Big screen classics

The timeless films we urge you to see.

Tickets for these screenings are only £8

September-October

La Piscine

A vacationing couple are visited in their St Tropez villa by her old flame and his daughter.
Beau Travail + intro by writer Sophie Mayer

Claire Denis’ extraordinary film about jealousy and ambition with the Foreign Legion.
Beau Travail

Claire Denis’ extraordinary film about jealousy and ambition with the Foreign Legion.
Two Days, One Night

Marion Cotillard plays a factory worker on a desperate mission to save her job.
Miller’s Crossing

The Coens’ third film is a Hammett-inspired saga about a group of Chicago gangsters.
Miller’s Crossing + intro by film critic Tim Robey

The Coens’ third film is a Hammett-inspired saga about a group of Chicago gangsters.
An Autumn Afternoon

A becalmed masterpiece from Yasujiro Ozu.
Winter’s Bone

Jennifer Lawrence stars in this acclaimed film about a resilient young woman’s struggle to keep her family home.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large

Robert Altman’s wonderful western stars Julie Christie and Warren Beatty.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Robert Altman’s wonderful western stars Julie Christie and Warren Beatty.
Portrait of Jennie

Joseph Cotton plays a painter who finds an enigmatic young muse.
My Night with Maud

Eric Rohmer’s witty, sexy, thought provoking comedy about one man’s romantic temptations.
Living

A staid civil servant finds that he is terminally ill in Akira Kurasawa’s touching film.
The Turin Horse + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large

A farmer and his daughter strive to survive in Bela Tarr’s beautifully composed film.
The Turin Horse

A farmer and his daughter strive to survive in Bela Tarr’s beautifully composed film.

October-November

Man with a Movie Camera

Dziga Vertov’s groundbreaking film presents a day in the life of a typical Soviet city.
Man with a Movie Camera + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large

Dziga Vertov’s groundbreaking film presents a day in the life of a typical Soviet city.
The Cameraman

Buster Keaton stars in a wonderfully funny tale of a newsreel cameraman’s forlorn attempts to impress a girl.
Rashomon

Akira Kurosawa’s landmark movie about a murder seen from four different perspectives.
F for Fake

Orson Welles’ dazzlingly witty and discursive reflection on creativity and authorship.
Walkabout

A teenager and her younger brother, stranded in the Outback, encounter an aboriginal boy on walkabout.
Walkabout + intro by film critic Tara Judah

A teenager and her younger brother, stranded in the Outback, encounter an aboriginal boy on walkabout.
The Terence Davies Trilogy

Terence Davies’ quasi-autobiographical shorts chronicle three ages of man.
Cleo from 5 to 7

Agnès Varda’s thoughtful and delicate film about a troubled woman killing time in Paris.
Nosferatu

FW Murnau’s classic vampire movie inspired countless gothic horrors.
Cría Cuervos

A small girl (Ana Torrent, Spirit of the Beehive) comes to believe she can control life and death.
Cría Cuervos + intro by Maria Delgado, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

A small girl (Ana Torrent, Spirit of the Beehive) comes to believe she can control life and death.
The River

Jean Renoir’s coming-of-age film centres on the teenage daughter of an English family living in Bengal.
The River + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large

Jean Renoir’s coming-of-age film centres on the teenage daughter of an English family living in Bengal.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Soundtracked by Bob Dylan, ageing sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) hunts for his old friend Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson).
King Kong

Witness the 1933 classic monster movie on the big screen.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Werner Herzog’s deeply moving tale of a mute outsider who stumbles into civilisation in 19th-century Germany.
Cat People + The Curse of the Cat People

A double-bill of a B-movie landmark and its lyrical ‘sequel.’
Cat People + The Curse of the Cat People + intro by Anna Bogutskaya, BFI Events Programmer

A double-bill of a B-movie landmark and its lyrical ‘sequel.’
Jules et Jim

Truffaut’s much-loved film centres on a love triangle between two poets and a woman (the late Jeanne Moreau).
Jules et Jim + intro by Sue Harris, Professor of Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London

Truffaut’s much-loved film centres on a love triangle between two poets and a woman (the late Jeanne Moreau).
Journey to Italy

Roberto Rossellini’s masterpiece follows a middle-aged English couple (Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders) taking a break in Italy.
Journey to Italy + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large

Roberto Rossellini’s masterpiece follows a middle-aged English couple (Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders) taking a break in Italy.
Tokyo Story

An insightful and moving tale about an elderly couple who visit their grown-up children in Tokyo.
The Magnificent Ambersons

A long-established, wealthy Midwestern family fall foul of the new industrial era in Orson Welles’ drama.
The Magnificent Ambersons + intro by writer and film programmer Ben Walters

A long-established, wealthy Midwestern family fall foul of the new industrial era in Orson Welles’ drama.