lsanderson | Brotherhood -- NYT Critics' Pick

Thure Lindhardt, left, and David Dencik, as members of a Neo-Nazi group who become involved in a sexual relationship.
A Band of Neo-Nazis, Navigating Sexuality
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: August 5, 2010

Nicolo Donato’s melodrama “Brotherhood” digs into the collective psyche of a Danish neo-Nazi group whose brightest recruit and biggest potential star, Lars (Thure Lindhardt), is a semi-closeted gay man with masculinity issues. An up-and-coming army officer, Lars abruptly abandons the military when his expected promotion to master sergeant is denied because of rumors that he has made drunken passes at fellow soldiers. While he bides his time considering a course of action, his well-connected middle-class parents arrange behind his back for him to take an army post in New Zealand; he angrily rejects their interference. More