When a man finds himself in a place of deep sorrow he decides to venture to eastern Europe to clear his mind but when he arrives he’s met with his greatest darkness yet. Peder Thomas Pedersen’s short film Between the Ocean and the Snow, which is co-directed with Heine Kaarsbjerg is the latest instalment in the interconnected output of his work in music and film, is a dark, unsettling noir thriller about a man battling his own morality whilst in a spiralling mental descent. Pedersen follows his protagonist, who is played by the writer/director, through seedy environments lit by neon hues that visually, and at times thematically, recall the work of Nicolas Winding Refn. Directors Notes caught up with Pedersen as Between the Ocean and the Snow arrives online to talk over his artistic influences, the lengthy process of developing the film and his craft as a filmmaker,...
- 2/15/2023
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne passed through the Toronto Film Festival Monday morning where they discussed their true-crime thriller The Good Nurse.
The film centers on Amy Loughren (Chastain), a nurse who starts to believe that her colleague Charlie Cullen (Redmayne) is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths and risks her own life to uncover the truth.
“The thing I liked so much about the film is that we see so often films about a serial killer or a story and its fetishized,” Chastain said while discussing why she joined the project. “You’d see him injecting the bags and I’ve always felt a little dirty watching that stuff. I don’t wanna celebrate or have the media glorify what happened to another human being. I wanna celebrate humanity, which is why I was excited about this.”
Discussing her collaboration with Redmayne, she added: “I’ve always...
The film centers on Amy Loughren (Chastain), a nurse who starts to believe that her colleague Charlie Cullen (Redmayne) is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths and risks her own life to uncover the truth.
“The thing I liked so much about the film is that we see so often films about a serial killer or a story and its fetishized,” Chastain said while discussing why she joined the project. “You’d see him injecting the bags and I’ve always felt a little dirty watching that stuff. I don’t wanna celebrate or have the media glorify what happened to another human being. I wanna celebrate humanity, which is why I was excited about this.”
Discussing her collaboration with Redmayne, she added: “I’ve always...
- 9/12/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
First a little warning. I had the good fortune to see The Good Nurse knowing absolutely nothing about it except it was a Netflix movie starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne. I had no idea which one was even “the good nurse” of the title, and I was not familiar with the book it is based on, or even the fact it is actually a true story. For all I knew it was like a female version of Freddie Highmore in The Good Doctor. Netflix set up a screening for me at a local screening room. I sat by myself for two hours stunned by what I was seeing slowly take place, a turn of events I did not see coming as I realized I had the same experience in some ways as a viewer as Chastain’s character, Amy Loughren, had in real life.
I have been wrestling as...
I have been wrestling as...
- 9/12/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The tendency to apply the label “narrative film” to non-documentary cinema is a convenience, but also a misnomer: Documentaries can be as narratively driven as any fiction feature, as “Love Child” proves in entirely engrossing fashion. Spanning six years in the lives of two Iranian refugees — and their out-of-wedlock son — as they seek permanent sanctuary from a homeland where they face the death penalty for their love, Eva Mulvad’s film is remarkable for its intimate, extended access, its subtle political acuity and its personal window into a global crisis. But it’s first and foremost a feat of captivating storytelling, rich in character detail, vivid temporal awareness and high-stakes tension: a relationship drama in which more rides on its central couple staying the course than most.
Since its September premiere in Toronto’s documentary strand, this mostly Turkish-set Danish production has unsurprisingly been racking up high-profile festival berths, including...
Since its September premiere in Toronto’s documentary strand, this mostly Turkish-set Danish production has unsurprisingly been racking up high-profile festival berths, including...
- 11/27/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Bobbi Jene Smith with Elvira Lind on Laura Dern: "Well, she's been an idol for me. I always looked up to her so I was excited to speak to her." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival was a momentous one for Elvira Lind, the director/cinematographer of Bobbi Jene. Days before the awards ceremony, where her film on Bobbi Jene Smith swept the documentary competition categories (Best Feature, Cinematography and Editing for Adam Nielsen), she gave birth to her and Oscar Isaac's son, Eugene.
