Tag: livullmann
Blu-ray Review: Criterion's SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE Has It Both Ways
August Strindberg once said, “Could there be anything more terrifying than a husband and wife who hate each other?” The question is raised by a character in Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes From a Marriage (1973), a five-hour, six-part miniseries made for Swedish...
Review: SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN, a True Documentary Find
Margarette von Trotta found Ingmar Bergman a long time ago. She recollects as much in her new documentary about the iconoclast Swedish filmmaker, Searching for Ingmar Bergman, an excellent, excellent effort which she goes ahead and stars in. She was...
Seasonal Ruminations: Melbourne Cinematheque And The Powerful Complexity Of Liv Ullmann
One of the most complex and powerful women in cinema, Liv Ullmann is a force of nature channeled both on and off-screen as Ingmar Bergman's muse, actress and at a later date independent director. Melbourne Cinematheque is a sublime curated mix...
The Stack Holiday Gift Guide 2013 Part Four: Criterion Collection
There is NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING I love more present-wise than catching up on the Criterion Collection releases I may have missed throughout the year. Here are some I want to especially recommend for the holidays and gift giving....
