Tag Archives: Mads Mikelsen

nothing new about Vincent (Film: At Eternity’s Gate – Willem Dafoe, 2018)

I believe that Vincent van Gogh would have been very pleased if he could get some royalties from the films that were made about him. The “damned” artist of the generation of post-impressionists, the unrecognized genius who did not sell … Continue reading

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love, insanity and social reform (Film: A Royal Affair – Demnark, 2012)

The Danes tried to put a ‘coup d’etat’ at the Academy Awards this year with ‘En kongelig affære’ (‘A Royal Affair’) directed by Nikolaj Arcel. Having seen that stories about royals and especially about queens bring Oscar statuettes every other … Continue reading

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