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MELANCHOLIA (DIR. LARS VON TRIER, DENMARK/SWEDEN, 2011) – REVIEW
Melancholia begins with a series of slow motion, ethereal scenes of an apocalypse enveloping the main characters. It is one of the most striking openings you’ll see in a cinema this year, or any other....
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TOP TEN FILMS OF 2011 – EDITOR’S PICKS
1) DRIVE (DIR. NICHOLAS WINDING REFN) – USA Drive is a Hollywood film directed by a distinctly European director. Danish director Nicholas Winding Refn rethinks the Hollywood crime thriller with...
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TOP TEN FILMS OF 2011– AN ALTERNATE LIST
1) THE TREE OF LIFE (DIR. TERRENCE MALICK) – USA A confession– I had been waiting for years for Terrence Malick’s new film to come out, listening out intently for snippets of information on its long...
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HEADHUNTERS (DIR. MORTEN TYLDUM, NORWAY, 2012) – REVIEW
Scandinavia is ‘in’ right now. For the past couple of years, audiences have been besieged by numerous TV crime dramas such as The Killing and Wallander, while the silver screen has seen the emergence...
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WE SHALL OVERCOME (DIR. NIELS ARDEN OPLEV, DENMARK, 2006) – DVD REVIEW
Before Danish director Niels Arden Oplev focused his camera on a culture of woman hating, in Swedish film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, he directed the child-eyed 60′s family drama We Shall...
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TOP TEN FILMS OF 2014 – ROB ARNOTT (CONTRIBUTING EDITOR)
1) IDA (DIR. PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI, POLAND) Ida, the Polish nun at the heart of Pawlikoski’s WW2 drama, perfectly encapsulates the lightness and darkness of the film, her beetlebug black eyes framed by a...
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CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL 2015 | FASSBINDER: TO LOVE WITHOUT DEMANDS (DIR....
The forty plus films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder are among the most honest, ruthless and personal of any director. With near sadomasochistic force, Fassbinder dealt relentlessly with social problems...
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GLASGOW FILM FEST 2016 | LOUDER THAN BOMBS (DIR. JOACHIM TRIER, NORWAY, 2016)...
Joachim Trier follows his highly regarded Oslo, August 31st with his English-speaking debut Louder Than Bombs, which received mixed reviews in Cannes and Toronto before arriving here in Glasgow....
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GUEST POST | 6 EUROPEAN FILMS YOU SHOULD WATCH – BY GLOBAL LANGUAGE SERVICES...
The European movie scene is unique and marvellous. Look beyond the top 10’s and you will find movies that bombard your senses and leave you deep in thought. Movies with subtitles is something that...
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