Seasons

Curated collections of film and TV by genre, theme, actor or director.

July

Marilyn Monroe: Self-Made Star

The second month of our Marilyn Monroe season traces her evolution as performer and unpacks elements behind her compelling screen presence.

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Station to Station: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Top Ten Train Films

Nobel prize-winning and Oscar-nominated writer Kazuo Ishiguro curates a season of some of the finest films set aboard trains.

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Bullets and Brotherhood: The Films of John Woo

With the director’s ‘heroic bloodshed’ films available to watch on the big screen again, belt up for a majestic, kinetic John Woo summer.

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London Indian Film Festival

LIFF marks its 17th year at BFI Southbank with a rich array of cutting-edge premieres from India and South Asia, plus restorations of magnificent classics of Indian cinema.

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We Crip Film Festival

We Crip Film Festival is back for its second edition, showcasing a weekend of disability filmmaking during Disability Pride Month.

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August

Monica Vitti: Creative Force

Famous in the 1960s as the face of a new cinematic language she helped create with Michelangelo Antonioni, there was so much more to Monica Vitti.

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No Strings Attached: Puppets on Film

Having entertained us before the inception of cinema, it’s no surprise that marionettes, hand puppets and other forms of puppetry should play such a prominent role on the screen.

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System Critical: The Radical Films of Peter Watkins

Peter Watkins’ anti-war vision and interrogative approach to filmmaking remains as urgent and necessary as ever.

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Three Films by Maurice Pialat

To accompany the re-release of La maison des bois were are screening Maurice Pialat’s three powerful portraits of youth.

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