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A good amount of us Screen Anarchists are Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon, Bronson, the Pusher trilogy, Drive) fans. If you were reading this site a decade ago (and in some cases, 11 years previous), you saw an insane amount...

Period action flick Sword of Vengeance hits DVD / BluRay today from Well Go USA and if you have a hankering to see how they make these sorts of sword and sandals period epics look good on screen, well, here's...

The creator of Hammer of the Gods returns with another dose of manly men wielding heavy blades in the upcoming Sword of Vengeance and with WellGo USA launching the film in limited theatrical and across VOD platforms on March 20th...

Though we've been fans of Nicolas Winding Refn going right back to his debut picture, Pusher, for many people the Ryan Gosling starring Drive was their first exposure to the prolific director. So consider this our gift for those people:...

So Valhalla Rising is old news right? ScreenAnarchy featured quite a few reviews before and made plenty of promotion for Refn's latest film. Which is all very true, but one thing has been ignored so far. Valhalla Rising is the...

[With the film premiering at IFC this weekend, here is another take. Our thanks to Aaron Krasnov for the review]Valhalla Rising is a spiritual journey, a meditation on what happens when one reaches beyond corporeal means; a quest towards God,...

Whether you find it infuriating or sublime, there's no denying Nicolas Winding Refn's viking epic is one of the most distinctive films of the past year. With an elusive sense of narrative and frankly puzzling continuity, Valhalla Rising still manages...

[My review of Valhalla Rising originally ran when the film premiered in Toronto but with it now screening at Action Fest I hereby present it to you again.]You could say that the mark of a good film maker is that...

I've been dying to see Nicholas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising ever since it was announced but have  yet gotten an opportunity to see it. Todd Really liked it, James Dennis as well. Eight Rooks not so much though.The only thing...

Nicolas Winding Refn seems to see Valhalla Rising as a tone poem of sorts, but the acclaimed Danish director's seventh feature film is more one long atonal scribble. A grim, brutally violent action drama about a Viking war party...

A metaphorical journey through a mythic landscape, Nicolas Winding Refn's follow-up to Bronson is a bewildering Viking tale. In the Scottish highlands change is coming for the Pagans in the form of a Christian-led crusade, on a mission from God...