The Conference
Municipal employees on a team-building retreat are targeted by a killer in this Swedish horror/comedy they should have called Parks and Mutilation. Patrik Eklund’s satirical slasher plays out like a […]
Tag Archives: Sweden
Fanny and Alexander
Just as Wolfgang Petersen was threatening Europe with a 300-minute TV cut of Das Boot came the ultimate “hold my stein” move from Ingmar Bergman, whose Fanny and Alexander miniseries […]
Border
This Swedish fantasy follows a customs officer (Eva Melander) whose Neanderthalic features make her an expert at sniffing out contraband but equally a social outcast, hence the title. Imagine Bright […]
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Made to mark Ingmar Bergman‘s 100th birthday, this documentary looks at the life of the great director through the prism of 1957. This was the ludicrously productive year in which […]
The Ritual
Director David Bruckner will be known among horror fans for the most memorable chapters of both The Signal and V/H/S. Now he’s back with this tale of a Swedish hiking holiday gone wrong. […]
Force Majeure
Ski resorts are ripe screen territory, having set the scene for Swiss drama Sister by Ursula Meier (no relation – probably), British rom-com Chalet Girl (never seen it) and the […]
Screen Goblin 