You should know a couple of things before you read the list of my favorite movies of 2009. First, this list will be subject to change. There are still lots of great 2009 movies I have yet to see, either because they have yet to premiere in Norway, I simply don’t know about them, or… Les mer »
OK, you sure know at least something about the Twilight Saga already, right? So what if you’re not all into the whole Team Edward v Team Jacob thunderstorm – we’ll have plenty more on that to come. That’s not what really matters at this point. Just calm down, breathe easy, and remember: this is a… Les mer »
…spisse pennen en smule?
Ang Lee doesn’t owe me anything. If anything, I owe him to be grateful for the impressive string of great films he has made over the years, from Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm, to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain. But being an acclaimed director sometimes has to feel like the most… Les mer »
Observante lesere av Skrivekollektivet har sannsynligvis fått med seg at flere av skribentene på kollektivet er opptatt med filmfestival denne uken; engasjerte meningsfeller i Bergen har forhåpentligvis opplevd Bergen Internasjonale Filmfestival på nært hold allerede. Festivalen, som, avhengig av hvordan man regner kan kalle seg for Nordens største av slagsen, har velfortjent blitt en institusjon… Les mer »
With several of our contributors literally too busy taking in impressions from the 2009 Bergen International Film Festival to do much reporting, we instead publish a review of Shortbus, one of the audience favorites of the 2006 festival.
I’m not writing this piece because I want to diminish Heath Ledger enigmatic performance as Joker in The Dark Knight in any way. He brought a combination of cartoonish evilness and truly unpredictable darkness to Christopher Nolan’s wonderfully rich reboot of the traditional franchise, proving not only his own impressive range as an actor but… Les mer »
Det overrasket meg at jeg likte Gunnar Vikenes kinoaktuelle ungdomsfilm Vegas, men nettopp denne overraskelsen er en del av årsaken. Det som vanligvis kunne vært fellende bevis for filmens overambisiøse tone – hvordan den forsøker å kople sammen triste familiehistorier, trassig selvstendige ungdommer, en lyrisk filmatisk grunnstemning og øyeblikk av uærbødig humor – blir, etterhvert,… Les mer »