Showing Up (Blu-Ray)

In 1981, writer and Warhol associate Glenn O’Brien, Swiss photographer Edo Bertoglio, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, a graffiti innovator and noise music artist who’d just begun to exhibit his paintings, hit the streets of

Janot Reichenbach var bara sexton år när hon förälskade sig i den desto äldre socialisten och sedermera premiärministern Léon Blum. Den gången satte Janots ålder stopp för kärleken. Många år senare knyts deras band igen

Based on John le Carré’s first novel, Call for the Dead (which introduced spymaster George Smiley), The Deadly Affair sees an ageing British secret agent (James Mason) set out to uncover the truth behind a government employee’s apparent suicide. Eschewing the glamour of the era’s Bond thrillers, Lumet’s chilling and intelligent take on the spy drama presents a palpable […]

Himmel och jord må försvinna, men aldrig min åtrå. En vacker sommardag. En trädgård. En terass. En man och en kvinna under träden, i en lätt sommarbris. I bakgrunden syns vida slätter och silhuetten av Paris. . En författare iakttar dem genom ett fönster och funderar på vad de konverserar om; kärlek, sex och sommarens […]

In this original movie based on David Milch’s acclaimed, Emmy-winning HBO series of the same name which debuted 15 years ago today, the indelible characters of the show are reunited after a decade to celebrate South Dakota’s statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds reopened as all are left to navigate […]

From David Cronenberg, the master of body horror, comes a beguiling new tale. As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Kristen Stewart), […]

Martin Scorsese and co-screenwriter Jay Cocks’ (The Age of Innocence) adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s acclaimed novel tells the extraordinary tale of two 17th-century Jesuit priests (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who travel to Japan in search of their mentor (Liam Neeson). He is rumoured to have committed apostasy and turned his back on the church. […]

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 […]