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Irish Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Armand review: An emergency parent-teacher conference bubbles into an unnerving psychological crucible
Armand Director : Halfdan Ullmann Tondel Cert : None Genre : Drama Starring : Renate Reinsve, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Endre Hellestveit, Thea Lambrechts Vaulen, Oystein Roger, Vera Veljovic Running Time : 1 hr 57 mins In Armand, the feature debut from Halfdan Ullmann Tondel – grandson of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann – an emergency parent-teacher conference bubbles into an unnerving psychological crucible. It's an improbable hellscape. The film, set within the bland, institutional corridors of a Norwegian primary school, chronicles a single afternoon that stretches into a surreal purgatory of suspicion, guilt and (finally) something like the compellingly demented choreography of Climax, Gaspar Noé's dance horror. Renate Reinsve from The Worst Person in the World , never better than here, plays Elisabeth, a once-celebrated actor and now single mother, summoned to discuss a troubling, possibly sexual playground incident involving Armand, her six-year-old son. She is met not only by Armand's caring, anxious teacher but also by her in-laws, Sarah and Anders, parents of the allegedly assaulted Jon. The meeting quickly devolves into a witch hunt; in a grotesque, climactic scene, Elisabeth bursts into prolonged uncontrollable laughter. READ MORE Such odd and inexplicable behaviours are sandwiched between gutting revelations. Reinsve's alternately steely, fragile performance is met with equal ferocity by Ellen Dorrit Petersen, from The Innocents , playing the heroine's embittered, estranged sister-in-law. A puzzled and ineffectual teaching staff watch on. Pal Ulvik Rokseth's cinematography adds claustrophobic weight to labyrinthine passages and isolated nooks. Loud and performative adult insecurities and inadequacies eclipse any real concern for the children they claim to defend. In this spirit the offending (and accusatory) children remain off-camera. As the meeting splinters into sidebars, whispered menace and stylised interludes dilute the impact of the initial pressure-cooker setting. But even when they demand a bigger leap of faith, Tondel directs these allegorical flourishes with confidence and verve. One scene finds Elisabeth in a two-step with a janitor; another renders a near-biblical judgment at a wordless parental gathering in the pouring rain. These sequences coalesce into an indelible, unsettling debut, one that rightly won the Caméra d'Or for best first feature at Cannes film festival in 2024. In cinemas from Friday, July 11th
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Renate Reinsve rejects her famous actor father in Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value trailer
Gustav may not be the worst person in the world, but to his daughter, he is. Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård lead Joachim Trier's latest affecting character study about a stage actress, Nora (Reinsve), who rejects a role in her famous actor father's (Skarsgård) comeback film. Will we ever be free from the shackles of the year of the nepo baby? Luckily, this doesn't seem like a project critics want any sort of distance from. Sentimental Value was a huge hit at Cannes, where it won the Grand Prix this spring. Now it has a trailer for the rest of us, which you can watch below: The beginning of the trailer immediately establishes that once again, we're dealing with complicated people. 'I can't work with him,' Nora tells Rachel Kemp (Elle Fanning), a young American actress who takes on the role Gustav had previously offered his daughter. 'We can't really talk. My father is a very difficult person.' The film's official synopsis reads as follows: 'Sisters Nora (Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav (Skarsgård), a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star (Fanning). Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.' Nora may not have wanted to work with her dad, but Reinsve was clearly game to reunite with Trier, whom she previously worked with on the very-much-not-the-worst The Worst Person In The World. Sentimental Value also reunites Trier with Worst Person co-screenwriter, Eskil Vogt. 'We had this feeling that if we thought too much about the pressure of following that one up, we'd be hindered from reaching in and getting more emotional,' Trier told Vanity Fair of the pressure associated with this feature in May. Luckily, it seems like they didn't struggle all that much in that department. Grab a box of tissues and head to theaters for Sentimental Value, premiering November 7. More from A.V. Club The Old Guard 2 is half an entry to a flailing franchise 3 new songs and 3 new albums to check out this weekend Jason Blum understands why audiences didn't want to play with M3GAN 2.0
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stellan Skarsgård Tries to Reconcile With His Family in Sentimental Value Trailer
Neon has released the first official Sentimental Value trailer, previewing the upcoming comedy-drama from Joachim Trier. The trailer follows the story of sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) reuniting with their estranged father (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-renowned director who is making a new movie based on his life. Sentimental Value is currently set to release in theaters on November 11, 2025. Check out the trailer below (watch other trailers): Sentimental Value is directed by Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World) and co-written by Eskil Vogt and Trier. Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berensten Ottmar serve as producers on the project. The film stars Reinsve, Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Cory Michael Smith. 'Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film,' reads the film's official synopsis. 'When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.' The post Stellan Skarsgård Tries to Reconcile With His Family in Sentimental Value Trailer appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Renate Reinsve Joins Chiwetel Ejiofor In A24 Sci-Fi Horror Pic ‘The Backrooms'
Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) has inked a deal to star opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor in The Backrooms, A24's sci-fi horror film based on the viral found-footage universe from filmmaker Kane Parson. We were first to report on the project in 2023 and confirmed several weeks ago that Ejiofor was in talks to star. At the time, word was that he'd be share the screen with The Penguin's Cristin Milioti, though we're told her deal didn't end up making. Character details for both Reinsve and Ejofor are under wraps, as is the plot of the film, which is now officially greenlighted. Production is set to begin this summer. More from Deadline 'Severance' Breakout Dichen Lachman Joins Rob Savage's Supernatural Horror Film For Universal & Atomic Monster 'Eddington' Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix Gets Into Standoff With Pedro Pascal In A24's Covid-Era Western From Filmmaker Ari Aster Emily Mortimer Taps Alison Oliver & Yura Borisov To Lead 'Dennis,' Her Feature Directorial Debut For A24 & Fruit Tree Parsons' 'The Backrooms (Found Footage)' watches as a young filmmaker's fall into another dimension leaves him wandering through an unsettlingly yellow, empty and labyrinthine office space, which may or may not be home to otherworldly beings. The film's title and setting draw inspiration from the imagery of a creepypasta (or internet urban legend) published to the website 4chan in 2019. The short is the first in a series that have garnered over 190 million views online to date in total. A prodigy of a filmmaker and VFX artist, Parsons is now the youngest director in history to partner with A24, at just 19 years of age. Will Soodik wrote the most recent draft of the script. Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine will produce The Backrooms for 21 Laps Entertainment, alongside Chris Ferguson for Oddfellows Pictures, as well as James Wan and Michael Clear for Atomic Monster, and Roberto Patino. Judson Scott will exec produce for Atomic Monster, with Alayna Glasthal overseeing. Chris White brought the project to the company and will also exec produce, with Chernin Entertainment, part of The North Road Company, and A24 co-financing. Reinsve is a Norwegian actress who broke out with her starring role in The Worst Person in the World, the 2021 film from Joachim Trier, for which she was awarded the Cannes Film Festival's prize for Best Actress. Recently reteaming with Trier on the dramedy Sentimental Value, which garnered rave reviews in its Cannes premiere and won the festival's Grand Prix, Reinsve's upcoming slate also includes the Cristian Mungiu drama Fjord and Joe Talbot's A24 pic The Governesses. Previously, the actress has also been seen starring in Apple's Presumed Innocent, A24's A Different Man, Trier's Oslo, August 31st and more. She is represented by CAA. Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More Men of Steel: Every Actor Who Has Played Superman - Photo Gallery 'Michael' Cast: Who's Who In The Michael Jackson Biopic
Gizmodo
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Updates From ‘The Rings of Power', and More
Plus, James Gunn's DCU promises 300 years of superhero lore. A24's Backrooms movie has found its stars. The Stranger Things animated series will introduce a new character into the Hawkins crew. Plus, Wednesday drops off a boatload of new character posters ahead of its return. Spoilers, assemble! The Backrooms According to Fangoria, the film adaptation of The Backrooms is set to officially enter production this summer with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve set to star (as opposed to Christin Milotti, as previously rumored). Superman Speaking with Fandango, James Gunn revealed his DCU is set in a world where superheroes have existed for the last 300 years. We're introducing a whole new world, which is a lot of fun. We're in an alternate reality where superheroes have existed for 300 years, and now we're just picking up on the story of one particular superhero three years after he comes on the scene who happens to be the most powerful metahuman of all time. Violent Night 2 Bloody-Disgusting has word Violent Night 2 is now scheduled for a December 4, 2026 theatrical release date. I Know What You Did Last Summer Bloody-Disgusting additionally has a poster for the new I Know What You Did Last Summer with the Fisherman looming over returning characters Julie James and Ray Bronson. The sum of the angles of that triangle is too monstrous to contemplate! Saint Claire Bella Thorne believes god has granted her the ability to kill the wicked and get away with it in the trailer for Saint Claire, co-starring Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Whaley, and Ryan Phillippe. Don't Log Off Elsewhere, the members of an online group chat mysteriously disappear one-by-one in the trailer for Don't Log Off, starring Ariel Winter, Brielle Barbusca, Luke Benward, Sterling Beaumon, Jack Griffo, Kara Royster, Ashley Argota, and Khylin Rhambo. Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Amazon's Lord of the Rings prequel series has cast Andrew Richardson, Zubin Varla, and Adam Young in undisclosed roles for its third season. Richardson will appear as a series regular, while Varla and Young will play recurring roles. Stranger Things: Tales from '85 According to THR, the upcoming Stranger Things animated series plans to introduce a brand-new character named Nikki, described as 'a tough, mohawk-wearing gal.' Wednesday Finally, Screen Rant has character posters from the second season of Wednesday. Click through to see the rest, as they spell out the word 'Wednesday'.
