I'm of the opinion 2013 was a great year for movies overall, but at the same time it wasn't necessarily a great year with a ton of great movies, thus making my top ten of 2013 a little harder than I'd expected to put together. Before finalizing the list I attempted to watch and rewatch as many movies as I could fit in while at the same time hoping to create some distance from those experiences, expecting a certain grouping of films to eventually bubble to the surface as the most memorable and emotional affecting in what really ended up being a rather dark and melancholy year at the cinema. For me, a year end top ten is about the films I want to watch again. Films that, as soon as they end, you could watch them all over again immediately, not wanting whatever connection to what you just saw to go away.
- 12/30/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
When Lucas’ (Mads Mikkelsen) job as a high school teacher ends abruptly with the school’s closing he secures a position at the local kindergarten helping out around the place and entertaining the children. His off hours are spent hanging out with his drinking buddies on hunting weekends or arguing with his ex-wife over the shared custody of their teenage son, Markus (Lasse Fogelstrøm). He’s even taken the tentative step of beginning a romance with a young woman named Nadja (Alexandre Rapaport) who reminds him of the joys of physical contact. But it’s physical contact of another kind that shatters his existence and sends his life into a tailspin. His best friend’s daughter, Klara (Annika Wedderkopp), develops a crush on him thanks to his kind smile, and time spent with him at school and home, but when he wisely and gently deflects her affection she strikes out with unintentional force. An...
- 7/26/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
A staple of the movie thriller has been the story of a person falsely accused. Suspense and drama are revved up as the hero (or heroine) pursues and tries to expose the true culprit all while trying to avoid those true criminals and the agents of law enforcement. It’s a theme that Alfred Hitchcock exploited in some of his greatest thrillers: Saboteur, North By Northwest, and one that was based on a true life story, The Wrong Man. Almost twenty years ago the feature film version of the TV classic The Fugitive was a box office smash. Now, from the distant land of Denmark comes Thomas Vinterberg’s take on this popular theme, The Hunt. But unlike our Dr. Richard Kimball, Mad Mikkelsen’s Lucas has not been convicted of a crime, so he’s not on the run. Indeed there’s been no crime at all, but almost...
- 7/26/2013
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Kids say the darnedest things and sometimes those things have powerful repercussions. Klara (Annika Wedderkopp), for example, makes a very serious allegation against Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) without ever truly understanding what she is saying. Lucas broke her little heart and she simply tries to get revenge. She tattles on Lucas just as she would tattle on a peer. An image that she saw recently is still emblazoned upon her mind, and for whatever reason she creates an association between that image and her resentment towards Lucas. Next thing Lucas knows, his life is forever altered; because when most adults hear Klara's claim, they automatically assume that it is true. Despite their long friendships with Lucas, they immediately jump to conclusions. The hysteria spreads like wildfire. Any resemblance of logic is irrationally discarded, as seemingly innocent gossip festers into something much more malicious, quickly transforming a sweet little lie into something...
- 7/24/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Title: The Hunt Director: Thomas Vinterberg Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Annika Wedderkopp, Alexandra Rapaport, Anne Louise Hassing, Susse Wold An unsettling, forthright drama about a man falsely accused of sexual child abuse, Danish import “The Hunt” is anchored by a painfully haunting turn from Mads Mikkelsen. Drawing from the McMartin Preschool scandal in Southern California, and similar cases of child abuse hysteria across the United States in the 1980s and ’90s, co-writer-director Thomas Vinterberg fashions a darkly gripping tale in which presumed guilt spreads like a virus, engulfing an entire small town. Having recently lost his job as a secondary school teacher, the divorced Lucas (Mikkelsen) [ Read More ]
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- 7/19/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
For a film that is essentially an emotional drama, Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt is every bit a thriller that will have you pounding your fists in rage, both at the situation as depicted on the screen as well as in some of Vinterberg's more frustrating storytelling decisions. I didn't love everything about The Hunt, but even the parts I felt were over-the-top and a bit too much were followed up by such excellence in everything from performance, screenwriting and direction I couldn't fault the film for long. Vinterberg plays with your emotions in sometimes blunt, yet frequently eloquent ways, turning this into one of the very best films of the year... blemishes and all. I'd heard mixed things about The Hunt at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, but I wasn't able to finally see it until over a year later. It was worth the wait. Mads Mikkelsen was awarded Cannes'...
