The theatrical market across the Nordics recovered in 2022 without reaching pre-pandemic levels, driven predominantly by U.S. fare, such as “Top Gun: Maverick,” the biggest hit in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” No 1 in Iceland, and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” No 1 in Norway.
As always Danish movies secured the biggest national market share (30), followed by Finland (27), Norway (23) Sweden (19.3), and Iceland (10). Revenues were often more equally split across a larger number of titles, reaching record levels in several territories, as a result of Covid, that created a bottleneck of new releases.
Denmark
After a quiet start of the year with theaters locked down for the first two weeks due to Covid, ticket sales kickstarted again and ended up at 10.23 million, which is 49 up over 2021, but 20 down on pre-pandemic levels.
Revenue-wise, the Danish market hit Dkk 994.67 million (144.3 million), up 52 from the 2021 annus horribilis for cinemas, but just 16 down on the 2019 trawl,...
As always Danish movies secured the biggest national market share (30), followed by Finland (27), Norway (23) Sweden (19.3), and Iceland (10). Revenues were often more equally split across a larger number of titles, reaching record levels in several territories, as a result of Covid, that created a bottleneck of new releases.
Denmark
After a quiet start of the year with theaters locked down for the first two weeks due to Covid, ticket sales kickstarted again and ended up at 10.23 million, which is 49 up over 2021, but 20 down on pre-pandemic levels.
Revenue-wise, the Danish market hit Dkk 994.67 million (144.3 million), up 52 from the 2021 annus horribilis for cinemas, but just 16 down on the 2019 trawl,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Anders Refn’s sequel to ‘Into The Darkness’ has opened strongly in Denmark.
Australian sales outfit Odin’s Eye Entertainment has snapped up international rights to hit Danish film Out Of The Darkness, a family saga set in Denmark during World War 2.
Directed by Anders Refn, the film opened at number one in Denmark in April via Scanbox Entertainment, and has posted 110,000 admissions to date. It is the sequel to Refn’s 2020 film Into The Darkness, also handled by Odin’s Eye and released in the US by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
The new film is produced by Lene Borglum’s Space Rocket Nation...
Australian sales outfit Odin’s Eye Entertainment has snapped up international rights to hit Danish film Out Of The Darkness, a family saga set in Denmark during World War 2.
Directed by Anders Refn, the film opened at number one in Denmark in April via Scanbox Entertainment, and has posted 110,000 admissions to date. It is the sequel to Refn’s 2020 film Into The Darkness, also handled by Odin’s Eye and released in the US by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
The new film is produced by Lene Borglum’s Space Rocket Nation...
- 5/11/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The irony of neutrality is that you must have a formidable army to sustain it. Talk about privilege and naiveté as the aristocracy looks aghast when a foe such as Adolf Hitler comes knocking because they thought they were safe. The people attending Karl Skov’s (Jesper Christensen) anniversary party are actually incredulous when German planes drop leaflets onto their heads. They wonder how their king could just surrender as though they ever stood a chance once Hitler began moving west and they kid themselves that the war will end soon enough so things can get back to normal. To them, the Nazis are here biding time. They’ll leave once “peace” is made. That’s what happens when evil is considered mere rumor circa 1941.
Karl and his family are lying to themselves like so many others who’ve yet to fully grasp the horrors of this regime. Worse still,...
Karl and his family are lying to themselves like so many others who’ve yet to fully grasp the horrors of this regime. Worse still,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Anders Refn's World War II thriller Into The Darkness is coming to U.S. cinemas and VOD on May 21st from Samuel Goldwyn Films. Written by Refn and Flemming Quist Møller, this first film in a planned trilogy was the winner of the jury prize at the Goa International Film Festival in India. And yes, if you do not already know, Anders is the father of Nicolas Winding Refn. We have an exclusive clip to share with you today. Please check it out down below. Through a family and the relation between father and son, the film describes the dilemmas of the Danish population during World War II. Like the government, the farmers and the industry, the father, a successful owner of a...
