In The Earth

New England, 1630: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. The Witch is a chilling portrait of a family unraveling within their own fears and anxieties, […]

I källarvalvet i en sedan länge övergiven kyrka hittas ett mystiskt kärl som generationer av präster före vår tid vaktat iurminnes tider. Men dess flytande innehåll är äldre än så.

The most savagely subversive film by the iconoclastic auteur Luchino Visconti employs the mechanics of deliriously stylized melodrama to portray Nazism’s total corruption of the soul. In the wake of Hitler’s ascent to power, the wealthy industrialist von Essenbeck family and their associates—including the scheming social climber Friedrich (Dirk Bogarde), the conniving matriarch Sophie (Ingrid […]

Set during the mid 19th century in Snowdonia, Gwen (Eleanor Worthington-Cox) lives with her sister Mari (Jodie Innes) and her mother (Maxine Peake). The industrial revolution is scarring the earth and their flint cottage is meagre shelter against the icy winds as they eke out a meagre existence. Forces marshal against them, as the local […]