Tag: Cinema of Norway
Sentimental Value | Review
Life as a House: Trier Turns Broken Hearts Into Art
In Woody Allen’s Interiors (1978), an unhappy tale of three sisters contending with their parents’...
Dreams (Sex Love) | Review
Love on the Brain: Haugerud Caps Trilogy with Teenage Wasteland
With his latest film Dreams (Sex Love) (aka Drømmer), the final installment in his thematic...
2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’
Everyone took notice with his 2006 debut Reprise, but it is his Cannes' Un Certain Regard 2011 sophomore feature Oslo, August 31st where this...
Love (Kjærlighet) | Review
Ain’t Nothin’ But Sex Misspelled: Haugerud Continues Quiet, Earnest Talking Cure Trilogy
Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud continues his sexuality-themed film trilogy (Sex/Dreams/Love) in Love,...
Exclusive Clip: Anders Danielsen Lie Doesn’t Hold Back in ‘Quisling – The Final Days’
You might be surprised to learn that the slang term quisling which means a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #53. Johanna Pyykkö’s Ebba
Ebba
Sweden-Finn filmmaker (based in Norway) Johanna Pyykkö almost grabs our most anticipated debut feature of the year but we nonetheless look forward to noir...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #173. Thea Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead
Handling the Undead (Håndtering av udøde)
A directorial debut that reunites thesps Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie for a third occasion, Norwegian helmer Thea...
The Worst Person In The World | Review
Sometimes She Loved Them Too: Trier Formulates Winning Composite of Love and Self Discovery
For his fifth film, The Worst Person in the World, Norway’s...
Mortal [Video Review]
From the Norse’s Mouth: Ovredal Reclaims a Cultural Asset with Unsatisfactory Results
Reclaiming ownership over a reappropriated cultural facet is no easy task, especially when...
Lake of Death | Review
Dead Again: Robsahm Remake of Norwegian Classic is DOA
The inherent value of any remake, sequel or reboot is always the attention it funnels back...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #34. The Innocents – Eskil Vogt
The Innocents
Eskil Vogt, the co-writer for Joachim Trier’s films, should have his sophomore directorial effort The Innocents ready for a major film festival in...
Off Set 2018 TIFF Portrait Series: Blind Spot
With acting and filmmaking in her blood, is was perhaps only a matter of time when Tuva Novotny would make the move behind the...
Off Set 2018 TIFF Portrait Series: Phoenix (Føniks)
Up until the inception of the naughts, Camilla Strøm Henriksen was a face we'd find on television and she would parlay this experience in front of...
Interview: Jakob Rørvik – Thomas in 10 Dimensions | 2018 January Screenwriters Lab
He has already cracked the code sorta speak with the short film form (his shorts have preemed at Cannes and SXSW), and now current...
