Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

Based on Herman Bang s 1902 novel of the same name, Dreyer’s film is a fascinating fin-de-siècle study of a decadent elderly artist (Benjamin Christensen) driven to despair by his relationship with his young protégé and former model, Michael (Walter Slezak). With suffocatingly sumptuous production design by renowned architect Hugo Häring (his only film work), […]

Based on the novel by Will Heinrich, Sam Peckinpah’s only war film is an intense and uncompromising affair that brilliantly reflects both the futility of conflict and the director’s fascination with individuals confronted by events beyond their control. A World War II tale told from the German perspective, Cross Of Iron follows a platoon of […]

The true story of Formula One s greatest family. Charting the story of Formula One s most celebrated family, Williams is a thrilling account of how one man built a racing empire and a vivid, heart-rending portrait of the aftermath of a tragedy. Starting life with nothing other than a single-minded obsession for speed, Sir Frank […]

Jennifer Lawrence re-teams with her Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence for this entertaining action spy thriller. The star pupil of a secret Russian espionage academy, former prima ballerina Dominika Egorova is given the assignment of uncovering a mole in the government by making contact with an American agent (Joel Edgerton). The two young operatives fall into […]

Alan Strang (Peter Firth) is a troubled teenager who suffers from an uncontrollable urge to blind horses. In court, facing prosecution for his actions, psychiatrist Dr Martin Dysart (Richard Burton) attempts to unravel the root causes of Alan’s pathologic affliction. Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own landmark, Tony-winning play, Equus is a gripping psychological […]

Farfar Jessie (Connery) är en hårdför förbrytare som suttit i fler fängelser än de flesta. Hans sonson Adam (Broderick) är hans motpol – välutbildad, belevad och ostraffad. Ändå är det just Adam som kommer till Jessie med förslaget om en storstilad miljonkupp, och Jessie tänder förstås till för fullt! Problemet är att man måste vara […]

It s a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else s creative vision. Yet, that s exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as Lord Bullingdon in Stanley Kubricks Barry Lyndon. The young actor surrendered his thriving career to become Kubrick s loyal right-hand […]

The Third Man has been beautifully restored in 4K for the first time, showcasing the genius of this celebrated British noir, voted the ‘The greatest British film of all time’ by a British Film Institute poll. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton, Citizen Kane ), a naïve writer of pulp westerns, arrives in Vienna to meet his […]