Posts tagged "Susanne Bier"

The 58th BFI London Film Festival

by Joanna Orland The annual BFI London Film Festival returned for its 58th year with a host of stars descending upon the city to celebrate cinema. A large selection of diverse films were on offer at this year’s festival, with many prevalent themes running through the programme October 8th-19th, 2014 . Festival director Clare Stewart […]

Serena

Directed by Susanne Bier Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Rhys Ifans In UK Cinemas October 24th, 2014 by Joanna Orland Is Susanne Bier OK?  The two films that she has to showcase at the 58th BFI London Film Festival both have overlapping themes of miscarriages and the deaths of babies having catastrophic consequences.  While […]

A Second Chance (En chance til)

Directed by Susanne Bier Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen,  Maria Bonnevie and Nikolaj Lie Kaas In UK Cinemas March 20th, 2015 by Joanna Orland Danish director Susanne Bier’s thriller A Second Chance defies all odds by being completely predictable yet remarkably gripping.  Contrived in its plot, tense performances and solid directing make this film worth […]

Serena: First Trailer

Hotly anticipated film Serena reunites Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. Here is the first trailer: In cinemas October 24th, 2014.

Love Is All You Need

Starring Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm Directed by Susanne Bier by Ruth Thomson In Danish rom-com (actually it’s much better than that tag implies) Love Is All You Need, Pierce Brosnan plays Philip, a hot shot business exec based in Copenhagen who’s struggled for years to get over the death of his wife, alienating his son […]