Smiles of a Summer Night Smiles of a Summer Night Smiles of a Summer Night () is a 1955 Swedish comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was shown at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 "TIME" magazine ranked it one of the 100 greatest films since 1923. The film's plot—which involves some couples who switch partners on a summer night—has been adapted many times, particularly as the theatrical musical "A Little Night Music" by Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler and Harold Prince, which opened on Broadway in 1973, and as Woody Allen's film "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982). The film takes
Dark Was the Night (2014 film) a present-day community's reaction to a similar event. Jack Heller directed, and the film is said to include a "never-before-seen monster", drawn from various pieces of American folklore. Production started in February 2012, filming in Southampton, New York. "Dark Was the Night" was released in theaters on July 24, 2015, through Image Entertainment. As of September 2, 2015, the film holds an approval rating of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 19 reviews) and 40 on Metacritic (based on 10 reviews). Crave Online rated the film favorably, praising the film's direction and Durand's acting. Dark Was the Night (2014 film)