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At today’s star-studded press event hosted by Scandinavia’s leading regional film Fund Film I Väst, star actresses Sofie Gråbøl and Sidse Babette Knuden as well as Oscar-nominated Jasmila Žbanić raised their voices in the name of all mums and women in the world, in times of peace-and war.

“We’re seeing what’s happening now in Ukraine and Palestine [Gaza], and it’s crazy. We see and hear only men’s side of what’s going on. But the female side of war needs to be told,” said a passionate Žbanić, discussing her upcoming project “Quo Vadis, Aida – the Missing Part”.

One of eight new projects co-produced by Film i Väst, the sequel to the 2021 Bosnian Oscar nominated film “Quo Vadis, Aida” will be produced by Deblokada in co-production with Ruben Östlund’s Swedish outfit Plattform Produktion.

The story explores the aftermath of the tragic consequences of the 1990s’ Bosnian War,...

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Die, My Love and The Chronology of Water added to Cannes lineup

The Cannes Film Festival announced several additions to its 2025 lineup, including Lynne Ramsay's psychological thriller Die, My Love starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, which will screen in competition, and Kristen Stewart's feature directorial debut, biographical drama The Chronology of Water, which will premiere as part of Un Certain Regard.

Other additions include Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t in the midnights section; Saeed Roustaee’s Mother and Child in competition; Anna Cazenave Cambet’s Love Me Tender, Simón Mesa Soto’s Un Poeta and Pedro Pinho’s O Riso E A Faca (Le Rire et le Couteau) in Un Certain Regard; Kōji Fukada’s Renai Saiban, Hlynur Pálmason’s Ástin Sem Eftir Er, Lav Diaz’s Magalhães in premiere; and Vincent Maël Cardona’s Le Roi Soleil in midnights.

Since moving on from playing the character Reggie Mantle on 91 episodes of Riverdale, Charles Melton has caught a lot of attention for his performance in the Todd Haynes film May December and for being part of the ensemble in Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s war movie Warfare. Now, Deadline reports that Melton has lined up another high profile gig, as he has signed on to star in Her Private Hell, the latest film from director Nicolas Winding Refn.

Refn is best known for making the 2011 film Drive. His other directing credits include Pusher, Bleeder, Fear X, Pusher II, Pusher III, Bronson, Valhalla Rising, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon, Too Old to Die Young, and Copenhagen Cowboy. He was also one of the many directors who contributed to the “surreal and psychedelic journey” known as Circus Maximus. Although none of the projects he has made since Drive have been...

Charles Melton and Sophie Thatcher are set to star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell for Neon.

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Havana Rose Liu have also been cast in the feature. Neon is co-financing and distributing.

Refn and Neon announced the project on social media today (April 23), describing it as “something groovy”.

Plot details are under wraps but the Danish director recently said his next film would shoot in Tokyo, Japan and would involve ”lots of glitter, sex, and violence”.

Her Private Hell marks Refn’s first feature since 2016’s The Neon Demon. The director...

Charles Melton and Sophie Thatcher are taking on new roles.

The 34-year-old May December actor and the 24-year-old Yellowjackets star are set to join the cast of Nicolas Winding Refn‘s new movie, Her Private Hell from Neon, per Variety.

Kristine Froseth and Havana Rose Liu were also announced as part of the initial cast.

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There are no other details yet about the project, which comes from the director of Drive, Bronson and Only God Forgives, with Neon only describing it on social media as “something groovy.”

It’s Nicolas‘ first feature since 2016’s The Neon Demon, following his work on Too Old to Die Young at Amazon and Netflix’s Copenhagen Cowboy.

Find out how one actress responded to a gossip report involving her and Charles Melton recently.

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The Neon Demon director Nicolas Winding Refn is teaming with Neon on his latest project, Her Private Hell. Distributor Neon took to socials today to announce the mysterious feature’s stars.

Her Private Hell is set to star Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton (Warfare), Kristine Froseth (Apostle), and Havana Rose Liu.

Of course, the announcement brings no plot details at all, though Deadline shares that “insiders say it falls in line with the edgy thrillers the auteur is known for like Drive and Bronson.” Last year, Variety reported that the filmmaker was gearing up for his return to the big screen and that that feature “will have a lot of glitter and lot of sex and violence,” Refn promised.

Variety had also suggested that this mystery project would return to similar themes and potentially characters explored in The Neon Demon and Only God Forgives, along with the note that this mystery...

Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature is taking shape.

“Her Private Hell,” announced by Neon, is set to star Charles Melton, Sophie Thatcher, Kristine Froseth and Havana Rose Liu.

