The Starling Girl is an empowering self-discovery story about how women were taught and forced to hide and fear so much of themselves.
That Shelf spoke exclusively to Arctic director Joe Penna about his remarkable film, the transition from being an Internet video maker to celebrated Cannes auteur, and how his greatest effect may well be the lead actor he managed to score.
Mads Mikkelsen enters the “man vs. wilderness” genre with a near-wordless performance in Arctic, the debut feature from Brazilian YouTube phenom Joe Penna.