Drama and comedy in a small Danish town. That's "Italian for Beginners" in 10 words or less. This Danish film has all of the charm, wit and verve that a foreign-language film needs to succeed in the U ...

The Danish film "Italian for Beginners" is humble. I can't think of a better word to describe it. Lone Scherfig's film is so polite, unassuming and good-natured that you want to shake its hand after ...

Lone Scherfig's mellow relationship comedy "Italian for Beginners" is a warm charmer about chance and the rhythms of life among working-class thirtysomethings in a Copenhagen suburb. Slow to get in ...

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[EDITOR’S NOTE: “Italian for Beginners” had its world premiere at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival. Following are excerpts from G. Allen Johnson’s review, first published by indieWIRE on Feb. 13, 2001.

When the Dogme 95 movement was unveiled with Thomas Vinterberg's superb The Celebration, the Danish collective's schoolmarmish tenets—use only handheld cameras, real locations, natural light, ...

This is a Dogma 95 film, adhering to the code of stripped-down filmmaking originally advocated by Danish director Lars von Trier and a few of his equally ambitious peers. This means that the color ...

Italian for Beginners, the sixth novel from chick lit author Kristin Harmel takes a trip into the past to gain self-discovery. Thirty-four-year-old accountant, Cat Connelly, has been stuck in a rut ...