Borgman
TIFF 2013 | Borgman (Alex van Warmerdam, Netherlands)—Vanguard
By Jordan Cronk | 09/04/2013 | Cinema Scope Online, TIFF 2013
By Jordan Cronk Alex van Warmerdam’s Borgman opens not simply in media res but in mediam tumultus, as an unidentified mob (led, in true van Warmerdamian fashion, by a priest in full regalia) run roughshod across a dense forest floor, uncovering a hidden bunker outfitted with a small militia’s worth of assault weaponry. Roused from…
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