Copenhagen Cowboy
by Brian Tallerico
Television has become an increasingly populated home for auteurs. Likely inspired by the success of "Twin Peaks: The Return" and stymied by the death of the mid-budget feature film, auteurs keep coming to mini-series TV, including Lars von Trier resuscitating his "The Kingdom Exodus" or Olivier Assayas delivering the masterful "Irma Vep." The incredibly divisive Nicolas Winding Refn has been here before, giving fans his indulgent and ridiculous "Too Old to Die Young" on Prime Video in 2019. The director of "Drive" and "Only God Forgives" jumps streaming giants over to Netflix this week with the six-episode "Copenhagen Cowboy," Refn's first Danish-language project since "Pusher 3" in 2005. It's a distinctly NWR project filled with fetishistic shots of violent men, an i...






