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Alex Lahey Is the Runner-up (Plus Stream New Albums and EPs from Interpol; Carly Rae Jepsen; Tyler, The Creator; and More)
May 17, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
The National released a new album, I Am Easy to Find, today via 4AD and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album her, as well as on a strong runner-up that was almost our Album of the Week. There are also streams of other notable albums released today. More
I Am Easy to Find Out Now via 4AD
May 17, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
The National have released a new album, I Am Easy to Find, today via 4AD. It is accompanied by a 24-minute short film directed by Mike Mills and starring Oscar-winning Swedish actress Alicia Vikander. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More
Band Also Share Videos of Two Commentary Tracks and a Live Q&A Hosted by Julien Baker
May 13, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
The National are releasing a new album, I Am Easy to Find, which is accompanied by a 24-minute short film directed by Mike Mills and starring Oscar-winning Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, this Friday (May 17) via 4AD. Now they have shared the full short film several days early. They have also released two separate commentary videos on the film, one by Mills and one by frontman Matt Berninger and his wife (and lyric co-writer) Carin Besser. And there is also a video of a live Q&A in New York about the film featuring Mills and the band, hosted by Julien Baker. More
I Am Easy to Find Due Out May 17 via 4AD
Apr 04, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
The National are releasing a new album, I Am Easy to Find, which is accompanied by a 24-minute short film directed by Mike Mills and starring Oscar-winning Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, on May 17 via 4AD. Previously they shared its first single, “You Had Your Soul with You” (which was our #1 Song of the Week), as well as a trailer for the film. Now they have shared another song from the album, closing track “Light Years,” via a video made up of footage from the film, with Vikander playing a woman seen through the years, from childhood to motherhood. More
I Am Easy to Find Due Out May 17 via 4AD, Listen to “You Had Your Soul with You” and Watch the Film’s Trailer
Mar 05, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
The National have announced a new album, I Am Easy to Find, which is accompanied by a 24-minute short film directed by Mike Mills and starring Oscar-winning Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, and shared its first single, “You Had Your Soul with You,” as well as a trailer for the film. The band have also announced some more tour dates on top of the five intimate shows they announced last week. More
Due Out March 18, 2018 via Warner Bros.
Sep 20, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
The 1990s video game Tomb Raider was already adapted into two fairly forgettable films in 2001 and 2003, notable mainly for the performances of Angelina Jolie as adventurer/archeologist Lara Croft. Now it’s been rebooted with Danish actress Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Danish Girl) as Croft. More
Alicia Vikander and Ben Whishaw Also Star in Film Out This Fall
Sep 01, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
The Danish Girl is Eddie Redmayne’s first film since winning the Oscar for Best Actor for The Theory of Everything. It’s based on the 2000 novel by David Ebershoff, which was a fictionalized account of a true story. More
Interviews
Apr 15, 2015
By Chris Tinkham
Throughout writer/director Alex Garland’s sci-fi thriller, Ex Machina, tension gradually mounts between the contrasting realms of nature and technology, where Swedish actress Alicia Vikander found reference points for envisioning Ava, the alluring robot she plays in the film. “I always saw her as something very pure, almost doe-like,” Vikander says, adding, “Like Apple products sometimes, it’s something very simple and pure and clean.” More
Nov 15, 2012
By Chris Tinkham
Danish director Nikolaj Arcel estimates that he saw 70 actresses in Denmark while trying to cast the role of Queen Caroline Mathilda for his film, A Royal Affair, but none of them had the regal quality that he had envisioned for the character. He found what he was looking for when he met Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, a classically trained dancer who studied at The Royal Swedish Ballet School for nine years. More
Reviews
Directed by Derek Cianfrance
Sep 02, 2016
By Shawn Hazelett
Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender star in a dreary post-WWI romantic drama. More
Jun 03, 2015
By Austin Trunick
Based on Vera Brittain’s bestselling memoirs of the First World War, Testament of Youth chronicles the young British writer’s life from 1914 through 1918. More
Apr 09, 2015
By Chris Tinkham
Alex Garland has crafted a thrilling work of sci-fi with Ex Machina, a smart and visually alluring film that contemplates chilling questions about where technology is headed and the consequences of playing God. More