Film

Yuen Biao delivers one of his most energetic performances in this action-packed blend of martial arts, comedy, and romance. After a bungled mission, eccentric cop 'Little monster' Hsia (Yuen Biao) is partnered with hot-tempered officer 'Mustache' Lei...

From softcore master Joe D'Amato comes this solid entry into his erotic movie canon. In this steamy tale of desire and money a young woman named Sarah (Kristine Rose) has to act as an executor for the will of her ex-lover Lionel Durrington (James...

A star-studded cast gather for one of the finest film noirs of the 1950s, Time Without Pity. A young man (Alec McCowen) is waiting on death row, charged with killing his girlfriend but out of the blue his estranged, alcoholic father (Michael Redgrave)...

Based on the novel A Convict Has Escaped by Jackson Budd, this classy but violent film-noir looks at the dark underside of post war Britain. Clem (Trevor Howard) is on hard times after being demobbed but finds his way to employment via the black market...

Co-written by and starring Steven Baio (brother of Happy Days legend Scott Baio), Evil Laugh is a rarely seen splatter-fest which arrived right at the end of the slasher boom but thanks to a tight script, ensured that this horror sub-genre went out on a...

Mixing themes of misguided teenage spirit, religious responsibility and mortal sin, Absolution is a complex murder mystery which gave Richard Burton one of his strongest cinema roles of the 1970s. Set in an exclusive boarding school, we focus on Benji...

Fiery, sharp-tongued, and ambitious real estate agent Natasha Flynn lives every day on the verge of total success - or ruin. Her luxurious lifestyle is an unaffordable mask for the lonely void she's tried to fill with the hustle for success. Then, when a...

The multi-award winning, BAFTA-nominated King of Venereal Horror David Cronenberg (Crash, The Fly, Dead Ringers), leads viewers through a fascinating exploration of the modern overlap between advanced technology and death. In an eerie, deceptively placid...

Irvine Welsh is at a crossroads in his life. After finding huge success with several film adaptations and six million books sold worldwide, he has become acutely aware of his mortality. Now, with his hedonistic days drawing to a close, join the outspoken...

Jean, (Gabin, La Grande Illusion) a deserter, arrives in Le Havre and looks for a shelter before leaving the French territory. Housed in a shed on the harbour, at the end of the docks, he meets an eccentric painter and a mysterious and beautiful girl...

This is where it all began... Hammer Horror: two synonymous words that became global shorthand for a run of hugely successful films which remain revered and influential to this day. Horror legends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star in three thrilling...

A trilogy of films about Yokohama private eye Maiku Hama (played by Masatoshi Nagase) directed by Kaizo Hayashi. In THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE he gets embroiled in the disappearance of a Taiwanese immigrant's brother, getting caught in the...

Shyam Benegal (1934-2024) is one of India's most venerated filmmakers whose early films were iconic in India's Parallel Cinema movement. Manthan ('The Churning', 1976) is not only one of his finest films, but its existence is also unique: 500,000...

The start of an ongoing series, this first volume of Radical Japan explores the films of new wave icon Nagisa Oshima (Cruel Story of Youth, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence). One of the most vital, challenging and admired bodies of work in cinema history,...

Despite his best efforts, shy and modest bank clerk Thomas (Dinos Iliopoulos) struggles to fit in with the pace of modern life. On New Year's Eve, a comedy of errors ensues and Thomas is mistaken for 'The Ogre', a notorious criminal mastermind who rules...