Janis: Little Girl Blue

Master filmmaker, auteur, poet, truth seeker, explorer, brand, meme, actor, lauded voice artiste, doomsayer, legend… that is Werner Herzog. This is a man, now 81, who had a 320-ton steamboat hauled over a steep hill in Peru, who hypnotises his actors, climbs down volcanoes, talks to murderers on death row, cooks and eats his own […]

As the sport of climbing turns from a niche pursuit to mainstream media event, Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. On remote alpine faces, the free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. Yet, he draws scant attention. With no cameras, no rope, and no margin for error, Marc-André’s approach […]

A stunning new restoration for the 60th anniversay of Le Mépris, one of the most notable examples of the French New Wave from cinema’s original enfant terrible: Jean-Luc Godard. Featuring the style icon Brigitte Bardot as Camille, and legendary French talent Michel Piccoli  as Paul, Le Mépris boasts a strong and eclectic supporting cast featuring […]

It was an evil house form the beginning , a house that was born bad. “” The place is the 90-year-old mansion called Hill House. No one lives in there. Or so it seems. But come in. Because even if you don’t believe in ghosts, there’s no denying the terror of The Haunting. Robert Wise, […]

Lorraine Hansberry’s immortal A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a black woman to be performed on Broadway. Two years later, the production came to the screen, directed by Daniel Petrie. The original stars—including Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee—reprise their roles as members of an African American family living in a cramped […]

Året är 1945 och andra världskriget har lämnat Leningrad i spillror, med kollapsade byggnader och söndertrasade människosjälar som lever i misär. Trots att belägringen äntligen är över fortsätter kampen om liv och död bland de överlevande. Men två unga kvinnor, Iya och Masha, försöker hitta hopp och mening med sina liv – kosta vad det […]

Med filmen Bergman – Ett år, ett liv har regissören Jane Magnusson försökt fånga HELA personen Ingmar Bergman, och alla hans sidor. Både de fantastiska och de mindre smickrande, i syfte att förstå denna stora konstnär ännu bättre. Hela filmen utgår från året 1957 då Ingmar Bergman fick sitt stora genombrott. Jane Magnusson har tidigare […]

Lars von Trier returns to the director’s chair to present the world with his most daring and provocative work to date, The House That Jack Built. This time the topic of discussion is violence and art, and violence as art.  In a mesmerising career best, Matt Dillon plays failed architect turned serial killer Jack […]