Big screen classics
The timeless films we urge you to see.
Tickets for these screenings are only £8
August
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Eyes Without a Face
Franju’s classic combines horror and cruelty as a guilt-ridden doctor seeks flesh for his daughter’s ruined face.
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Gloria
Gena Rowlands excels in Cassavetes’ gem about a tough-talking moll lumbered with a kid wanted by the Mob.
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Gloria + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large
Gena Rowlands excels in Cassavetes’ gem about a tough-talking moll lumbered with a kid wanted by the Mob.
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All About My Mother
Almodóvar’s exhilaratingly inventive portrait of a woman seeking solace and meaning after the death of her son.
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East of Eden
James Dean’s powerful presence ignites Kazan’s acclaimed adaptation of Steinbeck’s novel.
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Unrelated
The bold, brilliant debut from the director of The Souvenir features an early performance from Tom Hiddleston.
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Unrelated + intro by Dr Davina Quinlivan, Kingston University London
The bold, brilliant debut from the director of The Souvenir features an early performance from Tom Hiddleston.
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Mildred Pierce
Joan Crawford’s on peak form in Curtiz’s classic noir-melodrama about a hard-working mother at odds with her daughter.
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Repulsion
Catherine Deneuve is eerily brilliant in Polanski’s psychological thriller about a shy young Belgian living in London.
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Day of Wrath
Carl Dreyer’s masterpiece about superstition, sexual longing and barbaric cruelty in a Denmark devoted to ridding itself of witchcraft.
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Day of Wrath + intro by Dr Claire Thomson, UCL
Carl Dreyer’s masterpiece about superstition, sexual longing and barbaric cruelty in a Denmark devoted to ridding itself of witchcraft.
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Camille
Garbo is radiant as Marguerite Gautier in this elegant adaptation of Dumas’ much-loved story.
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Camille + intro by artist and film scholar Cathy Lomax
Garbo is radiant as Marguerite Gautier in this elegant adaptation of Dumas’ much-loved story.
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L’Age d’or
Buñuel’s controversial surrealist classic about sexual desire oppressed by ‘civilised’ society.
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White Dog
Samuel Fuller’s powerful exploration of racism as conditioning centres on an animal trainer trying to ‘cure’ an attack dog.
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Le Jour se lève
Jean Gabin stars as a lovelorn foundry-worker undone by deceit, disappointment and jealousy.
September
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The Green Ray
Rohmer’s evocative portrait of a woman undecided about how to holiday – and how to find happiness.
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The Green Ray + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large
Rohmer’s evocative portrait of a woman undecided about how to holiday – and how to find happiness.
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The Bridges of Madison County
Eastwood and Streep excel in a heart-rending love story; one of the great modern weepies.
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Suddenly, Last Summer + intro by Simon McCallum, BFI National Archive Curator
Tennessee Williams’ heady melodrama is played brilliantly by Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Katharine Hepburn.
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Suddenly, Last Summer
Tennessee Williams’ heady melodrama is played brilliantly by Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Katharine Hepburn.
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Lust for Life
Kirk Douglas is terrific as Vincent Van Gogh in this stirring drama that evokes the world of his paintings.
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La Vérité
Clouzot’s corrosive portrait of ‘liberated’ life on the Left Bank in postwar Paris boasts Bardot’s best performance.
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A Farewell to Arms
Probably still the best-filmed Hemingway, this is a rapturous romance set during the darkest days of WWI.
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Summer with Monika
Sex, sea and sun in the Stockholm archipelago: a recipe for rebellious teen romance, Bergman-style.
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The Chase
Smalltown Texas in the early 60s, replete with inequality, injustice, rivalries, racism… and a cast to die for.
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Miller’s Crossing
The Coens’ take on Prohibition gangster wars is remarkable for its wondrous labyrinthine complexity.
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The Hurt Locker
Bigelow’s multi-award-winning movie about a US bomb disarmament squad in the Iraq War is tense, insightful and superbly acted.
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The Trial
Orson Welles’ woefully underrated Kafka adaptation sees a guilt-ridden man struggling to prove his innocence in an apocalyptic world.
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The Night of the Hunter + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large
Charles Laughton’s one-off directorial masterpiece is a powerful fable about good and evil, set in Depression-era America.
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The Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton’s one-off directorial masterpiece is a powerful fable about good and evil, set in Depression-era America.
25 & under
If you're aged 16 to 25, you can get £3 cinema tickets at BFI Southbank to any film, any time.
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