Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

The French writer Guy de Maupassant has inspired many great filmmakers. Among those to adapt his short stories and novels were Jean-Luc Godard, Kenji Mizoguchi, Walerian Borowczyk, Harry Kümel, Luis Buñuel and Christian-Jacque. But it was arguably Max Ophuls, with his 1952 feature, Le Plaisir, who proved to be the most adept. Le Plaisir takes […]

From the team behind the worldwide success The Beatles: Eight Days a Week comes two time Academy Award winning director Ron Howard’s documentary celebrating the life of the beloved opera star Luciano Pavarotti, who sold over 100 million records in his lifetime.  The 1990 World Cup in Italy was the moment opera left the […]

En mystisk kvinna (Laura Harring), som lider av både minnesförlust och en lättare huvudskada, dyker upp utanför blivande skådespelaren Bettys (Naomi Watts) temporära hem, ett lägenhetskomplex i Hollywoods skugga. Men den mystiska kvinnans förflutna hinner snart ikapp dem båda och Betty blir indragen i ett komplicerat nystan av sanning, dröm och verklighet. David Lynchs surrealistiska […]

A stellar British cast including Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris and Damian Lewis star in this latest adaptation of the best-selling novel from John le Carré. While on holiday, university lecturer Perry Makepeace (McGregor) encounters Russian gangster Dmitri Vladimirovich Krasnov (Stellan Skarsgård) and gets embroiled in a high stakes game of international espionage.

Vad får du om Woody Allen lägger vantarna på en jönsig japansk James Bond-plankning som han dubbar om till engelska med helt ny och galen dialog? Svar: 1. Du får den då 31-årige Woodys debutfilm. 2. Du får en milstolpe i filmhistorien, olik allt annat som tidigare gjorts 3. Skrattkramp! Som i alla bra agentfilmer […]

For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations, they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for […]

Anyone familiar with Tarek Saleh’s 2017 political drama The Nile Hilton Incident will have some idea of what to expect from his latest: a subtle character piece that hits all the beats of an intense conspiracy thriller.  It starts when Adam (Tawfeek Barhom), the son of a poor fisherman, receives a scholarship to a […]

O.C. and Stiggs are a pair of sharp teens who carry out a vendetta against middle-class neighbour Mr. Schwab as his insurance company has cancelled O.C’s grandfather’s retirement policy. From characters created by Ted Mann and Tod Carroll of the National Lampoon (the magazine that ushered in the biggest comedy of the era in Animal […]