swedish cinema

Opponent opens with one man, Iman (Payman Maadi) chasing down another and beating him into unconsciousness as police sirens blare and the camera hurries to keep up with the action. The reasons for the inciting incident are hazy: and even…

“Nordic noir” has been a popular genre in the English-speaking world since the 2000s, with the 2007 Danish drama The Killing’s breakout success a large factor. (In fact The Killing was much more successful in the UK than it had been in…