The Wife

England 1959. Krigsänkan Florence anländer till en idyllisk liten kuststad för att öppna ortens första bokhandel – och stöter på oväntat motstånd. Framför allt från generalens inflytelserika fru, som plötsligt får för sig att inreda en konstsalong i den sedan länge övergivna lokalen, men som mest är ute efter att starta bråk. Snart är hela […]

Paweł Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning Ida with the stunning Cold War, an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. In the ruins of post-war Poland, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) fall deeply, obsessively and destructively in love. As performing musicians forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine, […]

Debra Granik – director of Winter’s Bone – returns with another gritty story of those on the fringes of American society. Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social […]

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 […]