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Sometimes Always NeverSometimes Always Never
Comedy201891 minsDirector: Carl Hunter
Bill Nighy, Sam Riley and Alice Lowe star in this stylish and heartfelt comedy-drama about a Scrabble-obsessed tailor searching for a lost son.
Coming OutComing Out
Documentary201864 minsDirector: Denis Parrot
A groundbreaking documentary about saying those few little words that have the power to change your life.
Who's That Knocking at My DoorWho's That Knocking at My Door
Drama196886 minsDirector: Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese’s powerful and grittily authentic first feature, starring Harvey Keitel as a young New Yorker who falls in love with a free-spirited college graduate (Zeth Bithune).
Legend of the WitchesLegend of the Witches
Documentary197085 minsDirector: Malcolm Leigh
An evocative, esoteric exploration of witchcraft at the end of the 1960s – including night-time ritual, reflections on the history of Wicca and a black mass.
The SouvenirThe Souvenir
Drama2018120 minsDirector: Joanna Hogg
Winner of Sundance 2019's Grand Jury Prize, The Souvenir is the compelling, semi-autobiographical drama from acclaimed writer-director Joanna Hogg.
MapplethorpeMapplethorpe
Drama2018102 minsDirector: Ondi Timoner
Matt Smith stars as legendary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in this full-frontal homage to the devilish bad boy, whose sex life fuelled his career.
Musicals!
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BFI London Film Festival Presents
A place to meet the world's top films and their creators, the BFI London Film Festival represents global cinema at its deep, diverse best.
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Camp controversies and obscure outsiders: Cult Cinema champions the underground unloved and the fervently rediscovered.
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Appropriate BehaviourAppropriate Behaviour
Comedy201586 minsDirector: Desiree Akhavan
Desiree Akhavan directs and stars in this witty, razor-sharp and fearless comedy following the sexual misadventures of a bisexual Brooklynite.
Aguirre - Wrath of GodAguirre - Wrath of God
Historical drama197294 minsDirector: Werner Herzog
This early masterpiece from Werner Herzog stars Klaus Kinski as a power-crazed explorer in sixteenth-century South America who leads a band of conquistadors through the Amazon in search of El Dorado.
Room 237Room 237
Documentary2012103 minsDirector: Rodney Ascher
Rodney Ascher's enigmatic essay film weaves together the contrasting theories of five different narrators who believe Stanley Kubrick deliberately buried hidden messages in his 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel.
OrphéeOrphée
Drama195096 minsDirector: Jean Cocteau
Magical retelling of the Orpheus myth by poet, playwright, artist and filmmaker Jean Cocteau.
MauriceMaurice
Drama1987140 minsDirector: James Ivory
Merchant Ivory’s landmark adaptation of E M Forster’s classic LGBTQ+ novel and a precursor to the James Ivory-scripted Call Me By Your Name, starring Hugh Grant, James Wilby and Rupert Graves.
ArcadiaArcadia
Documentary201779 minsDirector: Paul Wright
A folk horror wrapped up in an archive film, set to a soundtrack by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp).
BFI London Film Festival
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French Classics
From the New Wave to poetic realism and cinéma vérité, French cinema takes many forms and offers endless delights.
BFI Flare LGBTQ+
Here are the pioneers, the iconoclasts, the brave - from landmark LGBTQ+ portraits to the next generation of queer classics from the BFI Flare festival.
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Song of ToledoSong of Toledo
Musical195331 mins
This merrily musical short film takes a jovial trip across picturesque 1950s Spain aboard the Talgo Express
Peacocks and TragopansPeacocks and Tragopans
Nature and Science programme197011 mins Location: Great Witchingham
Norfolk’s Ornamental Pheasant Trust are devoted to preserving and breeding the world’s rarest and most beautiful pheasants.
RebellionRebellion
Factual TV196955 mins
A terrible beauty: impressive early TV history programme looks at Ireland 1913-23.
Out and AboutOut and About
Non-Fiction197018 mins Location: Appletreewick
Before the age of watching everyday lives became mass entertainment on reality TV, here everyday leisure activities are documented as a contribution for our sense of sharing.
The Inn Way OutThe Inn Way Out
196730 mins
A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes
Heinz - Egg BoxHeinz - Egg Box
Advert19831 mins
Look out eggs, there’s a new meal in town. Behold the future of cooking - boil-in-the-bag!
Musicals!
Want to escape our troubled times? Immerse yourself in the emotional, life-enhancing pleasures of the musical.
Black Britain on Film
Striking, illuminating and sometimes surprising images of black culture, community and characters, spanning over a century of British film and TV.
Commercial Break: British Advertising on Screen
Few films capture our hopes, fears and desires in such a compact expressive form as the screen advertisement.