Film Review: A White, White Day (2019)
byThe title of writer-director Hlynur Palmason’s film A White, White Day, fresh from an impressive reception at Cannes, invokes an Icelandic proverb to introduce an…
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Film Review: What Will People Say (2017)
byIram Haq’s What Will People Say is a harrowingly personal film. Nisha (Maria Mozhdah) is a 16-year-old Norwegian who’s susceptible to the allures of…
Film Review: Magnus (2016)
byMagnus Carlsen is a Norwegian Chess player of formidable prowess, a former child prodigy and now young adult. Magnus, by director Benjamin Ree, takes…
Film Review: The Other Side Of Hope (2017)
byIt’s often argued the best way to deal with dark subject matter is with humour. And so it is apt that Finnish auteur Aki…
Film Review: Land of Mine (2015)
byBeginning with the title, Land of Mine is not a particularly subtle film, but it is layered, tense and moving, and there’s much pleasure…
Film Review: A Patriotic Man (2013)
byA Patriotic Man documents the experience of a Finnish man when he joins the support crew of the national ski team. The most recent…
Film Review: Armi Alive (2015)
byArmi Alive opens with a fantastic monologue, as lead actress Minna Haapkylä delivers an oral narration of Armi Ratia’s early life. This film at…
Film Review: The Absent One (2014)
byFrom Denmark comes director Mikkel Norgaard’s film The Absent One, the second instalment in the Department Q series based on the novels by Jussi…
Film Review: They Have Escaped (2014)
byIn Finnish film They Have Escaped, director Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Pilvi Peltola, offers a dark and unsettling look into…
Film Review: Silent Heart (2014)
byDanish film Silent Heart explores the sensitive issue of euthanasia by grounding its political stance in the personal and the intimate. Directed by Bille…