Just when you thought that Scandinavia had been bled dry of all its TV drama,
along come more crime mysteries to entice the British public. Van Veeteren is a
series of TV films based on a popular series of novels by Swe…Read More...
Having become an unexpected phenomenon with an outstanding first series, The
Killing returns for a second, shorter series, as the enigmatic Sarah Lund joins a
cast of mostly new faces for another gripping murder hunt. Aft…Read More...
Looking back over the career of idiosyncratic Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano,
one could easily make a case for split personality disorder. This is a man
perhaps best known for helming violent crime sagas such as his…Read More...
There’s a case to be made for Seoul as the archetypal noir city of the new
millennium – the contemporary equivalent of Chandler’s Los Angeles or
Prohibition-era Chicago. A sprawling, neon-soaked boom town at…Read More...
Peter Strickland’s debut is a dark drama about sexual violence, revenge and
ambiguous morality, set in the breathtakingly beautiful Transylvania region. It
won Strickland the prize for Best Newcomer at the European Fil…Read More...
Making its way on to many critics’ Top-Ten films of 2007, Guillaume Canet’s
adaptation of the novel Tell No One is a solidly crafted thriller that deserves
its praise. Sporting a perfectly balanced cast of recognisable…Read More...
Infamous directing duo Joel and Ethan Coen have gone from strength to strength
since their cinematic debut in 1984, showcasing a talent for conveying a
combination of dark humour and visual splendour in a way that…Read More...
Director Claude Chabrol (1930 – 2010) is often credited with being the
father of the Nouvelle Vague, or the French New Wave, a film movement which arose
in France during the late 1950s. A reaction against the influe…Read More...
With a trio of fairly gravitational names like Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman
and William H. Macy, bumbling comedy crime caper The Heist is an antidote to
films that take themselves and their stars too seriously. Offe…Read More...
With Headhunters, Aksel Hennie has cemented his position as an upcoming star of
world cinema. His portrayal of a recruitment specialist by day and art thief by
lunch is subtle, absorbing and surprisingly charming. He is no…Read More...
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