David Byrne’s American Utopia

When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship. She met Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila, in the first year of […]

Is monogamy outdated? Can you love more than one person? After years of respectable marriage, Joy and Alan are going to try doing what’s right for them. Joy (Toni Collette) and Alan (Steven Mackintosh) are in a sexual rut. An injury to Joy has put their sex life on hold and now they aren’t clicking […]

Licorice Pizza is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love. 

Documentary centred on the Italian island of Lampedusa where 6,000 Sicilians are joined by hundreds of desperate migrants who arrive on their shores every week during the European migrant crisis. The film focuses on some of the island’s native inhabitants, including a 12-year-boy and his family of fishermen, and shows how their daily lives are […]

André Leon Talley has been a fixture in the world of fashion for so long that it’s difficult to imagine a time when he wasn’t defining the boundaries of great style.  Kate Novack’s intimate portrait, The Gosp​el According to André takes viewers on an emotional journey from André’s roots growing up in the segregated […]

Bad Reputation chronicles the life of Joan Jett, from her early teenage years as founding member of The Runaways to her enduring presence over four decades later as a Rock ‘n’ Roll icon. Following the break up of The Runaways, Jett met songwriting partner and producer Kenny Laguna, and formed Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. […]

BFI Flipside presents… Remembrance, a rarely seen British film that follows a group of young Royal Navy sailors during their last 24 hours ashore before their ship sets sail on a six-month naval exercise. Set around the pubs and clubs of the then-notorious Union Street in 1980s Plymouth, Colin Gregg’s direction and Hugh Stoddart’s script […]

Med en miljon sålda exemplar i Sverige och sju miljoner jorden runt är Arto Paasilinna en av Nordens största författare.

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