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Deep End
Jerzy Skolimowski’s darkly comic and utterly compelling story of teenage infatuation in a run-down swimming pool.
- Drama
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1970
- 92 mins
- Jerzy Skolimowski

Tótem
A poignant birthday party exposes a series of family tensions in Lila Avilés’ outstanding follow-up to The Chambermaid.
- Drama
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2022
- 95 mins
- Lila Avilés

Afire
Fires rage around a pompous novelist and his awkward desires in Christian Petzold’s sharp comedy drama.
- Comedy
- Romance
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2023
- 103 mins
- Christian Petzold

Gone Too Far!
Riotous urban comedy adapted from the hit Royal Court play, about a Peckham teen affronted by the arrival of his long-lost Nigerian sibling.
- Comedy
- Drama
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2014
- 88 mins
- Destiny Ekaragha

The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future
Francisca Alegría brings together family trauma and ecology into a poetic journey of rebirth. A mysterious and poetic tale on our collapsing ecosystem and finding balance.
- Fantasy
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2022
- 99 mins
- Francisca Alegría

Lynn + Lucy
A lifelong friendship is tested by tragedy in this atmospheric and intense first feature from acclaimed British shorts director Fyzal Boulifa.
- Drama
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2019
- 88 mins
- Fyzal Boulifa

Cross-Roads
Christopher Lee in perhaps his earliest supernatural screen role, as a ghost who returns from the grave to seek revenge.
- Horror
- Thriller
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1955
- 19 mins

Theorem
Pasolini’s classic about a handsome, enigmatic stranger (Terence Stamp) who arrives at a bourgeois household and seduces an entire family.
- Drama
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1968
- 98 mins
- Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Frightened Woman
A rich sadist kidnaps a woman to subject to his elaborate S&M games, but she soon turns the tables... Piero Schivazappa's erotic thriller explodes with eye-popping psychedelic production design.
- Drama
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1969
- 86 mins
- Piero Schivazappa

Caravaggio
Derek Jarman’s unique biopic of the 17th century Italian artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio is a powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art.
- Biopic
- Historical drama
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1986
- 93 mins
- Derek Jarman
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The Matrix
Hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) is drawn into a burgeoning underground rebellion against the machines that enslave humanity, in the hugely influential action sci-fi.
- Science Fiction
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1999
- 136 mins
- Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski

The Lobster
Colin Farrell, Ben Whishaw and Rachel Weisz star in this bleakly hilarious dystopian drama from Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth).
- Science Fiction
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2015
- 118 mins
- Yorgos Lanthimos

Back to the Future Part III
In the series’ final entry, Marty travels back to 1885 to rescue Doc but becomes similarly stuck in the Western era when the DeLorean runs out of gas.
- Comedy
- Science Fiction
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1990
- 118 mins
- Robert Zemeckis

Back to the Future
The beloved 1980s classic transports Marty McFly back to the 1950s, where he has to ensure his parents fall in love and get himself back to the future.
- Comedy
- Crime
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1985
- 116 mins
- Robert Zemeckis

The Iron Claw
Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson and Jeremy Allen White lead this brilliant, bruising true story of wrestling glory and family tragedy.
- Biopic
- Historical drama
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2023
- 132 mins
- Sean Durkin

Anatomy of a Fall
Justine Triet's gripping, Palme d'Or-winning psycho-thriller is deeply intelligent with a spellbinding performance from Sandra Hüller.
- Crime
- Thriller
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2023
- 152 mins
- Justine Triet

Snowpiercer
After a global catastrophe launches the world into a new ice age, the last of humanity are trapped on a high-speed train that circles the globe infinitely.
- Science Fiction
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2013
- 126 mins
- Bong Joon Ho

Two for Joy
A visceral, moving exploration of one British family's life following a tragedy, starring Samantha Morton, Daniel Mays and Billie Piper.
- Drama
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2020
- 93 mins
- Tom Beard
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Enter the Scala!!!
Filmmakers Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss their documentary Scala!!!, revisiting the legendary and inspirational cinema venue and some of the most notorious films that screened there.
- Inside Film
- Non-Fiction
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2024
- 16 mins

Welcome Spring
Spring comes to Scotland in the 1950s: feed playful lambs, pick a host of glorious daffodils, and harness your faithful horse to the plough in this lovely amateur colour film.
- Amateur film
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1952
- 9 mins

Walsall Market
The sights and sounds of Walsall Market
- News
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1973
- 6 mins

Workers Leaving Lee Boot Factory- Dwyer & Co. Ltd. (1902)
A slice of Edwardian working-class life outside a factory in Cork.
- Non-Fiction
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1902
- 1 mins

Tram Ride through the City of Sheffield (1902)
An excellent 'phantom ride' through the heart of Edwardian Yorkshire's 'Steel City'.
- Non-Fiction
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1902
- 5 mins

Herne Bay's new tower block
Watch Herne Bay's newest high-rise building grow from its foundations to its topping out - in John Clague's film featuring his own architectural creation
- Amateur film
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1975
- 5 mins
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