The Seven-Ups

Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) returns with The Salesman, a characteristically taut drama exploring how unexpected cracks can form in the foundations of a seemingly happy marriage. The future looks promising for amateur actors Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) as they prepare for opening night on their production of Arthur Miller’s ‘Death […]

Småskurkarna Brian och Charlie vill lämna brottets bana och flytta till Rio. Och det ska de få råd med efter att ha stulit två väskor med knarkpengar. Ingen bra idé! Speciellt som stålarna visar sig tillhöra den mäktiga kinamaffian. Jagade av både lönnmördare, svikna ligakumpaner och poliskåren flyr vännerna till en klosterskola där de ömsar […]

Palme d’Or-winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Uncle Boonmee who can Recall his Past Lives) returns with the surreal and overtly political Cemetery of Splendour. Soldiers struck by a mysterious sleeping epidemic lie comatose in a temporary clinic. The memory-filled space becomes a revelatory world for housewife and volunteer Jenjira, as she watches over Itt, a handsome […]

Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune star in the story of a wandering samurai who exists in a maelstrom of violence. A gifted swordsman plying his craft during the turbulent final days of shogunate rule in Japan, Ryunosuke (Nakadai) kills without remorse or mercy. It is a way of life that ultimately leads to madness. Kihachi […]

Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea) play mother and son in this powerful story of parenting an addict. Ben (Hedges) arrives unexpectedly just before Christmas, having left rehab. They must try to rebuild trust, but there’s also darker forces that must be sated before they can find peace. This agonising and honest […]

On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon. Starring Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes the […]

Var fick han allt ifrån? Och hur läskig var han själv? Med sina detaljrika och fantasifulla teckningar har den enormt produktive konstnären Hans Arnold, (1925-2010) fyllt det svenska medvetandet med skräck, sex, sagor och surrealism. Hans Arnold var det underfundiga visuella geniet bakom otaliga bokillustrationer, t.ex Astrid Lindgrens “Allrakäraste syster”, skivomslag såsom ABBAs ikoniska “Greatest […]

Young Moonee and her mother Halley live in a motel close to Disney World, but they can only dream of going there. Instead Moonee turns her world into a theme park, while Halleey finds ways to make money. Sean Baker’s (Tangerine) dazzlingly colourful drama explores the flipside of the American Dream, and cements his position […]