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- 5/18/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Into The Darkness (De forbandede år) Samuel Goldwyn Films Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Anders Refn Writers: Flemming Quist Møller, Anders Refn Cast: Jesper Christensen, Bodil Jørgensen, Mads Reuther, Gustav Dyhekjær Giese Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 4/21/21 Opens: May 21, 2021 Hitler considered the Danes übermenschen […]
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- 5/16/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"I'm just trying to save us." Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled an official US trailer for a WWII resistance movement film from Denmark called Into the Darkness (or De forbandede år in Danish meaning The Damned Years), from filmmaker Anders Refn. This already opened in Denmark early last year, and is finally getting a VOD release in the US this May. Denmark, April 1940. Danish industrialist (portrayed by Jesper Christensen of James Bond fame), cooperates and profits from the German occupation of Denmark. While his family finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. The film also seems to examine the difference between generations, and how one of the sons becomes a resistance fighter in Denmark during WWII. The cast includes Bodil Jørgensen, Mads Reuther, Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard, Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk, and Sylvester Byder. This looks like a potent film about guilt and the things that people do under pressure.
- 4/20/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In Anders Refn’s sweeping second world war saga, a wealthy clan is ripped apart after choosing several different sides in the conflict
Veteran film-maker Anders Refn has had top-billing as a director on a few films that aren’t terribly well known beyond his native Denmark. His reputation is mostly built on his long service as an editor with a very impressive filmography, having cut such films as Breaking the Waves and Antichrist for Lars Von Trier, as well as Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa. He also happens to be the father of a more famous film-maker, the flamboyantly talented Nicolas Winding Refn. But judging by Into the Darkness, a historical drama directed and co-written by the elder Refn, father and son couldn’t have more different sensibilities.
Veteran film-maker Anders Refn has had top-billing as a director on a few films that aren’t terribly well known beyond his native Denmark. His reputation is mostly built on his long service as an editor with a very impressive filmography, having cut such films as Breaking the Waves and Antichrist for Lars Von Trier, as well as Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa. He also happens to be the father of a more famous film-maker, the flamboyantly talented Nicolas Winding Refn. But judging by Into the Darkness, a historical drama directed and co-written by the elder Refn, father and son couldn’t have more different sensibilities.
- 3/3/2021
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to WWII drama Into the Darkness, from veteran Danish filmmaker Anders Refn and depicting the disintegration of a family unit amid Denmark’s slow side into fascism under the shadow of the Third Reich.
Starring Jesper Christensen (Casino Royale, Spectre), Bodil Jørgensen (Collision), Mads Reuther (Ride Upon the Storm), Gustav Dyekjær Giese (Riders of Justice), Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard (Badehotellet), Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk (Ride Upon the Storm), and Sylvester Byder (Deliver Us), the film — which has already topped the Danish box office — is set for release in May.
Into the Darkness examines the dilemmas ...
Starring Jesper Christensen (Casino Royale, Spectre), Bodil Jørgensen (Collision), Mads Reuther (Ride Upon the Storm), Gustav Dyekjær Giese (Riders of Justice), Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard (Badehotellet), Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk (Ride Upon the Storm), and Sylvester Byder (Deliver Us), the film — which has already topped the Danish box office — is set for release in May.
Into the Darkness examines the dilemmas ...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to WWII drama Into the Darkness, from veteran Danish filmmaker Anders Refn and depicting the disintegration of a family unit amid Denmark’s slow side into fascism under the shadow of the Third Reich.
Starring Jesper Christensen (Casino Royale, Spectre), Bodil Jørgensen (Collision), Mads Reuther (Ride Upon the Storm), Gustav Dyekjær Giese (Riders of Justice), Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard (Badehotellet), Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk (Ride Upon the Storm), and Sylvester Byder (Deliver Us), the film — which has already topped the Danish box office — is set for release in May.
Into the Darkness examines the dilemmas ...
Starring Jesper Christensen (Casino Royale, Spectre), Bodil Jørgensen (Collision), Mads Reuther (Ride Upon the Storm), Gustav Dyekjær Giese (Riders of Justice), Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard (Badehotellet), Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk (Ride Upon the Storm), and Sylvester Byder (Deliver Us), the film — which has already topped the Danish box office — is set for release in May.
Into the Darkness examines the dilemmas ...
War drama is directed by Anders Refn, who is at work on a sequel.
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Anders Refn’s war drama Into The Darkness from Odin’s Eye Entertainment.
The distributor plans to release the film on digital platforms from March 5, as cinemas remain closed due to pandemic restrictions. The feature had previously been picked up by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution but rights have since reverted back to Odin’s Eye.
Produced by Lene Borglum and Nicholas Winding Refn’s Space Rocket Nation, Into The Darkness led the Danish box office for four weeks in...
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Anders Refn’s war drama Into The Darkness from Odin’s Eye Entertainment.
