Hour of the Wolf
Painter Johan Borg (Max von Sydow) and his wife (Liv Ullmann) are living on a small island; he’s had…
My 12 Favorite Horror Movies
Halloween is coming, and the dead shall rise from their graves. At least on a TV screen near you.…
My 12 Favorite Ingmar Bergman Movies
It's the year of Ingmar Bergman. The master filmmaker would have been 100 years old and his legacy has…
Winter Light: Doubting Tomas
As every fan of Ingmar Bergman knows, the filmmaker had a complicated relationship with his father. But when he…
Through a Glass Darkly: Behind the Wallpaper
Ingmar Bergman was dead set on shooting this film on the Orkney Islands. He knew what he wanted; the…
My 12 Favorite Films
Compiling a list of what you believe are the greatest films ever made is a daunting task. Every critic…
Flight of the Eagle: Northern Misery
ADVENTURE IS MAN'S GREATEST LOVE. AND LOVE IS MAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE. Director Jan Troell had adapted several novels in…
Here is Your Life
In 1914, 14-year-old Olof (Eddie Axberg) leaves his home in northern Sweden to find a job and faces all…
Awakenings
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SIMPLE MIRACLE. In 1969, physician Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) arrives at a…
Shame: In the Shadow of Vietnam
Even Ingmar Bergman made a war movie once. Not that he was particularly happy about it. In one of…
Ghostbusters II
BE READY TO BELIEVE US. Five years after the events in the first film, the Ghostbusters have been forced…
Wild Strawberries: Down Memory Lane
Going back to my original review of The Seventh Seal (1957), I was a little surprised at not even…
Virgin Spring: Faith and Fury
Perhaps the most controversial of Ingmar Bergman’s films, The Virgin Spring was banned in Fort Worth, Texas because of…