Sep 19, 2025 | Comedy
My Wife’s Relations – Seen Through Some Swedish Glasses So, Buster Keaton again, huh? Sometimes I wonder if this old stone-faced chap ever slips out of fashion. *My Wife’s Relations* (1922) is proper chaotic. You know that feeling when you’re at a...
Sep 18, 2025 | Comedy
The Saphead (1920) – A Proper Old-School Comedy Fika So here I was last Friday, stuffing myself with knäckebröd and staring at Buster Keaton’s spooky stone-face. The Saphead isn’t one of those films that gets much play outside film nerd circles, you know? But c’mon,...
Sep 16, 2025 | Comedy
Call of the Cuckoo – More chaos than a Stockholm midsummer Alright, so “Call of the Cuckoo” – we’re talking proper old-school slapstick here, like someone poured all the madness of a Swedish kräftskiva into a 20-minute film and called it Tuesday. Leo...
Sep 7, 2025 | Comedy
Coney Island: Nostalgia and Hot Dogs with a Side of Melodrama Alright, so Coney Island (I’m talking about the 1943 one, not some weird doc or remake) – that was one of those oldies my mormor made me watch once when she was feeling extra sentimental. It’s...
Sep 3, 2025 | Comedy
Pardon Us – A Barrel of Chaos or Just Barrel Aged? So, Pardon Us, that old Laurel & Hardy flick from 1931 – I watched it again last Tuesday night with a cuppa and one of those kanelbullar left over from my mum’s fika. Ridiculous combo. Anyway, Stan Laurel...
Aug 29, 2025 | Comedy
Life with Father – a bit like fika with stubborn relatives You ever have that feeling when you’re at your grandma’s on a rainy sunday, and everybody’s talking at once about stuff that doesn’t totally matter but is somehow essential? That’s kinda the vibe I got...