Little else is known about the project from the director of “Drive,” “Only God Forgives” and “Bronson,” with Neon’s cryptic message on social media merely naming the cast and describing it as “something groovy.”

Whatever “Her Private Hell” is, it would mark Refn’s first full feature since 2016’s “The Neon Demon,” with the director having since focussed on TV with “Too Old to Die Young” at Amazon and Netflix series “Copenhagen Cowboy.”

For Melton, the film marks the next high-profile film director he’s worked with in a sharp cinematic trajectory since breaking out on...

In recent years, controversial Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn has kept his work on the small screen, helming three limited series for streamers, including “Too Old to Die Young” starring Miles Teller and “Copenhagen Cowboy.” His last feature directorial effort came in 2016 with “The Neon Demon,” but Variety is now reporting that Refn is set to make his return to the big screen with an original project that is financed and set to shoot in Tokyo next year.

The news was revealed at the Venice Film Festival, where Refn is currently set to premiere his latest short, “Beauty Is Not a Sin, produced by Art + Vibes for Italian motorcycle brand Mv Agusta. While there, he’ll also be screening his 1996 debut movie, “Pusher,” for Venice Classics.

“It’s a really interesting time to make movies because it’s such a chaotic situation,” Refn said to Variety of planning his Tokyo feature.

“I am a mother of young kids but, boy, I hope I’m a very different kind of mother than Eva,” says Danish star Birgitte Hjort Sørensen about her character in the Danish psychological drama “Dark Horse,” showcased this week in Canneseries’ official competition.

The story about a mother-daughter toxic relationship, set against the backdrop of addiction, turns on 17-year-old Anna and her mother Eva who move back to Eva’s small provincial Danish town from Shanghai. Their abrupt arrival at Eva’s brother, who runs a veterinarian surgery, is awkward for everyone, as Eva has been silent for years, busy dragging her daughter around the world, in her restless pursuit of new adventures and relationships.

Soon, the unhealthy co-dependent and toxic relationship between Anna and the pill-popper Eva emerges. In an urge to fit in with her school friends and break free from her dominating mother, Anna takes risks.

Check back for latest … The fall TV season was upended by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, but the beat goes on, though heavy with reality and other unscripted fare like game shows. As Hollywood begins to recover from the dual labor actions, here again is Deadline’s annual list of premiere dates for new and returning TV series.

The roster covers hundreds broadcast, cable and streaming programs debuting through 2023. It includes series and season debuts, shows returning from hiatus and some one-offs such as live sports and awards specials but not movies. The list includes shows that had been set for the fall season but are in limbo for now. Note that older 2023 premiere dates are listed at the bottom.

Related: TV Series Fading To Black In 2023 & Beyond: Photo Gallery Of Canceled Shows

We update this post daily as more dates are revealed. Please send any additions or adjustments to erikpedersen@deadline.

Nicolas Winding Refn has swapped ultraviolence for Enid Blyton. His The Famous Five adaptation is coming to Cbbc on 9 December.

The Famous Five, Nicolas Winding Refn’s adaptation of Enid Blyton’s classic series of children’s adventure books, is set to air its first feature-length programme on BBC on 9 December, at 5.25pm.

The series will consist of three episodes, all of them lasting 90 minutes. While the first episode is set to air on Cbbc and BBC iPlayer next week, the two remaining episodes won’t be available until sometime in 2024. The first episode of The Famous Five will also be broadcast on BBC One between Christmas and New Year.

The series, as well as the books, follows four young adventurers and their dog as they “encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets” as described by the BBC.

Elliott Rose, Kit Rakusen, Flora Jacoby Richardson and...

Exclusive: There is a little-discussed Hollywood rumor, explains Nicolas Winding Refn and his long-time collaborator Matthew Read, that Scooby Doo only came to be because Warners failed to land the rights to adapt The Famous Five.

And when you look at the two properties and their uncanny similarities, this argument does begin to hold some weight. Both have daring female characters from a bygone era, ridiculous story-of-the-week capers that always end neatly, and, of course, those lovable pooches — in the former case Scooby and in the latter, Timmy.

If the rumor is true, Winding Refn is thankful for how things played out, as he credits both generation-traversing works with influencing his career and driving his love for the screen. Now, more than 50 years on from when Warner Bros. allegedly failed to land the rights, the Denmark-born director has become the latest to take on best-selling English children’s writer Enid Blyton’s iconic novel series,...

Bye-bye, Peak TV. After more than a decade of unprecedented production growth, the international television industry is bracing for an era of tighter budgets and more bean counting.

