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Baltimore
Imogen Poots grounds Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's meditative portrayal of terrorist, disinherited heiress and expectant mother Rose Dugdale.
- Historical drama
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2023
- 98 mins
- Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
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The Teachers' Lounge
A teacher’s life unravels when one of her students is accused of stealing in this arresting, Oscar-nominated thriller.
- Drama
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2023
- 99 mins
- Ilker Çatak
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Four Little Adults
A Finnish couple facing a marital crisis venture into the world of polyamory, in this mature meditation on love.
- Drama
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2023
- 123 mins
- Selma Vilhunen
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That They May Face the Rising Sun
A rural Irish community in the 1980s is portrayed with quiet beauty in this heartfelt drama, based on acclaimed writer John McGahern’s novel.
- Drama
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2023
- 111 mins
- Pat Collins
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Bottle Rocket
Wes Anderson's rarely screened debut ditches the kitsch in favour of surprisingly subtle comedy, in this tale of a criminally inept gang led by Owen Wilson.
- Comedy
- Crime
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1995
- 91 mins
- Wes Anderson
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Scrapper
A gorgeous and colourful heart-warming gem from Charlotte Regan, one of the best new voices in British film.
- Comedy
- Drama
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2023
- 90 mins
- Charlotte Regan
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Àma Gloria
Six-year-old Cléo spends a final summer with her beloved nanny Gloria, in this profoundly moving story of chosen family, duty and innocence lost.
- Drama
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2023
- 84 mins
- Marie Amachoukeli
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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
A riveting and all-encompassing portrait of the iconic German filmmaker.
- Biopic
- Documentary
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2024
- 90 mins
- Thomas von Steinaecker
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The Assistant
Kitty Green's #MeToo drama is a sobering take on life as a film company assistant.
- Thriller
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2019
- 87 mins
- Kitty Green
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Memory
Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard find that fading memories can hurt and heal in this compassionate drama powered by its two blazing stars.
- Drama
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2023
- 103 mins
- Michel Franco
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Loveless
Andrey Zvyagintsev (Elena, Leviathan) delivers a masterpiece in this caustic look at contemporary Russian society, a failed marriage and the disappearance of a child. A major prize winner at both Cannes and BFI London Film Festival.
- Drama
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2017
- 127 mins
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
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The Passenger
Jack Nicholson is at his best in Michelangelo Antonioni’s tale of a burnt-out political correspondent swapping identities with a dead man.
- Drama
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1974
- 126 mins
- Michelangelo Antonioni
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Unicorns
Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd have created a moving romance between an Essex mechanic and a South Asian drag queen.
- Romance
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2023
- 120 mins
- Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd
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Kill
A pair of commandos square off against savage bandits in this breathless action thriller set on a moving train.
- Action and Adventure
- Crime
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2023
- 105 mins
- Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
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Phantom Parrot
A top-secret surveillance programme is revealed in this razor-sharp analysis of technology, human rights and structural racism.
- Documentary
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2023
- 85 mins
- Kate Stonehill
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La Chimera
Alice Rohrwacher’s fascinating new drama finds Josh O’Connor’s fish out of water delving into the world of stolen artefacts.
- Action and Adventure
- Comedy
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2023
- 132 mins
- Alice Rohrwacher
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The Nature of Love
Sharp and sexy comedy that offers a fresh take on desire and fidelity in the 21st century.
- Comedy
- Drama
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2023
- 112 mins
- Monia Chokri
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Love Lies Bleeding
Rose Glass’s gripping and gory follow-up to Saint Maud finds a lesbian couple drawn into a web of violence in 1980s small-town New Mexico.
- Romance
- Thriller
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2023
- 104 mins
- Rose Glass
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Wilding
A dying landscape is healed against all odds, going on to thrive in astonishing ways, in this hopeful story of ecological regeneration.
- Documentary
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2023
- 75 mins
- David Allen
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Orlando, My Political Biography
A trans and non-binary cast explore the incarnations of Virginia Woolf’s enigmatic protagonist.
- Documentary
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2023
- 98 mins
- Paul B Preciado
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The Trouble with Jessica
An uninvited guest causes havoc at a dinner party in this highly entertaining and darkly comic satire.
- Comedy
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2023
- 89 mins
- Matt Winn
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The Beast
Léa Seydoux wanders through a maze of past, present and uncertain future in Bertrand Bonello’s audacious blend of period drama and conceptual crystal-gazing.
- Fantasy
- Romance
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2022
- 145 mins
- Bertrand Bonello
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blur: To the End
Britpop legends Blur reunite for their biggest gig at Wembley Stadium, in this raw documentary steeped in nostalgia.
- Documentary
- Performance
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2024
- 104 mins
- Toby L
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Martin Scorsese presents a highly personal tribute to the work and influence of Powell and Pressburger.
- Documentary
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2024
- 133 mins
- David Hinton
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The Wheelchair Olympians
With the Paralympics even more marginalised than today, these athletes show great determination, dedication, camaraderie and humility.
- Documentary
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1983
- 25 mins
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Baltimore Q&A
Directors Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor dig deep into their thrilling biopic Baltimore, in discussion with Nadia M Oliva.
- Short interview
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2024
- 28 mins
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The NHS75 Celebration
Former Bristol Poet Laureate, Miles Chambers reads a poem specially commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the NHS.
- Short documentary
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2023
- 3 mins
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An Airman's Letter to His Mother
A poignant, stirring letter from a recently deceased pilot to his mother is read by John Gielgud.
- Documentary
- War
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1941
- 6 mins
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Muhammad Ali Visit to the North East
A boxing legend and 'People's Champion', Muhammad Ali makes an extraordinary visit to Tyneside in the 1970s.
- News
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1977
- 6 mins
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Cornwall's St Erth to St Ives Railway Branch Line
Journey from the Centre of St Erth to St Ives
- Current affairs
- News
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1975
- 6 mins
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Jack Johnson Paying a Visit to Manchester Docks
The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester.
- Non-Fiction
- 2 mins
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Shippam's Sandwichmakers
Boring sandwiches get a tasty Shippam's make-over in this classic comedy commercial from the 70s starring the legendary Roy Kinnear
- Advert
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1981
- 1 mins
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Life in Her Hands
Kathleen Byron - of Black Narcissus fame - stars in one of the most ambitious recruitment films ever made.
- Instructional film/TV programme
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1951
- 55 mins
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Poet Goes North
A long-lost BBC documentary of John Betjeman reflecting, in his unhurried manner, his sense that something vital was being lost and singling out what should be preserved.
- Documentary
- Instructional film/TV programme
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1968
- 26 mins
Outlying
A documentary on one of Scotland’s most isolated and breathtaking islands, where all 35 residents prepare for the remarkable roll-out of fibre-optic broadband.
- Documentary
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2019
- 11 mins
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Everywhere is a Wildlife Park
No need to queue, and nothing to pay. All you need is a good pair of eyes ... because ‘everywhere is a wildlife park’.
- Amateur film
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1970
- 19 mins
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