Nico­las Wind­ing Refn wants to share his movie col­lec­tion with you

It’s the ques­tion that’s been on our lips since the advent of cin­e­ma: if the world of movies had its own ver­sion San­ta Claus, who would that be, and what would he looks like? Well, it appears that he might take the form of a svelte, slick-suit­ed and bespec­ta­cled Dane whose lat­est project involves shar­ing his unique film col­lec­tion with the world. The new stream­ing plat­form byN​WR​.com is a ​“cul­tur­al express­way” in which direc­tor Nicholas Wind­ing Refn delves into his big black sack of Yule­tide treats and fes­toons the world of cinephi­la with a clutch of arcane gifts.

So here’s the deal: you head over to the web­site, sign-up, and then you can start watch­ing some of Refn’s hand-select­ed movies which have been new­ly restored and per­son­al­ly retrieved from the out­er fringes of cin­e­ma. And then, once you’re done watch­ing, you can lav­ish in a vast array of con­tex­tu­al mate­r­i­al and spin-off sto­ries, some of which have been curat­ed and cre­at­ed by your ol’ friends at Lit­tle White Lies.

The chan­nel is now live with its first chap­ter, which boasts a num­ber of excel­lent edi­to­r­i­al assists from lone-gun nov­el­ist and icon­o­clast Jim­my McDon­agh, and then the LWLies chap­ter will launch on 1 Sep­tem­ber. Three films will be rolled out across three months, begin­ning with the freaky goth­ic mer­maid tale, Night Tide, by Cur­tis Har­ring­ton. If you sign up now, how­ev­er, you must indulge in the claus­tro­pho­bic South­ern swamp hor­ror, Nest of the Cuck­oo Birds, which boasts an extra­or­di­nary ear-worm theme song.

More cura­tors will be announced over the com­ing months, but for now, it’s time to dive in and see what St Nick has brought for you.

Vis­it byN​WR​.com and sign up now.