- 7/12/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
At courthouses in some of the most infamous child abuse cases of recent history, there's always a crowd out front, always someone with a poster that says "I Believe the Children."As if children don't lie. As if adults don't project their worst nightmares onto whatever accusations a child might naively make and wish he or she hadn't.
And those who are falsely accused pass through a living nightmare of shame, ostracization and social, personal and financial ruin.
"The Hunt" is a Danish film about a pre-school teacher, falsely accused. The adoring daughter of his best friend gets mad when he refuses her inappropriate kisses. A word from her to the credulous head mistress at the school, and Lucas is through the looking glass of the small Danish town he calls home.
Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) is divorced with a teen son who would rather live with him than mom. Lucas...
And those who are falsely accused pass through a living nightmare of shame, ostracization and social, personal and financial ruin.
"The Hunt" is a Danish film about a pre-school teacher, falsely accused. The adoring daughter of his best friend gets mad when he refuses her inappropriate kisses. A word from her to the credulous head mistress at the school, and Lucas is through the looking glass of the small Danish town he calls home.
Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) is divorced with a teen son who would rather live with him than mom. Lucas...
- 7/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Title: The Hunt (Jagten) Magnolia Pictures Director: Thomas Vinterberg Screenwriter: Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 6/20/13 Opens: July 12, 2013 While I was walking my cairn terrier one day, a five-year-old approached with his father and asked if he could pet the dog. No problem there. The terrier licked the lad’s hand, resulting in the kid’s crying to his dad, “He bit me; he bit me!” Without even looking for evidence of the slightest scratch on his son’s hand, the father gave me a dirty look—I thought he’d come out swinging. But he walked away in [ Read More ]
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- 6/21/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Indiewire's epic summer movie preview continues today with part 3 of our 5 part series highlight 50 indie films we think you should see this summer. Head back over to part 1 for a full introduction and the first batch of films and to part 2 for the previous set (both of which are, like below, listed in alphabetical order). The Hunt (July 12) Director: Thomas Vinterberg Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Annika Wedderkopp Distributor: Magnolia Criticwire Average: 35 critics gave it a B average Why is it a "Must See"? Thomas Vinterberg's latest received a fair amount of critical praise upon its premiere at Cannes last year, including a Best Actor win for star Mads Mikkelsen. Now, almost a year later, the film has premiered in every major European market and has screenings at a variety of festivals since Cannes, including a North American premiere at Toronto, and its finally gearing up...
- 4/24/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Sightseers; The Hunt; Great Expectations; Everyday; Rise of the Guardians; Here Comes the Boom
After the suffocating horror of Kill List, director Ben Wheatley heads for the great outdoors with a jet-black comedy about the barely repressed psychosis of the great British caravan holiday. Pitched somewhere between Mike Leigh's Nuts in May and Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, Sightseers (2012, StudioCanal, 15) follows the increasingly violent misadventures of Tina and Chris (brilliantly played by co-writers Alice Lowe and Steve Oram) as they embark on an "erotic odyssey" into a land of tramways, pencil museums, viaducts and murder.
After consigning an obnoxious litter-dropper to the dustbin of local history, our cagoule-clad anti-heroes develop a taste for the hard stuff which no amount of picturesque National Trust landmarks can assuage. One moment they're racing fellow campers for a prime spot in the Dingly Dell (as opposed to outside the toilet block), the...
