noomi rapace – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

YOU WON’T BE ALONE – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

March 24, 2022March 25, 2022 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Goren Stolveski, noomi rapace, Sara Klimoska, YOU WON’T BE ALONE

Moving, startling, shocking, tender, brutal, thoughtful, sensitive…the film provokes almost too many descriptors, too many emotions, to allow it to be wholly captured in mere words. There’s a dizzying intensity to You Won’t Be Alone that is far too rare in cinema, a sensation that almost needs to be mourned once it starts wearing off. It’s easy to forget sometimes that film can be this good – if nothing else, You Won’t Be Alone is a powerful reminder of just what it is that cinema is uniquely capable of doing that no other art form can ever quite equal.

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LAMB – Review by Susan Granger

November 24, 2021November 28, 2021 Susan Granger Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, ice;andic films, lamb, noomi rapace, Sjon, Valdimar Johannson, Valdimar Jóhannsson

Iceland’s Lamb is a contemporary folkloric tale from Norse mythology. When a pregnant ewe delivers a strange lamb/human hybrid, astonished Maria swaddles the mysterious creature and Ingvar builds a crib so it can sleep in their bedroom. Lovingly bottle-fed, it’s named Ada. As Ada grows, they protectively treat her as the child they never had.

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THE SECRETS WE KEEP – Review by Martha K Baker

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments Chris Messina, Joel Kinnaman, noomi rapace, The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed To Kill, The Secrets We Keep

One of the first clues that the film exceeds the definition of escapist, creepy thriller is the cast. Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, and Chris Messina took Yuval Adler’s script and sounded its depths with commitment. Rapace and Messina play Maja and Lewis, married parents of a boy. Kinnaman’s character is nameless but not blameless.

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THE SECRETS WE KEEP – Review by Lois Alter Mark

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Lois Alter Mark 0 Comments Chris Messina, noomi rapace, The Secrets We Keep

It feels wrong to criticize a movie that’s focused on punishing Nazis so, instead, let’s just say you need to go deeply into suspend disbelief mode to really appreciate this revenge thriller. The Secrets We Keep raises some thought-provoking and fascinating points about vengeance, forgiveness and redemption. And about never really knowing the people who live down the street – or in your own house.

Movie of the Week Reviews

MOVIE OF THE WEEK September 13, 2019: ANGEL OF MINE

September 8, 2019September 9, 2019 awfj-admin 0 Comments angel of mine, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, jennifer merin, kim farrant, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, luke davies, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, motw, Movie of the Week, noomi rapace, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna

Moody and atmospheric, Kim Farrant’s Angel of Mine is part psychodrama, part thriller. Thanks to Farrant’s strong storytelling and confidently convincing performances from stars Noomi Rapace and Yvonne Strahovski, the film brings depth and nuance to its compelling tale of a woman convinced that her long-dead baby is actually alive and being raised by another family.

Interviews

Kim Farrant on acting, emotional health and ANGEL OF MINE – Leslie Combemale interviews

September 5, 2019September 8, 2019 Leslie Combemale 0 Comments angel of mine, australian films, kim farrant, luke davies, noomi rapace

Kim Farrant’sAngel of Mine is an intense thriller about a woman whose tenuous emotional health is jeopardized when she encounters a girl she believes to be her daughter, whom she thought died in a fire years before. Farrant worked with the actors on expressing the enormity of grief and the power of healing in this gripping film with a big surprise ending.

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ANGEL OF MINE – Review by Sheila Roberts

September 4, 2019September 8, 2019 Sheila Roberts (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments angel of mine, kim farrant, luke davies, motw, Movie of the Week, noomi rapace, Yvonne Strahovski

From beginning to end, Angel of Mine is a stunning American-Australian psychological thriller with galvanizing, empathetic performances by Yvonne Strahovski and Noomi Rapace. It’s masterfully directed by Kim Farrant who collaborated with Luke Davies and David Regal on the beautifully crafted script inspired by the 2008 French film L’Empreinte de L’Ange.

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ANGEL OF MINE – Review by Susan Wloszczyna

September 3, 2019September 8, 2019 Susan Granger 0 Comments angel of mine, kim farrant, luke davies, motw, Movie of the Week, noomi rapace, Yvonne Strahovski

Angel of Mine sets us up to expect a nightmarish conclusion, something that is a cross between Vertigo and Fatal Attraction. Except the object of desire is a child and her obsessed stalker is a grieving mother whose life fell apart after her baby daughter died in a hospital fire seven years ago. That director Kim Farrant and writers Luke Davies and David Regal actually deliver a surprise ending that crazily unfolds in a white-bread Melbourne suburb is one of their maternal thriller’s greatest strengths.

Festivals

Melbourne FF Premiere’s Kim Farrant’s ANGEL OF MINE – Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Reports

May 29, 2019September 14, 2019 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments angelof mine, australian film, kim farrant, melbourne filmfestival, noomi rapace

The Melbourne International Film Festival has just released first glance highlights from this year’s forthcoming festival that will run from 1 – 18 August. Amongst the many local and international premieres is the announcement that the festival will screen the world premiere of Australian filmmaker Kim Farrant’s sophomore feature Angel of Mine.

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STOCKHOLM – Review by Martha K. Baker

April 25, 2019 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments Ethan Hawke, Mark Strong, noomi rapace, Robert Budreau, stockholm

Stockholm Syndrome means that a hostage falls for the person in charge — the thief, the kidnapper, the dictator. Most everyone knows that. But what most everyone does not know is the 1973 incident that insinuated as criminal jargon and concept. The absurdist film Stockholm seeks to educate the unenlightened.

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