David Cronenberg’s Early Works

I ett bibliotek i Bretagne hittar en ung förlagsredaktör ett helt makalöst manuskript. Hon bestämmer sig för att ge ut boken, som direkt blir en bästsäljare. Men den förmodade författaren, en viss bortgången Henri Pick, skrev aldrig något mer avancerat än en inköpslista enligt änkan. Den erkände litteraturkritikern Rouche anar att något inte stämmer och […]

Yorgos Lanthimos has crafted a sensational thriller brimming with unsettling humour and creeping dread, steeped in Greek tragedy, existential horror, Hitchcockian psychodrama, and riveting suspense. Darting confidently between genres to subvert our expectations at every turn, The Killing of a Sacred Deer firmly cements Lanthimos in the pantheon of world-class auteurs and marks him as […]

Based on the infamous urban legend and featuring one of the most famous and gripping opening scenes in horror movie history (homaged by Wes Craven in the opening of Scream), Fred Walton’s When a Stranger Calls is a masterclass in suspense that has rarely been equalled. A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the […]

Mästerverk av Jean-Luc Godard. Filmen som blev startskottet för den nya franska vågen. En småkriminell man tar impulsivt klivet över till grövre brott genom att skjuta en motorcykelpolis i samband med en bilstöld. Men trots att han nu är efterlyst har han svårt att fokusera på annat än att charma en ung utbytesstudent så att […]

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 […]

A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves. Inspired by the remarkable true story of Bryon Widner, who endured over a year of painful operations to his […]

Whitney is the intimate, definitive account of the superstar’s life and career, authored by renowned Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald. The only film officially supported by the late singer’s estate, it includes previously unreleased recordings, rare never-before-seen footage and live performances recorded by Houston at various stages of her life, as well as original studio recordings and […]

Make Way for Tomorrow, by Leo McCarey, is one of the great unsung Hollywood masterpieces, an enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. Beulah Bondi and Victor Moore headline a cast of incomparable character actors, starring as an elderly couple who must move in with their grown children […]