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Movie criticism (mostly foreign films, documentaries and independents: big Hollywood product hardly needs more marketing), very occasional interviews from James van Maanen, now 80 years old, who began his late-career movie reviewing for GreenCine, then took the big blog step over a decade ago. He covers new movies, video releases, and occasional streaming choices. You can reach him at JamesvanMaanen@gmail.com

Showing posts with label Scandinavian film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scandinavian film. Show all posts
Saturday, December 1, 2018

Milad Alami's THE CHARMER: unfurling a mystery about character and motivation

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Can a movie succeed almost solely by keeping hidden from the audience the real motives of its main character? Not the actions: Those are...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Scandinavian soap suds, served up in style: Hannes Holm's funny/sad A MAN CALLED OVE

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A mainstream/art-house crowd-pleaser nonpareil , A MAN CALLED OVE , adapted (from the international best-seller by Fredrik Backman ) and...
Friday, October 24, 2014

Swedish Oscar Bait, 2014: Ruben Östlund's crystalline and unsettling FORCE MAJEURE

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One of the most interesting films of this past year and, in its way, one of the most daring explorations of "manhood" and its ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Erik Poppe's 1,000 TIMES GOOD NIGHT tackles art, death, sacrifice, family, career and more....

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...and the best thing about this movie is that it does not cheat or trivialize any of the subjects it touches. That the film deals esp...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

GIRL WITH DRAGON TATTOO arrives on-screen: year's best serial killer movie?

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Granted, 2010 is young. Still, it's difficult to imagine a serial killer film any better, in many ways, than THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON T...
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