After the suffocating horror of Kill List, director Ben Wheatley heads for the great outdoors with a jet-black comedy about the barely repressed psychosis of the great British caravan holiday. Pitched somewhere between Mike Leigh's Nuts in May and Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, Sightseers (2012, StudioCanal, 15) follows the increasingly violent misadventures of Tina and Chris (brilliantly played by co-writers Alice Lowe and Steve Oram) as they embark on an "erotic odyssey" into a land of tramways, pencil museums, viaducts and murder.
After consigning an obnoxious litter-dropper to the dustbin of local history, our cagoule-clad anti-heroes develop a taste for the hard stuff which no amount of picturesque National Trust landmarks can assuage. One moment they're racing fellow campers for a prime spot in the Dingly Dell (as opposed to outside the toilet block), the...
- 3/24/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Thomas Vinterberg's account of small-town paedophilia panic troubles the idea that child accusers must always be believed
We didn't need the McAlpine affair to remind us that our era sustains a witch-hunt of which the middle ages might have been proud. Since the late 1970s, successive houndings of supposed paedophiles have done little to prevent the recurrence of the phenomenon. Lord McAlpine got off lightly compared to victims of panics in Cleveland and Orkney, or the people who had their homes besieged by chanting mobs in Portsmouth, or the Newcastle nursery workers subjected to a nine-year campaign of vilification, prosecution, prison violence, mob torment and official denunciation before being cleared of any wrongdoing in 2002. The documentary Witch Hunt, produced and narrated by Sean Penn in 2008, describes a Californian frenzy that saw a carpenter spend 15 years in prison for abuses that never occurred.
The underlying phenomenon is well enough understood.
We didn't need the McAlpine affair to remind us that our era sustains a witch-hunt of which the middle ages might have been proud. Since the late 1970s, successive houndings of supposed paedophiles have done little to prevent the recurrence of the phenomenon. Lord McAlpine got off lightly compared to victims of panics in Cleveland and Orkney, or the people who had their homes besieged by chanting mobs in Portsmouth, or the Newcastle nursery workers subjected to a nine-year campaign of vilification, prosecution, prison violence, mob torment and official denunciation before being cleared of any wrongdoing in 2002. The documentary Witch Hunt, produced and narrated by Sean Penn in 2008, describes a Californian frenzy that saw a carpenter spend 15 years in prison for abuses that never occurred.
The underlying phenomenon is well enough understood.
- 12/3/2012
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
The mass hysteria surrounding child sexual abuse has never seen as compelling or as cautionary an examination as the tragic mess this riveting Danish film delves into. We know there is no question whatsoever that kindergarten teacher Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen: A Royal Affair) is completely innocent of the accusation lobbed by little Klara (Annika Wedderkopp), who told a lie about something he did as payback for his rebuffing a gift she offered him... a gift he refused, ironically, precisely because accepting it could have been perceived as improper. Director Thomas Vinterberg (who wrote the script with Tobias Lindholm) is startlingly unsentimental about children’s inner lives: kids do lie, kids can be vindictive, though of course Klara has no idea what impact her lie will have, and the sad and lonely child is in fact only reacting to the emotional turmoil in the adults around her: her parents, close friends of Lucas’s,...
- 11/30/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Well, we already knew that Thomas Vinterberg‘s latest project The Hunt is quite disturbing one. But we never knew exactly how much.
Now, when we have two new clips from the whole thing – the mystery is finally solved, this definitely looks like a very tough-to-watch drama. But we still recommend you to check out the rest of this report…
Written and directed by Vinterberg, this movie stars great Mads Mikkelsen as a former school teacher named Lucas, who has been forced to start over after a tough divorce and the loss of his job.
And just when things are starting to go his way, he gets falsely accused of molesting a kindergarten age student. That’s more than enough to throw the small community into a collective state of hysteria.
The lie is spreading and Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity, and...
Now, when we have two new clips from the whole thing – the mystery is finally solved, this definitely looks like a very tough-to-watch drama. But we still recommend you to check out the rest of this report…
Written and directed by Vinterberg, this movie stars great Mads Mikkelsen as a former school teacher named Lucas, who has been forced to start over after a tough divorce and the loss of his job.
