The Falling

UTSEDD AV TIDNINGEN EMPIRE TILL HISTORIENS BÄSTA BRITTISKA FILM EMPIRE, 1997 Harold Shand är kungen av London. Ett cockneybräkande råskinn som under många år slagit sig fram till gangstervärldens högsta topp och ett liv i lyx. Men just som Harold ska genomföra en miljardaffär med ett amerikanskt maffiasyndikat utsätts hans organisation för ett antal mord […]

The legendary story of Joan of Arc’s trial and conviction is powerfully retold in Robert Bresson’s minimalist masterpiece. Working from the official transcript of the 15th century trial, Bresson shoots Joan’s ordeal with a serene simplicity that reveals her vulnerability and her resilient faith. A transcendent and moving evocation of human suffering and spiritual liberation, […]

Antonio Bay, California has turned a hundred years old. As the residents of this small, quaint harbour town begin to celebrate, an eerie fog envelops the shore and from its midst emerge dripping, demonic spectres, victims of a century old shipwreck, seeking revenge. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, the FOG is a tense and ghoulish tale […]

Albert Serra’s humanising of historical figures continues with this tale of the dying days of the Sun King. 1960s-era Truffaut and Godard regular Jean-Pierre Léaud takes on the titular role, bringing more than a little wit to the drama, while Serra’s studied camerawork hones in on the minutiae of the monarch’s daily routine and the […]

En företagsagent som spelar efter eget regelverk ska se till att en grupp piloter, samtliga rekryterade ur fängelsesystemet på grund av akut personalbrist, samarbetar med datakillarna som sköter navigationssystemen för de helikoptrar som skyddar en isolerad gruvutpost. I den nära framtiden 2038 har jordens resurser sinat och mänskligheten sökt sig ut i rymden. Krig förs […]

In This Corner of the World follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband s family. Suzu s life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance and courage underpin this heart-warming […]

In a small German town in 1919, Anna mourns every day at the grave of her fiancé, Frantz, who was killed in battle during World War I. One day she spies a mysterious young Frenchman, Adrien, also laying flowers at the grave. Together they begin to bond over their shared grief, though Anna is intrigued […]

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales adapted from Lafcadio Hearn s classic Japanese ghost stories about mortals caught up in forces beyond their comprehension when the supernatural world intervenes in their lives: “The Black Hair”, “The Woman of the Snow”, “Hoichi the Earless”, and “In a Cup of […]