Christoffer Boe – Sex Drugs & Taxation
Section: Vanguard
Dates: Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th, Friday 13th
Buzz: Originally titled Spies & Gilstrup, Danish filmmaker Christoffer Boe has been steadily making films since his successful Cannes premiered 2003 debut, Reconstruction, which still stands as his best known work and starred Maria Bonnevie and Nikolaj Lee Kaas. While Boe seems to recycle many of his cast members (including Kaas and Nicolas Bro), his projects are often offbeat, intriguingly styled, and notably acted. Sadly, Boe’s last feature, 2011’s Beast, which was described as a cross between Alien and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on the fest circuit, never saw a theatrical release here, though it’s yet another subdued examination of the literal manifestations of grotesque happenings brought about by the excess of human emotion. His latest, which stars Bro and Jesper Christiensen is a sort of period piece biopic, so we’re certain this...
Section: Vanguard
Dates: Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th, Friday 13th
Buzz: Originally titled Spies & Gilstrup, Danish filmmaker Christoffer Boe has been steadily making films since his successful Cannes premiered 2003 debut, Reconstruction, which still stands as his best known work and starred Maria Bonnevie and Nikolaj Lee Kaas. While Boe seems to recycle many of his cast members (including Kaas and Nicolas Bro), his projects are often offbeat, intriguingly styled, and notably acted. Sadly, Boe’s last feature, 2011’s Beast, which was described as a cross between Alien and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on the fest circuit, never saw a theatrical release here, though it’s yet another subdued examination of the literal manifestations of grotesque happenings brought about by the excess of human emotion. His latest, which stars Bro and Jesper Christiensen is a sort of period piece biopic, so we’re certain this...
- 9/2/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A man exposing himself to a gorilla is not what I would typically expect to see in the trailer for a new film by Christoffer Boe but evidently this is what happens when the director of Reconstruction, Beast, and Offscreen tackles the real life story of Mogens Glistrup and Simon Spies - a politician and travel magnate whose friendship would eventually lead to scandal.The true story about the spectacular friendship between two notorious and provocative Danes: the eccentric lawyer-turned-politician Mogens Glistrup, and the "travel king", millionaire, womanizer and public provocateur, Simon Spies. Despite their different ways of life Glistrup and Spies become best friends, and together they turn Spies Travels into one of most profitable travel agencies in Scandinavia in the 1960s and 1970s. They...
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- 6/4/2013
- Screen Anarchy
After recently watching Christoffer Boe's latest film Beast I had the chance to ask the director a couple of questions. We talked about horror, film music and how thinking Bond is gay wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. To get all the juicy details, read on ...Twitch: I noticed that your films used to have it easier finding international distribution. Offscreen was only just released here in Belgium, where Reconstruction and Allegro had more timely releases. No word about Everything Will Be Fine so far and I'm not sure we'll ever see Spies & Glistrup in stores here. Are services like iTunes helping smaller films to reach bigger audiences once again or is it still difficult to get your films out there?Christoffer Boe: I think...
- 11/18/2012
- Screen Anarchy
[The download codes have all been claimed, congratulations to our winners.]We have been long time fans of Denmark's Christoffer Boe here at Twitch and covered the progress of his latest effort, Beast, with great interest over the past year. We've been happy to present stills and the trailer and Shelagh Rowan-Legg gave the film a glowing review here. And with the picture now available to Us audiences on iTunes, we've got a few more things to send your way.Bruno loves his wife Maxine, but his love and body are slowly undergoing a transformation. Something is beginning to stir inside him and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Because when you first delve into the dark side of love to find power, aggression...
- 10/25/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Beast
Directed by Christoffer Boe
Written by Christoffer Boe
Denmark, 2011
Everybody enjoys a well told love story. The sub genre, less prominent perhaps, is the doomed love story, the ones in which the two protagonists do not get exactly what they want by the film’s end. It can be played in such a way that grips the audience, sending them on an emotionally charged ride along with the characters. A second variation of the sub genre pushes the limits of what makes a love story even further, David Cronenberg’s The Fly being a prime example. The emotional tugs are there, even though the movie is more hard core than one’s typical romance tale. Then there are projects the likes of Christoffer Boe’s Beast, movies that purport to be about the emotional side of the breakdown, with that aspect serving as mere salad dressing for the far more experimental intentions lurking underneath.
