J.B. Spins

If ever there was a “cursed” film, this film would be it. For starters, John Frankenheimer was hired to direct, but had to withdraw for heal...

It turns out mental hospitals for the criminally insane are especially depressing in Scandinavia. The cold weather and long, dark nights do ...

Norway and Sweden have a close but complicated relationship, as Trond Sander’s family perfectly illustrates. He now lives in a remote cabin ...

It is not just one of the earliest novels in publishing history. Cervantes’ Don Quixote is also one of the most self-referential, postmod...

Paddy is a mouse of mystery. She has no home, no profession, and no history. However, she has a keen sense of smell, so Gordon taps her ...

Even tennis was better in the eighties, but as was often the case, we just didn’t appreciate it at the time. Frankly, many sports fans we...

It turns out Putin even ruined the Russian Mob. They used to be reasonable gangsters a money launderer like Dima Vladimirovich Krasnov co...

If revenge is a dish best served cold, then provincial Norway is the perfect place for it. Technically, Nils Dickman is Swedish and he wi...

When Lars von Trier and the increasingly controversial Shia LaBeouf collaborate on a film, it creates a certain level of expectations. Ad...

The Bastøy Boys Home was no Boys Town. Neither was the governor any sort of Father Flanagan. Yet, both were considered above reproach until ...