Danish Director Susanne Bier

I've been on a Danish film kick for the past year. Recently I did a Susanne Bier mini-fest: In a Better World, 2010; After the Wedding, 2006; and Brothers, 2004, the original of this title, by the way. She's a great director who doesn't flinch. She works with lots of big social and cultural issues without preaching, and usually finds the edge of the envelope. She's able to book great actors: Mads Mikkelson, Ulrich Thomsen and Mikael Persbrandt. Two of the best were young teens in In a Better World, Markus Rygaard & William Johke Nielson, from whom she coaxed great work. These films also have good cinematography, plot, and pacing. They're all intense. Check them out!