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The small midwestern town of Karmack is dying. Figuratively, as its principal industry, a rail-yard, have been lost to the vagaries of globalization. Also, quite literally, as there has been a lengthy string of fatal accidents that prompts the town...

I remain committed to showcasing key art that makes good use of textured wallpaper. In this case, the poster is for a Canadian/Norwegian production from deadpan director Bent Hamer. Hamer's films are difficult to describe, oddball dramas, subtle comedies, ultra-niche...

Norway's Erik Poppe has long been a favorite in these parts ... since we first came across his work with 2004's Hawaii, Oslo (actually his sophomore effot) we've watched him move from that Wenders / Anderson influenced multi-threaded drama to...

Battles are never won; at best, they are only survived. In each of his first three films, writer/director Tobias Lindholm has tackled familiar subjects; each film has also featured Pilou Asbaek in the lead role. Lindholm collaborated with Michael Noer...

One of the brightest young talents in international cinema, A Hijacking writer-director Tobias Lindholm will soon wrap principal photography on his third feature film, A War. Reuniting his core creative team with regular collaborators Pilou Asbaek and Soren Malling, Lindholm...

The Norwegians are leaving, and this time you can't blame Audrey Horne. Another Fantastic Fest has come and gone, and our Scandinavian brethren have returned to the land of ice and snow of their own volition, not because a young,...

The best thing about this movie is definitely the all the different teams in both grades and the Building up of the film. It seems so mom author has complete control over the way layer upon layer of history and...

File away the name 'Øystein Karlsen' for future reference because you'll be hearing it more in coming months. Karlsen is the co-writer and director of popular Norwegian television comedy Dag, a show that is being adapted for US audiences by...

[Updated with English subtitled teaser.]The Norwegian hot streak shows no sign of slowing down. Dark comedy Jackpot is currently tearing up the local box office and already Oystein Karlsen's Fuck Up is being hailed in local papers as the next...

Director Christian E Christiansen returns to his native Denmark with upcoming thriller ID:A riding high from the success of his Hollywood effort The Roommate. And while you might be forgiven for assuming that his work in Denmark would be smaller...

Denmark's Christian E Christiansen had something of a surprise Hollywood hit with The Roommate earlier this year, his English language horror picture quietly earning back more than double its production budget at the US box office alone. And while that...

We've commented many time in the past year or two on the explosion of smart, gritty, noir infused crime films coming out of the Nordic region. For whatever reason there just seems to be something about those nations and crime...