A Conspiracy of Faith

The third installment of the Department Q movies, it immediately launches into the case at hand as a bottle washes up on shore with a note dating from six years ago. Since it is an unknown case, it was sent to Department Q, a police branch that handles unsolved cases. This leads Detectives Carl Morck and Assad on a manhunt whom has been kidnapping children from religious sects, with two children falling privy to his hands.

The Five Obstructions

When the film appeared on my watch list a few days ago, I was immediately reminded of a blogathon I joined some time back. Here was a chance to see the film that inspired the blogathon, and needless to say, I was impressed. This was fantastic! When I hear the words Lars von Trier, there’s a certain image that goes along with his body of work. I might not be versed with his filmography, but with various articles and films of his circulating around the internet, it’s hard not to make a collective assumption about his work. If I only knew him by this documentary, I would have a different image of the director.

Double Feature: The Keeper of Lost Causes / The Absent One

As of writing, I realized the following things: 1. I have been writing double feature reviews for a year. 2. They didn’t serve the purpose of being condensed reviews. Rather they are still very lengthy - brevity isn’t my strongest suit. As a “celebration” of this one year feature (this is the only ‘feature’ I’ve tried in my blog that lasted this long), I decided to tribute it to my love of reading. The movies I picked for this feature are both book adaptations, written by Jussi Adler-Olsen. I have read both books, and immediately watched the adaptations, so it’s likely that my thoughts on the book carry over the adaptations.