Dir: Walerian Borocwyck | Cast: Udo Kier, Maria Pierro, Patrick McGee | 1981 Sometimes a film is so uncompromisingly strange it exerts a fascination more respectable productions cannot equal. Borowczyk's version...

Dir/Wri; Yves Boisset Cast: Marlene Jobert, Tomas Milian | France Thriller 90´ A consistently absorbing adaptation of the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, in which to the music of Verdi it follows...

Dir: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Polish, historical drama. 151’. 1966 Eastern Europe during the sixties wasn't all black & white socialist realism. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, for example, made 'Pharoah' in colour and...

Dir: Delbert Mann | Cast: Kim Novak, Fredric March | thriller 118’ 1959 With a new biopic about Kim Novak premiering at this year’s Venice film festival the focus is on...

Dir: Sam Shahid |Doc. 2023 96' Reviewed by Peter Herbert George Platt Lynes (1907- 1955) and his obscurity is addressed in this stylish documentary by director Sam Shahid and dedicated colleagues. Hidden...

Dir:  Gabriel Axel | Cast: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson | Denmark  Drama | 102mins Based on Karen Blixen’s 1950 short story, originally set in Norway,...

Dir: Milos Forman | Cast: Tom Hulce, F Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dottrice, Simon Callow | 1984. Musical Biopic reviewed by Peter Herbert With the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart continuing...

French Filmmaker Claire Denis is one of the most innovative pioneers of independent cinema and fiercely committed to her singular vision. Growing up the daughter of a civil servant in...

The 21st edition of Bergman Week will be inaugurated in traditional fashion at Fårö Church. The Swedish Film Institute’s CEO, Anna Croneman, will deliver the opening address. The ceremony will...