Trials of Cate McCall

Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall – Messy, moody, kinda good So I rewatched The Trials of Cate McCall the other night, this time with a half-eaten ostbågar bag and a cold Coke Zero. And I gotta be honest – it’s one of those films where you sit there half-impressed,...
An Invisible Sign

An Invisible Sign

An Invisible Sign (2010) So. I watched *An Invisible Sign* again last Friday around 11-ish. Rain outside, cold enough to make the tea go lukewarm halfway through the first act. You know that feeling when you’re about to rewatch something that you sort of...
Silent Retreat

Silent Retreat

“Silent Retreat” – Scary vibes and awkward silence around the campfire So, last Tuesday night I got myself comfortable in my old fav armchair (the one with the rödvin stains leftover från that unforgettable Ingmar Bergman-marathon accident circa...
A matter of life and death

A matter of life and death

“A Matter of life and death” – sometimes old is pure movie-magic Seriously, have you ever watched a film from decades ago and then blinked twice, wondering if they really made this beauty back then? David Niven is soooo damn classy in this Powell...
Suburbanite (2016)

Suburbanite (2016)

Suburbanite (2016) – a weirdly familiar serenade to suburb anxiety Alright now, I caught Suburbanite back at Stockholm Film Festival in ’16, in one of those small cramped screening rooms where you’re squished between someone loudly munching popcorn...
Misogynist

Misogynist

Misogynist – stark, unsettling, but kind of a mess I remember watching “Misogynist” for the first time back in 2014, on a rainy Tuesday afternoon at the tiniest, stickiest cinema in Kungsholmen. Just me, two confused pensionärer who looked like they...