Norway – New York Film Critics Circle

‘1001 Grams’: The measure of life

Marshall Fine May 13, 2015 May 13, 2015 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com I am a big fan of Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer. The Norwegian films of his that have made it to American screens – “Kitchen Stories,” “O’Horten” and now “1001 Grams” – reveal a miniaturist dealing in microcosms that reveal the world. In the case of “1001 Grams,” it is …

‘Turn Me On, Dammit,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine March 27, 2012 March 27, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com “Turn Me On, Dammit” could be the Republicans’ worst nightmare: a movie about female sexuality that isn’t smarmy, sensational, exploitive – or judgmental. Talk about subversive. Indeed, this Norwegian film by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen is a total departure: the first teen coming-of-age film I can recall that uses a …