Category: Danish Film

[Fantasia 2019] SONS OF DENMARK: The Extremes of Where We Are & Where We’re Headed

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Danish Film, Drama, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, ThrillerLeave a comment

Ulaa Salim's film is a disturbing and shocking look at right-wing extremism— a necessary tale in 2019.

Hypocrite Cops & Psychological Set-Spaces in Gustav Möller’s THE GUILTY

On By C.H. NewellIn Crime, Danish Film, Drama, Emil Nygaard Albertsen, Film, Gustav Möller, Jakob Cedergren, ThrillerLeave a comment

Gustav Möller's THE GUILTY walks an unsettling thin line to expose issues of police prejudice that are all too familiar in the 21st century

Fake Christians and Tough Moral Choices in DELIVER US FROM EVIL

On By C.H. NewellIn Danish Film, Film, Modern Noir, Ole Borendal, Religion, Thriller, XenophobiaLeave a comment

DELIVER US FROM EVIL is a Greek tragedy as much as it is a neo-noir about morality and the misuse of faith.

Bleeder Draws a Violent Line in the Sand Between Film and Reality

On By C.H. NewellIn 1999, Crime, Danish Film, Drama, Film, Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Winding Refn, Zlatko BuricLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTRxuAZxNbw Bleeder. 1999. Directed & Written by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Rikke Louise Andersson, Liv Corfixen, Levino Jensen, & Zlatko Buric. Kamikaze. Not Rated. 98 minutes. Crime/Drama ★★★★★ People who frequent this site will now be sick of my love for Nicolas Winding Refn. He divides people. Nowadays, some of his …

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For My Brother is a Harrowing, Honest Perspective on Systemic Child Abuse

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Brian Bang, Child Abuse, Danish Film, Drama, Elias Munk, Film3 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YgBh2PuDHs For Min Brors Skyld (English title: For My Brother). 2014. Directed & Written by Brian Bang. Starring Elias Munk, Christopher Friis Jensen, Allan Karlsen, Frank Schiellerup, Oliver Bjørnholdt Spottag, Tina Nørby, Frederik Ingemann Brandt, Lara León, Marie Louise Lund Jensen, Kit Langberg Rasmussen, William Gaarde, Robin Koch, Oliver Skou, Dorte Evalyn Evon, & Tobias Hyttel. Bang …

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WHEN ANIMALS DREAM: A Folklore Tale on Coming of Age

On By C.H. NewellIn Danish Film, Drama, Film, Horror, Indie Film, Jonas Alexander Arnby, Lars Mikkelsen, Mystery, Sonia Suhl, WerewolfLeave a comment

A young girl's transformation from girl to woman is plagued by the folklore and superstitions and closed minds of her small little town.

Vinterberg’s The Hunt: Stains of Lies & Group Psychosis

On By C.H. NewellIn Danish Film, Drama, Film, Jagten, Mads Mikkelsen, Pedophilia, Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias LindholmLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYn6L5fF9Q Jagten (English title: The Hunt). Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Screenplay by Tobias Lindholm & Vinterberg. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Ranthe, Alexandra Rapaport, Sebastian Bull Sarning, and Steen Ordell Guldbrand. Danmarks Radio (DR)/Det Danske Filminstitut/Eurimages/Film i Väst/MEDIA Programme of the European Union/Nordisk Film-&-TV Fond/Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)/Sveriges …

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