The distributor plans to release the film on digital platforms from March 5, as cinemas remain closed due to pandemic restrictions. The feature had previously been picked up by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution but rights have since reverted back to Odin’s Eye.
Produced by Lene Borglum and Nicholas Winding Refn’s Space Rocket Nation, Into The Darkness led the Danish box office for four weeks in...
- 2/1/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Anders Refn’s WWII saga “Into the Darkness” (Denmark) and Ko Chen-Nien’s abuse drama “The Silent Forest” (Taiwan) won the major prizes at the 51st International Film Festival of India in Goa.
“Into The Darkness” won the Golden Peacock for best film. The award carries a cash prize of Inr 4 million. The Silver Peacock for best director went to Ko, for “The Silent Forest.” The award comes with a cash prize of Inr 1.5 million.
Liu Tzu-Chuan won best actor, male, for “The Silent Forest,” while Zofia Stafiej won best actor, female, for her role in Piotr Domalewski’s comedy-drama “I Never Cry” (Poland).
Kamin Kalev won the special jury award for drama “February” (Bulgaria/France). Cassio Pereira dos Santos won best debut for trans coming-of-age film “Valentina” (Brazil). Indian director Kripal Kalita was given a special mention for for Assamese-language film “Bridge.”
The International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication Unesco Gandhi Award,...
“Into The Darkness” won the Golden Peacock for best film. The award carries a cash prize of Inr 4 million. The Silver Peacock for best director went to Ko, for “The Silent Forest.” The award comes with a cash prize of Inr 1.5 million.
Liu Tzu-Chuan won best actor, male, for “The Silent Forest,” while Zofia Stafiej won best actor, female, for her role in Piotr Domalewski’s comedy-drama “I Never Cry” (Poland).
Kamin Kalev won the special jury award for drama “February” (Bulgaria/France). Cassio Pereira dos Santos won best debut for trans coming-of-age film “Valentina” (Brazil). Indian director Kripal Kalita was given a special mention for for Assamese-language film “Bridge.”
The International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication Unesco Gandhi Award,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Anders Refn directed the wartime drama, which outperformed ‘1917’ and ‘Bad Boys For Life’ at the Danish box office.
Australia’s Odin’s Eye Entertainment (Oee) has closed a brace of distribution deals for Danish box office hit Into The Darkness.
The war drama, directed by Anders Refn, has been picked up by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution for UK and Rialto Distribution for Australia and New Zealand. Both are planning to release the film theatrically, subject to the ongoing easing of Covid-19 restrictions.
The UK deal was negotiated by Oee founder Michael Favelle and Kaleidoscope CEO Spencer Pollard while the Anz...
Australia’s Odin’s Eye Entertainment (Oee) has closed a brace of distribution deals for Danish box office hit Into The Darkness.
The war drama, directed by Anders Refn, has been picked up by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution for UK and Rialto Distribution for Australia and New Zealand. Both are planning to release the film theatrically, subject to the ongoing easing of Covid-19 restrictions.
The UK deal was negotiated by Oee founder Michael Favelle and Kaleidoscope CEO Spencer Pollard while the Anz...
- 6/24/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Project directed by Danish director and editor Anders Refn who has collaborated with Lars Von Trier.
Australia’s Odin’s Eye Entertainment has snapped up worldwide sales rights for Danish box office hit Into The Darkness (Aka De Forbandede År), an epic family saga set against the backdrop of Second World War and directed by Anders Refn (the Danish director and editor who has collaborated with Lars Von Trier on films from Breaking The Waves to Nymphomaniac).
Refs has described Into the Darkness as “a labour of love, ten years in the making, unearthing a fascinating story about Denmark’s involvement...
Australia’s Odin’s Eye Entertainment has snapped up worldwide sales rights for Danish box office hit Into The Darkness (Aka De Forbandede År), an epic family saga set against the backdrop of Second World War and directed by Anders Refn (the Danish director and editor who has collaborated with Lars Von Trier on films from Breaking The Waves to Nymphomaniac).
Refs has described Into the Darkness as “a labour of love, ten years in the making, unearthing a fascinating story about Denmark’s involvement...
- 2/20/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Alessandro Nivola plays a fashion designer in Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
From Sally Potter's Ginger And Rosa with Elle Fanning and Christina Hendricks, cinematography by Anders Refn, to Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon with Fanning and Hendricks, Alessandro Nivola's thread continues with costume designer Erin Benach and a wedding suit. Refn's Drive, Ryan Gosling's Lost River, Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine and upcoming film The Light Between Oceans, Jeff Nichols' Midnight Special and Loving, all have Benach habiliments.
Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling teamed up for Only God Forgives and Drive Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Barry Levinson's The Wizard Of Lies, starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer is up next for Alessandro and he has a future project involving Géza Röhrig, star of László Nemes' Oscar-winner Son Of Saul. Before...
From Sally Potter's Ginger And Rosa with Elle Fanning and Christina Hendricks, cinematography by Anders Refn, to Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon with Fanning and Hendricks, Alessandro Nivola's thread continues with costume designer Erin Benach and a wedding suit. Refn's Drive, Ryan Gosling's Lost River, Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine and upcoming film The Light Between Oceans, Jeff Nichols' Midnight Special and Loving, all have Benach habiliments.
Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling teamed up for Only God Forgives and Drive Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Barry Levinson's The Wizard Of Lies, starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer is up next for Alessandro and he has a future project involving Géza Röhrig, star of László Nemes' Oscar-winner Son Of Saul. Before...
- 5/20/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
It’s hard to overstate the shock waves that Lars Von Trier’s “Breaking the Waves” made when it was released in 1996. It’s not as if Lvt was a completely unknown commodity but this was a new level for the filmmaker in the way he both played with his form and embraced larger-than-life imagery. “Breaking the Waves” was both grounded in classic themes and felt like the coming-out party for Dogme, the movement founded by Lvt that embraced natural filmmaking techniques like handheld cameras and sunlight.
And yet it was also So theatrical with its melodramatic undertones that felt like Shakespeare and the flourishes that would come to define Von Trier as one of our most interesting filmmakers. He is one of the few who can go from a natural, human-driven moment to something so precisely artistic and auteur-driven and make them feel like they belong in the same piece.
And yet it was also So theatrical with its melodramatic undertones that felt like Shakespeare and the flourishes that would come to define Von Trier as one of our most interesting filmmakers. He is one of the few who can go from a natural, human-driven moment to something so precisely artistic and auteur-driven and make them feel like they belong in the same piece.
- 4/30/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Breaking the Waves
Written by Lars von Trier and Peter Asmussen
Directed by Lars von Trier
Denmark, 1996
Director Lars von Trier is nothing if not creative. From films like Epidemic in 1987 and Europa in 1991, to last year’s two-part Nymphomaniac, he has managed to bring a continually imaginative photographic and narrative formula to nearly all of his films, the best of which ultimately end up masterpieces of contemporary international cinema. It was arguably his 1996 feature, Breaking the Waves, that first, and most dramatically, catapulted him to the front ranks of modern-day global filmmaking, particularly within the arthouse arena and festival circuit, and understandably so. This affecting film is a powerful work that delves deeply into often unspoken and unconventional recesses of faith and love. Its themes are profound, its performances staggering throughout, and its visual palette and filmic technique are replete with saturated hues, vigorous camera work, and an unabashed intimacy.
Written by Lars von Trier and Peter Asmussen
Directed by Lars von Trier
Denmark, 1996
Director Lars von Trier is nothing if not creative. From films like Epidemic in 1987 and Europa in 1991, to last year’s two-part Nymphomaniac, he has managed to bring a continually imaginative photographic and narrative formula to nearly all of his films, the best of which ultimately end up masterpieces of contemporary international cinema. It was arguably his 1996 feature, Breaking the Waves, that first, and most dramatically, catapulted him to the front ranks of modern-day global filmmaking, particularly within the arthouse arena and festival circuit, and understandably so. This affecting film is a powerful work that delves deeply into often unspoken and unconventional recesses of faith and love. Its themes are profound, its performances staggering throughout, and its visual palette and filmic technique are replete with saturated hues, vigorous camera work, and an unabashed intimacy.
- 4/25/2014
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
Recently Lars von Trier has made headlines for his inappropriate comments and the sexual and violent nature of such films as Antichrist and now Nymphomaniac, but what isn't mentioned as often is some of his earlier work, films such as Europa, Dancer in the Dark and, of course, Breaking the Waves, which has come to Criterion Blu-ray in an impressive package, though there are some notes to be made. To begin, if you haven't seen Breaking the Waves you're in for a fascinating feature that can be interpreted a myriad of ways and argued for days without resolution. I've seen people refer to it as the ultimate religious film as it looks at a conflict of beliefs, one preaching the fear of God and the other dedicated to the love of God. At the center of this is Bess (Emily Watson) a devote believer in God and a character that...
