Almost 50 years after its release, why is The Exorcist such an enduring, powerful horror film? I am obviously the first to ever ask this question about this cinematic classic, so allow me to answer: the time it takes to lay out...
This article originally ran as a part of our Top 100 Movies. In the Seventh Seal, filmic genius Ingmar Bergman delves deep into the philosophical. An ominous but playful Death plays chess with a knight recently returned from the crusades....
Title: The Flight of the Eagle Year: 1982 Director: Jan Troell Cast: Max Von Sydow Synopsis: The Flight of the Eagle chronicles the journey of explorer S.A. Andrée and his two companions, Nils Strindberg and Knut Frænkel, from Svalbard, Norway...
Title: Shame Year: 1968 Director: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Liv Ullmann, Max Von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Sigge Fürst, Birgitta Valberg Synopsis: A mild-mannered couple, Jan (Sydow) and Eva (Ullmann), reside on a remote island while a civil war is waged around...
Ingmar Bergman directed forty films between 1946 and 1982, when he announced his retirement (he’d break this with another three films for television and one theatrical, but what can you do). Across our fair city, twenty-six of those will be...
2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Ingmar Bergman’s birth. Though he died in 2007, his legacy lives on, and I’ll be taking the opportunity throughout the year to celebrate my favorite filmmaker. Ingmar Bergman’s films were about as personal as...
I decided to undertake a movie challenge in 2017. This seemed like a good way to see some classic movies that I have unfortunately never seen. The Battleship Pretension Top 100 list provided such a challenge. This was my second time...
1984’s Dreamscape, directed by Joseph Ruben, deserves to be better known. Not because it’s great (it drags with the introduction of a lame political intrigue plot in the second half) but simply because it’s a weird, fun movie that happens...