“Instead of subscriber growth at all costs, now the focus is on production and investment and getting the balance sheet right,” says Cathy Payne, CEO of Banijay Rights, the sales arm of the production giant behind reality TV hits Big Brother and high-end dramas Peaky Blinders and Black Mirror. “I hate using the phrase because everyone says it, but the focus now is on ‘fewer, better, bigger shows.’ ”

The variety of shows on offer at this year’s global TV market in Cannes, MIPCOM, suggests every buyer, at every budget, should find something to fill their slots. And while THR’s annual hot list of the market’s best new drama series ranges from a by-the-book NBC procedural to an erotic comedy...

Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn is infamous for being one of the most provocative filmmakers working today, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that several of his favorite films are some of the most disturbing movies ever made. Over the years, Refn has given wide-ranging interviews that don’t hide the influences that have driven his feature films, from “Pusher” to “Bronson,” “Drive” to “Only God Forgives,” “The Neon Demon” and more.

Born in 1970, Refn made his directorial debut at 26 years old with “Pusher,” a violent crime thriller that introduced the cinematic world to the talents of Mads Mikkelsen. Two sequels followed in 2004 and 2005, and 1999’s “Bleeder” was another Copenhagen-set crime drama starring Mikkelsen. His initial excursions into English-language filmmaking, including the John Turturro-led “Fear X,” the Tom Hardy vehicle “Bronson,” and another Mikkelsen film “Valhalla Rising,” were all moderately well received, although most failed to entirely take...

Danish film director and writer Nicolas Winding Refn puts streamers on blast while speaking at the Venice Film Festival.

Refn took aim at streamers such as Netflix for being “overfunded and rotten with money and cocaine.” According to Variety, the director said streamers have “kind of saturated everything” and “devalued content to just a swipe.” The film director changed his tune about declaring that "cinema is dead" back in 2018 while describing the importance of art. “It’s incredibly sad and terrifying because art is essentially the only thing – besides, you know, sex, water and happiness — that makes us exist,” he said continuing: “Even though I projected it was dead a few years ago, it has changed into something we have to fight for. Theatrical movies are part of what makes us human and experience creativity.”

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While at the Venice Film Festival, Drive and Only God Forgives filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn railed against streaming services, saying, in so many words, they’re ruining the art of cinema. Refn spoke passionately about his distaste for streamers during a masterclass at the annual event, saying steaming services are “overfunded and rotten with money and cocaine.”

Previously, Refn said, “Cinema is dead,” but he’s altering his position by fighting for the medium whenever possible. On the subject of streamers, Refn thinks the platform has “kind of saturated everything” and “devalued content to just a swipe.”

Refn directs the series Copenhagen Cowboy for Netflix, uniquely positioning him in a place of hands-on experience to comment on the streaming stratosphere. Not mincing words, Refn said, “it’s incredibly sad and terrifying because art is essentially the only thing – besides, you know, sex, water and happiness — that makes us exist.”

“Even...

Danish writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn isn’t as pessimistic as he was back when he declared that “cinema is dead,” but he’s no fan of the streamers that, in his words, have “kind of saturated everything” and “devalued content to just a swipe.” He made the comments while participating in a masterclass at the Venice Film Festival. According to Variety, the filmmaker behind “Drive” and “The Neon Demon” called the streamers “overfunded with money and cocaine.”

Refn, whose last project was Netflix series “Copenhagen Cowboy,” argued that “it’s incredibly sad and terrifying because art is essentially the only thing – besides, you know, sex, water and happiness — that makes us exist.”

While arguing that cinema was not quite as dead as he projected a few years ago, he stated that film has changed into “something we have to fight for.” He declared, “Theatrical movies are part of what...

Nicolas Winding Refn is calling on Hollywood to save cinema, especially if it means taking the streamers down a peg or tow. The “Drive” and “Only God Forgives” director slammed streaming content for having “saturated everything” and “devalued” film to “just a swipe” during a tribute to Ruggero Deodato at the Venice Film Festival, as reported by Variety.

“It’s incredibly sad and terrifying because art is essentially the only thing — besides, you know, sex, water, and happiness — that makes us exist,” Refn said, while adding that streamers have been “overfunded and rotten with money and cocaine” for years. Refn previously helmed “Copenhagen Cowboy” for Netflix and “Too Old to Die Young” for Prime Video, which he claimed Amazon buried on the platform for fear of “looking bad.”

The filmmaker walked back past statements that cinema was dead in the streaming era, and instead called on audiences to “fight for...

While at the Venice Film Festival to pay tribute to Ruggero Deodato, “Drive” and “The Neon Demon” filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn participated in a masterclass and bashed streamers for being “overfunded and rotten with money and cocaine.”

