Restoring masculine dignity

06. may 2011 | INTERVIEW. After his tense WW 2 blockbuster "Flame & Citron", Ole Christian Madsen is back with a light love story about the passion for women, football, tango and wine. Shooting in Argentina, the first…

The man with the yellow hat gone bad

06. may 2011 | INTERVIEW. In his Sundance winner "The Red Chapel", media prankster Mads Brügger travelled to North Korea as a communist theatre director. Now, in "The Ambassador", he has abandoned his role-playing. Or has he?…

Ernst Lubitsch in the Filmhouse

05. may 2011 | FILMHOUSE. This weekend we have two classics on by comedy legend Ernst Lubitsch as part of a series by the director.

No Spreadsheets, please!

05. may 2011 | INTERVIEW. A passion for cinema is what drives Jesper Morthorst, this year's Danish Producer on the Move in Cannes. He believes that a knack for spotting talent and the ability to work in a close creative…

Dog Days

04. may 2011 | INTERVIEW. Ever since "Happy Now" earned her the Premier Prix de la Cinéfondation at Cannes in 2004, Frederikke Aspöck, a graduate of NYU, has been feeling the pressure of expectation. The award came with a…

Driving into Cannes

04. may 2011 | INTERVIEW. Following "Bronson" and "Valhalla Rising", the Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, with a cool cast including Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, is kicking in the doors to the Official Competition at…

The Only Redeeming Factor is the World Ending

04. may 2011 | INTERVIEW. Pulling himself out of his depression with "Antichrist", Lars von Trier is back to pique the world with "Melancholia", a film about a subject as provocative as the end of the world. Ironically, it…

Nordic Film Festival on American TV

28. apr 2011 | INTERNATIONAL. 36 million American households can watch Nordic films from the sofa when the first Nordic Video on Demand festival opens on 1 May with 12 films.

Jesper Morthorst Producer on the Move

20. apr 2011 | CANNES 2011. He wrote his bachelor thesis on post-revolutionary Iranian film and hooked up with Christoffer Boe's arthouse company in 2008. Now Danish Producer on the Move Jesper Morthorst is ready for…

Rúnarsson in Directors' Fortnight

19. apr 2011 | CANNES 2011. "Volcano", Rúnar Rúnarsson's feature debut, is selected for Cannes's distinguished side programme Directors' Fortnight – along with two Danish coproductions.