It’s a brave director who takes on a remake of a Hitchcock film and Deadline recently revealed Danish director Nikolaj Arcel to be very brave indeed. Arcel, coming off international success with his Oscar nominated drama A Royal Affair, is taking on Alfred Hitchcock’s sole Best Picture winner Rebecca, which is based on the Daphne […]
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Interview: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair)
June 19, 2012 
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Interview: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair). By Simon Miraudo. Danish actor Mikkel Boe Følsgaard makes his feature film debut in Nikolaj Arcel‘s A Royal Affair, starring as notorious King of Denmark Christian VII. Not only was he faced with the difficult task of portraying a historical figure dismissed today as simply “the mad king,” he also had to share the screen with […]
Continue readingLove fool – A Royal Affair review
June 18, 2012 0 Comments
A Royal Affair – Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel. Rated M. Originally published June 8, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Nikolaj Arcel‘s A Royal Affair doesn’t quite have the potency of a fleeting, passionate romance, so much as it mimics the drawn-out dissolution of a relationship. There are spurts of sordid sensuality and an intense, jaw-clenching climax, but […]
Continue readingThe top 10 doomed romances
June 15, 2012 6 Comments
The top 10 doomed romances. By Simon Miraudo. The doomed romance: it’s a tale as old as time itself. Boy loves girl; girl loves boy; boy has his organs harvested; girl turns boy in to the police for his killing spree; boy dies mid-coitus; girl fakes own suicide, sending boy mad with grief, only to […]
Continue readingInterview: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair)
June 9, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair). By Simon Miraudo. Danish actor Mikkel Boe Følsgaard makes his feature film debut in Nikolaj Arcel‘s A Royal Affair, starring as notorious King of Denmark Christian VII. Not only was he faced with the difficult task of portraying a historical figure dismissed today as simply “the mad king,” […]
Continue readingLove fool – A Royal Affair review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 8, 2012 0 Comments
A Royal Affair – Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. A Royal Affair plays the Sydney Film Festival on June 9 and 15. It opens in Australian cinemas June 21, 2012. Nikolaj Arcel‘s A Royal Affair doesn’t quite have the potency of a fleeting, […]
Continue readingMads Mikkelsen is your new Hannibal Lecter
June 5, 2012 1 Comment
Danish superstar and recent Cannes Best Actor prize winner Mads Mikkelsen has been cast as the cannibalistic Dr. Lecter in NBC’s new TV show Hannibal. According to Deadline, he will star opposite Hugh Dancy‘s FBI agent Will Graham in the series inspired by Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon. When the story begins, Graham enlists the help […]
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