Gunnar Hall Jensen’s Portrait of a Confused Father begins with a gut punch. We open on grainy home‑video footage of baby Jonathan – crawling, tumbling, laughing – accompanied by a weary, affectionate voiceover about the weight of parenthood and the parallel burden of documenting a life. Continue reading Portrait of a Confused Father – Home Videos, Healing and Heartbreak via the ‘Manosphere’
Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole has finally arrived on Netflix – here is Nordic Watchlist’s review of one of Netflix’s most anticipated Nordic series. Continue reading Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole – Harry Finally Arrives on Netflix
Now that we have all seen the trailer for Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, you can consider our appetites thoroughly whetted. If you haven’t seen it, we’ve popped it below for you to check out. It looks grimy, violent and, perhaps … Continue reading Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole – All You Need to Know About the Cast of the Netflix Drama
Nordic Watchlist reviews Redoubt at it has its premiere this past week at Glasgow Film Festival and comes to UK cinemas from the 27th March. Continue reading Redoubt (Värn) – Film Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Season two of Oxen arrives with the confidence of a series that knows exactly what it is: a brooding, tightly coiled thriller about power, corruption and the cost of resisting both. It wastes no time reorienting viewers, instead plunging straight … Continue reading Oxen Season 2: The Danish series returns on Channel 4, and Walter Presents
Fanny Ovesen Discusses Her Directorial Debut Live A Little with Nordic Watchlist as her film debuts at Glasgow Film Festival Continue reading Fanny Ovesen Discusses Her Directorial Debut Live A Little
Nordic Watchlist shares their review of Swedish Horror film The Home (Hemmet) which has its UK premier at Glasgow Film Festival. Continue reading The Home (Hemmet) – Film Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Live A Little, screening at the Glasgow Film Festival, marks the feature-length debut of writer / director Fanny Oveson. It takes the “coming of age” film and shapes it into a meaningful exploration of friendship, memory and consent. Continue reading Live A Little (Leva Lite) – Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Anders Thomas Jensen reunites with Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro and Nikolaj Lie Kaas in The Last Viking, a darkly humourous exploration of identity and trauma. Screening at the Glasgow Film Festival, it “balances brutality with warmth; absurdity with sincerity Continue reading The Last Viking – Film Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Nordic Watchlist caught Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic at this years Glasgow Film Festival and share their review. The film is released on the 13th March in UK Cinemas! Continue reading Eagles of the Republic – Film Review from the Glasgow Film Festival
Egghead Republic is “one of those films that announces its strangeness from the outset and then keeps tugging the rug out from under you.” If you enjoy the weird and wonderful, check it out at the Glasgow Film Festival. Continue reading Egghead Republic – Film Review from Glasgow Film Festival
Nordic Watchlist previews and reviews The Swedish Connection highlighting the cast, directors, and shares their review of the new Netflix film. Continue reading The Swedish Connection (Den svenska länken) – inspiring World War Two biopic from Netflix
Nordic Watchlist reviews Hjem – Marijana Jankovic’s feature length debut which will screen at Rotterdam Film Festival this month Continue reading Hjem – Marijana Jankovic’s feature length debut at Rotterdam Film Festival
The countdown is on to March 26, when Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole hits Netflix. Nordic Watchlist shares 5 reasons why we are so excited Continue reading Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole: 5 Reasons Why We’re Excited
Nordic film and television has become almost synonymous with crime stories. Perhaps we enjoy the oxymoron of the world’s happiest and friendliest countries being splattered with blood, fuelled by anger and lust. Writer/director Christoffer Boe’s Special Unit: The First Murder … Continue reading Special Unit: The First Murder – Alex Høgh Andersen stars in gritty 1920s crime thriller
