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Out Of The Furnace (2013)

September 21, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Crime is a siren, for men and filmmakers alike

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2010s, 2013, brad ingelsby, casey affleck, christian bale, crime, drama, economic anxiety, film review, movie review, out of the furnace, rust belt, sam shepard, scott cooper, willem dafoe, woody harrelson, zoe saldana

Hell Or High Water (2016)

July 19, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Cowboy nostalgia

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2010s, 2019, action, bank bailout, bank robbers, ben foster, chris pine, david mckenzie, economic anxiety, gil birmingham, hell or high water, jeff bridges, movie review, neo western, taylor sheridan, texas

Unknown Pleasures (2002)

June 10, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

There is no fucking future

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2000s, 2002, asia, china, disillusion, disillusioned youth, drama, economic anxiety, hongwei wang, jia zhangke, movie review, poverty, qiong wu, tao zhao, unknown pleasures, wei wei zhao

Magnet of Doom (1963)

April 9, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Jean-Paul Belmondo hits the language barrier

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960s, 1963, boxer, charles vanel, class warfare, economic anxiety, industrialist, jean-paul belmondo, jean-pierre melville, magnet of doom, michele mercier, movie review, new orleans, new york

Drifting Clouds (1996)

April 28, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Life is short and miserable. Better enjoy it while you can

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1996, Aki Kaurismäki, comedy, deadpan, drifting clouds, economic anxiety, finland, Kari Väänänen, Kati Outinen, movie review, scandinavia, unemployment

The Naked Spur (1953)

July 3, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

What kind of man?

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1953, anthony mann, bounty hunting, economic anxiety, harold jack bloom, james stewart, review, robert ryan, sam rolfe, the naked spur, western

Minari (2020)

November 23, 2021 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A family tree grows in Arkansas

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020, 2020s, alan s. kim, american dream, arkansas, asian american, drama, economic anxiety, family, farming, korea, lee isaac chung, midwest, minari, noel cho, oscar winner, steven yeun, yeri han, yu-jung youn
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