This drama about two young novelists in Oslo has been marketed as some sort of slick, fast-paced European hipster movie, a la Run Lola Run, which is a bit disingenuous. There is the occasional stylistic flourish, but mostly it's a solid, no-nonsense story about – well, I can only say it's about growing up, but it makes the film sound… read more!

It's not often when a Norwegian film becomes a critical darling, but people have been falling over themselves praising The Worst Person in the World – some have called it the best film of 2021 – so certainly, as a Norwegian-American, my interest was piqued. And I enjoyed Trier's first feature Reprise, so if anybody was predisposed to go wild… read more!