Tag: Nordic Noir

Secrets We Keep–Lies and Privilege?

Written by Diana Paul on June 22, 2025. Posted in Television reviews. No Comments on Secrets We Keep–Lies and Privilege?

The Danish “Nordic noir” series, Secrets We Keep (2025), centers around the disappearance of an attractive Filipino au pair, Ruby (Donna Levkovski), from a wealthy Copenhagen home. An investigation is requested by Ruby’s wealthy neighbor, Cecilie (Marie Bach Hansen). No one else in the affluent neighborhood seems to care enough to cooperate with the investigation–most notably Katrina, Ruby’s insufferable employer as well as trophy wife to Rasmus, one of Denmark’s wealthiest and most powerful businessmen. Cecilie is deeply disturbed by their entitled indifference, and gradually...

“Red Dot”(2021)– Laser Focused

Written by Diana Paul on May 17, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on “Red Dot”(2021)– Laser Focused

Trying to put more excitement into their marriage, Nadja and David, a young doctor and engineer, decide to go on a camping trip in a remote forest in Sweden, fantasizing that it will be romantic, gazing at the Northern Lights with their adorable dog. The impending “excitement” is not exactly what they bargained for, however. Stalked by an unseen enemy, they become the targets of a hellish nightmare. Red Dot is an intense psychological thriller. In a reversal of gender roles, frequently seen in Nordic Noir, Nadja is not in need of saving. A very...

“Valhalla Murders”—The House of the Dead

Written by Diana Paul on March 30, 2020. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 2 Comments on “Valhalla Murders”—The House of the Dead

Kudos to Netflix for another great Nordic noir production. In this eight-episode series, Netflix’s first Icelandic co-production, we have a crime thriller about a gruesome serial killer whose murders go back over thirty-five years. Valhalla Murders is actually based upon a series of murders that took place in Reykjavik. There is some uneven pacing, but it is over shadowed by the unexpected twists and turns of this Nordic murder mystery. In the opening scene the main character, Detective Kata, is severely wounded and on the verge of death. Immediately Valhalla Murders flashes...

“Bordertown”– New Boundaries in Scandinavian Noir

Written by diana on July 23, 2017. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews. 2 Comments on “Bordertown”– New Boundaries in Scandinavian Noir

You can escape the big city and its frenetic fierceness, but you can’t escape murder, not even in the hinterland of Finland. That’s the psychologically disturbing theme in Bordertown, Netflix’s latest international acquisition and the latest Scandinavian Noir drama that's sure to mesmerize audiences.

Tag: Nordic Noir

Secrets We Keep–Lies and Privilege?

“Red Dot”(2021)– Laser Focused

“Valhalla Murders”—The House of the Dead

“Bordertown”– New Boundaries in Scandinavian Noir

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