Here’s a fantastico way to kick off the week: streaming episodes of three of the most popular Italian TV series on American telly, and doing it for free.
Free Italian TV Episodes at MHz Online
Crimes of Passion: Stylish and Steamy Swedish Mystery Series
Not every Swedish crime drama is of the noir variety, so if you’re looking for shades of Wallander or The Bridge in the mystery series Crimes of Passion, you won’t find them. What you get, though, is a good old-fashioned
BBC 4 Acquires The Bridge 3, Cordon, Spiral 5
Original-language international series will continue to lead Saturday evening programming on BBC Four, as the BBC’s arts and alternative-to-mainstream entertainment channel will be bringing more Euro TV dramas to UK viewers.
Sebastian Bergman
There is no shortage of characters with personal issues in Nordic noir programs, and some certainly have more than others. One that I am intrigued with, and would like to see more of, is the titular lead in the Swedish
Swedish Crime Drama Arne Dahl Returning with New Series
Fans of the Arne Dahl television series, it’s time to do a happy dance, because the Swedish hit is currently filming a new season and will return to telly in 2015.
The Sandhamn Murders: Swedish Drama Arrives in America
Corpse discovered, check. Troubled detective, check. Nordic noir, not so much. In the Sweden of The Sandhamn Murders (Morden I Sandhamn), the sky is sunny and blue and the waters of the archipelago are warm and inviting while killers are
Euro TV Weekend Watch: Detectives, Mobsters, and More
Chouette! It’s a muti-cultural crime drama weekend here in the US. And across the pond, the Italians are coming, the Italians are coming!
International Emmy® Winner “The Eagle” Has Landed on DVD in the US
The long-awaited DVD for The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (Ørnen: En Krimi-Odyssé), Season 1 — the 2005 International Emmy® winner for Best Drama — was finally released yesterday in the US, and it’s such a hit already that Amazon has
Arne Dahl: An Intense Swedish Series for Crime Drama Fans
Of the ten “Intercrime” novels written by Arne Dahl, five have been adapted into ten television episodes that make for fifteen hours of viewing. Intense, gripping viewing.
Final Series of Unit One (Rejseholdet) Screening on MHz Networks
A series that I wish would have continued for many more years is coming to a close. (Sigh.) The two episodes that comprise the fourth and final season of the Danish crime drama, Unit One, otherwise known as Rejseholdet, screen
Johan Falk: The Swedish Crime Drama That Put Gothenburg on the Nordic Noir Map
When the term Nordic Noir comes up, “action-packed” isn’t usually one of the top five or even ten descriptors. Unless you’ve seen the braksucce (smash hit) Swedish crime drama, Johan Falk.
French TV for Bastille Day or Any Other Day
C’est le quatorze juillet, better known as Bastille Day across the pond and the channel. And what better way to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille than to grab a bottle of champagne, your favorite French