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Lynn en Lucy zijn al hun hele leven beste vriendinnen, hun relatie is net zo intens als een romance. Geen van beiden heeft zich ver gewaagd van waar ze opgroeiden. Lynn, die met haar eerste vriend is getrouwd en wier dochter snel opgroeit, is opgetogen al

Jonge levens worden voor altijd veranderd wanneer een schutter het vuur opent in een Canadese school, vastbesloten om zoveel mogelijk vrouwen te doden.Een dramatisering van het tragische bloedbad van Montreal, de gebeurtenissen van die dag worden gedocume

Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive), nucleair ingenieur en toegewijd militair, heeft zijn familie achtergelaten nadat hij is toegewezen aan een afgelegen testfaciliteit in Alabama. Hij wordt geconfronteerd met een moreel dilemma als tegenstander

Byron Orlok (Boris Karloff) is een gepensioneerde horror-ster die afscheid neemt van de schijnwerpers. Bobby Thompson (Tim O'Kelly) is een bescheiden maar gestoorde Vietnam-veteraan die plots begint aan een moorddadige schietpartij.Terwijl Byron nog een l

De corrupte agent Jack Grimaldi (geweldig gespeeld door Oscar-winnaar Gary Oldman) zit er tot over zijn oren in. In bed met de maffia heeft Jack veel geld verdiend, maar wanneer hij een opdracht krijgt van de Feds om de mooie maar dodelijke Mona Demarkov

Fräulein von Bernburg is een empathische lerares op een kostschool voor meisjes. Wanneer de nieuwe leerlinge Manuela verliefd begint te worden op haar vriendelijke leraar, ontdekken leerling en leraar al snel dat hun gevoelens wederzijds zijn.Terwijl Manu

Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne wrestle with love and greed in this all-star gold rush adventure set in a turn-of-the-century Alaskan boomtown . Dietrich is savvy saloon owner Cherry Malotte, whose honest former beau (Wayne) looks like bei

Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne wrestle with love and greed in this all-star gold rush adventure set in a turn-of-the-century Alaskan boomtown.Dietrich is savvy saloon owner Cherry Malotte, whose honest former beau (Wayne) looks like being

Wanneer de getrouwde architect Flipper (Wesley Snipes) een affaire begint met zijn secretaresse Angie (Annabella Sciorra), anticiperen beiden niet op de beroering die hun romance teweegbrengt.Aangetrokken door 'jungle koorts' - eerder geseksualiseerde rac

Chris Petit's cultklassieker Radio On is een van de meest opvallende speelfilmdebuten in de Britse cinema - een beklijvende mix van edgy mysterieverhaal en existentiële roadmovie, volgepropt met griezelige evocaties van het Engelse landschap en weer.Radio

Sol Nazerman (Rod Steiger), een overlevende van de nazi-doodkampen die zijn vrouw en kinderen het leven kostten, is een man zonder hoop, die zijn toevlucht zoekt in ellende en een bittere veroordeling van de mensheid, terwijl hij een pandjeshuis in Harlem

Valentine Wilmot, de eigenaar van de populaire Piccadilly Club, ontdekt dat zijn belangrijkste mannelijke attractie, Victor Smiles (Cyril Ritchard), ontslag heeft genomen en dat het publiek Victor's partner Mabel als over de hill heeft beoordeeld. Hoewel

Grappling with the unexpected death of her husband (Nasser Memarzia), Mary Hussain is tidying his things in their Dover home when she stumbles upon a secret connection he had across the Channel, in Calais. Armed with just a bag and his cell phone, she set

Photographed by Frank Hurley, South is the film record of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s heroic but ill-starred attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914-16. It is both a unique historical document, and a tribute to the indomitable courage of a small party of men who

Herbert Ponting's official record of Captain Scott's legendary expedition to the South Pole, restored by the BFI and featuring a score by Simon Fisher Turner, captures in breathtaking detail the alien beauty of the landscape, and ensured that the heroism

Opening with a starkly symbolic dream sequence, Wild Strawberries follows Professor Isak Borg as he journeys by car in the company of his daughter-in-law to collect an award from his former university. The trip occasions a series of reminiscences and reve

