One Battle After Another: Anderson’s Anora

Leonardo DiCaprio. Photo: Warner Leonardo DiCaprio once said that turning down Boogie Nights (1997) was the greatest regret of his career. Paul Thomas Anderson, who was just starting out, had…

Being Bo Widerberg

He was a filmmaker who thought Ingmar Bergman’s movies showed a false image of Sweden abroad; his view was defined by the working class. Ironically, Bo Widerberg came to resemble…

The Woman in Cabin 10

Journalist Laura Blacklock (Keira Knightley), who’s covering a trip to Norway on board a superyacht, sees a woman fall into the ocean… but all the passengers are accounted for and…

The Lost Bus

The true story of how a bus driver, a teacher and a group of children had to navigate to safety through the devastating 2018 Camp Fire in California, brought to…

Beware of Children

After the accidental death of a child, a small community grapple with what actually happened, including the principal (Henriette Steenstrup) who has a secret. Director Dag Johan Haugerud’s international breakthrough…

The Green Ray

After breaking up with her boyfriend, Delphine (Marie Rivière) is facing summer without any clear plans, and keep wondering where to go and with whom to spend her holiday. The…

Sentimental Value: Life with Father

Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning. Photo: Neon When my parents sold the house where I grew up and moved into an apartment, I walked through the increasingly empty rooms and…

Clown in a Cornfield

Teenager Quinn Maybrook (Katie Douglas) moves with her dad (Aaron Abrams) to a small town in Missouri, little dreaming that a living, murderous clown mascot will go after the local…

Steve

In 1990, Steve (Cillian Murphy) is a teacher at a school for boys with societal difficulties, battling himself as well as attempts to close the school down. Murphy reunited with…

Morbius

Brilliant scientist Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) finds a dangerous cure for his blood illness, one that turns him into a vampire. When Venom (2018) undeservedly became a hit, someone decided…