Danish

  • LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED

    In the opening moments of this new Danish movie and we see a Scandinavian middle-aged blonde woman and the coast of Sorrento and Pierce Brosnan, there is this decidedly deja vu feeling, but luckily this is not in fact ‘Mamma Mia 2’. And thankfully Mr Brosnan is not called on to sing again. It is however…

  • ONLY GOD FORGIVES

    There’s an awful lot of violence, and a great deal of red, and hardly any screenplay and just a mere hint of emotion in Nicolas Winding Refn’s controversial new movie that the Critics have either vehemently panned or praised lavishly: there is no sitting on the fence on this one. Julien, a man of very…

  • THE ACT OF KILLING

    The subject of Joshua Oppenheimer’s fiercely compelling documentary is definitely one of the most evil and sadistic acts of genocide that I have ever seen on the silver screen.  It tells some of the stories of the Indonesian death squads of the mid 1960’s who tortured and killed over one million ‘communists’ at the behest…

  • Patrik Age 1.5

      Sven and Goran are a happily married gay couple in their mid-30’s.  They have great jobs, and a new house in a small country town (which bares more than a passing resemblance to Legoland). They want for nothing. Except a child.  So they get approved by the authorities, but it turns out that even though…