Directed by Christoffer Boe
Written by Christoffer Boe
Denmark, 2011
Everybody enjoys a well told love story. The sub genre, less prominent perhaps, is the doomed love story, the ones in which the two protagonists do not get exactly what they want by the film’s end. It can be played in such a way that grips the audience, sending them on an emotionally charged ride along with the characters. A second variation of the sub genre pushes the limits of what makes a love story even further, David Cronenberg’s The Fly being a prime example. The emotional tugs are there, even though the movie is more hard core than one’s typical romance tale. Then there are projects the likes of Christoffer Boe’s Beast, movies that purport to be about the emotional side of the breakdown, with that aspect serving as mere salad dressing for the far more experimental intentions lurking underneath.
- 8/2/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Danish film Beast screens this Sunday, July 29th, at the Fantasia International Film Festival, but Trembles has already had a chance to watch it and reviews the film as only he can. Check out his Motion Picture Purgatory review exclusive to Dread Central right here!
Nicolas Bro, Marijana Jankovic, and Nikolaj Lie Kaas star in director Christoffer Boe's Beast. If you're in Montreal, you can catch the screening at 8:00 Pm in the J.A. De Seve Theatre with opening film Punched, a short film from Austria directed by Michael Rittmannsberger.
Beast Synopsis
Bruno loves his wife, Maxine, but his love and body are slowly undergoing a transformation. Something is beginning to stir inside him, and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Because when you first delve into the dark side of love to find power, aggression, and hatred, there is no turning back.
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Nicolas Bro, Marijana Jankovic, and Nikolaj Lie Kaas star in director Christoffer Boe's Beast. If you're in Montreal, you can catch the screening at 8:00 Pm in the J.A. De Seve Theatre with opening film Punched, a short film from Austria directed by Michael Rittmannsberger.
Beast Synopsis
Bruno loves his wife, Maxine, but his love and body are slowly undergoing a transformation. Something is beginning to stir inside him, and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Because when you first delve into the dark side of love to find power, aggression, and hatred, there is no turning back.
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- 7/25/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
It is that time of year again. Mid-to-late July means two things if one is a film fan either living or visiting the city of Montréal. The blockbuster season is in full swing, although that can be applied to just about any city in the universe, and the Fantasia film festival is mere days away. Ryan, Justine, Ricky and myself are counting down the hours and counting down our most anticipated films as well. There may be some overlap in our lists, but it feels safe to say that said lists also speak to our individual tastes as film fans. In also speaks to the diversity of the Fantasia film festival, just in case there were still a few people believing it was a mere freak show of the weirdest films ever conceived. There will be some freak shows, that much is certain, but Fantasia also offers a little bit for everybody.
- 7/16/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
While we are all celebrating Independence Day here in the States, our friends up North are still pumping out news and images from the upcoming Fantasia International Film Festival. On tap for you now is a look at director Christoffer Boe's Beast.
Nicolas Bro, Marijana Jankovic, and Nikolaj Lie Kaas star.
Synopsis
Bruno loves his wife, Maxine, but his love and body are slowly undergoing a transformation. Something is beginning to stir inside him, and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Because when you first delve into the dark side of love to find power, aggression and hatred, there is no turning back.
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Unleash your beast in the comments section below.
Nicolas Bro, Marijana Jankovic, and Nikolaj Lie Kaas star.
Synopsis
Bruno loves his wife, Maxine, but his love and body are slowly undergoing a transformation. Something is beginning to stir inside him, and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Because when you first delve into the dark side of love to find power, aggression and hatred, there is no turning back.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Unleash your beast in the comments section below.
- 7/4/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
It’s that time again. The Fantasia Film Festival is once again imminent, ready to take over Montreal for three weeks with a barrage of genre films and oddball features from all over the world. Running from July 19th to August 7th, this year’s iteration promises to be another insane smorgasbord of the world’s wildest movies. Besides the initial list of films that have been confirmed below, expect another 10,000 or so when the full lineup is revealed.
We can also expect appearances from Tony Todd and Mark Hamill, promoting their new movie Sushi Girl, directed by Ken Saxton, as well as a spotlight on Jennifer Lynch (!), which will include her new feature Chained and the Hissss making-of documentary Despite the Gods. The Documentaries from the Edge section is getting a boost this year as well, though only two titles ( My Amityville Horror and We are Legion: The Story...
We can also expect appearances from Tony Todd and Mark Hamill, promoting their new movie Sushi Girl, directed by Ken Saxton, as well as a spotlight on Jennifer Lynch (!), which will include her new feature Chained and the Hissss making-of documentary Despite the Gods. The Documentaries from the Edge section is getting a boost this year as well, though only two titles ( My Amityville Horror and We are Legion: The Story...