In Bobbi Jene, Laura Dern is seen having a conversation with Bobbi Jene Smith as they talk about the rules of the trade - for women. "Don't overdo it!" "Don't be angry!" "Stay sexy!" Dern lists. And where does enjoyment go in all of this concern? Bobbi explains Gaga in response. "It's physical," she says. "You enjoy effort and you enjoy pleasure."
Elvira Lind...
The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival was a momentous one for Elvira Lind, the director/cinematographer of Bobbi Jene. Days before the awards ceremony, where her film on Bobbi Jene Smith swept the documentary competition categories (Best Feature, Cinematography and Editing for Adam Nielsen), she gave birth to her and Oscar Isaac's son, Eugene.
In Bobbi Jene, Laura Dern is seen having a conversation with Bobbi Jene Smith as they talk about the rules of the trade - for women. "Don't overdo it!" "Don't be angry!" "Stay sexy!" Dern lists. And where does enjoyment go in all of this concern? Bobbi explains Gaga in response. "It's physical," she says. "You enjoy effort and you enjoy pleasure."
Elvira Lind...
- 10/2/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Elvira Lind with her and Oscar Isaac's newborn child - Bobbi Jene won three Tribeca Film Festival Awards - Best Documentary Feature, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing for Adam Nielsen. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Tribeca Film Festival juried award-winning films - Elvira Lind's Bobbi Jene, Rachel Israel's Keep The Change, Elina Psykou's Son Of Sofia, Petra Volpe's The Divine Order, Sarita Khurana and Smriti Mundhra's A Suitable Girl, Angus MacLachlan's Abundant Acreage Available, Liz W Garcia's One Percent More Humid, Quinn Shephard's Blame, Russell Harbaugh's Love After Love, Julia Solomonoff's Nobody's Watching, Bohdan Sláma's Ice Mother, and Rainer Sarnet's November - will have additional screenings starting on Sunday afternoon, April 30.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part ll with Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, and the director participating in a...
The Tribeca Film Festival juried award-winning films - Elvira Lind's Bobbi Jene, Rachel Israel's Keep The Change, Elina Psykou's Son Of Sofia, Petra Volpe's The Divine Order, Sarita Khurana and Smriti Mundhra's A Suitable Girl, Angus MacLachlan's Abundant Acreage Available, Liz W Garcia's One Percent More Humid, Quinn Shephard's Blame, Russell Harbaugh's Love After Love, Julia Solomonoff's Nobody's Watching, Bohdan Sláma's Ice Mother, and Rainer Sarnet's November - will have additional screenings starting on Sunday afternoon, April 30.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part ll with Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, and the director participating in a...
- 4/29/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The prison thriller R, from Denmark, will have a North American premiere at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival June 18th. The trailer and the picture show a tough prison underworld where each inmate must fight with the other to stay alive. Yet, friendships still manage to develop across racial boundaries in "Denmark's most notorious prison" (R). Have a watch of a trailer that will make most viewers rethink a criminal life.
The synopsis for R here:
"Shot on location in the oldest standing prison in Denmark, this powerful drama traces the intertwined fates of two newly incarcerated inmates. The R of the title stands for Rune—played in a courageous lead performance by up-and-coming Pilou Asbæk—a cocky, good-looking young inmate placed in a hardcore ward where the other cons are twice his size. R also stands for Rashid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune’s friend and accomplice,...
The synopsis for R here:
"Shot on location in the oldest standing prison in Denmark, this powerful drama traces the intertwined fates of two newly incarcerated inmates. The R of the title stands for Rune—played in a courageous lead performance by up-and-coming Pilou Asbæk—a cocky, good-looking young inmate placed in a hardcore ward where the other cons are twice his size. R also stands for Rashid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune’s friend and accomplice,...
- 5/27/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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