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Departures is nakedly manipulative. Its director, Yôjirô Takita, doesn’t show any sensitivity to tone or ...
Ghost stories. They have haunted many genres – horror-slash-supernatural, comedy, romance,  fantasy. They have been ...
Hot Fuzz is the type of movie that offers up something for just about anyone, ...
"Are you my friend now?" Connor (Michael Fassbinder) asks Mia (Katie Jarvis) about mid-way through ...

Archive for the ‘Danish Cinema’ Category

Antichrist - Lars von Trier

Posted by Daniel Montgomery On March - 24 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

What if Ingmar Bergman had discovered torture porn? It’s a question no one asked, but the answer is Antichrist, a film that begins very good, becomes oblique by midpoint, and by the time it ends has taken leave of its senses, your senses, my senses — any and all manner of sense. What does any [...]

Efter Brylluppet (After the Wedding) - Susanne Bier

Posted by Ankur Sharma On December - 23 - 2008 1 COMMENT

In After the Wedding, you won’t find a lot to appreciate if you are a die-hard soaps aficionado who’s “been there, seen that” (Of course, it is a hardly a maudlin drama full of cheesy dialogues or rivers of tears). Also, because of the first ten minutes, if you think you are going to watch a film on India, you are in for some disappointment - There are few shots during the beginning and the end where dozens of destitute kids are cramped together in the few square inches of the screen. But if you are in for some some touching drama..

  • On The Canvas - Vladimir Kush

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Police recovers Picasso’s Little Guitar

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The Roman police have recovered Picasso's Little Guitar, from a local businessman, CBC news reported. ...

Gold fresco by Richard Wright wins Turner Prize

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Glasgow-based artist Richard Wright, who created a gorgeous fresco in gold leaf, has won this ...

Nabokov’s unfinished novel reappears

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Vladimir Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but The Original of Laura survived and ...

Paltrow joins Kidman’s transsexual film The Danish Girl

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Gwyneth Paltrow has signed on to The Danish Girl, a film chronicling the real-life story ...

Haitian-born Montrealer wins Blue Met writing prize

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Dany Laferrière, a Haitian-born Montrealer known for his provocative and thoughtful novels, has won the ...

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