La Grazia

Mariano De Santis (Toni Sevillo), President of Italy, considers a controversial new euthanasia bill on his desk, along with two appeals cases, while also mourning his wife. In 2008, Paolo…

Will You Care If I Die?

In Malmö, a young community worker (Peshang Rad) takes a teenager (Rudwan Socdal) under his wing, hoping to turn him into a basketball pro, if only he can keep him…

A Brief Affair

Lea and Rocco (Pilar Fogliati, Adriano Giannini) meet in a bar and embark on an affair, even though they’re both married; soon, Lea starts crossing lines. This may sound like…

Exodus: A Battle for Israel

Paul Newman. Photo: United Artists There was a time in my youth when I believed in a solution in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. After the fall of…

Another Country

In the 1930s, a gay student (Rupert Everett) at an Eton-type university grows increasingly tired of the school’s system of oppression and suppression. The play is a British classic, especially…

Random Harvest: Deconstructing Smithy

Greer Garson and Ronald Colman. Photo: MGM It didn’t take long for James Hilton’s novel to be filmed. After all, two previous books he wrote became highly successful movies, Lost…

El Cid

In the 11th century, Spanish nobleman Don Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (Charlton Heston) shows mercy to two captured Moorish emirs, something that will both hurt and help him in future…

I Swear

Much like the biography that it’s based on, this drama is a moving portrait of a person going through an unusual mental crisis, but also an opportunity to educate the…

The Bombing of Pan Am 103

When Pan Am flight 103 crashes into the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, American and British authorities compete in the hunt for the terrorists who planted a bomb on…

Dreams (Sex Love)

17-year-old Johanne (Ella Øverbye) falls in love with her teacher (Selome Emnetu), who may or may not be open to a relationship. The best film in Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy…