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A Taste of Hunger: Film about Restauranteurs Fraying Over Elusive Michelin Star Could Use More Salt

A Taste of Hunger: Film about Restauranteurs Fraying Over Elusive Michelin Star Could Use More Salt

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekApril 26, 2022Danish films, Films about restaurateurs, Michelin-star mania, A Taste of Hunger, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Katrine Greis-Rosenthall, Christoffer BoeComment

Riders of Justice: Revenge movie with a soul gets Mads and gets even

Riders of Justice: Revenge movie with a soul gets Mads and gets even

By Karen Gordon

Review, PreviewJim SlotekMay 18, 2021Riders of Justice, Mads Mikkelsen, Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish films, Revenge thriler, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars BrygmannComment

Enforcement: Muddled but Forceful Danish Cop Drama Echoes Current Issues in Throwback Style

Enforcement: Muddled but Forceful Danish Cop Drama Echoes Current Issues in Throwback Style

By Liam Lacey

Review, PreviewJim SlotekMarch 17, 2021Anders Ølholm, Jacob Møller, Enforcement, Danish films, Cop drama, Immigrant experience, Police violence, Simon Sears, Jacob Lohmann, Tarek ZayatComment

The Guilty: Thriller Leverages Snug Space to Engage and Enthrall Its Audience

By Kim Hughes

ReviewOctober 16, 2018Thriller, Danish films, Swedish films, Gustav Möller, Jakob Cedergren, Tom Hardy, Locke, The GuiltyComment

Vinterberg's The Commune: Lovers and other Danish strangers

By Karen Gordon

ReviewMay 23, 2017Danish films, Adultery, Repressed emotion