A Royal Affair

If any royal affair deserves cinematic treatment, it’s this one. Fraught with illicit romance and political intrigue, the 18th-century love triangle among British Princess Caroline Mathilde (Alicia Vikander), Danish King Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard) and his trusted physician and advisor Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen) is inextricably intertwined with the radical and short-lived Enlightenment reforms instituted during their reign. Lush with period detail and throbbing with lusty melodrama, director-cowriter Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair finds complexity and nuance in each of its main characters, painting none as the hero, none as the victim....  read more

Woody Allen's Next Film Rumored For Denmark

Enough about Woody Allen's New York kind of love. Manhattan is a thing of the past. The one-film-a-year auteur has moved onto new landmarks. With Luxembourg, Barcelona and Paris as Allen's most recent muses, and Rome the center piece of his 2012 Nero Fiddled, it didn't come as a surprise when Vulture announced Allen's newest film will be shot in Denmark.  read more

Thom Yorke Hopeful, Pissed Off After Ambushing Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen

Although Copenhagen’s ongoing Climate Change Conference has prompted prominent world leaders to speak out against global warming, the fighting words of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke stood out the most in yesterday’s conference news coverage. He had walked into the city’s Bella Center feeling slightly optimistic, though now, thanks to recent developments, the man is straight pissed....  read more

Efterklang Gets Busy

"I was like, ‘What is going on?’” jokes Rasmus Stolberg in response to the critical success of 2007’s Parades, the latest LP from his Copenhagen-based ensemble, Efterklang. As we talk, he’s hustling from car to tour bus with a borrowed cell phone...  read more