A Star Is Born

Thelma (Eili Harboe) is a member of a small community, but she is so quiet her presence is barely noticeable. However, she has a powerful gift and her attraction to a fellow student (Kaya Wilkins) is only increasing its intensity. Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st, Louder Than Bombs) could have echoed Brian De Palma’s penchant […]

Christian Petzold har filmatiserat Anna Seghers roman ‘Transit Visa’ från 1942 på ett egensinnigt sätt. Historien om en ung judes flykt undan tysk ockupationsmakt är förflyttad till ett översaturerat nutida Marseille

Based on John le Carré’s first novel, Call for the Dead (which introduced spymaster George Smiley), The Deadly Affair sees an ageing British secret agent (James Mason) set out to uncover the truth behind a government employee’s apparent suicide. Eschewing the glamour of the era’s Bond thrillers, Lumet’s chilling and intelligent take on the spy drama presents a palpable […]

Efter att jättetroll har invaderat trollbyn ger sig Poppy, världens lyckligaste lyckotroll, och den överdrivet försiktiga Kvist ut för att försöka rädda sina vänner. Tillsammans måste det udda paret ge sig ut på ett äventyr långt ifrån den värld de känner till. Med musik av bland andra Justin Timberlake blir denna musikaliska feel-good-flm årets största […]

The debut feature by the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky’s film remains one of the most jarring and […]

One of the most influential and revered figures in all of cinema, Friedrich Wilheim Murnau came to prominence in the first half of the 1920s with a diverse string of productions ranging from buoyant satire to swirling psychological drama. Five key works are presented here: Schloß Vogelöd, Phantom, Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (The Grand Duke’s Finances), Der Letzte Mann (The Last […]

The latest from the unique imagination of Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy), In Fabric is a typically distinctive, idiosyncratic and evocative tale that blends Giallo-infused horror with absurdist dark humour, to ghostly effect.  Set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period at a mysterious Thames Valley department store, the film follows […]

Quentin Tarantino’s ninth feature arrives, basking in Cannes success. This kaleidoscopic tale of the Hollywood backlot is richly expansive, able to capture the forces rubbing against each other in 1969, from movie moguls, to hippie burnouts to timeless stars like Steve McQueen (Damian Lewis) and Bruce Lee (Mike Moh).  Our guides through this world […]