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The Fifth Seal review – a spiky political cabaret of cruelty and fear

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 by Guardian

Zoltán Fábri’s 1976 film follows military veteran Karoly in wartime Hungary as he asks fellow drinkers in a bar what they would choose: be the slave master or the slaveThe seventh seal that gave Ingmar Bergman’s film its title is the one whose opening …

‘I felt Ingmar Bergman was looking over my shoulder, laughing at me’: my month writing at the maestro’s desk

July 26, 2023 by Guardian

An invitation to be a writer-in-residence at the Swedish director’s remote Baltic island house seemed too good to miss. Would some of his genius rub off?An eerie kind of peace came over me as I sat in my battered Toyota rental car on the quayside at Få…