Uncanny Valley: Mungiu Explores Liberated Prisons
Totalitarian mentality is driven to logical extremes in Fjord, Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu’s first foray outside of his native...
The Innocents
Produced by Maria Ekerhovd
Directed by Eskil Vogt
Written by Eskil Vogt
Starring: Rakel Fløttum, Alva Ramstad, Ismail Ashraf, Mina Asheim, Ellen Dorrit Petersen.
Cinematographer: Sturla Brandth...
Not unlike the festival strategy unveiling for Reprise back in 2006, the Toronto International Film Festival was the lieu for the North American premiere to...
Thelma
Director: Joachim Trier
Writer: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Following his 2015 English language debut Louder than Bombs, Norwegian director Joachim Trier returns to Norway for romantic...
Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.