Sweden

  • Movie News

How Pleasure Writer-Director Ninja Thyberg Moved Past Her Preconceived Notions of the Porn Industry

When Swedish writer-director Ninja Thyberg decided to adapt her 2013 short film “Pleasure” into a feature, she understood the documentaries…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Bergman Island: How Two Trips to Ingmar Bergman’s Home Inspired Mia Hansen-Løve

French director Mia Hansen-Løve traveled twice to the Swedish island of Fårö as she made her film Bergman Island: once…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Josh Trank Won’t Give Up; COVID-19 Sacrifices Questioned; Gladiator at 20

In today's Movie News: The whiplash career of Capone director Josh Trank; the painting that inspired Gladiator; and the numbers behind…

4 years ago
  • Crossing the Line

The Man in Bergman: A New German Cinema Pioneer’s Search for the Heart and Soul of Ingmar Bergman’s Legacy

In the early 1960s, I went to Paris and had no thoughts of cinema at all. The New German Wave…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

“Would I Do That?”: Ruben Östlund Tested His Characters’ Behavior on Himself to Make The Square

Last time audiences walked into a sophisticated comedy by Swedish auteur Ruben Östlund, a man’s integrity was tested based on…

7 years ago