International cinema
Pink Narcissus
Pink Narcissus is an unwavering celebration of the male body within a fantasy world of epic indulgence.
Playtime
Playtime is a surreal, comic vision of modern life in which Tati’s much-loved character Monsieur Hulot turns unintentional anarchist
Red Beard
Red Beard (Akahige), the last and most ambitious of Akira Kurosawa’s collaborations with Toshiro Mifune, marks the end of one of the most rem
Red Desert
Red Desert is a stunning film from the great Italian auteur, Michelangelo Antonioni, a deserving winner of the Golden Lion at the 1965 Venice Film Festival and a high point in modern cinema.
Regarde la Mer and other short films
François Ozon is one of the most provocative and vibrant filmmakers to emerge during the 1990s.
La Règle du jeu
Denigrated by the public, vilified by the critics, re-cut at the insistence of its producers, and finally banned by the French government as
The River
Winner of the International Prize at Cannes in 1951.
A River Called Titas
Based on a celebrated Bengali novel by Advaita Malla Barman, A River Called Titas was filmed in Ritwik Ghatak’s childhood home of East Bengal
Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom
New restoration of Pasolini’s final work, a shocking and controversial masterpiece based on the book by the Marquis de Sade.
Sanjuro
In response to the huge critical and commercial success of Yojimbo, Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune teamed up a year later to make this com
Science is Fiction / The Sounds of Science: The Films of Jean Painlevé
Before David Attenborough and Jacques Cousteau – there was Jean Painlevé.
Seven Samurai
Seven warriors defend a village from ferocious bandits in Akira Kurosawa’s gripping masterpiece.
Shadows
Set amongst the lively milieu of artists and jazz musicians in bohemian 1950s New York and featuring a swinging, improvised score by Charles Mingus and Shafi Hadi, Shadows gave birth to a radical new film language grounded in authenticity, and is widely considered the first truly independent American film.
Shirin
Abbas Kiarostami is widely regarded as one of the most important, ambitious and rewarding filmmakers at work today.
Silent Waters
Golden Leopard, Best Film – Locarno International Film Festival 2003.
The Soviet Influence: From Turksib to Night Mail
In the early 1930s, under the nervous eye of the censor, Soviet propaganda films were shown in Britain.
The Soviet Influence: Volume Two: Battleship Potemkin + Drifters
One of the classics of world cinema, Sergei Eisentein’s 1925 Battleship Potemkin, accompanied with the world premiere of John Grierson’s ground-breaking 1929 documentary Drifters.
Still Life
“The resonant setting, lovely performances and surrealist surprises make for transfixing viewing” – Tony Rayns
Stray Dog
A masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set on the sweltering mean streets of occupied Tokyo.
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
Conceived and directed by its star, Melvin Van Peebles, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) is a controversial and landmark classic of B
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