Joe (David Oyelowo, Selma) a secondary school teacher, faces a rude awakening as the identity and community he's rejected and chastised turns against him. Faced with unemployment, filled with self-hatred and enraged by stereotypes and racist tropes he qui

In this compelling tale of incestuous obsession, a teenage brother and sister, Paul and Elisabeth, create an intense, private world in their untidy shared single room. Within the room, they live, sleep, argue and play out their erotically charged games wi

50 years on from its first transmission, the BBC's Play for Today anthology series remains one of British television's most influential and celebrated achievements. Between 1970 and 1984, plays which combined some of the era's finest writing, acting and d

An aging director conjures a tale of adultery, betrayal and grief, in this powerful meditation on love and art based on a loosely autobiographical script by Ingmar BergmanDirected by Liv Ullmann - Bergman’s former muse and actress - Faithless is a lyrical

George Orwell’s enduring dystopian masterpiece is brought vividly to life in this celebrated BBC production.Adapted by Nigel Kneale (The Quatermass Experiment), Nineteen Eighty-Four broke new ground for television drama when first broadcast in 1954. Featu

Starting just before the Great War and spanning three decades, François Truffaut’s hugely popular classic depicts one of cinema’s most captivating love triangles, between two best friends – the Austrian Jules (Oskar Werner) and the French Jim (Henri Serre

In occupied Paris an actress hides her Jewish, theatre director husband to protect him against Nazi persecution, in this enthralling exploration of humanity at its best and worst.Featuring mesmerising performance from French cinema icons Catherine Deneuve

A successful academic’s life is changed forever when a whirlwind affair throws his life into disarray, in François Truffaut’s celebrated romantic drama.Strongly influenced by the work of Jean Renoir and Alfred Hitchcock, La Peau douce is one of Truffaut’s

Struggling to come to terms with his injuries, a paraplegic war veteran turns to his doctor, fiancé and former comrades as he adjusts to a new way of life.Featuring a powerhouse performance from Marlon Brando in his first feature film, The Men is a poigna

When multiple residents of a small Californian town begin to suffer from identical frenzied delusions, Dr Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) suspects the community is in the grip of a new kind of epidemic. But his investigations soon reveal the terrifying tru

The 45th release in the BFI Flipside series of rediscovered British cinema, The Ballad of Tam Lin was the first and only film directed by the Hollywood actor Roddy McDowall (best known, perhaps, for The Planet of the Apes). Loosely based on the traditio

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François Truffaut’s directorial debut introduces his enduring alter ego, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) – a misunderstood 12-year-old, neglected by his parents and mistreated by repressive schoolteachers, who seeks refuge in truancy, petty crime and,

The historical rivalry between two of Britain’s most fascinating monarchs is brought brilliantly to life in this thrilling period drama. When the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots (Vanessa Redgrave) returns to her homeland to claim her throne, the court of h

Conceived by Bertolt Brecht at the political and artistic watershed of the waning Weimar Republic, Kuhle Wampe is remarkable for its enduring sense of immediacy and accessibility. At the height of the Depression, Anni and her parents are evicted from the

For more than 50 years, Ingmar Bergman produced ground breaking works of cinema that established him as one of the world’s most acclaimed, enduring and influential filmmakers. By the 1970s and 80s, Bergman was recognised as the doyen of directors but con

The legendary story of Joan of Arc’s trial and conviction is powerfully retold in Robert Bresson’s minimalist masterpiece. Working from the official transcript of the 15th century trial, Bresson shoots Joan’s ordeal with a serene simplicity that reveals

In one of Robert Bresson’s most admired, intriguing and influential films, resolute drifter Michel spends his days learning the art of pickpocketing and targeting the unsuspecting citizens of 1950s Paris. Following his inevitable arrest (and almost immed

A forged banknote leads to a tragic chain of events that culminates in murder, in Robert Bresson’s superb swansong. Based on a short story by Tolstoy, L’Argent is Bresson’s uncompromising last word on sin, chance and salvation, themes that he explored wi

Pete (Tom Stourton) is ready to leave his youthful indulgences behind and settle down with his girlfriend, Sonia (Charly Clive). When his university friends invite him for a country weekend away to celebrate his birthday he finds their immature ways haven