This intimate epic showcases the nuances Hong Kong film was capable of in its heyday: it is a powerful tale of family tensions, a love triangle, loyalty among friends and a brutal occupation.
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Prepare to see something you probably haven’t seen before: East German sci fi films, spanning the continuum from stolid Internationalist propaganda to delirious 70s disco weirdness.
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Two slabs of sex, violence and comic sexual violence from the inimitable Russ Meyer.
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A lavish and decadent costume drama that looks like a series of Manet paintings, Oil Lamps brings a healthy dose of carnival, cynicism and disease to the genre.
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Mayhem on all fronts – guns, love and obsession! This is Hong Kong action cinema that is as close as it gets to its Hollywood evil twin.
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The film grips relentlessly, despite its ‘chamber piece’ nature – and packs an emotional wallop that will stay with you.
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A quirky, downbeat and intriguing, forgotten Brit film from the 1970s gets a re-release thanks to the BFI.
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A sleek and simple horror film premise gets tortured to death.
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Scanners is probably the first body horror movie that most people saw in the 1980s. This new 4K restoration lets you match movie magic to memory.
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Very watchable early 1960s West German crime thrillers that update and cash in on Fritz Lang’s criminal mastermind.
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