Virgin Spring: Faith and Fury

Birgitta Pettersson and Tor Isedal. Photo: SF Perhaps the most controversial of Ingmar Bergman’s films, The Virgin Spring was banned in Fort Worth, Texas because of its infamous rape scene,…

Braveheart: Creating a New Wallace

Mel Gibson. Photo: Paramount As the story goes, American writer Randall Wallace made a trip to Scotland and came upon a statue at the entrance of Edinburgh Castle. Since the…

Seventh Seal: Silence is Divine

Bengt Ekerot. Photo: SF Cineastes everywhere may be in love with Ingmar Bergman's films; he's won all kinds of international awards, including the Golden Palm of Palms at Cannes and…

Becket: The Bishop Who Found God

Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole. Photo: Paramount When I told a friend recently that I had just seen Becket and that Richard Burton plays the Archbishop of Canterbury, he quickly…

Black Adder: Hilarious History

Tony Robinson and Rowan Atkinson. Photo: BBC At a time when Rowan Atkinson chooses to make another Johnny English, one needs to be reminded of an era when he was…

A Knight’s Tale

Sometime in the 14th century, a squire (Heath Ledger) assumes a knight’s title and jousts his way into a girl’s heart while also challenging a competitor (Rufus Sewell). A medieval…