Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

Academy Award and BAFTA nominee actor Viggo Mortensen explores the fractures and contrasts that make up a modern family in his directorial debut, Falling, an intimate drama about a son’s relationship with his ageing father.  John Petersen (Mortensen) lives with his partner Eric (Chan) and their adopted daughter Monica in Southern California. His father […]

En stormig natt rusar en fjortonårig flicka in på polisstationen. Blodig och sönderriven berättar hon hur hon och hennes kusin tagit skydd för regnet i en gränd när en okänd man plötsligt gått till attack med en kökskniv. Skräckslagen har hon tvingats bevittna hur kusinen våldtagits och huggits ihjäl. Inspektör Steve Carella söker upp stadens […]

Utifrån en novell av Haruki Murakami har Hamaguchi skrivit ett prisbelönt manus tillsammans med Takamasa Oe. Murakamis ordknappa, precisa berättelse på under 40 sidor har inspirerat till en rik filmisk resa som tar sin tid och levererar starka känslor genom små åtbörder.

Året är 1988. På väg in till en rockkonsert stöter Alexis och hennes sexiga heavy metal-kompisar ihop med tre grabbar och bjuder in dem till fest i sin pappas brackiga sommarhus. Platsen ligger ödsligt beläget och bara det kan ge kalla kårar, men ännu värre är att trakten nyligen drabbats av en rad sataniska ritualmord. […]

This tense real-life political drama about the 1973 kidnap and murder in Chile of young American journalist Charles Horman, directed by provocateur Costa-Gavras (Z, State of Siege, Betrayal), follows the efforts of the journalist’s wife (Sissy Spacek – Carrie, The Coal Miner’s Daughter) and father (Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot, The China Syndrome) to uncover the crime and bring […]

Spike Lee’s hugely enjoyable and politically timely film uses this unbelievable case to lift a lid on racism in America, both past and present. It’s frequently hilarious, particularly in highlighting the idiocy of the Klan, but never misses a moment to comment on racial inequality.  Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) was a black Colorado […]

From creator David Simon (The Wire) and director Paul Haggis (Crash), and based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Lisa Belkin, the six-part HBO Miniseries presentation Show Me a Hero explores notions of home, race and community through the lives of elected officials, bureaucrats, activists and ordinary citizens in Yonkers, NY. In an America […]

Tracing the life of a renowned icon painter, the second feature by Andrei Tarkovsky vividly conjures the murky world of medieval Russia. This dreamlike and remarkably tactile film follows Andrei Rublev as he passes