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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Phil Bagnall and Ronan Doyle, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, Ingmar Bergman’s Höstsonaten.

Eva invites her mother Charlotte to visit. It has been seven years since the mother and daughter last spoke. What initially seems like a welcome reunion quickly boils over as simmering resentments rise to the surface and the pair are forced to reassess their relationship to one another – and themselves.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 192nd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 18th January 2021.
• Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
• Höstsonaten at The Internet Movie Database.
• The Top 250 at time of recording.
• Follow Phil on Twitter.
• Read Phil’s reviews at Scannain.
• Follow Ronan on Twitter.
• Read Ronan’s articles at Scannain.
• Bernard Weinraub at The New York Times reports on the Ingmar Bergman tax scandal, March 1976.
• The New York Times reports on the decision by the Swedish authorities to drop tax evasion charges against Ingmar Bergman, March 1976.
• Steven Kelman at Dissent Magazine takes a look at what the Bergman tax scandal says about Swedish society, Autumn 1976.
• Diane Solway at W Magazine takes a look into the personal and private life of Ingmar Bergman, November 2009.
• Alexandra Suich Bass at The Economist looks at the pandemic’s impact on the back list for book publishers, November 2020.
• Rachel Handler at Vulture looks at Ingmar Bergman as a lockdown-friendly auteur, July 2020.
• David Edelstein at CBS News recommends Ingmar Bergman movies in the time of pandemic, March 2020.
• Robert E. Lauder at The New York Times discusses contemporary reactions to Autumn Sonata, December 1978.
• Gary Arnold reviews Autumn Sonata for The Washington Post, November 1978.
• Woody Allen discusses the life and work of Ingmar Bergman with The New York Times, September 1988.
• Variety reviews Autumn Sonata, December 1977.
• Tim Page at The Washington Post takes a look at Ingmar Bergman’s opinion of his own work, July 2004.
• Keith Phipps at The A.V. Club reflects on the historically limited availability of Autumn Sonata, March 2002.
• Adam Nayman at The A.V. Club discusses the long-overdue reappraisal of Autumn Sonata, July 2015.
• Michael Joshua Rowin at Reverse Shot discusses the importance of seasons and time in the work of Ingmar Bergman, February 2004.
• Peter Cowie discusses Winter’s Light at Criterion, August 2003.
• Farran Nehme discusses Autumn Sonata at Criterion, September 2013.
• Jaime Rebanal at Cinema From the Spectrum discusses Autumn Sonata as a prism into Ingmar Bergman’s fascination with family dynamics, March 2019.
• Gary Giddins at Criterion discusses the impact and legacy of the I Am Curious films, March 2003.
• Ronald Bergan at The Guardian offers an obituary for actor Lena Nyman, February 2011.
• Liv Ullmann talks to Little White Lies about her life with Ingmar Bergman, February 2018.
• Peter Cowie discusses Autumn Sonata at Criterion, December 1999.
• Ryan Bergeron at CNN looks back at feminism during the seventies, August 2015.
• Mehroz Baig at The Huffington Post looks at the history of women in the work place, December 2017.
• Judith Martin at The Washington Post discusses Autumn Sonata in the context of shifting portrayals of women on film, November 1978.
• The New York Times wonders about this new wave of women-centric cinema, February 1979.
• Gregg Kilday at The Hollywood Reporter looks back on Ingrid Bergman’s tenure as President of the Cannes jury, May 2015.
• Bill Higgins at The Hollywood Reporter looks back on the success of Murder on the Orient Express, November 2017.
• Mike D’Angelo at The Dissolve looks back at Ingrid Bergman’s Oscar winds, March 2014.
• Jon Frosch at The Atlantic looks at the lingual bias in the Best Actress Oscar race, October 2013.
• Anthony Brett at The Telegraph reports on Ingrid Bergman’s affair with Roberto Rossellini, July 2020.
• Tom Shales at The Washington Post reports on Autumn Sonata as Ingrid Berman’s last film, November 1978.
• Arthur Unger reviews Ingrid Bergman’s last role in A Woman Named Golda for The Christian Science Monitor, April 1982.
• Vincent Canby at The New York Times praises older actors like Ingrid Bergman showing new sides to themselves, December 1978.
• The New York Times discusses Ingrid Bergman’s evolution as an actor, and film critics’ evolving relationship with her screen persona, August 1982.
• Pia Lindstrom,Ingrid Rossellini, and Isabella Rossellini talk to RogerEbert.com about choosing Autumn Sonata as part of a retrospective for their mother, August 2015.
• Liv Ullmann talks to Vulture about her relationship with Ingmar Bergman, March 2018.
• Liv Ullmann talks to The New York Times about her life and career, January 2001.
• Liv Ullmann talks to The Washington Post about her work, March 1977.
• Charles Isherwood at The New York Times reviews a stage adaptation of Autumn Sonata, April 2011.
• Oliver Chou at The South China Morning Post reports on the Autumn Sonata opera, September 2019.
• Rachel Abramowitz at The Los Angeles Times reflects on the unlikely relationship between Roger Corman and Ingmar Bergman, April 2003.
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