The Sun Shines Bright (The Masters of Cinema)

The most savagely subversive film by the iconoclastic auteur Luchino Visconti employs the mechanics of deliriously stylized melodrama to portray Nazism’s total corruption of the soul. In the wake of Hitler’s ascent to power, the wealthy industrialist von Essenbeck family and their associates—including the scheming social climber Friedrich (Dirk Bogarde), the conniving matriarch Sophie (Ingrid […]

Efter åratal av planering lyfter vätgasballongen Örnen från Spetsbergen den 11:e juli 1897. Målet för ingenjör Andrée och hans mannar är att komma först till Nordpolen och hissa den svenska fanan där ingen

En dröm om frihet är inspirerad av det så kallade Nyköpingsdramat 1966 då polisen ingrep mot två brottslingar, Clark Olofsson och Gunnar Norgren, vilket utmynnade i att den senare sköt ihjäl en polisman

Among the most exciting voices in genre cinema to emerge in recent years, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with their third feature, The Endless. Benson and Moorhead play brothers, former members of a crazy UFO death cult , who receive a mysterious video cassette in the mail. The tape contains an eerie calling card […]

Sergei Parajanov’s celebrated masterpiece paints an astonishing portrait of the 18th century Armenian poet Sayat Nova, the ‘King of Song’. Parajanov’s aim was not a conventional biography but a cinematic expression of his work, resulting in an extraordinary visual poem. Key moments in his subject’s life are illustrated through a series of exquisitely orchestrated tableaux […]

Domare Anne Gruwez är känd som en hård och udda karaktär inom det belgiska rättssystemet. Vi får följa henne bakom kulisserna i arbetet med utredningar av grova brott. Hon återöppnar ett 20 år gammalt fall med två mördade unga

Pedro Almodóvar’s intensely personal 21st film is a scrapbook of the director’s memories. Director Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) is called to revisit one of his early career triumphs. But the new restoration connects him with estranged friends, and shakes loose old memories. We move back and forth between recollections of his mother (Penélope Cruz), his […]

Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road is a deeply personal documentary that explores the life and career of Brian Wilson, the legendary songwriter and cofounder of The Beach Boys, through a literal and metaphorical road trip across Los Angeles, Brian’s hometown.