The director, who previously infuriated some in the film biz by claiming that “cinema is dead,” said he has somewhat changed his mind and will now fight for cinema to continue on because streamers have “kind of saturated everything” and “devalued content to just a swipe.”

Refn, who last directed the series “Copenhagen Cowboy” for Netflix, said “it’s incredibly sad and terrifying because art is essentially the only thing – besides, you know, sex, water and happiness — that makes us exist.”

“Even though I projected it was dead a few years ago, it has changed into something we have to fight for,” he added. “Theatrical movies are part of what makes us human and experience creativity.

So what’s Nicolas Winding Refn been up to lately, besides advocating for WGA and SAG guild members to “burn it all down”? He’s hard at work in the UK shooting his next TV series after “Copenhagen Cowboy.” And it’s a strange project for Refn to do, to say the least. The Danish director is adapting Enid Blyton‘s “The Famous Book” children’s book series for the BBC.

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Series is billed as ”modern, timely and irreverent” take on classic childrens’ books.

Nicolas Winding Refn has teamed with the UK’s Moonage Pictures on a “modern, timely and irreverent” series adaptation of Edith Blyton’s classic children’s book The Famous Five for the BBC in co-production with Germany’s Zdf. TF1 has pre-bought the series for France.

The 3x90-minute series has begun filming and has been created and is executive produced by Winding Refn through Nwr Originals and Matthew Read through Moonage Pictures, based on Blyton’s 21 stories. Filming takes place across the South West of the UK.

Nicolas Winding Refn started out the 2010s as the new indie darling to beat. With the 2011 film Drive, Refn was dominating the conversation and leaving everyone whispering about what he’d do next. His follow-up project was another challenging Ryan Gosling directorial effort called Only God Forgives, which didn’t quite take off as Drive did. The Danish director has, since 2016, focused on television with projects like Too Old to Die Young and Copenhagen Cowboy. He hasn't helmed a film in years and it’s looking doubtful his measured, slow-paced style of filmmaking will ever rekindle the kind of inescapable heat he cultivated back in 2011. Refn is comfortable with just making his oddball auteur projects and that’s incredibly admirable.

TrustNordisk has sold Martin Skovbjerg’s psychological drama “Copenhagen Does Not Exist” to three European territories. The screenplay, based on the novel “Sander” by Terje Holtet Larsen, is written by Eskil Vogt, who was Oscar nominated with Joachim Trier for the original screenplay for “The Worst Person in the World.”

“Copenhagen Does Not Exist” had its world premiere in January at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in its Big Screen Competition section.

It has been sold to Cinemania Group for the former Yugoslavia, Filmin for Spain and September Film for Benelux.

The film stars Angela Bundalovic, whose credits include “Copenhagen Cowboy” and “The Rain,” Zlatko Burić, who won the European Film Award for best actor for playing Dimitry in “Triangle of Sadness,” and Vilmer Trier Brøgger (“Sticks and Stones”), alongside newcomer Jonas Holst Schmidt. The film is produced by Danish outfit Snowglobe.

“Copenhagen Does Not Exist” marks the second feature for Skovbjerg,...

After debuting two original series from acclaimed international auteurs already this year — Nicolas Winding Refn’s Copenhagen Cowboy and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House — Netflix on Saturday unveiled the first look at Indian director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming period drama, Heeramandi. At a grand event in Mumbai, Bhansali spoke with Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos, and spoke about what audiences around the world can expect from the eight-episode series, which also serves as his streaming debut.

Monolit Film, the Danish banner behind “The Great Silence,” is developing “Wannabe,” the feature debut of “Bad Bitch” director Patricia Bbaale Bandak, and “After the Sun,” a dystopia based on a short story featured in The New Yorker in 2021.

“Wannabe,” which was pitched at the Nordic Film Market in Goteborg as part of the Discovery program, is inspired by Bbaale Bandak’s own life. The film follows Patricia, a 13 year-old Ugandan refugee who moves into an underprivileged town of Denmark. Over the course of a summer in 1995, Patricia, who is eager to fit in, joins a group of girls to participate in a look-alike music contest launched by a popular kids TV show.

“The story is told through the eyes of this 13 year-old girl and tells her coming of age but it also talks about the brutality of assimilation and the complexity of Danish society,” said Victor Rocha da Cunha,...

