In The Snowman , Norwegian author Jo Nesb describes the body of a woman, so mutilated that it 'was only thanks to a naked breast that they had been able to determine gender' (2010: 54). Claims have been made that crime fiction is ramping up the violence towards female victims as a ...
Tomas Alfredson To Tackle Jo Nesbø's Snowman Swedish directorial nous will meet Norwegian crime writing flair in a kind of Scand-avengers, with news that Tomas Alfredson is taking on Jo Nesbø’s The Snowman as his next project. According to Variety’s scoop, Alfredson will also be ...
Michael FassbenderandRebecca Fergusonare in pursuit of an elusive serial killer in first trailer for “The Snowman,” based on the thriller by Norwegian author Jo Nesbø. Fassbender portrays crime squad detective Harry Hole, who discovers a beheaded victim on the first snow of winter. He’s t...
I’m also a bit curious about the murder mystery, crime thriller“The Snowman”based on the book by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo. The movie stars Michael Fassbender as Detective Harry Hole who investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking sn...
Chapter 1 9 minutes ‘The Snowman’ We review the film and sit down with its director Tomas Alfredson. Share chapter 1 Share Facebook X Email LinkedIn Reddit LINE / Chapter 2 4 minutes London Film Festival A quick round-up of some standout titles including comments from Francois Ozon, Eli...
Norwegian backdrop, this allowsThe Snowmanto maintain an unsettling and dreary sense of atmosphere throughout its runtime. That said, even Martin Scorsese's three-time Oscar winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker (who co-editedThe Snowmanwith Claire Simpson) can only do so much to bridge the film'...
Killer Heat ★★½ DESPITE Norwegian author Jo Nesbø’s popularity there have been surprisingly few film adaptations of his works. Of the handful, they have ranged in quality from the very good, 2011’s Headhunters, to the disappointing The Snowman from 2017. Killer Heat, based on one ...
There were definitely worse movies in 2017, but there may not have been a more frustrating one thanDownsizing, or one that did less with a great premise. The idea: In a last-ditch effort to save the planet from environmental devastation, a group of Norwegian scientists devise a way to shr...
There were definitely worse movies in 2017, but there may not have been a more frustrating one thanDownsizing, or one that did less with a great premise. The idea: In a last-ditch effort to save the planet from environmental devastation, a group of Norwegian scientists devise a way to shr...
‘The Snowman’ Will Michael Fassbender’s new detective thriller bring Nordic noir to the big screen? We investigate with its Swedish director, Tomas Alfredson. Plus: a wrap of the London Film Festival with Francois Ozon, Eliza Hittman and Matt Spicer, and 86-year-old actress Lois Smith re...