The Good Earth: Arcel Inherits the Wind with Romanticized Historical Recuperation
After making his English language debut with the imperiled Stephen King adaptation The Dark...
It's not the opener. It's not the closer. But today the Toronto International Film Festival announced that Taika Waititi's long-gestating Next Goal Wins ...
Magic, the Smattering: Arcel’s Alchemy Proves Pointless in Pedestrian Adaptation
Arguably, expectations may have been set a bit too high for The Dark Tower, the...
The Dark Tower
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Writer: Nikolaj Arcel
It’s an undertaking years in the making, but 2017 will see the first cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s...
An Affair We’ll Remember: Arcel’s Elegant History Lesson a Compelling Period Piece
Danish director Nikolaj Arcel brings us a sumptuous costume drama relating a remarkably...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.