The film was premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was later screened in competition at the 63rd Berlin Int’l Film Festival.

Failure to lift the ceiling by the Oct 17 deadline will mean the government is unable to pay its bills or service its debts.

The vision of Lund packing a pistol in a nun’s habit in the film’s bloody Halloween night scene became an iconic moment in exploitation cinema.

Daniel Alfredson - who directed the original 2009 Swedish film version of “The Girl Who Played With Fire” and its sequel - will helm.

At the White House, Obama said he spoke to Boehner and was "happy to talk with him and other Republicans about anything".

Giorgio Napolitano said his critics were obsessed with one topic and did not care about the country's true problems.