Trouble Every Day

Seven-hour black-and-white epic following life in a small, dilapidated post-Communist Hungarian village where nothing ever happens and nobody wants to be there. Adapted from a novel by László Krasznahorkai, the saga is presented through chapters looking at life from the viewpoint of each of the different villagers, all of whom want to leave as soon […]

In 1971, Frederick Forsythe shot to bestseller status with his debut novel, The Day of the Jackal taut, utterly plausible, almost documentarian in its realism and attention to detail. Two years later, director Fred Zinnemann (High Noon) turned a gripping novel into a nail-biting cinematic experience. August 1962: the latest attempt on the life of […]

A collection of strange stories, all signed by the master of body horror – David Cronenberg. The set features four of the auteur’s most celebrated movies, including his big breakthrough with the techno-sexual Videodrome, surrealist William S. Burroughs adaptation Naked Lunch, Cannes Special Jury Prize-winning Crash, and the lush life exposé Cosmopolis. See James Woods’ […]

Okänd soldat är berättelsen om en finländsk kulsprutepluton vars kamp vi följer i tre år under fortsättningskriget, från sommaren 1941 till reträtten i Karelen 1944. Filmen är baserad på Vainö Linnas välkända roman med samma namn. Filmen skildrar Rokka, Kariluoto, Koskela, Hietanen och deras vapenbröder. Den visar hur vänskap, humor och viljan att överleva förenar […]

Shideh gör allt som står i hennes makt för att hennes och dotterns liv ska fungera i kaoset av kriget mellan Iran och Irak 1988. Men allt blir lite värre när en missil träffar huset utan att explodera och en av grannarna dör under mystiska omständigheter

A profound masterpiece from one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema, Robert Bresson’s Au hasard Balthazar follows the donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is […]

One of the preeminent works of the Hong Kong New Wave, Boat People is a shattering look at the circumstances that drove hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to flee their homeland in the wake of the Vietnam War, told through images of haunting, unforgettable power. Three years after the Communist takeover, a Japanese photo­journalist […]

Volker Schlöndorffs Blecktrumman blev under 1970-talets slut en stor publik- och kritikersuccé. Inte nog med att den lyckades med konststycket att erövra både Guldpalmen i Cannes och en Oscar för