Tag Archives: Thomas Vinterberg

Review in Brief: Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

The only implausible thing about Ben Wheatley’s latest jet-black dramedy is that any family would willingly submit to everyone being in the same location at the same time for anything other than a wedding or a funeral. We are sent … Continue reading →

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Review: Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

In the latest adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s groundbreaking period romance, Thomas Vinterberg directs, David Nicholls adapts the novel, and Carey Mulligan is our Bathsheba. Bathsheba Everdene’s (Mulligan) fortunes change when she inherits a relative’s manor house and farmland, and she … Continue reading →

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Review: The Hunt (2012)

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Thomas Vinterberg’s frank and intelligent discussion of society’s instinctive, well-intentioned, but sometimes damaging reactions to reports of child abuse is immediately recognisable as a Vinterberg film. Like his breakout Dogme 95 masterpiece FESTEN (1998), The Hunt dares to tackle a … Continue reading →

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Review: Festen (1998)

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

This review was originally written for Subtitled Online August 2010. FESTEN was the first film released following the Dogme 95 “Vow of Chastity”. The rules included technical restrictions (cameras to be low quality and handheld, no sound or music to … Continue reading →

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