A Star Is Born

I slutet av 1960-talet blev en okänd bilmekaniker från Australien plötsligt en av världens mest berömda män. Det var då som det avslöjades att han utsetts att axla Sean Connerys mantel som James Bond i I hennes majestäts hemliga tjänst.

Året är 1967. Franska nya vågens främsta affischnamn Jean-Luc Godard (Louis Garrel) har precis färdigställt sitt senaste opus La Chinoise. Under arbetet har tycke uppstått mellan Godard och filmens huvudrollsinnehavare tillika hans musa Anne Wiazemsky. Allt borde vara upplagt för frid och fröjd och ett “så levde de lyckliga i alla sina dagar”. Det visar […]

The Painted Bird är en rå och grundlig beskrivning av ett Östeuropa i krig, filmad i svartvitt på 35mm. Baserad på den hyllade boken av Jerzy Kosinski och med bland andra Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier och Julian Sands i rollerna

The best film ever made – Jarvis Cocker One of the most beloved and iconic British films of all time (voted in the top 10 of all time by the British Film Institute), Ken Loach’s breakthrough cinematic feature Kes is a cornerstone of naturalistic filmmaking whose influence is felt up to the present day. Portraying with remarkable detail and […]

The Magistrate, administrator of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire, looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll, whose task it is to report on the activities of the ‘barbarians’ and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations. The […]

In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz (Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia) breaks his leg and loses he brings shame to his village, especially his father, Tursen (Jack Palance, City Slickers), a former champion. In order to regain his honor, Uraz must learn to ride again and […]

Buster Keaton is at the peak of his slapstick powers in The Cameraman—the first film that the silent-screen legend made after signing with MGM, and his last great masterpiece. The final work over which he maintained creative control, this clever farce is the culmination of an extraordinary, decade-long run that produced some of the most […]

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 […]