Bergman on the set of Wild Strawberries (1957)

Ingmar Bergman: 1918-2007

Famed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman spent his entire career (and probably his entire life) obsessing about death. Well now he's dead, leaving behind a legacy of brilliant and sometimes agonizingly depressing films ranging from his iconic The Seventh Seal (who could forget Max von Sydow's chess match against Death?) to his 2003 swan song, Saraband.

My top five Bergman movies, in chronological order:

The Seventh Seal (1957)

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

Persona (1966)

Cries and Whispers (1973)

Fanny and Alexander (1982)