Themes and subjects

Phil Mulloy: Extreme Animation

The provocative work of multi-award winning animator Phil Mulloy stands as a model of satiric grotesque unparalleled in British animation.

Piccadilly

One of the pinnacles of British silent cinema, Piccadilly is a sumptuous showbiz melodrama seething with sexual and racial tension.

Pink Narcissus

Pink Narcissus is an unwavering celebration of the male body within a fantasy world of epic indulgence.

The Pleasure Garden

Filmed among the ruins of the Crystal Palace terraces, The Pleasure Garden is a playful and poetic ode to desire, and winner of the Prix de Fantasi

Pressure / Baldwin’s Nigger

Horace Ové’s landmark films Pressure (1975) and Baldwin’s Nigger (1969), presented together on one disc, form the third DVD released in

Primitive London

The sensational follow-up to London in the Raw sets out to reflect society’s decay through a sideshow spectacle of 1960s London depravity – and manages to outdo its predecessor.

Quay Brothers – The Short Films 1979-2003

Since the late 1970s, the identical twin Quay Brothers have made a unique contribution to animation in general, and the puppet film in particular.

Regarde la Mer and other short films

François Ozon is one of the most provocative and vibrant filmmakers to emerge during the 1990s.

Silent Britain

In this pioneering BBC4 documentary, Matthew Sweet takes us on a journey through the first three decades of British cinema, telling the story of on

Sixth Happiness

Winner of the Ethnic Minorities Media Achievement Award.

South

Photographed by Frank Hurley, South is the film record of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s heroic but ill-starred attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914-

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.

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

Temenos

“In Temenos I wanted to clear a space.

Terence Davies Collection

Considered by many to be Britain’s most gifted and remarkable filmmaker, Terence Davies’ visually stunning, intensely personal films ha

The Terence Davies Trilogy

While at Coventry Drama School in the early 1970s, Terence Davies wrote the script for Children, which he directed in 1976.

A Throw of Dice

“A cross between Chaplin, Cecil B. DeMille and an early Bollywood movie” – Nitin Sawhney.

Tintin and the Blue Oranges

Professor Calculus’ dreams of ending world hunger are brought one step closer by the creation of a desert-proof orange, deep blue in colour.

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece

A surprise message from Istanbul is about to ruin Captain Haddock’s day.

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (English dub only)