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Just Another Love Story
Just Another Love Story review - Just Another Love Story, a dark, romantic thriller from one of Scandinavia's seminal directors, Ole Bornedal. Anders Bertelsen (MIFUNE, ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS), Nikolai Lie Kaas (THE IDIOTS), Rebecka Hemse and Charlotte Fich star.
Review: Troubled Water
Troubled Water review - Erik Poppe's Troubled Water review, a story of redemption, won the two top prizes at the Hamptons Film Festival: the Golden Starfish for Best Narrative Feature and the Audience Water. Actress Trine Dyrholm is true discovery.
Black Book
Paul Verhoeven's "Black Book," which did big business in Holland and arrives here with the cachet of an acclaimed foreign film about the Holocaust, would be plain-old kitsch if it didn’t cash in on the suffering of millions to get its low-brow action-adventure kicks.
The Seventh Seal
Widely considered to be one of Ingmar Bergman's best film, "The Seventh Seal" (1957) tells the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) across a plague-ridden landscape, where he is challenged by Death to a game of chess.
The Man Without a Past
Aki Kaurismäki's "The Man Without a Past"
Lights in the Dusk - A Film By Aki Kaurismaki
Aki Kaurismäki's Lights in the Dusk concludes the trilogy began by Drifting Clouds and The Man Without a Past. The film opens in NY on June 13th, 2007.
After the Wedding
Susanne Bier's Oscar-nominated film tells the story of a Jacob, a Danish man who after a twenty year absence, returns home to receive funds for the orphanage in India he runs. Many secrets await him. Wonderful, rich, human performances by Mads Mikkelsen (“Casino Royale”), Rolf Lassgård and Sidse Babett Knudsen.
Manderlay
With the second part of his US trilogy, Lars Von Trier returns to the story of the tragic American martyr. Bryce Dallas Howard replaces Nicole Kidman in the role of Grace, continuing the saga of the long suffering woman, this time on a Southern plantation.
Brothers
In Suzanne Bier's melodrama "Brothers," a broken soldier returns from engagement in Afghanistan to find that nothing is the same. Connie Nielson (Gladiator, Demonlover) makes her Danish feature debut.
The Five Obstructions
Lars von Trier challenges veteran filmmaker Jorgen Leth to a director's game in this fascinating metafilm. Review by Jurgen Fauth.