Stolt av norsk filmsuksess på Cannes

Cannes filmfestival er en feiring av filmindustrien og en konkurranse for å hjelpe nye filmer å få anerkjennelse. Norge har deltatt flere ganger, men det var ikke før i fjor at en norsk film vant en av verdens mest anerkjente filmpriser. Norges filmindustri er så liten at det er ekstra imponerende når noe slår til internasjonalt

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From Page to Screen: Fidelity and Subjectivity in Book Adaptations

Is the book always better than the movie? An adaptation of a literary work can paint a vivid picture for us through visual media, so we experience it in reality. Some argue a good adaptation depends on fidelity, whereas others argue adaptations should have room for creative liberties and suit modern audiences

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A Fox Under A Pink Moon

,,To play a game.’’ That is how Soraya refers to having a chance of escaping the country. A Fox Under A Pink Moon follows the story of Soraya, a young afghan woman who tries to immigrate to Europe. The movie captures her heartbreaking journey through videos all taken by Soraya herself.

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Horror in the Awards Season

Awards season has come and gone, with the 98th Academy Awards marking the end of the festivities. It’s abundantly clear that cinema is back, with a lull post-COVID and a writer’s strike throughout 2023. But the enduring question comes again: where is the appreciation for horror movies?

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Frankenstein: Eit monster av ulike visuelle verkemiddel

Den stormfulle aftenen fredag 24. oktober bega eg meg ut på ein tur til Vega Scene for å vere vitne til noregspremiera av Frankenstein. Dette er en film eg har gleda meg til sida eg fann ut om den, så da måtte eg sjølvsagt kjøpe billett.

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A Weekend of Cult — NFK’s annual film seminar

In October, we joined a cult… film seminar. We visited Cinemateket for Filmklubbforbundet and Z filmtidsskrift’s annual film seminar. This year’s theme was cult cinema. We spent our weekend listening to four informative lectures coupled with four interesting films, and then interviewed four academics on their respective interest regarding the cult genre.

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Review: The Apprentice (2024)

The film “The Apprentice” is the story of the making of Donald J. Trump. It’s a story of the student becoming the master—or in our case—the leader of the free world. The film invites us on Trumps journey from a young man eager to find his place in the world, to a business tyrant as he begins to resemble the Trump we know today.

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"Malefic, negative and destructive": A Day of Spooks at the NFK's Annual Conference

I’ll admit that historically I’ve been a bit of a baby when it comes to horror, but I couldn’t resist the temptation of dipping my toes further into the genre when the Norsk Filmklubbforbund (Norwegian Federation of Film Societies - NFK) announced its annual film seminar theme would indeed be that.

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A Perfect Woman is A Dead Woman - Misogyny in the “Empresses in the Palace”

If you ask anyone in China if they know who Chun Yuan is, they will immediately tell you all they know about her. This is how popular tv-series “Empresses in the Palace” is, and Chun Yuan is not even the female lead. “Empresses in the Palace,” also known as “The Legend of Zhen Huan”, has captivated audiences in China for over a decade.

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Brand biopics: Are products our new protagonists?

As I’m scrolling through the website for my local movie theater, looking through the selection of upcoming movies, I notice the poster for a movie named BlackBerry. “As in the smartphone brand?” I wonder. And it is, indeed, a film about the story behind the now shut-down brand that once ruled the smartphone market. It’s October, and we have officially gotten our fourth movie of the year centered around the history of a big corporation.

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