"This is not a making of… But more of insight on how the cowboy fell asleep and woke up in Copenhagen." Netlfix has revealed an extensive behind-the-scenes featurette for their new series Copenhagen Cowboy, the latest creation from the mind of Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn. We already posted the official trailer last year, and it has been streaming since early January on Netflix. The series introduces a brand new young heroine, Miu, who travels through Copenhagen's criminal netherworld. He adds in this video that the original pitch was to extended his Pusher series, but it's actually about a woman becoming a "superhero." The series stars Angela Bundalovic as Miu, who's joined by Lola Corfixen and Zlatko Buric, plus a big supporting cast featuring Andreas Lykke Jørgensen, Jason Hendil-Forssell, Li Ii Zhang, Dragana Milutinovic, Mikael Bertelsen, Mads Brügger, and more. We don't usually get to see lengthy, full-on videos like...

In February 2023, Netflix is bringing a documentary about a wealthy pet, the spinoff series of On My Block, season 4 of a popular thriller TV series, a rom-com starring two beloved comedy actors, season 3 of a successful action-adventure TV series, and a lot more. Netflix started 2023 strong with the release of the mystery thriller The Pale Blue Eye, the noir-thriller TV series Copenhagen Cowboy, season 2 of Vikings: Valhalla, the sitcom That ‘90s Show, the comedy movie You People, and the documentary Pamela, a love story.

On the licensed content front, February will see the addition of a wide variety of titles, most notably the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Damien Chazelle’s La La Land, the musical comedy Lye, Lyle, Crocodile, and the horror movie Ouija, and of course, there will be a lot of original content to choose from. Among the original titles Netflix subscribers will get to enjoy in...

Exclusive: “This is not a making-of, but more of an insight about how the Cowboy fell asleep and woke up in Copenhagen.” And with that, filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn introduces you to “Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn,” a new behind-the-scenes documentary about the production of his new series, “Copenhagen Cowboy,” which is available on Netflix globally now.

‘Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall’ debuts on Netflix worldwide on Tuesday, January 31, but we’ve got an exclusive early debut of the entire thirty-minute doc right now, below.

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That ’70s Show sequel That ’90s Show, Kenya Barris’ feature directorial debut You People and Pamela Anderson documentary Pamela, a Love Story are some of the much-anticipated projects coming to Netflix this month.

Hitting Netflix on Jan. 19, That ’90s Show focuses on the teenage daughter of Eric (Topher Grace) and Donna (Laura Prepon), who is spending the summer of 1995 with her grandparents, Red and Kitty (Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp). Soon the Forman home fills up with a group of new friends. Grace, Prepon and fellow That ’70s Show stars Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and Wilmer Valderrama are all set to make guest appearances in the sequel series.

Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are just some of the big names starring in Barris’ feature directorial debut, You People, written by Barris and Hill and hitting Netflix on Jan. 27. In the rom-com, Hill’s Ezra Cohen and Lauren London...

This weekend, Netflix is welcoming a true crime documentary, the second season of a TV series about the Viking Age, and a drama movie based on a book. Last weekend, Netflix kicked off the first week of 2023 with the addition of the action movie 10 Minutes Gone, season 2 of Love Island, and season 11 of The Walking Dead, along with the documentary series Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street, season 2 of Ginny & Georgia, Nicolas Winding Refn’s TV series Copenhagen Cowboy, and the mystery thriller movie The Pale Blue Eye, starring Christian Bale and Harry Melling.

This weekend, Netflix won’t see much licensed content added to its catalog, with the addition of the limited series Scattered Barriers, the Indian movie Thai Massage, and the Nollywood movie The Wait. All eyes, then, will be on this weekend’s original content, which is bringing titles from different genres, so there surely be something for everyone to enjoy.

Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn ridicules Amazon Prime for allegedly burying his 2019 miniseries Too Old To Die Young, which starred Miles Teller. Refn is best known for his neon-soaked visual style, which was impressively displayed in his 2011 movie Drive. For Too Old To Die Young, Refn brought his talents to television, creating a series that followed a detective (Teller) who descends into a criminal underworld filled with some of the worst people humanity has to offer. It received mixed reviews, limited promotion, and only lasted for a single season.

Refn's refusal to tone down the violence for Too Old To Die Young caused friction with its streaming host, as the director himself now speaks with Vulture and accuses Amazon Prime of purposefully burying the project due to its more deeply disturbing elements of violence and exploitation. In line with the visual auteur's usual philosophy surrounding his work, Refn remains a...

According to Nicolas Winding Refn, Amazon wanted to keep “Too Old to Die Young” six feet under.

The auteur filmmaker, who most recently released “Copenhagen Cowboy” on Amazon, alleged that Amazon Prime Video buried the 2019 series in fears over the show making the streamer “look bad.”