And just when things are starting to go his way, he gets falsely accused of molesting a kindergarten age student. That’s more than enough to throw the small community into a collective state of hysteria.
The lie is spreading and Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity, and...
- 11/30/2012
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Festen director Thomas Vinterberg storms back to form with this drama about a teacher wrongfully accused of child abuse
As the nation recovers from its Newsnight affair, there could hardly be a more relevant movie than this new one from 43-year-old Danish director Thomas Vinterberg about a wrongful accusation of child abuse. Vinterberg has created a drama-thriller with the atmospheric grip of a horror film; there are echoes of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs and Lars von Trier's Dogville, but the film has its own exemplary power, maturity and intelligence. To see The Hunt is to be reminded of our own recent history: we watched as a flagship news programme suffered a spasm of misjudgment that could have been avoided with a Google image search, and as a TV interviewer solemnly handed to the prime minister his piece of paper, apparently under the impression...
As the nation recovers from its Newsnight affair, there could hardly be a more relevant movie than this new one from 43-year-old Danish director Thomas Vinterberg about a wrongful accusation of child abuse. Vinterberg has created a drama-thriller with the atmospheric grip of a horror film; there are echoes of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs and Lars von Trier's Dogville, but the film has its own exemplary power, maturity and intelligence. To see The Hunt is to be reminded of our own recent history: we watched as a flagship news programme suffered a spasm of misjudgment that could have been avoided with a Google image search, and as a TV interviewer solemnly handed to the prime minister his piece of paper, apparently under the impression...
- 11/30/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The Hunt's viewers occupy a privileged position; Thomas Vinterberg -- the acclaimed Danish director -- does not play cat and mouse with them. Vinterberg does not force the viewers to solve a criminal's riddle nor look for a black sheep within the drove. At the very beginning Vinterberg lets us see a little girl lying through her teeth. Klara (Annika Wedderkopp) is sitting in a dark room, all alone, swinging in a chair. She is angry that her very serious childish enchantment with Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) was treated with parental-like forbearance. Connecting many images that she has been able to see during her young life, Klara defines Lucas as a slimy owner of a sticking up willy. Grethe's (Susse Wold) frigid, yet alarmed, eyes appear in the reverse shot as anxiety grows within this elderly, kindergarten teacher. Where is Lucas now? When did this happen? Has it been going on for a long time?...
- 11/13/2012
- by Anna Bielak
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
It’s telling that The Hunt is Thomas Vinterberg’s best film since his 1998 classic Festen, given that both works examine the effects of child abuse – or at least the perception of it – in such an uncommonly unflinching manner. Vinterberg’s latest effort is a remarkable thriller, bursting with intelligence, and actually having something important to say.
Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) is a hugely popular kindergarten teacher, and those initial scenes in which we see him gleefully playing with the kids in his class, unafraid of overt physical contact, is a forgotten portrait of the idyllic teaching environment so cravenly clamped down upon by overly-pc administrators. While much of Vinterberg’s first act is joyous and extremely funny, this only allows it to hit harder once one of Lucas’ students, Klara (Annika Wedderkopp), falsely accuses him of sexual abuse after he rejects her school-girl crush, and the...
It’s telling that The Hunt is Thomas Vinterberg’s best film since his 1998 classic Festen, given that both works examine the effects of child abuse – or at least the perception of it – in such an uncommonly unflinching manner. Vinterberg’s latest effort is a remarkable thriller, bursting with intelligence, and actually having something important to say.
Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) is a hugely popular kindergarten teacher, and those initial scenes in which we see him gleefully playing with the kids in his class, unafraid of overt physical contact, is a forgotten portrait of the idyllic teaching environment so cravenly clamped down upon by overly-pc administrators. While much of Vinterberg’s first act is joyous and extremely funny, this only allows it to hit harder once one of Lucas’ students, Klara (Annika Wedderkopp), falsely accuses him of sexual abuse after he rejects her school-girl crush, and the...
