Fresh from their superb season of the films of Stanley Kubrick, the UK TV channel Film 4 will be showing a short season of films by the much missed director Ingmar Bergman.

The season kicks off on Tuesday 29th July with Bergman's epic The Seventh Seal (1957)and is followed by Wild Strawberries (1957), Summer Interlude (1951), Smiles Of A Summer Night (1955) and Persona (1966) over the following few days.

For those who have shied away from Bergman's work these movies are a superb introduction to the great man's work (Summer Interlude and Wild Strawberries are particular favourites of ours). The films are much more accessible than they are often painted.

There is also a superb interview with Woody Allen, who discusses his love of Bergman's work and his enduring influence on his film making.

Labels: Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal