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Things get kinky in the first ‘Duke of Burgundy’ trailer
Butterflies, string music, and lots of praise show up in the first trailer for The Duke of Burgundy, but can this cult hit become a sensation? The film is about a woman who studies butterflies and moths, but also tests the limits of her relationship with her lover. It stars Sidse Babett Knudsen and relative […] More
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TIFF 2012: ‘The Hunt’ Mads Mikkelsen is a man ruptured to the core in this painful, frightening pic
The Hunt Directed by Thomas Vinterberg Screenplay by Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm 2012, Denmark Although director Thomas Vinterbeg’s The Hunt redoubles on well trodden material explicating the dangerousness of convicting without evidence or investigation, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (Flame and Citron, Casino Royale, Valhalla Rising) profoundly visualizes just how excruciating the character assassination of […] More
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Sound On Sight Radio #136 – Fantasia 2009 -Euro Thrills and Spills
In one of our many specials on this year’s massive Fantasia Film Fest lineup, Sound on Sight takes a look at three of the fest’s European offerings, all of which feature at least a little bloodshed – more likely, a lot. This hour encompasses the much-baunted Norwegian Nazi-zombie splatterfest Dead Snow, German mystery-thriller Kaifeck Murder, […] More