If Alexander Skarsgård is a Method actor in the pop definition of the term — someone who never breaks character even when the cameras stop — I wouldn’t have wanted to be anywhere near his quarters in Northern Ireland from August through November 2020, during the shoot for The Northman. God forbid I were a gofer with unpleasant news; say, craft services were out of … [Read more...]
‘The Square’: An absurdist look at the shape we’re in
In the inciting incident of Ruben Östlund’s The Square, Christian (newcomer Claes Bang), the chief curator of a modern art museum in Stockholm, is walking to work when he encounters a terrified woman racing through a courtyard, screaming that an assailant is going to kill her. With the help of a stranger, Christian protects the damsel from her muscle-bound predator, defusing … [Read more...]