Tom Jolliffe looks back at 15 recent films which you might have missed… The last few years seems to have bought an upturn in interesting and engaging cinema. Even as conventional blockbuster fare, which can feel interchangeable, rules the roost, indie and world cinema is beginning to find a place and more acknowledgement. At the same […]
Movie Review – Lamb (2021)
Lamb, 2021.Directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson. Starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson.SYNOPSIS:A childless couple, María and Ingvar discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them.As soon as Lamb ended, I immediately watched the trailer just to see […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lamb
Lamb, 2021.Co-written and Directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson. Starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson.SYNOPSIS:A childless couple, María and Ingvar, discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them.Valdimar Jóhannsson’s directorial debut Lamb is a tricky film to discuss in […]
A24 releases trailer for twisted Nordic folktale Lamb starring Noomi Rapace
A24 has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Valdimar Jóhannsson’s twisted Nordic folktale Lamb which stars Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snær Guðnason as a childless couple who mysterious newborn on their farm; take a look here…A childless couple in rural Iceland make an alarming discovery one day in their sheep barn. They soon face […]
First trailer for Lamb starring Noomi Rapace
Ahead of its premiere at Cannes this month, New Europe Film Sales has released the first teaser trailer for Lamb, the hotly-anticipated debut feature from Icelandic filmmaker Valdimar Jóhannsson, as well as announcing that A24 has secured the North American rights to the Noomi Rapace-led film. Check out the teaser here…In LAMB, a childless couple […]
Noomi Rapace to star in supernatural drama Lamb
Noomi Rapace is heading back to Scandinavia for her latest project, with Variety reporting that the Prometheus and Bright actress has signed on to lead the cast of the supernatural drama Lamb.The film is being directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson from a script he has co-written with Icelandic author Sjón, and will follow “a childless couple, María (Rapace) […]
Movie Review – Lamb (2015)
Lamb, 2015.Written and Directed by Ross Partridge. Starring Ross Partridge, Oona Laurence, Jess Weixler, Tom Bower, Scoot McNairy, and Lindsay Pulsipher.SYNOPSIS:When a man meets a young girl in a parking lot he attempts to help her avoid a bleak destiny by initiating her into the beauty of the outside world. The journey shakes them in […]
