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...
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...
Evidence

Evidence

Evidence – scary flick eller shaky mess? Let me kick things off with a little fact: I’m usually first in line for any horror-thriller with some genuine grit. Så när mina kompisar dragged me along one late night after Göteborg Film Festival a few years back, jag...
Conduit

Conduit

Conduit – a Slow Burn of Mystery and Memory There I was, slumped in that creaky Bio Rio seat last Thursday, popcorn crumbs clinging to my Marimekko shirt, expecting some fast-paced thriller thanks to the hyped trailer. But Conduit surprised me with something...
Blood punch

Blood punch

Blood Punch: A Grotesque Cocktail worth Tricky Mornings All right, confession time. So, I first watched Blood Punch by pure accident after a messy kräftskiva (crayfish party, folks – if you know, you just know). Woke up at god-knows-when, pulled open the...