Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Vinterberg’
Episode 87 – Dune
For this episode of the podcast, we review Denis Villeneuve‘s adaptation of the epic science fiction novel, Dune. We also list our all-time favorite title sequences and movie openings. For this week’s streaming homework, we review the 2020 Danish drama, Another Round, starring Mads Mikkelsen. …
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An Analysis – 2021 Oscar Reflections
The Academy Awards last Sunday were different in many ways due to the pandemic, with only the nominees and their guests being in the crowd as well as the presenters in a much smaller intimate setting. There was also no host and, beyond one moment…
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Top 15 Films of 2020 – Allen’s Picks
2020 has been a tough year, to say the least. It seemed everyday something new came and turned our lives upside down. There was racially motivated police brutality that sparked a world-wide reaction, an ugly presidential election in which the ramifications are still coming into…
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Film Review – Another Round
Four guy friends – all high school teachers – gather for dinner to celebrate the 40th birthday of one of their own. The night begins regularly, with each of them engaging in idle chit chat. Things take a turn when we learn that all four share…
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Film Review – Far from the Madding Crowd (Second Take)
Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd may not be a classic novel you have heard of before. I was a bit thrown when I saw the first trailer for the film adaptation and somehow it had not been on my radar. Classic literature, those novels…
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Film Review – Far from the Madding Crowd
Sometimes – not all the time, mind you – it’s nice to see a film play a narrative completely straightforward. There are instances where filmmakers will try to paint too far outside of the lines, blinded by their ambition to be different. As a result,…
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