight.'
Philomena (2013)
Trivia
- There are flashbacks which are done with "home movies". Some of these were created for the film but some of them are from actual footage of her real son.
- While visiting the convent, Martin Sixsmith sees an autographed photo of an American actress on the wall and asks if it is Jayne Mansfield (it is actually Jane Russell). A character who appears later in the film, Pete Olsson, is played by Peter Hermann. Hermann is married to Jayne Mansfield's daughter, Mariska Hargitay.
