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 a […]
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 then done to death […]
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 Ruby […]
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 some time on […]
Movie Review – Bergman Island (2021)
Bergman Island, 2021Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. Starring Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Wouter Hendrickx, Joel Spira, Clara Strauch, Hampus Nordenson, Anki Larsson, Kerstin Brunnberg, Melinda Kinnaman, and Stig Björkman.SYNOPSIS:A couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Bergman Island
Bergman Island, 2021.Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. Starring Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Wouter Hendrickx, Joel Spira, Clara Strauch, Hampus Nordenson, Anki Larsson, Kerstin Brunnberg, Melinda Kinnaman, and Stig Björkman.SYNOPSIS:A couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality […]
Movie Review – 22 July (2018)
22 July, 2018.Written and Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Jonas Strand Gravli, Jon Øigarden, Thorbjørn Harr, Seda Witt, and Trim Balaj.SYNOPSIS:A three-part story of Norway’s worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway’s political system and the lawyers who worked […]
Paul Greengrass’ 22 July gets a first trailer
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, a trailer has arrived online for writer-director Paul Greengrass’ upcoming drama-thriller 22 July. Based on Åsne Seierstad’s book One of Us: The Story of an Attack in Norway – and Its Aftermath, the film tells the tragic true story of the aftermath of the terrorist attack which took […]
Zombies overrun Paris in trailer for The Night Eats the World
With just three weeks to go until its VOD release, a trailer and poster have arrived online for director Dominique Rocher’s upcoming zombie film The Night Eats the World which stars Anders Danielsen Lie, Golshifteh Farahani, Denis Lavant, Sigrid Bouaziz, and David Kammenos; check them out here…After waking up in an apartment the night after a raging party, […]
Movie Review – Personal Shopper (2016)
Personal Shopper, 2016.Written and Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Nora von Waldstätten, Anders Danielsen Lie, Sigrid Bouaziz, Ty Olwin, and Benjamin Biolay.SYNOPSIS:Revolves around a ghost story that takes place in the fashion underworld of Paris.Add another tick to the win column for Kristen Stewart (who has broken free from the overbearingly negative […]
