Tag Archives: Norway

For Criterion: On Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson

Posted on August 11, 2018 by sheila

The beginning of a series of videos for the Criterion Collection, written and narrated by Yours Truly, on Ingmar Bergman’s collaborations with actresses. This was a major project for me, and it was an honor to pay tribute to these … Continue reading →

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April 2018 Viewing Diary

Posted on May 1, 2018 by sheila

Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018; d. Thom Zimny) New 2-part HBO doc about Elvis. Grateful it exists now. Long overdue artistic redress. I reviewed for Ebert. Morvern Callar (2002; d. Lynne Ramsay) Re-watched in preparation for her latest, You Were … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Henrik Ibsen

Posted on March 20, 2018 by sheila

Famous acting teacher Stella Adler in a transcribed lecture to her acting class on playing Ibsen. Adler BEGGED her students to stop thinking about themselves and about their emotions. She wanted them to be curious about the world, about context, … Continue reading →

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Review: Joachim Trier’s Thelma (2017)

Posted on November 10, 2017 by sheila

I love Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier’s films: check out Oslo, August 31st (thoughts here), and the film which had the best movie poster by a LONG shot in 2015, Louder Than Bombs. He covers the anxiety of modern life, its … Continue reading →

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December 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 1, 2017 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 7, Episode 22, “There Will Be Blood” (2012; d. Guy Norman Bee) I had started a re-watch of Season 7 in November, so I finished it out this month. Season 7 was one of my least favorites, when … Continue reading →

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Review: In Order of Disappearance (2016)

Posted on August 26, 2016 by sheila

My review of In Order of Disappearance – a revenge-thriller-comedy – is now up at Rogerebert.com.

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Now This Is a Movie Poster

Posted on May 9, 2015 by sheila

This is the poster for Joachim Trier’s new movie, which will be premiering at Cannes shortly. I met Trier when he came to Ebertfest in 2013 to screen his haunting and beautiful (and sad) film Oslo August 31st. Wrote some … Continue reading →

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Miss Julie (2014); directed by Liv Ullmann

Posted on December 5, 2014 by sheila

Liv Ullmann directing August Strindberg’s wacky 1888 comedy, Miss Julie. Jessica Chastain, man. But all three of the main actors – Chastain, Colin Farrell, and Samantha Morton, give phenomenal performances. It’s rather unforgettable, actually. My review of Miss Julie is … Continue reading →

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Ebert Fest 2013: Two Panels, Two Films, and the Glorious Tilda Swinton

Posted on May 7, 2013 by sheila

The organ pipes in The Virginia Theatre, Urbana, Illinois. Photo by me at Ebert Fest. All throughout Ebert Fest, there were amazing panels, held at the Pine Lounge in the gorgeous student union (which also had the hotel attached to … Continue reading →

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Quotes on acting 8: Stella Adler on playing Ibsen

Posted on June 6, 2010 by sheila

You have to learn the size of Ibsen. The size of the conflict. The size of the land and how it stuck out into the sea. The size of the darkness. The snowfalls and the sparkling glaciers. The mountains. Surrounded … Continue reading →

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