Olivier Bugge Coutté

Oslo, August 31st Review

Oslo, August 31st Review

RATING: (3.5 STARS) Throughout Joachim Trier’s mesmerizing sophomore feature, Oslo, August 31st, a recovering drug addict (played brilliantly by Anders Danielsen Lie) visits friends and family members—the most important people in his life—while on leave from rehab for a day in search of an avenue to start anew. Ironically, it’s someone he’s hardly acquainted with, […]

Beginners Review

Beginners Review

RATING: (2 STARS) Beginners is a snooze. Plain and simple. And I really don’t like dismissing it so bluntly because it’s a very personal story. Director Mike Mills based Beginners, at least in part, on his own life—specifically, the material dealing with the main character’s elderly father who comes out of the closet after his […]