This daring portrait of the vaunted modernist artist Munch captures the spirit of the artist well by shaking up biopic formula.
Edvard Munch Everywhere. All At Once
Redmond Bacon
Redmond is the editor-in-chief of Journey Into Cinema.
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Boris Godunov — The Same as It Ever Was
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The Core — Armageddon With the Reserve Team
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