Movie list week 41: Alex Schulman's "Archipelago" and Facebook
Alex Schulman's directorial debut "The Archipelago" is at the top of the week's film list. Also on the list is Aaron Sorkin's indignant Facebook drama "The social reckoning," where Jeremy Strong plays Mark Zuckerberg.
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Film list week 41: Alex Schulman's "The Archipelago" and the Facebook drama "The social reckoning" new in theaters
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A class trip from hell is at the center of Alex Schulman's debut drama, which was recently awarded Sweden's official Oscar nomination. In "The Archipelago," Gustaf Skarsgård, Fares Fares, and Linus Wahlgren play three different father figures who go on a camp in the archipelago to be the adults in the room. As you have already seen, it goes to the wild. It develops into a dark and intense depiction of the male role, bullying, and destructive patterns.
Since Alex Schulman is a member of DN, the film is guest-reviewed by Olga Ruin, a critic for Svenska Dagbladet and editor for the magazine FLM. Read her review here: https://www.dn.se/kultur/alex-schulmans-arkipelag-ar-en-vass-dissektion-av-mansrollen/
Also read Matilda Käll's interview with the film's three main actors: https://www.dn.se/kultur/gustaf-skarsgard-om-arkipelag-hogstadiet-ar-en-brutal-tid/
1. "The Archipelago" (new)
Director: Alex Schulman
With: Gustaf Skarsgård, Fares Fares
Sweden's Oscar nomination is a merciless dissection of the male role, bullying, and destructive patterns on a class trip from hell.
2. "Fjord"
Director: Cristian Mungiu
With: Renate Reinsve, Sebastian Stan
Uncompromising Gold Palm Winner who paints a charged conflict between a faithful family and a secular Scandinavian society.
3. "Naza"
Director: Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Acclaimed and award-winning documentary that uses anonymous witnesses to reveal the truths about the high-tech war in Gaza.
4. "Tony"
Director: Matt Johnson
With: Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas
Meaningful, tasteful, and light drama about the young years of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain as a kitchen slave on the American East Coast.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
With: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia,
As autobiographical as tasteful metafilm signed by the Spanish master of a particularly good mood.
6. "La grazia"
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
With: Toni Servillo, Anna Ferzetti
Bitterly beautiful drama where Toni Servillo plays a departing president who has to choose between mercy, prestige, and his own conscience.
7. "The social reckoning" (new)
Director: Aaron Sorkin
With: Jeremy Strong, Mikey Madison
The sequel to "The social network" is an angry confrontation with Facebook where Jeremy Strong shines as Mark Zuckerberg.
Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining
With: Helena Bergström, Björn Kjellman
Swedish acting veterans take flight to the sun and warmth in a budding feel-good about the difficult art of rediscovering oneself.
9. "Pressure"
Director: Anthony Maras
With: Andrew Scott, Kerry Condon
Intense weather drama about the meteorologist who played a key role during the dramatic D-Day of 1944 that decided the war.
10. "Bad apples"
Director: Jonatan Etzler
With: Saoirse Ronan, Eddie Waller
Swedish-directed school drama about a female teacher who resorts to a highly unconventional method to quell the class conflict.
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