Matthew Shepherd on the 2017 Jo Nesbo adaptation The Snowman…Most directors, when their film is failing with critics before it has even opened wide, say nothing. They give a carefully worded statement about artistic vision, defer to the audience, and wait for the conversation to move on. Tomas Alfredson did not do that. In an […]
Let The Right One In: A Masterpiece of Poetic Horror
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the seminal vampire film and why it remains one of the best movies of this century…The memory of seeing this for the first time still feels fresh, but Let The Right One In, is now as old as its central protagonist Oskar (12 years old). I hadn’t caught it upon […]
Movie Review – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 10th Anniversary 4K Restoration
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011.Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Starring Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Kathy Burke, Ciaran Hinds, Simon McBurney and Roger Lloyd Pack.SYNOPSIS:There is a mole within the circus. Control (John Hurt) moves the pieces into play, but it falls to George Smiley […]
The Snowman director Tomas Alfredson gets very candid about what went wrong with the film
The film adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s The Snowman is releasing this week in theaters, and the critical reaction hasn’t been pretty. Our own review had this to say: “How it is a film of this magnitude could fall at every hurdle is to be beholden, and one can only presume Alfredson, in years to come, […]
Second Opinion – The Snowman (2017)
The Snowman, 2017.Directed by Tomas Alfredson Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson, Toby Jones, Val Kilmer and J.K. SimmonsSYNOPSIS:Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.For the third time this year, Michael Fassbender has delivered a decent performance in a film […]
Movie Review – The Snowman (2017)
The Snowman, 2017.Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, Toby Jones, J.K. Simmons, Chloe Sevigny, and Sofia Helin.SYNOPSIS:When an elite crime squad’s lead detective (Fassbender) investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help […]
