Vinyl – Season 1

The legendary Max Ophuls (Letter from an Unknown Woman; La Ronde) directs this tense and stylish 1949 film noir melodrama. Joan Bennett (Scarlet Street) stars as a suburban housewife who covers up a murder to protect her teenage daughter, only to find herself blackmailed by an immoral small-time crook, played by James Mason (North by […]

Felicia är en föräldralös flicka med en passion i livet: att dansa! Tillsammans med kamraten Victor, som har planer på att bli en stor uppfinnare, kommer hon på en makalös plan för att fly från barnhemmet och ge sig ut på äventyr mot Paris – en stad fylld av ljus och med Eiffeltornet under uppbyggnad. […]

Judy Garland became one of the undisputed icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Yet behind that success was a darker tale, one of innocence exploited. In Rupert Goold’s elegant and probing biopic, Renée Zellwegger delivers a career-defining performance. Battered but not beaten, financial ruin forces Garland to return to the stage. Setting ‘60s London […]

Efter att ha skapat två av alla tiders bästa filmer, Citizen Kane och De magnifika Ambersons, regisserade Orson Welles thrillern Främlingen, och visade sig bemästra även denna genre till fulländning. Edward G. Robinson spelar en nazijägare på jakt efter den ökände Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), en av de högst ansvariga bakom folkmordet på judarna. Nu […]

Fifteen years before Stranger Things combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the template and the high-water mark with his debut feature, Donnie Darko

Romance becomes psychodrama in the elegantly crafted Rebecca, Alfred Hitchcock’s first foray into Hollywood filmmaking. A dreamlike adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel, the film stars the enchanting Joan Fontaine as

In a rapturous reverie to Tinseltown set in New York in the 30s, Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg) decides to move to Hollywood and work for his uncle Phil (Steve Carell), an agent to the stars. When Bobby meets Phil’s secretary Vonnie (Kristen Stewart), he falls in love with her. Unfortunately for him, Phil is in the […]

Adapted from C.K. Steads novel ‘Smith’s Dream’, Sleeping Dogs almost single-handedly kickstarted the New Zealand New Wave, demonstrating that homegrown feature films could resonate with both local and international audiences, and launching the big-screen careers of director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out) and Sam Neill. Neill in his first lead role in a feature plays […]