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Med Halloween och Motorsågsmassakern skapade John Carpenter och Tobe Hooper skräck av filmhistoriska dimensioner. I Body Bags möts de två mästarna för att testa hur långt de kan gå för att trasa sönder våra nerver. I The Gas Station (regi: Carpenter) möter vi en ung tjej som får påhälsning av en förrymd seriemördare under sitt […]

Young Moonee and her mother Halley live in a motel close to Disney World, but they can only dream of going there. Instead Moonee turns her world into a theme park, while Halleey finds ways to make money. Sean Baker’s (Tangerine) dazzlingly colourful drama explores the flipside of the American Dream, and cements his position […]

Preceding Bonnie and Clyde by a year, Arthur Penn’s (Mickey One) acclaimed film boasts enviable pedigree – produced by the legendary Sam Spiegel, with a screenplay by Lillian Hellman from the novel by Horton Foote, a rousing score by John Barry, and a stellar cast of the hottest stars of the day (including Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, […]

I denna nya live-action tolkning av den klassiska italienska sagan får vi återigen bekanta oss med träsnidaren Geppetto vars trädocka Pinocchio under magiska omständigheter väcks till liv. Den godtrogne Pinocchio blir lätt vilseledd, vilket för honom ut på en äventyrlig resa fylld av magiska varelser och fantastiska spektakel bland vänner och fiender. Drömmen om att […]

Addiction, nonmonogamy, and female sexual liberation: decades before such ideas were widely discussed, Dorothy Arzner, the only woman to work as a director in 1930s Hollywood, brought them to the screen with striking frankness, sophistication, and wit—a mature treatment that stands out even in the pre-Code era. Fredric March (in one of four collaborations with […]

1940, London, the Blitz; with the country’s morale at stake, Catrin (Gemma Arterton; Gemma Bovery), an untried screenwriter, and a makeshift cast and crew, work under fire to make a film to lift the nation’s flagging spirits; and inspire America to join the war. Partnered alongside fellow screenwriter, Buckley (Sam Claflin; Me Before You), the […]

Based on the award-winning manga series Umimachi Diary, Our Little Sister is the new film by acclaimed director Kore-eda Hirokazu (Like Father, Like Son, I Wish). Nominated for the Palme d’Or, this exquisite family drama, set across the varied colours of the four seasons, is one of the most graceful, tender and moving films of […]

Mexiko 1910. När Pedro träffar Tita blir de genast förälskade. Men då Pedro ber hennes mor, den stränga Elena, om Titas hand så blir det blankt nej. Enligt familjens tradition måste den yngsta dottern