The Summer Book, 2025. Directed by Charlie McDowell. Starring Glenn Close, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Pekka Strang, Sophia Heikkilä, Emily Matthews, and Theo Zilliacus. SYNOPSIS: Follows the inspirational tale of a young girl and her grandmother spending a summer on a small, uninhabited island in the Gulf of Finland. Moving to a Finnish […]
New trailer for Mother’s Instinct starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain
Neon has released a new trailer for veteran cinematographer Benoît Delhomme’s directorial debut Mothers’ Instinct. Based on Barbara Abel’s 2012 novel Derrière la haine, and its 2018 French film adaptation, the psychological thriller stars Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway as best friends and neighbours who find their bond unravelling following a tragic accident. Watch the […]
Movie Review – Handling the Undead (2024)
Handling the Undead, 2024. Written and Directed by Thea Hvistendahl. Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bahar Pars, Jan Hrynkiewicz, Dennis Østby Ruud, Bente Børsum, Olga Damani, Inesa Dauksta, and Kian Hansen. SYNOPSIS: On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their […]
Neon’s Norwegian zombie film Handling the Undead unveils trailer and poster
Following an acclaimed festival run (which included our own ★★★★ review from Sundance), Neon has shared a poster and trailer for writer-director Thea Hvistendahl’s mystery-horror Handling the Undead. Based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s (Let the Right One In) 2005 novel of the same name and starring Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World), the […]
Renate Reinsve stars in unsettling trailer for Handling the Undead
Neon has released the trailer for their horror drama Handling the Undead, an adaptation of the novel from Let the Right One In writer John Ajvide Lindqvist. Directed by Thea Hvistendahl, who co-wrote the script alongside Lindqvist, Handling the Dead depicts the events following a strange electrical occurrence in Oslo, which inexplicably awakens the recently […]
Movie Review – The Worst Person in the World (2021)
The Worst Person in the World, 2021. Directed by Joachim Trier. Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Hans Olav Brenner, Marianne Krogh, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem, Anna Dworak, Thea Stabell, Deniz Kaya, Lasse Gretland, Karen Røise Kielland, Karla Nitteberg Aspelin, Sofia Schandy Bloch, Savannah Marie Schei, Eia Skjønsberg, and […]
Dark comedy Sick of Myself gets a trailer and poster
Utopia has revealed a poster and trailer for Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s dark comedy drama Sick of Myself. The film centres on Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp), a woman in an unhealthy and competitive relationship with her artist boyfriend Thomas ((Eirik Sæther). When her partner suddenly begins his rise to fame for his work, Signe hatches […]
The Night Eats the World (2018) – October Horrors 2022
The Night Eats the World, 2018. Directed by Dominque Rocher. Starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Golshifteh Farahani, Denis Lavant, Sigrid Bouaziz and David Kammenos. SYNOPSIS: The morning after a party, a young man awakens to find Paris overrun with zombies. The zombie genre is a decomposing corpse that has been done to death, promptly resurrected and […]
2022 Glasgow Film Festival Review – The Worst Person in The World
The Worst Person in the World, 2021. Directed by Joachim Trier. Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Hans Olav Brenner, Marianne Krogh, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem, Anna Dworak, Thea Stabell, Deniz Kaya, Lasse Gretland, Karen Røise Kielland, Karla Nitteberg Aspelin, Sofia Schandy Bloch, Savannah Marie Schei, Eia Skjønsberg, and […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Bergman Island
Bergman Island, 2021. Directed by Mia Hansen-Love. Starring Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Grace Delrue, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Hampus Nordensen and Clara Strauch. SYNOPSIS: Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth) are writers looking for an idyllic setting in which to write. Tony is an avid Ingmar Bergman fan and convinces Chris to spend […]
