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FJORD Review
What if you move to a new country after the death of your parents and have to start completely over? The culture, language and religion are foreign to you. You are expected to assimilate to the new society you have entered. Now imagine this new country takes away your 5 young children, due to allegations made against your parenting. What would you do? In Cristian Mungiu's second Palme d’Or-winning film, Fjord, the examination of differing cultures is put on trial. The Gheorg
Willow Steele
Sep 303 min read


KRAKEN Review
Kraken opens on old news footage. Eyewitness interviews. People describing something massive in the water near a Norwegian fjord. The helicopters searched. They found nothing. Cut to present day. Two kids on a jet ski fall into the water and don't come back up. Johanne (Sara Khorami) is a marine researcher who gets called in to inspect a fish farm in Vangsnes. Her first instinct is to pass. She has her reasons. Then she sees video of fish voluntarily jumping out of the water
Jason Broadwell
Jun 212 min read


NO COMMENT Review (from PÖFF 29)
(This review originally appeared in its entirety on scenethatreviews.com ) Welcome back to another review from 29th PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival! This time, from the “Official Selection Competition”, we have a political scandal that threatens to upend an election. It doesn’t matter what the story is though. All that matters is time and patience in… No Comment (2025). Prime Minister Alma Solvik (Laila Goody) is locked-in and focused on the upcoming elections. The
Jason Broadwell
Dec 1, 20252 min read
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