Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Martin Scorsese presents an impassioned and highly personal tribute to Powell and Pressburger’s work, richly illustrated with clips and rare archive material. It’s been said that had Martin Scorsese not become one of the world’s great filmmakers, he would still have been one of its greatest teachers of film history. This impassioned exploration of the films of two of his formative and most treasured inspirations follows the US filmmaker’s film essays on American and Italian cinema, delivering deeply personal reflections on what Powell and Pressburger’s work has meant to his life, alongside wonderfully illuminating analyses of the films themselves. Drawing richly from the BFI National Archive, as well as private material from Scorsese and the film’s editor (and Powell’s widow) Thelma Schoonmaker, David Hinton’s film is both an ideal introduction to Powell and Pressburger’s work, and the perfect complement to our recent Cinema Unbound: The Films of Powell + Pressburger season.

James Bell, Senior Curator of Fiction, BFI National Archive

Audio Description will now be available at all screenings and the screenings on Saturday 11 May 20:20 Studio and Wednesday 15 May 14:40 Studio will be presented with subtitles, including descriptions of non-dialogue audio.

See screenings of Bluebeard’s Castle and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

See a screening of The Small Back Room on Tuesday 28 May.