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<i>Babette's Feast</i> (Denmark 1987)
Stéphane Audran as Babette – preparing her feast. Someone asked me to introduce a screening of this film and I agreed because I remembered how popular it had been, even if I’d chosen not to see … more →
The Case for Global Film
ANTICHRIST
wrote 4 days ago: Antichrist d. Lars von Trier / Denmark / 2009 / 104 mins Viewed at: Screen 5 @ Odeon (Norwich, UK) I … more →
Babette's Feast (Denmark 1987)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Stéphane Audran as Babette – preparing her feast. Someone asked me to introduce a screening of this … more →
THE BOSS OF IT ALL [DIRECTØREN FOR DETE HELE]
wrote 2 weeks ago: Direktøren For Det Hele / The Boss of It All d. Lars von Trier / 2006 / Denmark / 99 mins Viewed at: … more →
Film review - Antichrist (2009)
wrote 4 weeks ago: She (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and He (Willem Dafoe) The Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier (Breaking the W … more →
The Talented Mr Boe
wrote 3 months ago: Christopher Boe is arguably one of the most exciting directors in Europe. His breakout film Reconst … more →
Pusher (1996, Nicolas Winding Refn)
wrote 3 months ago: After reading many favorable reviews, I decided to watch this modest Danish production. It was filme … more →
Danish movies, Danish actors, small industry but big talent.
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wrote 4 months ago: I could write about the new Tarantino but why bother? Everybody knows about it and almost everyone … more →
Vampyr (C.Dreyer), a 1932 horror film
wrote 5 months ago: When when Danish director Carl Th. Dreyer directed “Vampyr” in 1932, he was far from kn … more →
Just Another Love Story (Kærlighed på film, Denmark 2007): Part 2
wrote 5 months ago: Mette (Charlotte Fich) in Just Another Love Story Rona reported on this film from the 2008 Edinburgh … more →
Edinburgh Film Festival 2009: Antichrist
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wrote 6 months ago: Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist, photo by Christian Geisnaes Antichrist has many of the qualities … more →
DVD review - Babette's Feast (1987), Region 4, Shock
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wrote 7 months ago: Babette Hersant (Stéphane Audran) In 1987 the art-house hit that one absolutely had see was the Acad … more →
The Element of Crime (1984, Lars von Trier)
wrote 9 months ago: WOW! What ever happened to Lars von Trier? I have concluded that before he became a poster boy for p … more →
Gertrud (1964, Carl Theodor Dreyer)
wrote 1 year ago: I probably shouldn’t have watched Gertrud – it is just not my kind of thing. It is canne … more →
Festen (Celebration, Denmark, 1997)
wrote 1 year ago: Happy families The first film to be made under the constraints of the Dogme 95 manifesto, a back-to- … more →
Myrin – Jar City (Iceland/Germany/Denmark 2006)
wrote 1 year ago: Ingvar E. Sigurdsson as Inspector Erlendur in Jar City I don’t normally do this, but I watched … more →
My Favorite European Export - A Big Thanks to Denmark ;-)
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wrote 1 year ago: Aside from the obvious peace, love, and happiness, I cannot think of a greater export from Europe. N … more →
Just Another Love Story (Kælighed pă film Denmark 2007)
wrote 1 year ago: Berthelsen: Danish Prince of Many Parts Caught this Danish noir thriller (with definite melodrama te … more →
Evil (2003, Mikael Håfström)
wrote 1 year ago: At the beginning of Evil, we are told that the “evil” of the title is a violent young ma … more →
A Review of Carl Dreyer's "The Passion of Joan of Arc"
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wrote 1 year ago: Re-watching Carl Dreyer’s silent classic, The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), was the final pie … more →
