Early Murnau – Five Films 1921-1925

The latest from the unique imagination of Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy), In Fabric is a typically distinctive, idiosyncratic and evocative tale that blends Giallo-infused horror with absurdist dark humour, to ghostly effect.  Set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period at a mysterious Thames Valley department store, the film follows […]

Judy Garland became one of the undisputed icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Yet behind that success was a darker tale, one of innocence exploited. In Rupert Goold’s elegant and probing biopic, Renée Zellwegger delivers a career-defining performance. Battered but not beaten, financial ruin forces Garland to return to the stage. Setting ‘60s London […]

Perhaps no director tapped into the pervasive sense of dread and mistrust that defined the 1970s more effectively than Alan J. Pakula, who, in the second installment of his celebrated Paranoia Trilogy

Peter Watkins’ critically acclaimed biopic about the expressionist painter of ”The Scream” Described by Ingmar Bergman as ”a work of genius”, Peter Watkins’ multi-faceted masterwork is more than just a biopic of the iconic Norwegian Expressionist painter; it is one of the best films ever made about the artistic process. Focusing initially on Munch’s formative years […]

I Roms nedslitna förorter driver Marcello en hundsalong och langar kokain vid sidan om. Han vill helst ägna sin tid och kraft åt sin dotter och hundarna men tvingas in i allt grövre kriminalitet av den storvuxna busen Simone, hans största kokainkund. Nu är det upp till Marcello att ta sig ur Simones grepp, kosta […]

With excruciating honesty, The Squid and the Whale chronicles the experiences of two young brothers growing up in 1980s Park Slope, Brooklyn, as they navigate the jagged contours of the divorce of their parents, both writers.

Kristen Stewart joins director Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria) again, albeit for a very different, deeply unsettling kind of film. She plays Maureen Cartwright, who is responsible for picking a celebrity’s clothes. Her life takes a darker turn when she experiences an uncanny spiritual crisis. Part-horror, part-psychological study, it defies expectations all the way […]

From producer and director Steven Spielberg, with a script by screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner, comes West Side Story. An adaptation of the 1957 musical, the film tells the tale of forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.