8½ Fellini triumphantly conjured himself out of writer's block with this magnum opus about a film director experiencing his own creative crisis. Drama 1963 138 mins Federico Fellini Matinee Joe Dante (Gremlins) directs this affectionate homage to 1950s sci-fi cinema, with John Goodman as a cigar-chomping B-movie producer trying to cash in on the Cuban missile crisis. Comedy Drama 1993 99 mins Joe Dante Pasolini Willem Dafoe plays the controversial filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in this dark, daring drama about the director’s final days, from Abel Ferrara. Biopic 2014 84 mins Abel Ferrara Irma Vep Olivier Assayas' sexy and stylish ode to the madness of filmmaking, with Maggie Cheung as the Hong Kong movie star playing a Catwoman-style anti-heroine. Drama 1996 99 mins Olivier Assayas Room 237 Rodney Ascher's enigmatic essay film weaves together the contrasting theories of five different narrators who believe Stanley Kubrick deliberately buried hidden messages in his 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. Documentary 2012 103 mins Rodney Ascher Lotte Reiniger's Art The short documentary gives us a wonderful insight into the enchanting animated film world of Lotte Reiniger. Documentary 1970 17 mins John Isaacs I Am Divine A unique documentary about a unique person – follow Divine’s life from humble Baltimore beginnings to superstar status as the Queen of Cult. Documentary 2013 90 mins Jeffrey Schwarz Eisenstein in Guanajuato One of Britain’s most inventive filmmakers, Peter Greenaway, tackles the story of arguably the most influential filmmaker in cinema history, Sergei Eisenstein. Biopic 2015 106 mins Peter Greenaway Love and Death on Long Island John Hurt stars in Richard Kwietniowski’s comedy of fame and obsession about an older man (Hurt) who becomes infatuated with a young Hollywood actor (Jason Priestley), and proceeds to track him down. Comedy 1998 89 mins Richard Kwietniowski Le Mépris Jean-Luc Godard conducts an autopsy of love and the creative process, as a boorish film producer dismantles a seemingly strong marriage. Drama 1963 103 mins Jean-Luc Godard A Century of French Cinema Six regions, six films appraised for cultural and historical meaning. Produced by Jean-Luc Godard. Documentary 1995 50 mins Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Luc Godard Two in the Wave Jean Luc-Godard and Francois Truffaut: the story of a friendship, a break-up and the birth of a new cinematic movement that would sweep the world. Documentary 2009 92 mins Emmanuel Laurent A Personal Journey... Part 1 The first part of Martin Scorsese's 'personal journey' through American Cinema. Documentary 1995 72 mins Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson A Personal Journey… Part 2 The second part of Martin Scorsese's 'personal journey' through American Cinema. Documentary 1995 79 mins Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson A Personal Journey… Part 3 The third part of Martin Scorsese's 'personal journey' through American Cinema Documentary 1995 74 mins Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson My Voyage to Italy (part one) Martin Scorsese’s two-part love letter to Italian cinema is epic and sprawling in scope but also a deeply personal and moving testament to his passion for film. Documentary 2001 120 mins Martin Scorsese My Voyage to Italy (part two) Martin Scorsese’s two-part love letter to Italian cinema is epic and sprawling in scope but also a deeply personal and moving testament to his passion for film. Documentary 2001 126 mins Martin Scorsese A Trick of the Light The origins of German cinema are given life in one of Wim Wenders’ most charming and playful films, focusing on pioneering inventors, the Skladanowsky brothers. Drama-documentary 1996 79 mins Wim Wenders, Sebastian Andrae & 8 others Tokyo-Ga Profiling one of the great directors of World Cinema, Wim Wenders delivers this moving portrait of Japanese auteur Yasujiro Ozu. Documentary 1985 92 mins Wim Wenders 100 Years of Japanese Cinema Archive propels argument in this fascinating exploration of the social and cultural importance of Japan's film heritage. Documentary 1996 52 mins Nagisa Oshima Room 666 Wim Wenders invites a group of filmmakers at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival – including Godard, Fassbinder, Herzog and Spielberg – to discuss cinema. Documentary 1984 46 mins Wim Wenders Beware of a Holy Whore In an elegant Spanish hotel lobby, a film cast and crew outdo one another in displays of professional and sexual rivalry while waiting endlessly for shooting to begin. Drama 1971 104 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Lisbon Story Wim Wenders’ enigmatic film follows a sound recordist who travels to Lisbon for a film shoot and is drawn into the wonder of the city and its people. Drama 1994 103 mins Wim Wenders The State of Things A European director travels to Hollywood in order to track down his missing producer in Wim Wenders’ gorgeous ode to filmmaking. Drama 1982 122 mins Wim Wenders Peeping Tom Michael Powell’s dark, disturbing, once controversial tale of a shy camera technician who films women as he kills them is now rightly deemed a classic. Drama 1960 101 mins Michael Powell A Summer + 50 Key participants discuss the making of influential cinéma vérite documentary Chronicle of a Summer. Includes unused footage from the film. Documentary 2011 75 mins Florence Dauman Night Will Fall An unforgettable, compelling account of the production and subsequent restoration of a withheld film recording the liberation of Nazi concentration camps in 1945. Documentary 2014 75 mins André Singer Speaking of Buñuel José Luis López-Linares and Javier Rioyo’s incisive documentary about Luis Buñuel. Documentary 2000 99 mins José Luis López Linares and Javier Rioyo Memories of John A short documentary featuring some of John Cassavetes' key collaborators, actor Peter Falk and producer Al Ruban. Documentary 2012 29 mins Doug Headline Anger Me Like all good magicians, the life and work of Kenneth Anger, the Magus of underground film, is crowded with mystery and myth. Animation & Artists Moving Image Documentary 2006 71 mins Elio Gelmini Vulgaria Ho-Cheung Pang's wild, ribald comedy about a Hong Kong movie producer who will do anything to get his projects off the ground. Comedy 2012 93 mins Pang Ho-Cheung The Woodsman and the Rain A redneck lumberjack is recruited to work on a rookie producer's inane zombie movie, in this hilarious movie-making satire. Comedy 2011 128 mins Shûichi Okita Starting Out: The Making of Deep End Immersive and informative look at the production of this surreal, seductive film, with contributions from cast and crew. Documentary 2011 75 mins Robert Fischer Lost in Karastan In this smart filmmaking satire, Matthew Macfadyen plays as a hard-up British director who accepts a commission to make a film for a Central Asian dictator. Comedy 2016 96 mins Ben Hopkins Behind the Screen Chaplin sends up the movie business itself, playing a scene-stealing actor, David, in constant conflict with a tyrannical studio boss called Goliath. Comedy 1916 24 mins Charles Chaplin