- 4/17/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 15, 2014
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Emily Watson stars in Breaking the Waves.
Lars von Trier (Antichrist) became an international sensation with the 1996 drama Breaking the Waves, a galvanizing realist fable about sex and spiritual transcendence.
Emily Watson (War Horse) stuns, in an Oscar-nominated performance, as Bess, a simple, pious newlywed in a tiny Scottish village who gives herself up to a shocking form of martyrdom after her husband (Stellan Skarsgård, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is paralyzed in an oil-rig accident.
At once brazen and tender, profane and pure, Breaking the Waves is an acclaimed examination of the expansiveness of faith and of its limits.
Criterion’s Blu-ray/DVD Combo pack of the film contains the following features:
• New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• Selected-scene audio commentary featuring director Lars von Trier, editor Anders Refn, and...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Emily Watson stars in Breaking the Waves.
Lars von Trier (Antichrist) became an international sensation with the 1996 drama Breaking the Waves, a galvanizing realist fable about sex and spiritual transcendence.
Emily Watson (War Horse) stuns, in an Oscar-nominated performance, as Bess, a simple, pious newlywed in a tiny Scottish village who gives herself up to a shocking form of martyrdom after her husband (Stellan Skarsgård, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is paralyzed in an oil-rig accident.
At once brazen and tender, profane and pure, Breaking the Waves is an acclaimed examination of the expansiveness of faith and of its limits.
Criterion’s Blu-ray/DVD Combo pack of the film contains the following features:
• New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• Selected-scene audio commentary featuring director Lars von Trier, editor Anders Refn, and...
- 1/16/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Criterion has announced the new titles coming in April 2014 and among them are two titles teased on their New Years 2014 illustration, those being Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (4/15) and Don Siegel's prison drama Riot in Cell Block 11 (4/22). Breaking the Waves has long been one of von Trier's more acclaimed films starring Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgaard, a wonderful faith-based drama you might not expect if you're only familiar with von Trier from films such as Antichrist, Melancholia and the upcoming Nymphomaniac. Personally I would love to see Dancer in the Dark get the Criterion treatment, but this should be a good one with a selection of features that includes a selected-scene audio commentary featuring von Trier, editor Anders Refn and location scout Anthony Dod Mantle, as well as new and old interviews, Watson's audition tape and more. As for Siegel's Riot in Cell Block 11, I've...
- 1/15/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Well, it looks like some of those New Year's Criterion Collection teases are coming true. The boutique label has unveiled their slate for April, and as always, it will cause your accountant worry about the cash you're spending on DVDs. Rumored for a while now, Lars von Trier's heartbreaker "Breaking the Waves" gets the wacky C, and it's coming loaded with extras. The newly restored film will feature selected-scene audio commentary with von Trier, editor Anders Refn, and location scout Anthony Dod Mantle, brand new interviews, Emily Watson's audition tape, deleted and extended scenes, and much more. Not too shabby at all for one of von Trier's finest accomplishments. Meanwhile, the rest of the month will see Criterion digging into classic cinema. Fans of hardboiled drama will be very pleased to see Don Siegel's "Riot In Cell Block 11" enter the collection. The prison flick won't have...
- 1/15/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Ginger & Rosa, which charts the friendship of two teenage girls in postwar London, draws on the film-maker's own memories of the Cuban missile crisis
You would never call Sally Potter a ginge. Not just because you wouldn't dare. Or because it would be like squirting ketchup over a slice of Poilane, or programming a double bill of The Tango Lesson and StreetDance 2 3D. You wouldn't even risk "strawberry blonde". The famed Potter mane is a big mingle of lemon and silver and cinnamon, which shimmers, Titian-ish.
Yet there is little doubt that she is, in some sense, Ginger, the carrot-topped hero of her new film. Ginger & Rosa is about baby-boomer best buddies, born on the same day, whose friendship in postwar London comes under strain when Rosa (Alice Englert) starts shagging Ginger's glamorous academic dad (Alessandro Nivola), freshly separated from her housewife mum (Christina Hendricks, doing downtrodden). The plot might not be autobiography,...