Nordic Watchlist reviews Viaplay’s new series Scenes After A Marriage which arrives on both the US and UK streamer this month. Continue reading Scenes After A Marriage – Separation is messy in Viaplay’s new drama
Stayer is the kind of drama that quietly nestles under the skin and stays there. Fittingly, given its title. It traces the messy aftershocks of grief and the fitful, fragile work of rebuilding. The series balances character-driven storytelling with an … Continue reading Stayer – Viaplay’s music-based drama takes on complex family relationships and grief
The perfect way to get in the mood for Christmas! Nordic Watchlist reviews Season 3 of the much loved Norwegian TV Series, Home For Christmas, out on Netflix today. Continue reading Home for Christmas Season 3 – Netflix’s delightfully cosy festive romance is back
Nordic Watchlist reviews FOLKTALES by Oscar-nominated documentarians Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady In FOLKTALES, Oscar-nominated documentarians Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp, One of Us) return with a deeply immersive and emotionally resonant portrait of adolescence, identity and the … Continue reading FOLKTALES – Going back to nature with this quietly emotional documentary
Vanguard is a bold, five-part dramatisation of Jan Stenbeck’s transformation from Wall Street financier to Nordic media tycoon. Directed by Goran Kapetanović (Caliphate, The Congregation) and written by Alex Haridi (Quicksand, Love & Anarchy), the show is based on Per Andersson’s biography Stenbeck: A Biography of a Successful Businessman. Continue reading Vanguard – Viaplay’s fiery new biopic is all about glamour and grit
Nordic Watchlist reviews Netflix’s Mango Netflix’s latest Nordic film, Mango, centres around a luxury hotel in Málaga. Whilst overseeing a major piece of project work, driven hotel manager Lærke (Josephine Park) finds herself at odds with Alex (Dar Salim), a … Continue reading Mango – New Netflix romance is super sweet
Nordic Watchlist reviews The Asset – Netflix’s slick Danish crime thriller Danish crime thriller The Asset centres around a new intelligence service agent, Tea, who goes undercover to infiltrate the inner circle of prolific drug smuggler, Miran, who has eluded … Continue reading The Asset – Netflix’s slick Danish crime thriller
Nordic Watchlist reviews A Life’s Worth, Viaplay’s new six-part drama which stars Edvin Ryding and Erik Enge. Continue reading A Life’s Worth – Edvin Ryding stars in Viaplay’s emotional new war drama
Fresh from its premiere at London Film Festival Nordic Watchlist reviews Pillion, starring Alexander Skarsgård and directed by Harry Lighton. Continue reading Pillion Review: A Raw Love Story That Redefines Queer Narratives
Winner of the 2021 Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel, Mikael Niemi’s To Cook a Bear (Koka Björn) has been adapted into a stunning six-part series for Disney+. It’s a fascinating amalgamation of the classic detective story, historical drama, … Continue reading To Cook A Bear Disney+ Series Review: Must-Watch Dark Thriller
Gustaf Skarsgård on mud make up, life lessons and the perils of polarism as he discusses his role in Disney+ series To Cook A Bear with Nordic Watchlist Continue reading Gustaf Skarsgård on mud make up, life lessons and the perils of polarism in his new series To Cook A Bear
Nordic Watchlist reviews Netflix’s The New Force. This six-part series follows Carin, Siv and Ingrid as Sweden’s first female police officers who have to navigate the sexual politics of their time, as well as a dangerous new case. Continue reading The New Force – Netflix’s retro new crime drama
Walter Presents has been spoiling Scandinavian TV lovers this summer, and this continues with their latest release, Omerta 6/12. You can forget the cosy jumpers and hygge decor, however, as this political thriller aims to showcase something altogether more explosive. Continue reading Omerta 6/12 – New Finnish political thriller comes to Walter Presents
UK fans of Dan, Flemming and Marianne have had to wait just four weeks between series two and season three of The Sommerdahl Murders airing via Walter Presents. Since season two left us with a double personal tragedy for Dan, … Continue reading The Sommerdahl Murders Season 3: More Picturesque Crime from Walter Presents
The Last Journey opens with a quiet simplicity: stark title cards. The Son. The Father. They are followed by the sterile whiteness of a hospital waiting room. An MRI machine hums ominously as Lars, the father, lies still, his son … Continue reading Reviving Memories: A Father-Son Road Trip in ‘The Last Journey’