- 6/18/2012
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
The 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival is gearing up to take Montreal by storm with three weeks of inspiration and thrills starting July 19 and running all the way through August 7. Read on for the latest!
The full 2012 lineup of programming and special events will be revealed next month, and we've got all the preliminary details for you below!
Fantasia Proudly Presents The World Premiere Launch Of A Unique, All-star Travelling Art Show
If They Came From Within: An Alternative History of Canadian Horror Movies
Cinematheque Quebecoise, July 20– July 29
Opening gala July 20, 5Pm
Imagine an alternative universe of Canadian horror movies that didn’t get made, couldn’t get made and maybe even shouldn’t get made… but we’d still love to see.
Rue Morgue magazine Editor-in-Chief Dave Alexander brings together some of Canada and Quebec’s most celebrated genre filmmakers with some of the country’s best...
The full 2012 lineup of programming and special events will be revealed next month, and we've got all the preliminary details for you below!
Fantasia Proudly Presents The World Premiere Launch Of A Unique, All-star Travelling Art Show
If They Came From Within: An Alternative History of Canadian Horror Movies
Cinematheque Quebecoise, July 20– July 29
Opening gala July 20, 5Pm
Imagine an alternative universe of Canadian horror movies that didn’t get made, couldn’t get made and maybe even shouldn’t get made… but we’d still love to see.
Rue Morgue magazine Editor-in-Chief Dave Alexander brings together some of Canada and Quebec’s most celebrated genre filmmakers with some of the country’s best...
- 6/18/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Beast - Directed by Christoffer Boe - Denmark It’s always interesting to see a director work with the same themes in a new way. In this case, Beast is another horrific, microscopic examination of obsessive love in the midst of a crumbling relationship, much like Christoffer Boe’s earlier film Offscreen. But, whereas Offscreen was unflinching and straight-forward, Beast is a much more ambiguous, abstract affair. Boe once again relies on Nicolas Bro to play the obsessive lover (Bruno), pairing him against Marijana Jankovic as his wife Maxine. We catch them at a crucial time in the dissolution of their relationship, with Maxine still allowing Bruno’s increasingly violent sexual advances despite being vocal about their being no chance of reconciliation...
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- 3/16/2012
- by John Gholson
- Movies.com
"Beast" is a lean, surreal portrait of a marriage in its extremes from Danish director Christoffer Boe, who's probably still best known for his 2003 feature debut "Reconstruction." The film's focus keeps almost exclusively to Bruno (Nicolas Bro) and Maxine (Marijana Jankovic), a couple whose relationship vacillates between love and hate and a meeting place between the two that approaches the feral. When we first see them, the pair are looking at a beautiful apartment they're considering buying. "Let's take this home and be a family," Bruno proposes. The hope and sweetness of the moment then goes slightly dissonant with unease when Maxine cuts her finger and Bruno sucks at the cut and talks, with all romanticism, about having a part of her inside him.
The next time we see the pair, an unclear amount of time has passed and their marriage is on the rocks. They walk in the snow -- always the snow,...
The next time we see the pair, an unclear amount of time has passed and their marriage is on the rocks. They walk in the snow -- always the snow,...
- 3/12/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- The Playlist
With Beast making its U.S. Premiere tonight SXSW, we take this opportunity to look back at Shelagh's review from Sitges 2011.Love can make anyone behave strangely. The chemicals that flood the brain when love arrives turn all our emotions into extremes: we want the one we love to the point of obsession. But some tip over that point into madness, such madness that can turn the affected person into an animal. Such is the case of Bruno in Christoffer Boe's new film Beast. Bruno is so in love with his wife Maxine, that love turns to destruction in a most surreal and insane manner.When we first meet Bruno and Maxine, they are just beginning their life together. But in the next scene, we see that things...
- 3/11/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. As previously announced, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods will have the honours of opening the festival, and now they have released the full list of films – and it’s looking pretty amazing. Enjoy!
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths,...
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths,...
- 2/3/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The 2012 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival runs March 9–17 in Austin, Texas, and now the full film program lineup has been announced. From a first glance at the list, it's pretty light on horror, but there are a few standouts.
In addition to the world premiere of Lionsgate’s The Cabin in the Woods as the Opening Night Film, which we already knew, here are the horror (and a few horror-ish or just very interesting sounding) highlights:
Killer Joe - Us Premiere
Director: William Friedkin | Screenwriter: Tracy Letts
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church
A garish, Southwestern tale - a violent black comedy about a desperate Texas debtor (Hirsch) who plots to kill his mother with help of his family (Haden Church, Gershon). They hire a crazy Dallas cop who moonlights as a contract killer (McConaughey) to do the job, but Killer Joe...
