British Film Institute.
Publisher
Kino
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the gambling episode in the ancient Hindu epic the Mahabharata, this rare classic of silent cinema tells of two kings who share a passion for reckless gambling, and for the same woman. A throw of dice is the third film in a pioneering trilogy of silent films made through a unique partnership between German director Franz Osten and Indian actor-producer Himansu Rai.
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An alien in the form of a voluptuous young woman combs the streets of Scotland in search of men. She lures a succession of lost souls into her otherworldly lair, where they are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A look at American film from the silent movies to movies of the 1970s, including Duel in the Sun, The Bad and the Beautiful, The Searchers, Scarface, Intolerance, The Ten Commandments, A Star Is Born, Cat People, Barry Lyndon, Citizen Kane, Public Enemy, East of Eden, Shock Corridor, Faces, The Naked Spur, Bandwagon, and Force of Evil.
Publisher
Drafthouse
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon, Nick Cave. With startlingly frank insights and an intimate portrayal of the artistic process, the film examines what makes us who we are, and celebrates the transformative power of the creative spirit. Featuring appearances by longtime Cave collaborators Ray Winstone, Blixa Bargeld, Warren Ellis and Kylie Minogue, 20 000 Days on earth fuses...
5) Caravaggio
Series
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Jarman's gorgeously sensual re-imagining of the volatile life of the 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his rampant flirtations with the underworld.
6) Scheme birds
Publisher
SISYFOS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The story of Gemma, a teenage troublemaker, growing up in a world of pigeons and violence. From childhood to motherhood, her life unfolds as innocent games turn towards serious crime.
7) Gwen
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Gwen is a young girl whose life seems to be collapsing around her. Struggling with her mother's mysterious illness, her father's absence and a group of angry villagers threatening to take her farm, Gwen must find the strength to guide her family through the darkness. But as a malevolent presence begins to take a grip of her home, it becomes apparent there is a greater evil that may be too strong to overcome.
8) Hockney
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A portrait of David Hockney, legendary artist and an early icon for LGBTQ and AIDS activism.
Series
Publisher
Milestone Film & Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The first full-length animated film is still hailed as an enchanting masterpiece. Taken from 'Arabian Nights', the film tells the story of a sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse which sends the rider off on a flight to his death. But the prince foils the evil plan and soars headlong into a series of adventures, joining forces with Aladdin and the Witch of the Fiery Mountains, doing battle with the sorcerer's army...
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A tense, shocking thriller that evokes the early films of Alfred Hitchcock and the masterworks of Russian and German silent cinema. It opens with the escape of a prisoner from Dartmoor prison, and flashes back to show how a love triangle led him to jail. A perfect companion to Dartmoor is Silent Britain, a feature-length documentary of the golden age of British filmmaking. The first documentary to celebrate the visionary filmmakers and the unsung...
11) The Levelling
Language
English
Formats
Description
Somerset, England. Trainee veterinarian Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick, Game of Thrones) returns to the farm where she grew up after hearing news that her brother Harry has died - in what appears to be a suicide.. Finding the family home in a state of horrendous disrepair following the 2014 floods that devastated the area, Clover is forced to confront her father Aubrey - about the farm, the livestock and, crucially, the details surrounding Harry's death....
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Explores the relationship between two men, Niklas Frank, and Horst von Wachter, each of whom are the children of high-ranking Nazi officials and possess starkly contrasting attitudes toward their fathers. Philippe Sands investigates the complicated connection between the two, and even delves into the story of his own grandfather who escaped the same area where their fathers carried out mass killings. Features never before seen home movie and archive...
14) The souvenir
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A shy but ambitious film student begins to find her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship that comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams.
15) Supernova
Language
English
Formats
Description
Devoted partners Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) are traveling across England, visiting people and places from their past. Following a life-changing diagnosis, secret plans thoroughly test their love like never before.
16) Lean on Pete
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence--until he...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
Humanity has been all but destroyed by a fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating 'hungries'. Only a small group of children seem to be immune to its effects. At an army base in rural England, these unique children are being studied and subjected to cruel experiments. When the base falls, one little girl escapes and must discover what she is, ultimately deciding both her own future and that of the human race....
18) Dark horse
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Looks at a small group of friends in a former mining town in Wales who decide to breed a racehorse, Dream Alliance, who goes on to have a prodigious career on the track.
19) Alan Partridge
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Alan Partridge, the famous local radio DJ and TV host, finds himself at the center of a siege, when a disgruntled fellow DJ decides to hold their station hostage after learning that he's getting fired when the new owners decide to convert the station to talk radio.
20) Lady Macbeth
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Rural England, 1865. Katherine is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, whose family are cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband's estate, a force is unleashed inside her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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