Topic: Ingmar Bergman

DVD review: 'Dragon Tattoo Trilogy Extended'

0 View Larger Image . . . . . You may be a fan of the "Dragon Tattoo" trilogy, but unless you've seen the films in their original Swedish versions...
Marjane Satrapi's Chicken With Plums, adapted from her own graphic novel; and Andrew Haigh's SXSW winner Weekend, an emotional story of a gay...

Bergman notes to housekeeper fetch over $6,000

Legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman not only wrote riveting movie scripts: his 32 notes -- some angry and annoyed -- to his housekeeper were auctioned off Wednesday for 44,000 kronor (4,800 euros, $6,300)."Broken. Fix IMMEDIATELY or buy a new one ...

A Minute With: Roger Corman, "Hollywood Rebel"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At this time of year Hollywood brings out big-budget movies like "Mission: Impossible" with Tom Cruise and the new "Sherlock Holmes" film starring Robert Downey, Jr.But Roger Corman, the antithesis of big Hollywood who has made low-budget, independent ...

DVD review: 'Fanny & Alexander'

0 View Larger Image . . . Ingmar Bergman announced his retirement after making this film in 1982. A family epic, it begins on Christmas 1907 and ...

Ask Mick LaSalle: The full Elizabeth Taylor

0 . Dear Mick: What, in your opinion, is Elizabeth Taylor's signature film? . . Peter McLeod, Sydney New South Wales. . Dear Peter: If you think of...

'Incendies' director takes the road less traveled

0 . . A few years back, French Canadian film director Denis Villeneuve went to the theater intending only to have an entertaining night out. But...

Garbo and Bergman to be on new Swedish banknotes

Swedish icons such as Ingmar Bergman, actress Greta Garbo, author Astrid Lindgren and singer Birgit Nilsson will be featured on new Swedish banknotes, the central bank said Wednesday.A total of six prominent Swedes were selected for a set of bills -- including ...

Hour of the Wolf (film)

Hour of the Wolf is a 1968 dramatic horror film from Swedish writer and director Ingmar Bergman. The film tells the story of a painter and his wife...

Top 50 foreign films

There's no need to fear subtitles when so much of what Hollywood has come to love (pop-cultural patter, epic swordplay, urban ennui, etc. Suddenly, Woo's double-pistol showdowns were everywhere, inspiring the as-yet-to-break Quentin Tarantino and Hollywood at large. WILD STRAWBERRIES ...