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The Road To 'Drive': The Films Of Nicolas Winding Refn

  • By Erik McClanahan
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  • September 20, 2011 4:56 AM
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  • 13 Comments
After months of build-up, moviegoers finally got a look at "Drive," the much-acclaimed crime thriller by Nicolas Winding Refn, this weekend. With a C- Cinemascore (whatever that's worth), it's clearly a divisive picture, but there's been enough passion spent on the film, here and elsewhere, to suggest that plenty of discerning cinephiles have fallen for it in the way that several Playlist staffers have in recent weeks. And if you were one of them, Refn might have been a new face for you; the director has been active for fifteen years now, but only really started to come to attention of U.S. film fans in the last few years (or arguably, months), thanks to a pair of English-language pictures.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Foreign Films, Feature, Foreign Directors, Drive, Bronson, Fear X, Ryan Gosling, Albert Brooks, Mads Mikkelsen, Carey Mulligan, Valhalla Rising, Pusher: With Blood On My Hands, Pusher: I'm The Angel Of Death, Bleeder, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pusher

My Favorite Films Of 2010: Christopher Bell

  • By Christopher Bell
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  • January 6, 2011 4:47 AM
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  • 20 Comments
I'm going to put it bluntly: If The Playlist didn't take me on as a contributor I would have never seen as many movies as I had, and nearly half of my list would probably be sitting in my Netflix queue well into 2011. So without being sappy (and yes, in being totally public about it), I appreciate the whole thing more than I could possibly describe. That's the family, the readership, everything -- even "dude" -- thanks for having me.
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