The Sun Shines Bright (The Masters of Cinema)

Våren 1946 i Texarkana. Två ungdomar smiter iväg i sin bil för att ha sex på en öde väg när en maskerad man lösgör sig ur skuggorna och misshandlar dem brutalt. Exakt tre veckor senare slår mannen till mot ett nytt kärlekspar, men dessa överlever inte. Skräcken sprider sig snabbt i den lilla staden, där […]

A mind-blowing ‘acid-western’ which shocked and bedazzled audiences upon its controversial original release, El Topo single-handedly invented the American midnight movie phenomenon… Jodorowsky’s most violent and notorious film sees the director play ‘The Mole’ of the title: a black-clad. master gunfighter. In the first half, El Topo journeys across the desert dreamscape with his young […]

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

Classic fantasy from Powell and Pressburger in which an RAF pilot must argue for his life in a celestial trial after a mix-up sees him survive a fall from his plane. When Peter Carter (David Niven)’s plane is struck on his way back to England from a bombing mission and his parachute destroyed, he prepares […]

I New Yorks beryktade Chinatown regerar Triaden efter sina tusenåriga traditioner med korruption, utpressning och lönnmord. Hit delegeras kommissarien och vietnamveteranen Stanley White för att röja upp. Med hänsynslösa metoder tränger White allt djupare in i den kinesiska maffians verksamhet och inser snart att Chinatown är en bomb redo att brisera. Triaden måste stoppas till […]

Documentary centred on the Italian island of Lampedusa where 6,000 Sicilians are joined by hundreds of desperate migrants who arrive on their shores every week during the European migrant crisis. The film focuses on some of the island’s native inhabitants, including a 12-year-boy and his family of fishermen, and shows how their daily lives are […]

At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young UK comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever. Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the […]

Kristen Stewart joins director Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria) again, albeit for a very different, deeply unsettling kind of film. She plays Maureen Cartwright, who is responsible for picking a celebrity’s clothes. Her life takes a darker turn when she experiences an uncanny spiritual crisis. Part-horror, part-psychological study, it defies expectations all the way […]