- 10/11/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Toronto – On July 24th, Piers Handling, CEO and Director of Tiff, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director, unveiled some of the films that will headline the 37th Toronto International Film Festival.
According to Bailey, Tiff 2012 will include the “most diverse Gala programme to date with films from Japan, China, India, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Italy, USA and Canada”.
Handling describes this year’s festival as looking “particularly strong” with a wide variety of work from “established and emerging filmmakers.”
Toronto audiences will be first in line to see many “exciting and prestigious films” with further announcements slated in the coming weeks. Until then, here is a sample of what you can expect to see:
Looper (Opening Night film, World Premiere)
Rian Johnson, USA
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels
Directed by Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom), Looper is a futuristic action thriller set in a...
According to Bailey, Tiff 2012 will include the “most diverse Gala programme to date with films from Japan, China, India, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Italy, USA and Canada”.
Handling describes this year’s festival as looking “particularly strong” with a wide variety of work from “established and emerging filmmakers.”
Toronto audiences will be first in line to see many “exciting and prestigious films” with further announcements slated in the coming weeks. Until then, here is a sample of what you can expect to see:
Looper (Opening Night film, World Premiere)
Rian Johnson, USA
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels
Directed by Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom), Looper is a futuristic action thriller set in a...
- 8/1/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Toronto – On July 24th, Piers Handling, CEO and Director of Tiff, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director, unveiled some of the films that will headline the 37th Toronto International Film Festival.
According to Bailey, Tiff 2012 will include the “most diverse Gala programme to date with films from Japan, China, India, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Italy, USA and Canada”.
Handling describes this year’s festival as looking “particularly strong” with a wide variety of work from “established and emerging filmmakers.”
Toronto audiences will be first in line to see many “exciting and prestigious films” with further announcements slated in the coming weeks. Until then, here is a sample of what you can expect to see:
Looper (Opening Night film, World Premiere)
Rian Johnson, USA
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels
Directed by Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom), Looper is a futuristic action thriller set in a...
According to Bailey, Tiff 2012 will include the “most diverse Gala programme to date with films from Japan, China, India, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Italy, USA and Canada”.
Handling describes this year’s festival as looking “particularly strong” with a wide variety of work from “established and emerging filmmakers.”
Toronto audiences will be first in line to see many “exciting and prestigious films” with further announcements slated in the coming weeks. Until then, here is a sample of what you can expect to see:
Looper (Opening Night film, World Premiere)
Rian Johnson, USA
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels
Directed by Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom), Looper is a futuristic action thriller set in a...
- 7/25/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
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Piers Handling, CEO and Director of Tiff, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, made the first announcement of films to premiere at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival. Films announced include titles in the Galas and Special Presentations programmes. The announced films include 17 Galas and 45 Special Presentations, including 38 world premieres.
Toronto audiences will be the first to see the world premieres of films from directors Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, David Ayer, Maiken Baird, Noah Baumbach, J.A. Bayona, Stuart Blumberg, Josh Boone, Laurent Cantet, Sergio Castellitto, Stephen Chbosky, Lu Chuan, Derek Cianfrance, Nenad Cicin-Sain, Costa-Gavras, Ziad Doueiri, Liz Garbus, Dustin Hoffman, Rian Johnson, Neil Jordan, Baltasar Kormákur, Shola Lynch, Deepa Mehta, Roger Michell, Nishikawa Miwa, Ruba Nadda, Mike Newell, François Ozon, Sally Potter, Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, Eran Riklis, David O. Russell, Gauri Shinde, Ben Timlett & Bill Jones & Jeff Simpson, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski,...
Piers Handling, CEO and Director of Tiff, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, made the first announcement of films to premiere at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival. Films announced include titles in the Galas and Special Presentations programmes. The announced films include 17 Galas and 45 Special Presentations, including 38 world premieres.
