Grey Gardens (Blu-Ray)

Christian Petzold har filmatiserat Anna Seghers roman ‘Transit Visa’ från 1942 på ett egensinnigt sätt. Historien om en ung judes flykt undan tysk ockupationsmakt är förflyttad till ett översaturerat nutida Marseille

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 […]

A senator’s daughter has been kidnapped. The authorities can do nothing. So ex-soldier Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), who has a reputation for resolving impossible situations, is contracted to return the girl safely home. However, things don’t quite go to plan in this stripped-down psychological thriller by Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin). Phoenix has […]

These three screen adaptations, Henry VI in two parts and Richard III, tell the story of “The War of the Roses”, an exceptionally turbulent period in British history. Shakespeare’s plays are filmed in the visually breathtaking landscape and architecture of the period. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Sally Hawkins, Sophie Okonedo […]

James Baldwin var namnet på en av 1960-talets största kulturprofiler, vars knivskarpa analyser kom att spela avgörande roll för medborgarrättsrörelsen. Bland hans närmaste vänner fanns Martin Luther King Jr

Epic and romantic drama about the power, politics, and passions of the legendary monarch. Oscar winner Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen) stars as one of the greatest rulers in history, the legendary mother of the Russian Empire, Catherine The Great, a lavishly realised limited series with incredible creative credentials.  With Emmy Award- winners Nigel […]

Nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay), My Life as a Dog has become a perennial arthouse favourite. A bittersweet portrait of growing up in Sweden in the late 1950s, the film continues to speak to audiences more than 30 years after its release. Based on Reidar Jönsson s autobiographical novel, […]

When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper—Humphrey Bogart, in a revelatory, vulnerable performance—becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. The emotionally charged In a Lonely Place, freely adapted from a Dorothy […]