Louder Than Bombs Review | VIFF 2015

Have I witnessed the continuation of one of the world's exciting new filmmakers? Joachim Trier's directorial debut, Reprise, wasn't exactly what I would call a stunner, but it received critical attention, as well as becoming Norway's official foreign language entry to the Academy Awards. It wasn't until Oslo, August 31st that I saw a filmmaker I wanted to keep an eye on. While a dour film, Oslo manages to be a devestatingly horrific portrait of drug addiction and the past. But you'd expect that from a film loosely based on The Fire Within.