David Byrne’s American Utopia

Kejsarinnan Elizabeth av Österrike-Ungern, känd för den stora massan som ”Sisi”, är avgudad för sin skönhet och sitt inspirerande mode, men har till skillnad från sin make ingen makt. 1877 fyller ”Sisi” 40 år och betraktas officiellt som en gammal kvinna. För att uppehålla sin publika framtoning hårdbantar hon och knyter sin korsett hårdare och […]

Kinds Of Kindness is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined […]

Terrence Malick completes his unofficial trilogy of contemporary dramas with this sprawling account of love lost and found, unfolding during the cacophony of the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Rooney Mara plays a songwriter whose affections are torn between Michael Fassbender’s producer and fellow musical scribe Ryan Gosling, while Malick’s images of rapturous and ephemeral […]

A harrowing drama set during the Salvadoran Civil War, Salvador is a one of director Oliver Stone’lauras most underrated films, a thrilling and violent look at the chaos of war as seen through the lens of an amoral photojournalist. In 1980, young men, women and children are being brutally killed in a bloody civil war […]

Spike Lee’s hugely enjoyable and politically timely film uses this unbelievable case to lift a lid on racism in America, both past and present. It’s frequently hilarious, particularly in highlighting the idiocy of the Klan, but never misses a moment to comment on racial inequality.  Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) was a black Colorado […]

Wonder Wheel tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny (Kate Winslet), an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty (Jim Belushi), Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey (Justin Timberlake), a handsome […]

This fast-paced thriller from the producer of Bullitt and The French Connection stars Roy Scheider (Jaws, Last Embrace) as tough New York City cop Buddy Manucci. Manucci leads ‘The Seven-Ups’, an elite squad of undercover detectives known for their ruthlessly efficient tactics and their record of putting away criminals for a minimum of seven years. […]

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.