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BERGMAN ISLAND

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Located in the Baltic Sea, just off the southeast coast of Sweden, the island of Fårö is about 44 square miles and is home to a few hundred residents. It’s a beautiful island, full of limestone rocks and deep green … Continue reading BERGMAN ISLAND

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

THE SQUARE

November 30, 2017June 25, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Outside Sweden’s X-Royal museum of modern and contemporary art, a worker replaces the bricks in the cobblestone courtyard just so and lies down a luminous string of lights in the shape of a perfectly constructed square. This is the museum’s … Continue reading THE SQUARE

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FORCE MAJEURE

October 31, 2014October 26, 2021 Michael J. Casey

There is nothing about Force Majeure that puts you at ease. From the opening shot to Vivaldi’s Concerto No. 2 in G minor to the seemingly endless explosions set off on the mountains to the unsettling long takes, to how writer/director Ruben … Continue reading FORCE MAJEURE

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