Eraserhead

From David Cronenberg, the master of body horror, comes a beguiling new tale. As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Kristen Stewart), […]

Two decades after its original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray’s breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new restoration. The Apu Trilogybrought India into the golden age of international art-house film, following one indelible character, a free-spirited child in rural Bengal who matures into an adolescent […]

David Lowery (A Ghost Story, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) brings the heist genre to a human level, with this tale of a senior citizen bank robber, played by Hollywood royalty Robert Redford. Driven by impulses more quixotic than pure greed, Redford’s bank robber has all the charm and warmth we’ve come to expect across his […]

Dansfilmens okrönte kung, Fred Astaire, bjuder upp Charlie Chaplins dåvarande fru och motspelerska Paulette Goddard – och får tuff konkurrens av dubbelt Oscarnominerade Burgess Meredith, mest känd  som Rocky Balboas tränare Mickey i Sylvester Stallones Rocky-filmer! Danny O’Neill (Astaire) och Hank Taylor (Meredith) spelar båda trumpet i en liten orkester på sitt college, och trivs […]

En kultfilm kan ha varit en flopp. En kultfilm kan ha varit gjord före sin tid. En kultfilm är aldrig att förväxlas med en kalkonfilm. För kultfilmens storhet kom att dröja tills någon förstod sig på den. Studio S presenterar här ett snillrikt urval av svenska filmer som tidningarna på sin tid kallade ”spekulativa”, ”farliga” […]

Molly Dineen is one of Britain’s most acclaimed contemporary documentary filmmakers, known for her intimate and probing portraits of British individuals and institutions, and recipient of numerous accolades, including BAFTA, Grierson and RTS awards for documentary Being Blacker (2018) was Dineen’s first film in a decade. It tells the story of the renowned Brixton reggae […]

The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely “erase” their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay). Set first in Belle Époque-era Paris, Louis is a British man who woos […]

Harry Scheins livshistoria saknar motstycke i den svenska nutidshistorien. Trots att han uträttade storverk för svensk kultur blev han avskydd av en hel generation unga filmare. I början av 50-talet, innan han ens fyllt 30, säger Harry till sina vänner att han har två mål i livet; han ska bli miljonär och gifta sig med […]