In This Corner of the World

1923 avtjänar den unge Joe Valachi sitt första fängelsestraff för ett mindre brott. Fyrtio år senare bevittnar hela USA när han inför tv-kamerorna är frivillig måltavla i ett sensationellt senatsförhör i Washington

Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes is a revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. When the German Jewish refugees Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff started Blue Note in 1939 in […]

I manusförfattaren Kata Wéber och regissören Kornél Mundruczós senaste samarbete får vi en triptyk av historier som utspelar sig under olika tidsepoker men alla i skuggan av andra världskriget och förintelsen

Xavier Beauvois’ period drama goes some way to redressing the balance regarding the representation of women in films dealing with the First World War. Natalie Baye is outstanding amongst a strong female cast, who detail the lives women led during the five-year conflict, and the challenges they faced.  Shot in a verité style, it […]

GOLDEN GLOBE BÄSTA UTLÄNDSKA FILM OSCARNOMINERAD BÄSTA MANUS Tyskland i krigets början. När Solomons syster mördas och resten av familjen arresteras av Gestapo lyckas han själv undkomma. Som ung jude är hans tillvaro riskabel, men genom att ständigt anta nya identiteter lyckas han dölja sitt rätta ursprung. I skepnad av trogen kommunist utbildas han av […]

From legendary writer-director Paul Schrader comes a gripping new film that ranks among his very best work. Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary parish priest at a small church in upstate New York, which is on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Now more of a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling […]

The lives of AIDS activists in early 90s Paris are reimagined in bold and vivid detail in 120 BPM (Beats Per Minute), a stunning and heart-wrenching drama from the writer of Palme d’Or winner The Class, Robin Campillo. Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 2017 and a host of international awards, this is an […]

May December follows married couple Gracie and Joe Atherton-Yoo, played by Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, whose 23-year age gap sparked a notorious tabloid romance that gripped the nation two decades ago. Cut to modern day, and their marriage comes under renewed strain when Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry, played by Natalie Portman, comes to spend […]