Johan

Johan Grimonprez on Doc ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ at San Sebastian

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Africa, colonialism, the United Nations, the 1961 assassination of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nikita Khrushchev, Tesla, iPhones, and jazz music come together in director Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. The documentary feels like a concert with academic footnotes and references or performance … Read more

Dag Johan Haugerud's fascinating Nordic drama

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There's a lot to love Love (OR Kjaelighet), but the generic English title is not one of them. That handle could confuse it with works by Gaspar Noé and Judd Apatow, among others, and could potentially delay viewers from finding it via search engines. Which would be a shame, because Norwegian writer-director Dag Johan Haugerud’s … Read more

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