Bergman & Rossellini

It’s the annual firemen’s ball in a small Czech town, and the organisers decide to liven up the usually dull event with a raffle and a beauty contest. But with the former plagued by thievery and the latter by bribery, the event rapidly descends into farce and that s before a fire breaks out… The […]

Prague, 1942. The Third Reich is at its zenith, controlling most of Europe. Reinhard Heydrich, aided by his wife Lina, has risen to the top of the Nazi Party as head of the SS, the Gestapo, and the architect of the “Final Solution”. His brutal and oppressive rule of occupied Czechoslovakia leads to Hitler dubbing […]

Paul Dano moves behind the camera for his directorial debut, starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal. His nuanced adaptation of Richard Ford’s novel features outstanding performances by its leads. Jeanette and Jerry seem like the perfect couple, but their son has long noticed fissures in the relationship, which are gradually tearing them apart. 

A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves. Inspired by the remarkable true story of Bryon Widner, who endured over a year of painful operations to his […]

In a beautifully realised adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel, Saoirse Ronan shines as Eilis, a young Irish woman who travels to America in order to find work and build a new life. Matters of the heart, on both sides of the Atlantic, soon play a major factor and she is forced to choose between two […]

These three screen adaptations, Henry VI in two parts and Richard III, tell the story of “The War of the Roses”, an exceptionally turbulent period in British history. Shakespeare’s plays are filmed in the visually breathtaking landscape and architecture of the period. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Sally Hawkins, Sophie Okonedo […]

Collection of three Wes Anderson films. In The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew, Team Zissou, set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existant Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou’s partner during the documentary filming of their last adventure. They are […]

1905. Efter tio år som missionär i Afrika återkallas Charles Fortescue till London. Nu ser den charmige och timide pastorn fram emot att gifta sig med sin ungdomskärlek, kyrkoherdens dotter, och leva ett stilla och syndfritt liv. Men problemen hopar sig när Londons biskop ger honom i uppdrag att missionera bland East Ends prostituerade. Den […]