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- José Celestino Campusano's exploration of sex, power and ecclesiastical abuse in Argentine society is a complex and often confrontational piece of work, posing tough questions without resorting to easy answers.
- Incited by a disillusioned young man who has decided to flee from civilization, a group of 4 people go searching for freedom and happiness on an isolated island . When their boat goes astray and they are left without food, their animal instincts take over, bringing the film to its catastrophic end.
- The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture.
- David Hoyle stars in this dark and disturbing sequel to Uncle David. It returns us to a bleak caravan park somewhere on the Isle of Sheppey and finds Uncle David has introduced a new addition to his community, whose warped imagination and love of horror might have led to murder. Some of the park's inhabitants take a keen interest in the androgynous Michael/Michelle. A pair of emotionally disturbed siblings are especially curious and needy around this new arrival. Drawn into Uncle David's web, their presence has consequences for all concerned. Certainly not for the faint of heart, this is bold and adventurous filmmaking and as queer as it is unsettling.
- The official record of Mallory and Irvine's 1924 expedition.
- Sandra is a deaf girl whose life descends into prostitution and degradation on the streets of Bradford.
- The inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.
- Based on Anatol Stern's eponymous modernist poem and a startlingly prescient outcry against the rise of fascism in Europe, Europa utilises an incredible array of techniques to articulate the horror and moral decline that the artists witnessed in Poland during the build-up to the Second World War.
- In his sixtieth year, Brian Blessed makes a final attempt to climb Mount Everest. If he succeeds he'd be the oldest climber to do so. However, 1996 turns out to be the worst climbing season, claiming 11 lives over four weeks. The programme follows his attempts through treacherous weather, as he tries to fulfil a long-time dream of reaching the summit.
- A documentary look at the frustrated life of Donald Cammell, who wrote and partly directed the film PERFORMANCE, which starred Mick Jagger and James Fox. Cammell was hailed by some as a genius, but he only made another two films. When he decided to end his life, in 1996, he chose to do so in a manner that brought to mind the murder at the end of his most memorable work. Friends and people who worked with him discuss his life. The film traces Cammell's career from his early years as a portrait painter in 1960's London to his final days in Hollywood. Cammell himself, filmed shortly before his death, discusses his work and the constraints he faced in the film industry.
- A vocational guidance film showing young people informally discussing their work and progress, and giving their candid opinions of jobs in a store, in factories and on the farm. The film selects several young people at a discotheque in the Liverpool area, and shows their jobs (girl window-dresser in a department store, assembly-line workers and an apprentice in a car works, a trainee farmer and a girl sewing-machinist in a clothing factory).
- Delphinium is a stylized and lyrical portrait of artist Derek Jarman's childhood awakening in 1950s England. Acquired for preservation by the British Film Institute's National Archive, Matthew Mishory's film includes an original score by Arban and Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees and a special appearance by Jarman's muse, Keith Collins.
- Television adaptation of the novel by R.L. Stevenson about the upright Dr Jekyll whose experiments lead him to discover a way to separate out good and evil in a man, and lead to him becoming the persona of the immoral Mr Hyde when taking the substance. However, he finds that the splitting begins to occur of its own accord and he loses control over it.
- Berlin, the present. A Turkish family is subjected to a violent attack by a gang of baseball-wielding neo-Nazis. When the father tries to stop them he is beaten unconscious. One of the attackers is Morris, recently arrived from Britain to conclude an arms deal. Morris's Berlin contact is annoyed by the attack on the Turkish family because he fears it will bring attention from the police.
- Thirty years after the film's release.Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson talk about working with Martin Scorsese to bring Alice to the screen.Recalling shooting key scenes with Harvey Keitel and Alfred Lutter, the pair set the movie's themes in the context of social changes of the time and offer insights into how their personal experiences informed the development of their characters.
