Faithless
A handsomely produced remake of Liv Ullmann’s 2000 film, one that opens up the scenario, embraces a past set in the 1970s and spends a lot of effort on the…
Zero Day
After a massive cyber attack that leaves thousands of people dead, former President George Mullen (Robert De Niro) is hired to lead an investigative commission with extraordinary powers. A political…
The Breakthrough
In 2004, a boy and an older woman are murdered in what seems to be a random act of violence; 16 years later, the police get a last chance to…
La Palma
Norway has a history of reasonably well-made disaster movies and some of those responsible for that trend created this miniseries set in one of Norwegian tourists’ favorite spots, the Canary…
Whiskey on the Rocks
In 1981, a drunken birthday party causes a Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea to lose its way, eventually running aground in the archipelago of southern Sweden. This tense, real-life…
Ivanhoe
In the late 1100s, the disowned son (Anthony Andrews) of a Saxon nobleman (Michael Hordern) returns from the Crusades and becomes involved in the struggle between Saxons and Normans. The…
Ronja the Robber’s Daughter
In his adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s last children’s book, The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt stayed close to the source material, also adding a discreet nod or two to the 1984…
Say Nothing: Inside the IRA
Lola Petticrew. Photo: FX This limited series did not go unnoticed by those whose lives are depicted in it. Michael McConville, son of the most famous murder victim of the…
The Pirate Bay
The story of how The Pirate Bay, a Swedish torrent website run by a group of computer-savvy young men, became a tangible threat to the film industry, has its similarities…
Disclaimer
A book ends up in the hands of a prominent journalist (Cate Blanchett); to her great horror, it aims to expose a secret she’s kept hidden for many years. A…