Big screen classics

The timeless films we urge you to see.

Tickets for these screenings are only £8

June

It

Clara Bow plays a working-class shopgirl with a crush on the owner of the department store she works in.
It + intro by Aga Baranowska, Events Programmer

Clara Bow plays a working-class shopgirl with a crush on the owner of the department store she works in.
Siren of the Tropics

The inimitable Josephine Baker plays a woman who discovers a hidden talent for dance while pursuing a crush.
Siren of the Tropics + intro by film programmer Tega Okiti

The inimitable Josephine Baker plays a woman who discovers a hidden talent for dance while pursuing a crush.
Piccadilly

Anna May Wong stars as a dishwasher-turned-star attraction in this entertaining silent classic.
Bombshell

This pre-code, Hollywood screwball comedy stars a glowing Jean Harlow.
Gilda

Rita Hayworth’s most memorable role sees her as a mobster’s wife – the ultimate femme fatale.
Bus Stop

Marilyn Monroe stars as a saloon singer with big dreams of stardom.
Bonjour Tristesse

Jean Seberg plays the jealous daughter of David Niven’s rich playboy.
Bonjour Tristesse + intro by Anna Bogutskaya, BFI Events Programmer

Jean Seberg plays the jealous daughter of David Niven’s rich playboy.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Holly Golightly – aka ‘the naughty American cousin of Eliza Doolitle’ – is played by the wonderful Audrey Hepburn.
Barefoot in the Park

Jane Fonda and Robert Redford play an unlikely pair of newlyweds in this late-60s romcom.
Cabaret

Liza Minnelli stars as the fiery American cabaret singer who befriends and beds a shy, bisexual English academic.
The Night Porter

A sadomasochistic relationship is explored in this dark drama starring Charlotte Rampling and Dirk Bogarde.
Shampoo

Hal Ashby’s comedy-drama about a hairdresser with love trouble – he has too much of it!
Shampoo + intro by Julie Lobalzo Wright, University of Warwick

Hal Ashby’s comedy-drama about a hairdresser with love trouble – he has too much of it!

July

The Blue Angel

The compelling Marlene Dietrich plays a cabaret star who brings a man to ruin.
Double Indemnity

A married woman (Stanwyck) persuades an insurance broker (MacMurray) to join her in a murderous scam.
Carmen Jones + intro by film curator Karen Alexander

With lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and an all African-American cast, this update of Bizet’s opera sizzles.
Carmen Jones

With lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and an all African-American cast, this update of Bizet’s opera sizzles.
Madame de...

Max Ophuls’ masterpiece focuses the affair of a beautiful aristocrat and her husband’s friend.
Day of Wrath + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large

Supernatural superstition and sensual, earthly passion collide in this tale of love’s torment.
Day of Wrath

Supernatural superstition and sensual, earthly passion collide in this tale of love’s torment.
Duel in the Sun

Two men come to blows over an orphaned woman who is brought to the ranch.
Floating Clouds

A man searching for his former lover in the WWII bombsites of Tokyo must decide what to do when he actually finds her…
In the Realm of the Senses

Nagisa Ôshima’s sexually explicit masterpiece charts a secluded couple’s foray into a private world.
Pink String and Sealing Wax

When a man falls for the wife of a drunken pub landlord, he crosses the line between respectability and ruin.
Gun Crazy + intro by Martha Shearer, King’s College London

Two misfits are drawn to each other by a shared fascination with guns in this classy B-movie.
Gun Crazy

Two misfits are drawn to each other by a shared fascination with guns in this classy B-movie.
Silken Skin + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large

One of Truffaut’s greatest films, about a ‘casual’ affair that risks becoming one-sided.
Silken Skin

One of Truffaut’s greatest films, about a ‘casual’ affair that risks becoming one-sided.
Pierrot le fou

In Godard’s playful thriller/road movie, a man and his ex-girlfriend go on a crime spree.