20 Mar 2019 Director: Tarik Saleh Egypt, Sweden, Denmark, Germany 2017 107 min In Cairo, days before the 2011 Tahrir Square uprising, Police Detective Noredin is working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police Station when he is handed the case of a singer, murdered in The Nile Hilton Hotel. Initially, the amoral Noredin views the… Continue reading The Nile Hilton Incident
Tag: Sweden
A Man Called Ove
10 Jan 2018 Director: Hannes Holm Sweden 2015 116 min In this offbeat Swedish comedy drama, Ove is the quintessential grumpy old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, Ove spends his days scowling and enforcing neighbourhood association rules that only he cares about. However, when Parvaneh and her… Continue reading A Man Called Ove
Force Majeure
2 Mar 2016 Director: Ruben Östlund Sweden, France, Norway 2014 120 min One single moment can change everything in a relationship. Tomas, Ebba and their children are enjoying a skiing holiday in the French Alps when a relaxed lunchtime suddenly becomes a moment fraught with terror as an avalanche heads towards their mountaintop restaurant. Tomas’… Continue reading Force Majeure
Det Sjunde Inseglet – The Seventh Seal
3 Dec 2008 Director: Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1957 92 min A 14th Century knight, Antonius Block, and his squire wearily return from the crusades to find the Black Death sweeping through the land. Death appears to the knight and informs him his time is up. The knight, reluctant to die, challenges Death to a game… Continue reading Det Sjunde Inseglet – The Seventh Seal
House Of Angels
24 Jan 1996 Director: Colin Nutley Sweden 1992 126 min A nightclub singer from the big city arrives, with her biker boyfriend, to take possession of the rural community’s largest house left to her by an eccentric grandfather. She hasn’t the faintest idea what she is getting into, but blithely pursues a serene course through… Continue reading House Of Angels
Cairo Conspiracy
20th September 2023 Sweden/France/Finland 2022 121 minutes Director: Tarik Saleh The gripping and critically acclaimed new thriller from Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident, The Contractor), follows Adam, a young man who is offered a place to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Shortly after his arrival in the city, the university’s highest-ranking religious… Continue reading Cairo Conspiracy