Jan Troell News
Film reviews: A better life through the viewfinder
ft.com –
2009-05-20
Everlasting Moments (★★★★★, Jan Troell); Blind Loves (★★★★☆, Juraj Lehotsky); The Girl Cut in Two (★★☆☆☆, Claude Chabrol); Mark of an Angel (★★★☆☆, Safy Nebbou); Tormented (★★★☆☆, Jon Wright); Awaydays (★★☆☆☆, Pat Holden); Night at the Museum 2 (★★☆☆☆, Shawn... ... Full Article
'Everlasting Moments': Jan Troell Interview
film.com –
2009-05-18
The legendary five-time Academy-Award-nominated Swedish director of such classics as The Emigrants and The New Land talks to us about his latest film, Everlasting Moments , based on a true story about a young working-class woman in the early 1900s... ... Full Article
Finding magic through a camera
philly.com –
2009-04-10
Before Maria (stalwart Maria Heiskanen) married and bore the first five of her seven children, she won a camera in a raffle. Because he paid for the ticket, her beau thinks the camera should be his. ... Full Article
There's beauty to be found in 'Moments'
startribune.com –
2009-03-26
Unrated by the MPAA; scenes of violence and sensuality. Get showtimes for Oscar-nominated movies. Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell's "Everlasting Moments" is well-crafted, traditional storytelling. Let's come out and admit it: This is a square, conventional movie where every shot means... ... Full Article
Norwegian crime novelist Gunnar Staalesen and French/Norwegian magistrate Eva Joly are attending the 22nd Rouen Nordic Film Festival (March 18-29), alongside top talents Jan Troell , Maria Heiskanen, Dome Karukoski , Nils Gaup and Gabriel Axel. ... Full Article
Everlasting Moments - Movie Review
monstersandcritics.com –
2009-03-13
Too much suffering with too little change for 131 minutes makes for a sleepy film viewer...even considering the loving care of the direction and acting Nominated for both Oscar (Best Foreign Film) and Cannes honors and the winner of the... ... Full Article
'Everlasting Moments:' Tribute to Swedish photographer is also a love letter to the art
nwsource.com –
2009-03-12
When Maria wins a camera in a lottery, the man who bought the ticket for her claims an equal share of the prize. She acquiesces, but only if he marries her. ... Full Article
At the age of 77 the Swedish director Jan Troell - after a four-decade career that includes a best-picture prize at the Berlin Film Festival, a Golden Palm nomination at Cannes and a best-picture Oscar nomination - is among the... ... Full Article
Notes on the Heroic in Cinema
nymag.com –
2009-03-09
No, not the superheroic, we've had enough of that in movies for one mortal lifetime. In drinking in Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments (superlative-packed review to come), I thought back to one of my favorite films, Troell's The Flight of the... ... Full Article
Jan Troell 's "Everlasting Moments" is a film whose title gives a clue about the kind of mood it wants to create. Set in Sweden in the early decades of the 20th century, this movie unspools at a leisurely, episodic... ... Full Article