Great Guy: Not Your Usual Crime Flick, Eh Right, so Great Guy. You know the one – James Cagney, looking like he’s just eaten a citronfrom hell, and then you got Lloyd Bacon behind the camera. Kind of a legend, bit like if someone mashed together Janne Halldoff...
The Bohemian Girl – A strange little adventure with a slap on the cheek So, I just rewatched “The Bohemian Girl” last weekend, and mate, what a trip. Any time you throw Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy into a film, you know you’re in for some...
Mary – a boat ride I wished would turn around So, Mary, then. Here I am, trying to warm up my socks after last night’s screening, still a bit seasick in my soul. I should’ve known, really – you put Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer on a creaky ghost ship, directed...
Men Without Women – A Film for Those Odd Late Nights Alright, so “Men Without Women.” The title alone made me think of my old friend Gunnar from Sundsvall. He used to shout after a couple of Norrlands Guld at the pub: “Who needs women when you have Bergman...
Of Human Bondage – a fairly messy piece of heartbreak (in a good way?) So, I rewatched *Of Human Bondage* last Saturday evening, instead of heading to the bar (it was raining cats and dogs here in Malmö, förresten). It’s the old-school Bette Davis tearjerker –...
Slaves in Bondage – Blunt, sweaty and almost embarrassing Ok, so you know when you end up watching a film just because nån tipsat dig “it’s a real cult classic, du måste se den”? Well, that’s what happened with “Slaves in Bondage,” this 1937 drama by Elmer Clifton....