Toronto audiences will be the first to see the world premieres of films from directors Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, David Ayer, Maiken Baird, Noah Baumbach, J.A. Bayona, Stuart Blumberg, Josh Boone, Laurent Cantet, Sergio Castellitto, Stephen Chbosky, Lu Chuan, Derek Cianfrance, Nenad Cicin-Sain, Costa-Gavras, Ziad Doueiri, Liz Garbus, Dustin Hoffman, Rian Johnson, Neil Jordan, Baltasar Kormákur, Shola Lynch, Deepa Mehta, Roger Michell, Nishikawa Miwa, Ruba Nadda, Mike Newell, François Ozon, Sally Potter, Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, Eran Riklis, David O. Russell, Gauri Shinde, Ben Timlett & Bill Jones & Jeff Simpson, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Earlier, we brought you a snapshot glance at the first wave of programming announced for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Shortly after, the fest released a thorough breakdown of the Galas and Special Presentations for this year’s event, which kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 6.
So far, 17 Galas and 45 Special Presentations have been announced, including 38 world premieres. Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, David Ayer, Maiken Baird, Noah Baumbach, J.A. Bayona, Stuart Blumberg, Josh Boone, Laurent Cantet, Sergio Castellitto, Stephen Chbosky, Lu Chuan, Derek Cianfrance, Nenad Cicin-Sain, Costa-Gavras, Ziad Doueiri, Liz Garbus, Dustin Hoffman, Rian Johnson, Neil Jordan, Baltasar Kormákur, Shola Lynch, Deepa Mehta, Roger Michell, Nishikawa Miwa, Ruba Nadda, Mike Newell, François Ozon, Sally Potter, Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, Eran Riklis, David O. Russell, Gauri Shinde, Ben Timlett & Bill Jones & Jeff Simpson, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, Margarethe von Trotta, Joss Whedon and...
Hollywoodnews.com: Earlier, we brought you a snapshot glance at the first wave of programming announced for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Shortly after, the fest released a thorough breakdown of the Galas and Special Presentations for this year’s event, which kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 6.
So far, 17 Galas and 45 Special Presentations have been announced, including 38 world premieres. Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, David Ayer, Maiken Baird, Noah Baumbach, J.A. Bayona, Stuart Blumberg, Josh Boone, Laurent Cantet, Sergio Castellitto, Stephen Chbosky, Lu Chuan, Derek Cianfrance, Nenad Cicin-Sain, Costa-Gavras, Ziad Doueiri, Liz Garbus, Dustin Hoffman, Rian Johnson, Neil Jordan, Baltasar Kormákur, Shola Lynch, Deepa Mehta, Roger Michell, Nishikawa Miwa, Ruba Nadda, Mike Newell, François Ozon, Sally Potter, Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, Eran Riklis, David O. Russell, Gauri Shinde, Ben Timlett & Bill Jones & Jeff Simpson, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, Margarethe von Trotta, Joss Whedon and...
- 7/24/2012
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
2012′s Toronto International Film Festival is set to officially announce its initial line-up later today, but Variety let the cat out of the bag, at least partially; and it’s quite astounding. Most of our most-anticipated films of the year will be premiering at the Canadian festival, notably Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder, Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer‘s epic-sounding Cloud Atlas, Rian Johnson‘s Looper (which will open the fest), Ben Affleck‘s Argo, Dereck Cianfrance‘s The Place Beyond the Pines and much, more more.
Coming from Sundance, the only mentioned film was Ben Lewis‘ John Hawkes-starring The Sessions, while Cannes premieres include Matteo Garrone‘s Reality, Thomas Vinterberg‘s The Hunt, Pablo Larrain‘s No and Jacques Audiard‘s Rust and Bone. One of the biggest surprises is a new film from Noah Baumbach, starring Greta Gerwing titled Frances Ha. There’s also The Avengers director Joss Whedon...
Coming from Sundance, the only mentioned film was Ben Lewis‘ John Hawkes-starring The Sessions, while Cannes premieres include Matteo Garrone‘s Reality, Thomas Vinterberg‘s The Hunt, Pablo Larrain‘s No and Jacques Audiard‘s Rust and Bone. One of the biggest surprises is a new film from Noah Baumbach, starring Greta Gerwing titled Frances Ha. There’s also The Avengers director Joss Whedon...
