Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) | Review by Pauline Kael
A nearly perfect work. The film is bathed in beauty, removed from the banalities of short skirts and modern-day streets and shops, and removed in time, it draws us closer.
Ingmar Bergman
Face to Face With Ingmar Bergman
In an exclusive interview, director Ingmar Bergman tells William Wolf about his future projects and his ideas about life and art.
Images and Words In Ingmar Bergman’s Films
In teaching the films of Ingmar Bergman it has become increasingly clear to me that it is his personal vision which attracts the students. Those who do not share that vision often…
Wild Strawberries (1957) – Transcript
After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
Ingmar Bergman: A Conversation with Ann Morrissett
This is quite unusual, you know. We were in the elevator of the Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theatre, Bergman’s secretary (male) and I. In the elevator, going up, I was having my position…
Bergman 100: La vita, i segreti, il genio (2018)
Un documentario sulle luci e le ombre di uno dei più grandi registi di teatro e cinema
MOVIE REVIEW: “FANNY AND ALEXANDER” BY INGMAR BERGMAN
Fanny and Alexander may be Bergman’s farewell to film, but it is neither a work of pure nostalgia nor of self- pity and lamentation. It is a loving testament to and celebration…
As for All These Women (1964) | The New York Times Review
Ingmar Bergman's new comedy, As for All These Women, which opened here last night, was received coldly by Stockholm newspaper critics. “Dull” and “harmless” are two words used in reviews today.
CRIES AND WHISPERS: BERGMAN’S WOMEN – Review by Paul D. Zimmerman
Ingmar Bergman—the Swedish creator of The Seventh Seal—long ago abandoned his interest in the mysterious ties between God and man in favor of a broader humanism. His latest film, Cries and Whispers,…
CRIES AND WHISPERS: BERGMAN’S STUDY IN SCARLET – Review by Hollis Alpert
In Ingmar Bergman’s latest film, Cries and Whispers, the predominant tones are red, and from the very beginning of its production he did not hesitate to explain why this is so. He…
Cries and Whispers (1972) | Review by Pauline Kael
Bergman is not a playful dreamer, as we already know from nightmarish films like The Silence, which seems to take place in a trance. He apparently thinks in images and links them…
Persona (1966) – Review by Pauline Kael
Bergman's movies have almost always had some kind of show within the show: a ballet, a circus, a magic show, a bit of animation, many pieces of plays and even whole plays.…
«LA VERGOGNA DI BERGMAN»: DAL SILENZIO DI DIO AL MARE DEI MORTI
Ingmar Bergman ha definito il suo ultimo film, che ha per titolo Skammen (La vergogna) una storia di gente che non ha nessuna fede, nessuna convinzione politica, che non agisce secondo canoni…
PERSONA (1966) – Review by Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss reviews Ingmar Bergman's "Persona" for Film Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Summer, 1967)
Ingmar Bergman: Playboy Interview (1964)
A candid conversation with Ingmar Bergman, Sweden's one-man new wave of cinematic sorcery. Published in Playboy n. 6, 1964
Persona | Review by Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag reviews Ingmar Bergman's "Persona" for Sight and Sound magazine