In addition to the world premiere of Lionsgate’s The Cabin in the Woods as the Opening Night Film, which we already knew, here are the horror (and a few horror-ish or just very interesting sounding) highlights:
Killer Joe - Us Premiere
Director: William Friedkin | Screenwriter: Tracy Letts
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church
A garish, Southwestern tale - a violent black comedy about a desperate Texas debtor (Hirsch) who plots to kill his mother with help of his family (Haden Church, Gershon). They hire a crazy Dallas cop who moonlights as a contract killer (McConaughey) to do the job, but Killer Joe...
- 2/2/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry, shot by Bob Gruen in 1977
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
screens as part of 24 Beats per Second
SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:
Narrative Feature Competition
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
screens as part of 24 Beats per Second
SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:
Narrative Feature Competition
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.
- 2/1/2012
- MUBI
With Sundance 2012 Film Festival over, the next big one on the horizon is South by Southwest, which we’ll be heavily covering. The biggest chunk of the line-up has been announced today, which has some great premieres including 21 Jump Street, Tiff and Sundance hit The Raid, Will Ferrell‘s Casa de mi Padre, the documentary Girl Model (which we liked at Tiff), as well as the next from Broken Lizard, The Babymakers. There are many other promising titles included and you can see them all below. Check back for our coverage for the fest, kicking off March 9th.
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
- 2/1/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Attendees of South by Southwest 2012 are in for a treat. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas festival taking place March 9-17. Among them are 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. The organization already announced [1] Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods would open the festival (the movie is phenomenal [2]) and today the majority of the remaining line up has been revealed. One of the highlights is the unbelievably smart and hilarious 21 Jump Street, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller. Both of those are World Premieres. Other highlights include The Hunter, Killer Joe, The Babymakers, frankie goes boom, God Bless America, The Imposter, The Raid, Bernie and Casa de mi Padre just to name a few. After the jump, read descriptions of all the films that have been announced so far. Before I copy and paste the rest of the list, a few minor notes.
- 2/1/2012
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Love can make anyone behave strangely. The chemicals that flood the brain when love arrives turn all our emotions into extremes: we want the one we love to the point of obsession. But some tip over that point into madness, such madness that can turn the affected person into an animal. Such is the case of Bruno in Christoffer Boe's new film Beast. Bruno is so in love with his wife Maxine, that love turns to destruction in a most surreal and insane manner.When we first meet Bruno and Maxine, they are just beginning their life together. But in the next scene, we see that things have not turned out as hoped. Maxine does not love Bruno anymore, and has begun to have an affair....
- 10/16/2011
- Screen Anarchy
[Updated with English subtitled trailer]It was nearly a year ago that Twitch presented the first images from Beast, the latest feature from Denmark's Christoffer Boe. At the time the film had just finished shooting and audiences hoping for the same fusion of character drama and a descent into madness that drove Offscreen - the previous picture that paired Boe with star Nicolas Bro - were promised exactly that with the still of Marijana Jankovic licking blood from Bro's face shown in the gallery below.Bruno loves his wife Maxine, but his love and body are slowly undergoing a transformation. Something is beginning to stir inside him and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Because when you first delve into the dark side of...
- 10/12/2011
- Screen Anarchy
It seems safe to say that Nicolas Bro is director Christoffer Boe's muse. The versatile character actor has appeared in each of Boe's four existing feature films in some capacity and in 2006 took the lead in what was Boe's most punishing, shocking work.
A film arguably ahead of its time, 2006's Offscreen was a virtuoso spin on first person perspective story telling. Ostensibly shot and assembled by Bro himself the film chronicled one man's descent into obsession and madness following the collapse of his marriage, all of it spiraling down into a wildly bloody finale. Given the current first person craze I'd wager that the film would receive far more notice if released now - where it would be recognized as one of the best films of the type ever made - as opposed to being released then, when it was seen as a minor oddity.
And though the...
A film arguably ahead of its time, 2006's Offscreen was a virtuoso spin on first person perspective story telling. Ostensibly shot and assembled by Bro himself the film chronicled one man's descent into obsession and madness following the collapse of his marriage, all of it spiraling down into a wildly bloody finale. Given the current first person craze I'd wager that the film would receive far more notice if released now - where it would be recognized as one of the best films of the type ever made - as opposed to being released then, when it was seen as a minor oddity.
And though the...
- 10/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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