Alex Barrett
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Interviews
The hidden history of Swedish queer cinema
A new documentary uncovers an early tradition of LGBT storytelling in silent Swedish cinema, with wide-reaching influence. ”It must have been completely sensational to sit in a cinema as queer,” says director Eva Beling.
By Alex Barrett
The hidden history of Swedish queer cinema
Features
Vampyr at 90: how Carl Dreyer conjured a waking nightmare
By Alex Barrett
Features
Early Bergman: the genius of the angry young man
By Alex Barrett
Features
100 years of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: why we’re still living in its shadows
By Alex Barrett
Features
How Weimar cinema influenced 6 modern genres
By Alex Barrett
Interviews
Horrible lover, great director – Jane Magnusson on the paradox of Ingmar Bergman
By Alex Barrett
Features
What’s the best year a director ever had?
By Alex Barrett, Pamela Hutchinson and others
Lists
15 rare times when a director made great films in 5 or more different decades
By Alex Barrett, Martyn Conterio and others
Features
4 hard-and-fast rules of filmmaking... and how The Passion of Joan of Arc breaks them
By Alex Barrett
Features
How Ingmar Bergman mastered filming faces
By Alex Barrett
Lists
8 key actors in the Ingmar Bergman universe
By Alex Barrett
Where to begin
Where to begin with Richard Linklater
By Alex Barrett
10 great
10 great German expressionist films
By Pamela Hutchinson and Alex Barrett