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Nicolas Winding Refn on Making Dark Danish Fairy Tale ‘Copenhagen Cowboy’

The first time Nicolas Winding Refn returned home to Denmark from L.A., it was out of financial necessity. After the barnstorming success of his first two films, Pusher (1996) and Bleeder (1999), Copenhagen-set crime dramas starring a then-unknown actor by the name of Mads Mikkelsen, Refn went Hollywood with the ambitious psychological thriller Fear X […]

‘Copenhagen Cowboy’ Review: Nicolas Winding Refn’s Netflix Series Plays Like His Greatest Hits Compilation

The drama follows a heroine with mysterious powers as she makes her way through Denmark's criminal underworld.