“They took all my marketing money away because they were afraid that the show would reflect badly on Amazon. They told me that directly,” Refn said to Vulture. “They were so shocked by it. I was like, ‘What’s so shocking?’ They said, ‘It’s going to make us look bad.’ And I said, ‘But I don’t think anyone’s going to look at you at all.'”

Refn continued, “Certain parts of Hollywood are so self-absorbed that they think they’re at the center of the universe. The rule of fear is very dangerous. Amazon released the show, but they said, ‘We will bury you.

The first time Nicolas Winding Refn returned home to Denmark from L.A., it was out of financial necessity.

After the barnstorming success of his first two films, Pusher (1996) and Bleeder (1999), Copenhagen-set crime dramas starring a then-unknown actor by the name of Mads Mikkelsen, Refn went Hollywood with the ambitious psychological thriller Fear X (2003) starring John Turturro and Deborah Kara Unger. But Fear X bombed so badly, it forced Refn’s film company Jang Go Star into bankruptcy and sent the director home to try to repay a 5.5 million, in Danish currency, debt with a pair of Pusher sequels.

Late-career redemption came with Drive (2011), starring Ryan Gosling, which won Refn the best director honor in Cannes (and picked up an Oscar nomination for best sound editing), and The Neon Demon (2016), another LA-set film, which established Refn’s trippy, neon-tinged aesthetic among a growing based of art-house fans.

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit,...

2023 has arrived, and to kick off the new year Netflix has a number of new additions hitting the streaming service in January. New Year’s Day marks the launch of the new original limited series “Kaleidoscope,” with episodes presented to subscribers in random order leading up to the big finale. The show chronicles the events before, during and after a major heist, with Giancarlo Esposito leading the cast, and is designed to be watched (and enjoyed) in any order.

Another high-profile Netflix original in January is “You People,” a new comedy film co-written by Jonah Hill and Kenya Barris, with Hill starring opposite Eddie Murphy in a premise that evokes “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” as he vies for the approval of his girlfriend’s father so he can marry her. Barris directed the comedy film, which arrives on Jan. 27.

There’s also a brand new series from filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn...

Plot: A thrill-inducing, neon-drenched noir series set across six episodes which follows enigmatic young heroine, Miu. After a lifetime of servitude and on the verge of a new beginning, she traverses the ominous landscape of Copenhagen’s criminal netherworld. Searching for justice and enacting vengeance, she encounters her nemesis, Rakel, as they embark on an odyssey through the natural and the supernatural. The past ultimately transforms and defines their future, as the two women discover they are not alone, they are many.

Review: Nicolas Winding Refn is one of those filmmakers that people either love or love to hate. His resume features some truly outstanding work like Bronson, Pusher, and Drive, as well as more divisive fair like Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon. In the decade since Drive turned him into an icon of atmospheric filmmaking and killer soundtracks, Refn has delved deeper and deeper into self-indulgent projects...

This weekend, Netflix is adding a documentary series, season 2 of a comedy-drama TV series, a noir-thriller TV series by a renowned filmmaker, and a mystery thriller movie based on a novel. Last weekend, Netflix welcomed a long list of licensed content most notably Brokeback Mountain, Forrest Gump, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, and all movies in the Rocky franchise, along with the thriller drama TV series Treason, Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama movie White Noise, and the heist anthology TV series Kaleidoscope.

This weekend, Netflix won’t see much licensed content added to its catalog, with the arrival of the action movie 10 Minutes Gone, season 2 of Love Island, and season 11 of The Walking Dead. All eyes, then, will be on the original content joining the fun this weekend, with a documentary series about the largest Ponzi scheme in history,...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Il Buco (Michelangelo Frammartino)

With Il Buco, Michelangelo Frammartino returns to the Calabrian countryside 12 years after Le Quattro Volte. Oscillating between a shepherd slowly dying and a nearby cave-diving expedition, Frammartino and cinematographer Renata Berta capture the movement inside their static frames with elegance. A soccer ball is kicked back and forth over the cave entrance, upping the stakes of an errant kick, burning magazine pages float down into the darkness illuminating the cave depths for the explorers and the audience—Il Buco is an experiential ode to death as the final frontier. – Caleb H.

Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel

Contemporary Japan

A new series focusing on recent(ish) Japanese cinema features exclusive streaming homes for films by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hirokazu Koreeda,...

Copenhagen Cowboy is a noir-thriller series written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Angela Bundalovic, Zlatko Buric, and Lola Corfixen.

An odyssey where the mystical meets the mob on a neon colored stage. Harsh, brutal, stylized and very aesthetic – this is not a series for the faint of heart.