- 7/24/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Fourteen years after he helped launch the Dogme 95 movement with his family drama “The Celebration,” director Thomas Vinterberg returned to Cannes this past month with his latest film, “The Hunt.” As the Croisette is wont to do, reactions were immensely divided, with some calling the film a masterpiece of near-unbearable dread, while others found the film a manipulative soap opera. Luckily for the filmmakers though, those in distribution kept a keen eye, and have now tapped the film for a future Us release.
THR reports Magnolia Pictures have acquired the U.S. rights from sales group TrustNordisk, and we're guessing they plan to release the film by year's end. The drama follows Mads Mikkelsen, who impressed Cannes enough to win Best Actor this past weekend, as a man suddenly plunged into a world of accusations and hatred after his genial relationship with a young girl (Annika Wedderkopp) goes truly awry.
THR reports Magnolia Pictures have acquired the U.S. rights from sales group TrustNordisk, and we're guessing they plan to release the film by year's end. The drama follows Mads Mikkelsen, who impressed Cannes enough to win Best Actor this past weekend, as a man suddenly plunged into a world of accusations and hatred after his genial relationship with a young girl (Annika Wedderkopp) goes truly awry.
- 6/1/2012
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Mads Mikkelsen starrer The Hunt goes to Magnolia Variety reports that the distributor's picked up U.S. distribution rights to the Cannes Film Festival player Jagten (The Hunt) which took home the actor award. Pic tells of a kindergarten teacher falsely accused of child abuse, and also stars Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrømm Sysse Wold and Anne Luise Hassing. Vinterberg, known for films like The Celebration, When a Man Comes Home, Dear Wendy and Submarino, directs as well as scripting alongside Tobias Lindholm. "Thomas Vinterberg demonstrates his directorial mastery in his finest work since...
- 5/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Mads Mikkelsen starrer The Hunt goes to Magnolia Variety reports that the distributor's picked up U.S. distribution rights to the Cannes Film Festival player Jagten (The Hunt) which took home the actor award. Pic tells of a kindergarten teacher falsely accused of child abuse, and also stars Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrømm Sysse Wold and Anne Luise Hassing. Vinterberg, known for films like The Celebration, When a Man Comes Home, Dear Wendy and Submarino, directs as well as scripting alongside Tobias Lindholm. "Thomas Vinterberg demonstrates his directorial mastery in his finest work since...
- 5/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
After making big waves with his Dogme classic The Celebration in 1998, Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg has made a handful of flawed and underseen films, whether the genre be post-apocalyptic sci-fi (It’s All About Love) or a pseudo-Western about a group of gun-wielding pacifists (Dear Wendy), that have rendered him largely unnoticed as of late.
Let it be said that his newest work, The Hunt, will stand to change the tide. Starring Mads Mikkelsen in a decidedly, and impressively, domesticated role. Vinterberg takes his time with his narrative, looking into a very 21st century kind of witch hunt. Lucas (Mikkelsen) is a new teacher at a local kindergarten, recently divorced and at odds with his ex-wife over custody of their teenage son. He’s an engaged educator, interacting with the young children and developing close relationships with all of them.
Perhaps his closest relationship is with Klara (Annika Wedderkopp), daughter...
Let it be said that his newest work, The Hunt, will stand to change the tide. Starring Mads Mikkelsen in a decidedly, and impressively, domesticated role. Vinterberg takes his time with his narrative, looking into a very 21st century kind of witch hunt. Lucas (Mikkelsen) is a new teacher at a local kindergarten, recently divorced and at odds with his ex-wife over custody of their teenage son. He’s an engaged educator, interacting with the young children and developing close relationships with all of them.
Perhaps his closest relationship is with Klara (Annika Wedderkopp), daughter...
- 5/22/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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