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ARCTIC – Review by Susan Granger

February 27, 2019February 28, 2019 Susan Granger 0 Comments Arctic, mads mikkelson

You think it’s cold? You think you’re suffering? When you watch 53 year-old Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen’s grimly harrowing man vs. nature struggle, whatever you’re experiencing pales in comparison.

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ARCTIC – Review by Diane Carson

February 22, 2019 Diane Carson 0 Comments Arctic, Joe Penna, Mads Mikkelsen, Tómas Örn Tómasson

A man digs in the snow, chipping away to free a piece of rock and moving it to the side. What is going on as this first image commands the screen? A subsequent wide shot reveals the huge SOS in the snow, this man completely alone in a huge white expanse in Brazilian director Joe Penna’s fascinating, minimalist film Arctic.