About the Series Copenhagen Cowboy (2022-)

A peculiar number that will be to the liking of Winding Refn and Lynch fans alike. The mystical merges with the most crude of the underground world of crime.

In six episodes we follow Miu, the young woman who is believed to have special powers, and is used as a charm of sorts. Initially by the superstitious “medieval” mob auntie, a middle-aged woman who yearns to get pregnant. And so, it takes off in the dank setting of a brothel, where Miu will work subtle magic while she observes the strange goings-on. Her journey does not stop there,...

Whatever you’re expecting to see from a Nicolas Winding Refn TV series for Netflix, Copenhagen Cowboy probably has it.

All his usual hallmarks are present and accounted for: the saturated neon lighting and the Cliff Martinez score; the strong, silent protagonist and the seedy criminal underworld; the fetish for violence that verges on (and occasionally tips over into) sexual; the dreamy pacing that captures a vibe better than it tells a story. There’s an underground fight club, because of course there is, and a sex trafficking ring, because of course there is, and touches of the supernatural, because why not.

It is, in short, Refn at his most indulgently Refn-y. Which would seem like good news if you’re a fan, as I am; this is as sumptuous a work as he’s ever delivered, and one allowed to take up the sprawl of a TV series. Yet...

When Nicolas Winding Refn first made the leap from theatrical films to streaming series, he followed in the outsized footsteps of his indulgent predecessors: He went long. “Too Old To Die Young,” his 2019 Prime Video original, isn’t just 13 hours long; it’s three hours longer than the 10-hour season he was supposed to shoot. Like David Lynch returning to “Twin Peaks,” Refn was initially hooked by the prospect of telling a story that unfolded over whatever amount of time he deemed sufficient, but (also like Lynch) the Danish provocateur was further fascinated by the ways streaming reshaped the form. He believed younger audiences see the internet “as a kind of coexistence — like it’s a beam around them that they’ll just drop in and drop out of,” and he made his first TV show to be consumed similarly. Watch all 13 hours, start to finish, or just pick up...

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January is traditionally a slower month for movies and television, but while this January is a bit sleepy compared to the rush of December, there’s still a lot that looks promising in the month to come.

For starters, the usual flood of horror movies includes a new killer doll movie that looks like a lot of fun; HBO has a major new series adapting a classic video...

A new year means a new barrage of television shows requiring instant viewing. While we’ve polished off all of our end-of-year lists for 2022, Hollywood refuses to slow down with both returns of highly anticipated series as well as welcomed new shows to dig into. Rian Johnson makes his return to television with Natasha Lyonne as his star, while filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn also takes another stab at a miniseries with his latest, “Copenhagen Cowboy.” Fan favorite shows such as “Servant” and “Hunters” arrive for their final seasons while Hirokazu Kore-eda makes his television debut through an original Netflix series.

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When trying to encapsulate the latest work from director Nicolas Winding Refn, Copenhagen Cowboy, it would be a grave mistake to give too much focus to its plot. This is because, up to a point, what is happening matters far less than the manner in which it is all playing out. One could describe how it follows a young woman named Miu (Angela Bundalovic) who is on a journey of revenge in the seedy underbelly of Copenhagen, where Refn himself is from, and it would sound like just another generic action thriller. The same could still be said for the director’s other recent series, Too Old to Die Young, which twisted the genre beats of a crime drama in ways that were equal parts macabre and mesmerizing.

Netflix has confirmed that 48 new original movies, series, documentaries and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in January 2023. Leading off the lineup are the debuts of “That ’90s Show,” a sequel to the long-running laffer “That ’70s Show,” and “Kaleidoscope,” an intriguing crime drama that you can watch in any order. Also look for the sophomore seasons of “Ginny & Georgia” and “Vikings: Valhalla” plus the fourth edition of “Fauda.”

Among the new films featured on the streaming service are “The Pale Blue Eye” with Christian Bale and “You People” with Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill.

Below is the full list of what is new on Netflix in January 2023.

January 1

Kaleidoscope series premiere (Netflix Original)

Lady Voyeur series premiere (Netflix Original)

The Way of the Househusband Season 2 premiere (Netflix Original)

New Amsterdam Season 1

Old Enough! Season 2

Survivor: Season 18

The Aviator

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Blue Streak...

2022 represented Netflix’s 25th (!!) year of operations as a company. Unfortunately, the streamer celebrated its 25th birthday with some earnings losses, massive cancelations, and a whole host of bad press. What will year 26 hold for the little Blockbuster killer that could? We now have a good idea thanks to Netflix’s list of new releases for January 2023.

