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Review: The Northman (2022)

Robert Eggers’ The Northman is a violent Viking epic that offers a portrait of the past as an alien experience yet recognizably human.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromMay 11, 2022The Northman, historical epic, drama, violence, Alexander Skarsgard, Anya Taylor-JoyComment

Zack Snyder: Watchmen (2009)

With his successful cinematic rendering of Watchmen, Zack Snyder shows the fascination and power of the superhero on film.

Zack Snyder, Reviews, Flash BackAnders BergstromApril 16, 2021Zack Snyder, Watchmen, superheroes, Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, action movie, violence, comic book adaptationComment

Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is bleak and darkly funny Western anthology from the Coen Brothers, but doesn’t quite add up to more than the sum of its parts.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromNovember 20, 2018Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, western, anthology, black comedy, violence, James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Waits, Zoe Kazan, Liam Neeson, Brendan GleesonComment

John Wick and the Violent Beauty of Action Choreography

Aren explores how JOHN WICK contains the best action scenes in recent American cinema.

Essays, Movies TodayAren BergstromNovember 4, 2014action, action choreography, action scene, Chad Stahelski, choreography, David Leitch, Death of American Action Scene, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, shaky-cam, stunts, violenceComment

The Faded Realism of Bonnie and Clyde

Rawness is just a convention.

Thursday Rethink: The Passion is Not a Meaningless Work of Pornographic Violence

Mel Gibson’s controversial film is full of meaningful violence.

Features, Thursday RethinkAnton BergstromApril 5, 2012Christianity, drama, Jesus Christ, Jim Caviezel, Mel Gibson, religion, religious drama, The Passion of the Christ, Thursday Rethink, violenceComment