My Life as a Dog: Things Could Always Be Worse
Melinda Kinnaman and Anton Glanzelius. Photo: SF Two years had passed since the Swedish premiere of My Life as a Dog when it opened in American theaters – and became…
A Man Called Ove
59-year-old widower Ove (Rolf Lassgård) was recently fired and plans to join his wife in heaven as soon as possible… but his suicide keeps getting stalled. Fredrik Backman’s novel first…
The Fourth Man
The sequel to Death of a Pilgrim (2013) also hops between three different time periods, depicting intrigue behind the 1975 occupation of the West German embassy in Stockholm; a murder…
Man from Majorca: Lawless City
Sven Wollter and Tomas von Brömssen. Photo: SF This film would make a good double bill together with Call Girl (2012). Sharing a similar look, they would appeal to an…
Allt faller
Jonas Gardell är på väg att förlora sin mor, Johan Rheborg sin far; samtidigt brottas de med komikerkarriärens mest bisarra sidor. Några verkliga tungviktare samlades för att driva hårt med…
Death of a Pilgrim
Lars Martin Johansson (Rolf Lassgård), head of the Swedish National Criminal Investigation Department, discreetly gathers a suitable group of detectives, aiming to take a fresh, comprehensive look at the 1986…
The Serpent’s Way
In 19th century northern Sweden, a widow (Stina Ekblad) loses her home to a salesman (Ernst Günther) who makes her a deal; it’s the beginning of a humiliation that will…
Man on the Roof: The Enemy Within
Sven Wollter and Thomas Hellberg. Photo: SF By 1976, American audiences had already familiarized themselves with Martin Beck. He was the Swedish police detective who starred in a series of…
Polismördaren
En av de bästa filmerna i den här serien har två berättelser som går in i varandra och känns lika gedigna var för sig. Den ena handlar om hur en…
Gossip
Sveriges kvinnliga skådespelarelit tävlar om att få gå i Greta Garbos fotspår som drottning Kristina i en stor Hollywoodproduktion. Colin Nutleys film liknar skådespelarmässigt en Robert Altman-rulle och alla dessa…