Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (Blu-ray)

A documentary on the life of Alexander McQueen. Directed by Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui, McQueentakes a bold and cinematic approach, using newly shot recreated scenes, motion and photographic archives, audio archives and interviews, exquisite visuals and music, to create an authentic celebration and thrilling portrait of Alexander McQueen. 

Efter att ha skapat två av alla tiders bästa filmer, Citizen Kane och De magnifika Ambersons, regisserade Orson Welles thrillern Främlingen, och visade sig bemästra även denna genre till fulländning. Edward G. Robinson spelar en nazijägare på jakt efter den ökände Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), en av de högst ansvariga bakom folkmordet på judarna. Nu […]

One of the lesser-known Powell and Pressburger collaborations. During the Second World War, scientist Sammy Rice (David Farrar) works at a British research unit set up to solve the enemy’s methods of attack. Embittered after losing a foot in a bomb blast, Sammy is increasingly seeking solace in drink However, a budding romance with his […]

Trots att det var först som 22-åring Ohad Naharin tog sina första danslektioner har han blivit en av den samtida dansens mest intressanta och hyllade dansare och koreografer. Med över 1200 timmar råmaterial har vännen och filmaren Tomer Heymann mejslat fram ett nyanserat porträtt av Ohad – mannen som skapade ett nytt “dansspråk” kallat Gaga, […]

Examining the most powerful movie images of the last decade, filmmaker Mark Cousins updates his classic The Story of Film with A New Generation. Spanning from 2010 to 2021, including the recent pandemic, Cousins spins an epic and hopeful tale of cinematic innovation from around the globe as he helps to uncover new ways of […]

Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune star in the story of a wandering samurai who exists in a maelstrom of violence. A gifted swordsman plying his craft during the turbulent final days of shogunate rule in Japan, Ryunosuke (Nakadai) kills without remorse or mercy. It is a way of life that ultimately leads to madness. Kihachi […]

Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first narrative feature, Desert Hearts,was groundbreaking upon its release in 1985: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a shoestring budget, by a woman. In this 1959-set film, adapted from a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to […]

It’s the summer of 1983 in northern Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a 17-year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family’s seventeenth century villa lazily transcribing music and flirting with his friend Marzia. One day Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming, 24-year-old American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern […]