Mads Mikkelsen Articles

Nicholas Hoult, Sam Worthington, Alexa Davalos, Mads Mikkelsen and Director of Clash of the Titans Louis Leterrier arrive for the Jameson Empire Film Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, on March 28, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Jameson) Sam Worthington, the star of James Cameron’s Avatar, accepted the Best Picture Empire Award. Cameron, voted the Best Director, wasn’t present [...]

Sasha Grey in The Girlfriend Experience (top); 9 by Shane Acker (middle); Mads Mikkelsen, Anna Mouglalis in Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (bottom) The 2009 edition Stockholm International Film Festival attracted the two-decade-old festival’s biggest audience ever: 130,000 moviegoers. The Stockholm festival’s 20th anniversary was celebrated with screenings on ice, and the presence of international celebrities such as Lifetime Achievement Award winner Susan Sarandon, Luc [...]

Maria de Medeiros (top); Belén Rueda (middle); Kim Rossi Stuart (bottom) The European Film Academy (EFA) has enlisted a group of Ambassadors of European Film to cooperate in the promotion of European cinema and the European Film Awards. From the European Film Academy’s press release, the EFA Ambassadors are: Moritz Bleibtreu, actor, Germany One of the best-known German faces in international cinema, Moritz Bleibtreu first [...]

Cannes 2009: Out of Competition Films / Special Screenings Below is a sample of out-of-competition films, special screenings, and midnight screenings at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Click on the photos to enlarge them.   Pete DOCTER, UP (Opening Night Film) Anne AGHION, MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER Alejandro AMENABAR, AGORA Terry GILLIAM, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Robert GUÉDIGUIAN, L’ARMÉE DU CRIME (The Army of [...]