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Sam Sewell-Peterson
Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.
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Tag Archives: Thomas Vinterberg
Review in Brief: Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
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
Review: Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
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
Review: The Hunt (2012)
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
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Festen, Film, Mads Mikkelsen, Movies, The Hunt, Thomas Bo Larsen, Thomas Vinterberg, World Cinema
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Review: Festen (1998)
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
Posted in Film, Film Review, Subtitled Online
Tagged Dogme 95, Festen, Film, Henning Moritzen, Movies, Thomas Vinterberg, Ulrich Thomsen, World Cinema
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