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French crime drama co-written and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. A wave of hysteria sweeps the small provincial town of St Robin when a series of poison-pen letters signed ‘Le Corbeau’ appear denouncing several prominent members of society. Starting with the village doctor, the slow sinister trickle of letters soon becomes a flood and no one […]

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 […]

Taking a break from helming Star Wars, director Rian Johnson convenes a ridiculous collection of stars in the drawing room for this foul-mouthed and bloody reimagining of an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery. Crime author Harlan (Christopher Plummer) gathers his family at his country pile for his eighty-fifth birthday. However, he doesn’t live to see the […]

A harrowing drama set during the Salvadoran Civil War, Salvador is a one of director Oliver Stone’lauras most underrated films, a thrilling and violent look at the chaos of war as seen through the lens of an amoral photojournalist. In 1980, young men, women and children are being brutally killed in a bloody civil war […]

Described by Steven Spielberg as one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world , the films of producer and director Stanley Kramer ( The Defiant Ones, Guess Who s Coming to Dinner) frequently confronted […]

HIS WIFE. HIS MISTRESS. HIS CAREER. A DEADLY TRAP. In 1986, John Frankenheimer the director of The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds and French Connection II made the unlikely career move of working with schlockmeisters Cannon Films. Adapting Elmore Leonard s novel of the same name, 52 Pick-Up’s union brought about the perfect blend of high calibre […]

Under 1960-talet kunde vad som helst hända! Som till exempel att man samlade ihop Sveriges ledande regissörer och gav dem uppdraget att göra film på temat stimulans. Resultatet blev denna unika episodfilm som

Maiden is the story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World in 1989. Tracy’s inspirational dream was opposed on all sides: her male competitors thought an all-women crew would never make it, the chauvinistic yachting press […]