A kind of experiment ...

06. aug 2010 | DANISH DIRECTOR QUOTES. "The Film School has been decisive for the way I think about films," says Ole Christian Madsen. We continue our summer quotes from Danish Directors 2, a new book giving an inside perspective of how…

Erotic Man and Armadillo to Toronto

04. aug 2010 | FESTIVAL. Toronto film festival has selected Jørgen Leth's Erotic Man for Masters and Janus Metz Armadillo for Reel to Real.

No more happy endings!

02. aug 2010. No more happy endings!—proclaimed Lars von Trier, announcing his new feature film, Melancholia, a psychological disaster movie.

Filmhouse in August

29. jul 2010 | FILMHOUSE. Kubrick retrospective, Spanish diva Penelope Cruz, the dark and unsweetened comedy of Todd Solandz, and Christoffer Nolan's mesmerizing neo noir—all at the Cinematheque this month. Also, check out…

It's never just black and white

27. jul 2010 | INTERVIEW SUSANNE BIER. "The Ten Commandments, in principle are the foundation of all legislation and thought in our society. I think all my films show how reality reflects that." FILM spoke with Susanne Bier about her new…

In A Better World to Toronto

27. jul 2010 | FESTIVAL. Susanne Bier's latest drama In a Better World is selected for Toronto film festival's Special Presentation programme.

Hollywood doesn't make you happy

23. jul 2010 | DANISH DIRECTOR QUOTES. Nobody is ever going to require me to re-cut a scene, or to change it, says Hella Joof, comparing filmmaking in Hollywood to Denmark. We continue our summer quotes from Danish directors …

Danish films to Melbourne

21. jul 2010 | FESTIVAL. A string of documentaries, two short fiction films and the awardwinning feature film debut Brotherhood make up the Danish hand at this year's Melbourne Film Festival.

Making a dogma film made perfect sense

16. jul 2010 | DANISH DIRECTOR QUOTES. The idea of making a Dogma film made perfect sense to Annette K. Olesen, one of the 17 directors interviewed in Danish Directors 2, a new volume giving an inside perspective of how infrastructure,…

Coppola exhibits Danish Laterna Magica collection

15. jul 2010 | INDUSTRY. Danish director Henning Carlsen's unique collection of laterna magica is now part of Francis Ford Coppola's exhibition at his Rubicon Estate in California.