- Living conditions of those who live below the poverty line - at Chaucer House in Southwark. Examines the plight of people living below the poverty line in Great Britain today. Looks at the conflict between the tenants of Chaucer House - a place for homeless families in Southwark, and the officials.
- The award-winning 1973 documentary looks at the situation in Northern Ireland as it affects the Catholic community of Ardoyne. Includes interviews with leading figures in the community including social workers, released internees, a parish priest and a Provisional IRA Battalion Commander.
- The adventure begins with the crash of a meteor in the outskirts of a desert city. The space-rock contains a chemical substance that affects the residents in peculiar ways. Two neighboring preteens fall in love, a nerd schoolgirl creates powerful energy with pressure cooker, a young boy takes his dad's cab out to make money and a schoolboy organizes for Hajj, when they are all exposed to the substance. As a result, their parents along with the whole neighborhood go wild in the ensuing events. Ironically, the kids and the adults switch places while trying to figure out a solution to this "otherworldly" problem!
- Ray Davies, the cornerstone of the Kinks, is one of his country's greatest songwriters. Over four decades he has provided a feast for all comers, regardless of social station, from the simple urgency of 'You Really Got Me' to the detached melancholy of "Come Dancing' .
- A film promoting check books and bank accounts for women, particularly young women. Lizl writes a letter to a friend explaining describing moving into a flat for the first time with her friend Anne. Liz opens a bank account, whilst Anne is put off by her brother-in-law, causing financial problems. By the end of the film Liz has a new love, Anne has her old one and her own bank account. Contains short animated sequences and titles, and makes comic use of silent movie footage.
- PRIDE? is a provocative and intelligent documentary detailing the history of the movement and exuding compassion for the many parts of the LGTBQ+ community. With articulate commentary from the organisers of UK Black Pride, Queer Picnic, Pride In London and Lesbian Strength, PRIDE? is a genuine community effort that seeks to answer a simple but profound question about the future of this iconic movement.
- A Ghanaian surgeon in London, returns to his homeland to seek out his mother. She is living with another man after the death of her husband. She does not realise that it is her son who has come to their shack seeking shelter for the night and the elderly couple plan to murder him, taking him for a wealthy young man. She receives a shock when the young man reveals that he knows about the circumstances leading to his father's death - murder by his mother's lover.
- The use of courtelle fiber in carpets and examples of the carpets in use. The fiber is followed through spinning and weaving processes to the finished carpet and some of the tests which Courtelle constructed and the difference between Axminster, Wilton and Tufted varieties are explained.
- A short film about a young anti-war demonstrator contemplating her pregnancy and recalling her childhood as she prepares to give birth.
- Uses a humorous story to correct popular misconceptions of the legal profession, and promote a better understanding of the everyday problems that can be easily solved by a solicitor. Intended for general audiences. Given the attitudes of most people to solicitors, it's hardly surprising to hear that the solicitors have got together to produce a 23-minute film, appropriately entitled "Perishing Solicitors" which seeks to entreat us all to beware the nightmare that will befall us if we don't use their services. George Cole, Maureen Lipman, Patsy Rowlands, Judy Cornwall and Russell Hunter star in the film made by Video Arts for the Law Society which aims "in a humorous way to correct popular misconceptions of the legal profession and to promote a better understanding of the everyday problems easily solved by a solicitor". Tales of do-it-yourself Wills that are illegal and fail therefore to deliver the goods are followed by a tail (or trail) of tragedy involving a wife who is hospitalised after breaking a leg, workmen who succeed in damaging another man's house and an unfortunate collision with a police car in a one-way street - all of which demonstrate that a few words with a solicitor would have resulted in a valid Will, compensation for the injury, no threat of eviction and an easier time at the local nick. As building societies lobby for a lucrative slice of the property dealing and conveyancing market, no doubt the solicitors are hedging their bets, but bearing in mind the cost and complexity of soliciting a solicitor and the public attitude to them generally, it will be interesting to see whether this film encourages more of us to take the plunge...