Nicolas Winding Refn Archives - Front Row Features

EXCLUSIVE: Bella Heathcote Explores L.A.’s Dark Side in ‘Neon Demon’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 22, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When Bella Heathcote arrived in Hollywood from her native Australia six years ago she didn’t know anyone. Luckily, the Melbourne actress met fellow Aussie actress Teresa Palmer, who’d emigrated here a few years earlier. The two instantly bonded. Palme [...]

Elle Fanning Explores Dark Side of L.A. in ‘Neon Demon’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 20, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Few recent high school graduates know what they’re going to do next. Elle Fanning already knows what she hopes to do for the rest of her life: act. The Georgia-born actress—kid sister of actress Dakota Fanning—already has been plying her trade for 15 [...]

‘Drive’ Filmmaker Sets a Course for Bangkok in ‘Only God Forgives’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 24, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn reconnects with his “Drive” team Ryan Gosling and musician Cliff Martinez on “Only God Forgives,” a dark drama that takes place in Thailand. Refn says he always had wanted to make a martial arts film, but thought [...]

‘Only God Forgives’ Reteams Gosling, Refn

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|July 16, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Strange, savage and yet sleekly elegant, the dreamlike film noir thriller “Only God Forgives” is the best film I’ve seen so far this year. If David Lynch directed a Jim Thompson novel in Thailand, it might look a lot like this one: [...]