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Handling the Undead: Norwegian Zombie Film is Light on Zombies but Big On Grief

Handling the Undead: Norwegian Zombie Film is Light on Zombies but Big On Grief

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekMay 28, 2024Handling the Undead, Thea Hvistendahl, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bahar Pars, lga Damai, Bente Børsum, Norwegian movies, Zombies, Drama, Movies about grief, The Undead, the unexplained, Supernatural thrillerComment

Dark Windows: Nothing to See Here

Dark Windows: Nothing to See Here

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 17, 2023Dark Windows, Alex Heron, Anna Bullard, Annie Hamilton, Rory Alexander, Morten Holst, Norwegian movies, Drunk driving, Horror, slasher flickComment

The Painter and the Thief: Unsettling Norwegian doc considers art for art's sake, and the possible damage done

The Painter and the Thief: Unsettling Norwegian doc considers art for art's sake, and the possible damage done

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekMay 21, 2020The Painter and the Thief, Benjamin Ree, The responsibility of the artist, Barbora Kysilkova, Norwegian movies, Sundance filmsComment

Q&A: Joachim Trier on Freud, Jung, punk roots and his supernatural thriller Thelma

By Karen Gordon

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 16, 2017Supernatural, Norwegian movies, Joachim Trier, Foreign language Oscar

Thelma a more sexualized Carrie, with Scandinavian melancholy

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 15, 2017Psychological thriller, horror, Foreign-language Oscar, Joachim Trier, Norwegian movies, Carrie