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We had a great time, didn't we? Thanks to everyone who joined us for the inaugural voyage of Sloppy Discs Presents. As a little treat, I'm sharing a few articles, videos, and miscellaneous bits of media for your ongoing Inside Llewyn Davis studies. Expect these shortly after each screening!

Inside Llewyn Davis with Rachel Zegler – Blank Check with Griffin and David

An all-timer episode of this podcast, for me. The gang is so fired up. Zegler is a treasure.

Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis

A lights-out line-up of musicians including Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver, the Punch Brothers, Avett Brothers, Milk Carton Kids, Lake Street Dive, plus a few additional legends like Elvis Costello, Jack White, and Joan Baez, come together for a wall-to-wall live showcase of the best folk music has to offer.

Or, listen to it on Apple Music.

University Film Society Director Al Milgrom, Remembered

The documentarian who called himself “Minnesota’s oldest emerging filmmaker” in recent years and helped launch the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival passed away at 98 last week.

Mpls.St.Paul MagazineEmily Condon

Arthur Milgram - Wikipedia

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https://www.marvel.com/comics/creators/435/al_milgrom

Al Cody's (Adam Driver) government name, Arthur Milgram, has a few layers of referential meaning, including more than one local angle.

The Lost World of ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

Robert Christgau digs into the Coen Brothers’ cinematic search for authenticity

Rolling StoneRobert Christgau

We are all ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” Joel and Ethan Coen’s new film, is the fictional story of one week in the life of a folksinger in Greenwich Village in 1961. The

Jewish JournalTom Teicholz

And finally, some good little pieces of journalism if authenticity and filmmaker intent are your thing.

Things keep on a-truckin' with Sloppy Discs! See you this Saturday, June 27, for Movie Swap 2: Judgment Day. Joining us will be Eric Knobel from The Video Store MPLS. 11am-2pm. I'll have the usual rental selection available as well.

And mark your calendars for Sloppy Discs Presents: THE RING with Emily Mulvaney, July 20 at the Main Cinema at 7pm.

With much gratitude,
-emmet