ANOTHER ROUND, from Thomas Vinterberg, starring Mads Mikkelsen.
Another Round
Stay Drunk – Another Round (2020)
Off the wagon. So this is about four friends who all are high school teachers in Denmark. Over a 40th birthday dinner, one of them mentions a theory that all humans are born with a .05% alcohol deficiency in their blood. They decide to test this thesis by maintaining this level through the workweek. Now […]
Stay Drunk – Another Round (2020)
ANOTHER ROUND: humanity buzzed
In Another Round, filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg once again explores human foibles with humor and cold-eyed insight – and profoundly to boot. And, in Another Round, Mads Mikkelsen delivers one of the year’s finest performances. Mikkelsen plays one of four middle-aged male teachers – each in some sort of personal rut and struggling with career burnout. […]
ANOTHER ROUND: humanity buzzed
Another Round – Movie Review
Throughout the history of cinema, various displays of alcohol use have their prevalence. But seemingly they all really only fall into about two categories: Brazen celebrations of drunken parties and consequence-free intoxication; and alcoholic despair, seeing a person who’s made a mess of their life (and usually looking at them with a rueful shaking of […]
Another Round – Movie Review