David Byrne’s American Utopia

The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (A Fistful of Dollars’ Gian Maria Volonté, in a commanding performance) investigating a heinous crime—which he committed himself. Both a […]

From Academy Award-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, Empire Of Light is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, It follows Hilary (Olivia Colman) a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and […]

Weimarrepubliken 1931. Den desillusionerade krigsveteranen och aspirerande författaren Fabian flyr sitt trista dagjobb som reklamskrivare och nattens mardrömmar genom att kasta sig ut i Berlins skymningsvärld av barer, bordeller och kabaréer

Set in America in 1962, Green Book tells the heart-warming true story of Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a working-class Italian-American bouncer who takes on a job as a chauffeur for Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a world-class Black pianist. The mismatched pair embark on a two-month tour of concert venues in the racially charged deep […]

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 […]

En tidig luciamorgon kliver en man in på ett postkontor i Stockholm. På ett iskallt och proffsigt sätt länsas kassorna på 400 000 kr. Jarnebring och Johansson från spaningsroteln är snabbt på plats, men under den vilda jakten lyckas rånaren undkomma. Kort därpå inträffar två mystiska mord som kan ha koppling till rånet. De båda […]

Often acknowledged as one of the best prison films ever made, Birdman of Alcatraz was director John Frankenheimer s first huge success and received rave reviews for its performances, cinematography (by the great Burnett Guffey; From Here to Eternity, Bonnie and Clyde) and Frankenheimer s directing. Burt Lancaster stars as the notorious prisoner, Robert Stroud, […]

One of Hollywood’s classic hard-boiled thrillers and a favorite of suspense film lovers, this picture marked the first hit pairing of tough guy Alan Ladd, in the role that made him an instant star, and sultry blonde bombshell Veronica Lake. Adapted from a novel by Graham Greene, This Gun For Hire is the edgy story […]