Arctic Directed by Joe Penna Starring Mads Mikkelsen and Maria Thelma Smáradóttir Screening at LFF October 11th, 12th and 17th 2018 by Richard Hamer The lone survivor of a plane crash deep in the remote Arctic, an unnamed pilot (Mads Mikkelsen) walks his daily routine: Check the fish traps, climb the surrounding hills in search […]

Directed by Scott Derrickson Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Stuhlbarg and Benjamin Bratt In UK Cinemas October 25th, 2016 Watch on iTunes by Richard Hamer With the fourteenth film in its ‘Cinematic Universe’, you’d imagine Marvel would be trying extra-hard to distinguish individual entries in its series, to […]

The 69th Festival de Cannes had already announced its jury president as Mad Max auteur George Miller.  Now, the rest of the jury has been revealed, and it’s the ultimate dream team of film industry heavyweights. Cannes has  always sought to adopt a universal and international approach with its jury and this year is no […]

by Joanna Orland The stars were out in full force (yup, I went there) for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens European premiere which took place in London’s Leicester Square on Wednesday December 16, 2015. Original trilogy cast members Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Warwick Davis, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels joined […]

Men and Chicken (Mænd & høns) Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen Starring Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Soren Malling, Nicolas Bro and Nikolaj Lie Kaas by Joanna Orland The darkest of comedies, Men and Chicken borders on the genre of body horror as the film explores one of the most twisted fictional family trees in Denmark. […]

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg Starring Mads Mikkelsen In UK  cinemas November 30, 2012 by Ruth Thomson In compelling Danish drama The Hunt, Mads Mikkelsen is Lucas – an easy going nursery assistant in a small tight knit community. Life is on the up – he’s on the brink of a new relationship and his antagonistic […]