Movies about children with hidden powers are not a new thing, but in this Norwegian psychological drama with a terrific sound design, writer-director Vogt has created an unsettling portrait of childhood as the thin line between good and evil is explored.
A romance drama that is also a comedy and an elegy, Trier’s introspective new film has an understated, layered quality—and some cinematic tricks up its sleeves— exploring what this era’s ennui among millennials might feel like.
Watching and listening to farm animals can be surprisingly cinematic in this immersive dialogue-free new documentary by Kossakovsky that seems to exist outside of time, even as it startlingly reminds us that these animals have fates they can’t control.
There are richly-realised characters and performances in this layered drama about depression, centering on a family who can’t seem to communicate with each other, but it doesn’t quite come together in a resonating way by its denouement.
Joachim Trier’s attempt at genre-type filmmaking doesn’t really break new ground in this straightforward Norwegian psychological drama centering on a young woman with hidden telekinetic powers.
Art, crime and the human condition intersect deftly in this beguiling documentary about the unlikely friendship between a painter and the thief who stole her paintings.
A recovering drug addict leaves his rehabilitation centre for a day to visit his acquaintances in this restrained, melancholic if also warmly empathetic second feature by Joachim Trier.
Continue reading →This could be Paul Greengrass’ weakest picture in a long while—a less-than-invigorating work centering on the 2011 Norway terror attacks that struggles to get into any kind of momentum.
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