Caravaggio

Caravaggio

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous...

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Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they...

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Blue

Blue

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...

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The Last of England

The Last of England

The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.

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Nighthawks

Nighthawks

In 70s Great Britain, a gay teacher is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night.

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Ostia

Ostia

Ostia is a fascinating short film directed by Julian Cole and produced for the Royal College of Art, which reconstructs the events leading up to...

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The Garden

The Garden

A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a...

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The British Guide to Showing Off

The British Guide to Showing Off

Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a...

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Cinématon

Cinématon

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over...

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The Clearing

The Clearing

In this short film written and directed by Alexis Bisticas, the audience sees through the eyes of a man in the woods, following the distant sound...

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Glitterbug

Glitterbug

A collage of Derek Jarman's super 8 footage spanning over 20 years.

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Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp

Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp

A documentary that collects for the first time and in an almost anthological way the historical repertoire of the Lindsay Kemp Company's shows...

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Derek

Derek

Derek, in chronological order, records the work and life that stands at the foot of Derek Jarman's humour and spirit of being an artist. The...

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The Yob

The Yob

An illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director Patrick gets his genes mixed with those of a...

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The Making of ‘Sebastiane’

The Making of ‘Sebastiane’

Super 8 footage shot on location in Sardinia in 1975.

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A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s Lynn on...

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Dead Cat

Dead Cat

A young man enters a psychosexual nightmare after his cat dies.

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Blue Again: An Ode To Derek Jarman

Blue Again: An Ode To Derek Jarman

An ode to Derek Jarman, who, while grappling with death and the loss of his sight, began to see the world through a blue-tinted haze, a reflection...

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Derek Jarman: A Portrait

Derek Jarman: A Portrait

A BBC Arena profile of the Director from the time of the release of his film, The Garden, featuring interviews with Jarman, his collaborators and...

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21st Century Nuns

21st Century Nuns

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are an order of gay male 'nuns', founded in San Francisco in the late 1970s with a goal to "expiate all...

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