Slade in Flame

This incendiary Glam-rock cult classic is described by critic Mark Kermode as ‘the Citizen Kane of British pop movies’.

Gritty rather than glam, this incendiary, cult classic both confounded and delighted audiences upon its release in 1975, at the height of the legendary glam-rock band’s success. Charting the rise of fictional rock group Flame, with Slade themselves playing the band, it offers a witty, sublimely cynical and warts-and-all view of the ‘70s rock-biz, stuffed with high-octane Slade boot-stompers.

Labelled ‘the Citizen Kane of British pop movies’ by Mark Kermode, it features pitch-perfect performances by Slade, alongside an outstanding early role for Tom Conti, brilliant as an icy businessman hell-bent on making them stars.