Netflix is kicking off 2023 with some muscular original series…and in one instance we mean literally muscular. Vikings: Valhalla season 2 will premiere on Jan. 13, bringing some much needed Norse mayhem back to television. Other titles of note include Ginny & Georgia season 2 (Jan. 5), and That ’90s Show (Jan. 19). The most intriguing option, however, might be what Netflix is choosing to open its year with. Kaleidoscope premieres on Jan. 1 and will present a heist story that will be told in a random order for each Netflix viewer.

Meanwhile, the true crime machine continues apace for Netflix in 2023. Jan.

Netflix is showing no signs of slowing down in 2023.

In January, the streaming service will be adding a large amount of titles to its library, ragning from returning shows to beloved films.

These releases include figh-concept series Kaleidoscope, the second season of Ginny & Georgia and a new documentary about Pamela Anderson.

Below is a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix in January.

Meanwhile, you can find the full list of everything being removed this coming month here.

Nb: We compile this list ourselves with help from What’s on Netflix.

Original Titles

Movie

4 January

How I Became a Gangster

6 January

The Pale Blue Eye

11 January

Noise

13 January

Disconnect: The Wedding Planner

Dog Gone

Suzan & Freek

16 January

Bank of Dave

19 January

Khallat+

20 January

Mission Majnu

23 January

Narvik

25 January

The Price of Family

27 January

You People

TV

1 January

Kaleidoscope season one

Lady Voyeur season one...

Netflix is showing no signs of slowing down in 2023.

In January, the streaming service will be adding a large amount of titles to its library, ragning from returning shows to beloved films.

These releases include figh-concept series Kaleidoscope, the second season of Ginny & Georgia and a new documentary about Pamela Anderson.

Below is a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix in January.

Meanwhile, you can find the full list of everything being removed this coming month here.

Nb: We compile this list ourselves with help from What’s on Netflix.

Original Titles

Movie

4 January

How I Became a Gangster

6 January

The Pale Blue Eye

11 January

Noise

13 January

Disconnect: The Wedding Planner

Dog Gone

Suzan & Freek

16 January

Bank of Dave

19 January

Khallat+

20 January

Mission Majnu

23 January

Narvik

25 January

The Price of Family

27 January

You People

TV

1 January

Kaleidoscope season one

Lady Voyeur season one...

Christian Bale as Augustus Landor and Harry Melling as Edgar Allen Poe in ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ (Photo Cr. Scott Garfield/Netflix © 2022)

Netflix’s January 2023 lineup of new and returning series includes the second seasons of Vikings: Valhalla, Ginny & Georgia, Sexify, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Bake Squad, and Kings of Jo’Burg. Newcomers to the streaming service include the innovative drama series Kaleidoscope, as well as That ’70s Show‘s sequel, That ’90s Show.

Netflix’s slate of new films includes the mystery thriller The Pale Blue Eye starring Christian Bale and the drama Dog Gone, based on a true story and starring Rob Lowe. The streaming series also plans to release the documentaries Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street, Mumbai Mafia: Police vs The Underworld, The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, and Pamela, a love story in January.

Series & Films Arriving On Netflix In January 2023

January 1, 2023

Kaleidoscope – Netflix...

Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn has helmed both theatrical and streaming releases, so he knows enough about the state of each to give proper commentary. And in a world where there are more streaming titles every year, he has some thoughts on what can be done when it comes to the theatrical experience.

“The theatrical market is in its own re-definition of existence,” he said in a recent interview with Deadline. “For cinema to survive, we need to go back and make films again. There also needs to be an ecosystem that reflects the opportunities.” Regarding streaming and its relation to theatrical releases, Nicolas Winding Refn added, “Streaming has forced the theatrical market to reinvent themselves as well…I don’t think theatrical will ever go away. I think theatrical will always exist, but it needs to be challenged in order to become better, more sufficient and more meaningful.”

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In January 2023, Netflix is adding a variety of movies and TV shows, among them a crime anthology TV series, a mystery thriller movie based on a novel, season 2 of Vikings’ sequel TV series, That ‘70s Show’s spinoff series, a fantasy TV series about ghosts, a rom-com starring various well-known comedy actors, and a lot more. December saw the last big releases of 2022, such as the drama movie Lady Chatterley’s Lover, the stop-motion animated movie Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the documentary series Harry & Meghan, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo, the spy-action TV series The Recruit, Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, the fantasy miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin, season 3 of Emily in Paris, and the thriller TV series Treason.

2023 is starting with a bang over at Netflix with a wide variety of titles, and on the licensed content front,...