You would never call Sally Potter a ginge. Not just because you wouldn't dare. Or because it would be like squirting ketchup over a slice of Poilane, or programming a double bill of The Tango Lesson and StreetDance 2 3D. You wouldn't even risk "strawberry blonde". The famed Potter mane is a big mingle of lemon and silver and cinnamon, which shimmers, Titian-ish.
Yet there is little doubt that she is, in some sense, Ginger, the carrot-topped hero of her new film. Ginger & Rosa is about baby-boomer best buddies, born on the same day, whose friendship in postwar London comes under strain when Rosa (Alice Englert) starts shagging Ginger's glamorous academic dad (Alessandro Nivola), freshly separated from her housewife mum (Christina Hendricks, doing downtrodden). The plot might not be autobiography,...
- 10/4/2012
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Sally Potter's film about teenage friendship overshadowed by the Cuban missile crisis, which stars Elle Fanning and Christina Hendricks and premieres at the Toronto film festival, motors along with a gleaming intensity
For a long time, Sally Potter's new film – about teen friendship overshadowed by the Cuban missile crisis – was called Bomb. And it's still possible to detect the thumbprints of ham-fists in this finished product, for all its more palatable title. There's that pre-credits Hiroshima footage, cautioning us not to underestimate the effects of atomic annihilation. There's some marital barneys noisily underscored with political subtext. And there's a very on-the-nose poem penned by our youthful heroine.
But, by and large, Ginger & Rosa is a miracle of wing-clipping, which launches Potter back into the mainstream for the first time since Orlando (1992). After the niche charms of 2004's Yes (iambic pentameter mixed-race romance with Greek chorus) and fashionista mystery...
For a long time, Sally Potter's new film – about teen friendship overshadowed by the Cuban missile crisis – was called Bomb. And it's still possible to detect the thumbprints of ham-fists in this finished product, for all its more palatable title. There's that pre-credits Hiroshima footage, cautioning us not to underestimate the effects of atomic annihilation. There's some marital barneys noisily underscored with political subtext. And there's a very on-the-nose poem penned by our youthful heroine.
But, by and large, Ginger & Rosa is a miracle of wing-clipping, which launches Potter back into the mainstream for the first time since Orlando (1992). After the niche charms of 2004's Yes (iambic pentameter mixed-race romance with Greek chorus) and fashionista mystery...
- 9/7/2012
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
"I learned a long time ago not to think about (awards recognition), because if you do, you go crazy," Nicolas Winding Refn tells Gold Derby. "You can only make the movie you want to make, and hopefully it will be appreciated." Indeed, the director's existentialist crime thriller "Drive" has been greatly appreciated, earning critical acclaim (79 score at Metacritic) plus nominations for Best Picture and Best Director from the Critics' Choice Awards. Last May, Winding Refn won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, where he competed against international heavyweights like Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodovar, and his fellow Dane Lars von Trier, for whom Winding Refn's father, Anders Refn, works as an editor. But it was a long road from page to screen for the film, which began as a 2005 novel by James Sallis. Universal Studios was initially set to produce, at which time the film was intended to be a large-scale action.
- 1/8/2012
- Gold Derby
In October of last year, we reported on the next in the long line of crazy projects from director Lars von Trier. At the time, he was working the press for his latest film Antichrist. He mentioned that he was gearing up his next project, Planet Melancholia, a "psychological disaster movie" about an enormous planet that looms closely to Earth. Fast forward to this week, and we have some movement. Or rather, some casting news. According to several European sites, including Danish news site Kpn.dk (who was nice enough to email me a translated version of their article), von Trier will be taking Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz with him on his next trip to Crazytown. She's fresh off of her Oscar-nominated (Best Supporting Actress) role in Nine and a supporting role in the upcoming estro-fest Sex and the City 2, and she's ready to move to outer space, psychologically. According...
- 2/9/2010
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Tom Hardy As The Eponymous Lead In WRITER_DIRECTOR Nicolas Winding Refn'S Bronson. Courtesy Magnolia Pictures. At a time when Danish cinema boasts a large number of first rate directors, Nicolas Winding Refn stands out among his peers for his raw talent and ambition. The son of filmmaker Anders Refn, Refn was born in Copenhagen in 1970 but spent much of his teenage years living in New York, which had a great impact on his cinematic sensibility. He started film school at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, but was expelled for throwing a desk at a wall, one of a number of incidents that got him the nickname “Enfant Sauvage,” or “wild child.” He was accepted by the Danish Film School but dropped out before his studies had even begun....
- 10/19/2009
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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