Ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival this week, a trailer has arrived online for writer-director Dara Van Dusen’s upcoming drama A Prayer for the Dying. Based on Stewart O’Nan’s novel of the same name, the film takes place in 1870s Wisconsin and centres on the sheriff of a […]
Mads Mikkelsen stars in trailer for Nikolaj Arcel’s Nordic Western The Promised Land
A trailer, poster and images have been released for writer-director Nikolaj Arcel’s (A Royal Affair, The Dark Tower) Nordic western The Promised Land. The film stars Mads Mikkelsen as Ludvig Kahlen, an impoverished Captain who sets out to take the uninhabitable Danish heath from the merciless Frederik de Schinkel, in the name of the king. […]
Movie Review – Sick of Myself (2022)
Sick of Myself, 2022. Written & Directed by Kristoffer Borgli. Starring Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther, Fanny Vaager, and Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen. SYNOPSIS: Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend’s recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu […]
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 […]
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Review – Sick of Myself (2022)
Sick of Myself, 2022. Directed by Kristoffer Borgli. Starring Sarah Francesca Brænne, Eirik Sæther, and Kristine Kujath Thorp. SYNOPSIS: Jealous of her boyfriend’s success in the art world, a young woman deliberately gives herself a debilitating skin disease. Everyone knows a couple like Signe and Thomas. Whether at an art opening or a dinner party, […]
Movie Review – The Burning Sea (2021)
The Burning Sea, 2021. Directed by John Andreas Andersen. Starring Kristine Kujath Thorp, Bjørn Floberg, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Henrik Bjelland, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Anneke von der Lippe, Ane Skumsvoll, Christoffer Staib, Cengiz Al and Nils Elias Olsen. SYNOPSIS: An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Ninjababy
Ninjababy, 2021. Directed by Yngvild Sve Flikke. Starring Kristine Kujath Thorp, Arthur Berning, Nader Khademi, Tora Christine Dietrichson, Silya Nymoen and Herman Tømmeraas. SYNOPSIS: An unplanned pregnancy leaves an amateur cartoonist with some tough choices to make. “Has a car. Has sperm with superpowers. Smells like butter.” No, not the contents of a Tinder bio […]
