The Girl with the Needle, 2024. Directed by Magnus von Horn Starring Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Ari Alexander, Per Thiim Thim, Joachim Fjelstrup, Ava Knox Martin SYNOPSIS: Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her […]
60th Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Girl with the Needle
The Girl with the Needle, 2024. Directed by Magnus von Horn. Starring Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Joachim Fjelstrup, Tessa Hoder, Ava Knox Martin, Ari Alexander, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Agnieszka Przyborowska-Mitrosz, Magnus von Horn, and Benedikte Hansen. SYNOPSIS: Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an […]
Movie Review – Becoming Astrid (2018)
Becoming Astrid, 2018. Directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen. Starring Alba August, Trine Dyrholm, Maria Bonnevie, Björn Gustafson, Magnus Krepper, Henrik Rafaelsen, and Maria Fahl Vikander. SYNOPSIS: Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children’s books and creator of Pippi Longstocking. Sometimes the best way to celebrate an artist is to show […]
DVD Review – The Spider (2000)
The Spider (Edderkoppen), 2000. Directed by Ole Christian Madsen. Starring Jakob Cedergren, Stina Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen, Trine Dyrholm and Nikolaj Lie Kaas. SYNOPSIS: Copenhagen 1949. A young and idealistic journalist attempts to uncover the source of a shadowy black market operation working its way around the city. The Spider (Edderkoppen) is another noir influenced […]
