Chi-Raq Spike Lee’s bold and vivacious hip-hop musical restages an ancient Greek battle-of-the-sexes in 21st-century Chicago. Musical Comedy 2015 127 mins Spike Lee David Brent: Life on the Road The long-awaited big-screen outing for Slough’s premier paper salesman finds Ricky Gervais’ genius comic creation cashing in his pension for one last shot at rock ‘n’ roll success. Comedy 2016 96 mins Ricky Gervais Lambert & Stamp The fascinating story of how two aspiring filmmakers set out to capture swinging 1960s London, but instead inadvertently helped create The Who. Documentary 2014 118 mins James D. Cooper Supersonic Relive the stratospheric rise of the kings of Britpop in this rousing nostalgic trip from the producers of Amy. Documentary 2016 117 mins Mat Whitecross Sing Street The third in John Carney’s trilogy of musical films is the utterly charming story a boy who escapes his troubles through fronting a pop band. Drama Musical 2016 106 mins John Carney Midnight Breaks Big Audio Dynamite’s Don Letts made his acting debut in this gripping, gritty 1990 drama of dreads, drugs, and music business corruption. 1988 113 mins Laurens C. Postma Ray Jamie Foxx won an Oscar for his extraordinary performance as Ray Charles, in a film that revived the potency of the musical biopic. Biopic 2004 152 mins Taylor Hackford 20 Feet from Stardom This moving documentary shines a spotlight on the backing singers behind some of the great musical hits of the 21st century. Documentary 2013 87 mins Morgan Neville The Wiz NYC becomes Oz in the cult, urban reimagining of the family favourite, featuring an all-African American cast including Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Fantasy Musical 1978 134 mins Sidney Lumet Eden Mia Hansen-Løve’s stylish and transcendent story of house music is one of the great films about dance culture. Drama 2014 131 mins Mia Hansen-Løve Beats of the Antonov A beautiful documentary capturing the lives of the communities of the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains, who defiantly persist with their musical traditions even while under threat of aerial bombardment. Documentary 2014 68 mins Hajooj Kuka We Are the Best! A raucous coming-of-age comedy about three schoolgirls who form a punk band in 1982 Stockholm, from director Lukas Moodysson (Show Me Love). Drama 2013 98 mins Lukas Moodysson Control The life story of Ian Curtis, the tortured singer of Joy Division who suffered epilepsy and crippling self-doubt, filmed in stunning monochrome. Biopic 2007 122 mins Anton Corbijn The Possibilities Are Endless A moving and haunting account of singer Edwyn Collins’s long and difficult recovery from a stroke. Documentary 2014 83 mins Edward Lovelace and James Hall Frank Michael Fassbender is the man inside the papier-mâché head, in this fictionalised reimagining of the story of northern entertainer Frank Sidebottom. Comedy 2014 95 mins Lenny Abrahamson The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Avid Stone Roses fan Shane Meadows records the reunion of the pivotal 1990s rock band, in this heartfelt and inspiring documentary Performance Documentary 2013 96 mins Shane Meadows Couple in a Hole One of the most original British features in recent years follows a Scottish couple’s bizarre underground existence in a French forest. Drama 2016 105 mins Tom Geens Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets Jarvis and co’s farewell concert is captured in Florian Habicht’s affectionate and intriguing documentary, which also acts as a profile of Pulp’s home city of Sheffield and its residents. Documentary 2014 90 mins Florian Habicht Only Lovers Left Alive Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton star as ageless, blood-drinking lovers in Jim Jarmusch’s clever, funny and sexy vampire tale. Romance Fantasy 2014 123 mins Jim Jarmusch The Big Melt Jarvis Cocker and acclaimed director Martin Wallace's feature-length elegy to the men and women who toiled in Sheffield's steelworks is a hymn to Britain's proud industrial past. Documentary 2013 71 mins Martin Wallace Jubilee The mythological past and a soon-to-be bleak future converge on the sparse, grey streets of London in Jarman’s personal vision of the punk movement. Drama 1978 106 mins Derek Jarman Cleo and John Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth cook up red hot jazz together live on stage, chat about married life together, and recall lengthy musical careers. 1982 55 mins Vernon Lawrence Privilege An exalted pop star holds the country's youth in his thrall, but secretly his popularity is being carefully managed by the state. Science Fiction 1967 103 mins Peter Watkins A Hard Day's Night The Beatles’ freewheeling film debut remains the pinnacle of rock-n-roll cinema; still deliriously entertaining 50 years on. Musical 1964 88 mins Richard Lester Some People Cult 1960s musical drama about a leather boy who forms a Shadows-style guitar band. Drama 1962 90 mins Clive Donner Expresso Bongo Val Guest's 1959 London-shot Brit Beat classic charts the fortunes of aspiring musician Bert Rudge (Cliff Richard) Comedy Drama 1960 111 mins Val Guest I've Gotta Horse Great British rock and roller Billy Fury buys himself a racehorse in this colourful musical for all the family. Musical Sport 1965 92 mins Kenneth Hume Oh Boy! Rock ‘n’ roll fuels Jack Good’s groundbreaking music TV show, with songs by Billy Fury, Cliff Richard and Marty Wilde. 1959 25 mins Rita Gillespie Fan Fever Straight from the earliest days of teenage pop-star adulation, an eye-opening investigation into the strange and startling world of obsessional fans. 1956 22 mins Peter Morley Cool for Cats The only known existent edition of this long-running 1950s ITV pop show features songs by Tommy Steele, Paul Anka and Connie Francis. 1958 26 mins Brian Taylor The Music Machine Get Saturday night fever - North London style - with Patti Boulaye and Gerry Sundquist in this bubbly British disco drama. Drama 1979 90 mins Ian Sharp
