Film: Power in Our Hands Power in Our Hands Ground-breaking documentary that uses archive film to tell the story of the British Deaf community’s fight for civil rights. Documentary 2016 75 mins Angela Spielsinger Film: Something Different Something Different Věra Chytilová's first feature is an important work of women's cinema, which contrasts the parallel stories of a gymnast (filmed as documentary) and a housewife (told as fiction). Drama 1963 81 mins Věra Chytilová Film: Traps Traps Věra Chytilová's dark, post-communist comedy. After a veterinary surgeon is sexually assaulted by two men, she uses her particular expertise in castraton to exact her revenge… Comedy 1998 116 mins Věra Chytilová Film: Heathers Heathers Winona Ryder and Christian Slater star in the endlessly quotable cult black comedy that subverted expectations of teen movies forever. Comedy 1989 103 mins Michael Lehmann Film: Daisies Daisies Two self-confessed hedonists wreak wanton havoc in Věra Chytilová's visually spectacular neo-dadaist farce. Comedy Drama 1966 73 mins Věra Chytilová Film: The Frightened Woman The Frightened Woman A rich sadist kidnaps a woman to subject to his elaborate S&M games, but she soon turns the tables... Piero Schivazappa's erotic thriller explodes with eye-popping psychedelic production design. Drama 1969 86 mins Piero Schivazappa Film: Viva Viva Anna Biller's outrageous sexploitation satire follows bored housewife Barbi as she searches for adventure in predatory 1970s Los Angeles. Sex comedy 2008 116 mins Anna Biller Film: Sunflower Sunflower Sophia Loren searches for the husband she lost at the Russian Front (Marcello Mastroianni) in this sweeping romance epic with echoes of Doctor Zhivago. Drama 1969 112 mins Vittorio De Sica Film: Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig star as artist Francis Bacon and his muse George Dyer in John Maybury’s darkly exquisite biopic. Biopic 1998 87 mins John Maybury Film: L'avventura L'avventura Antonioni’s masterpiece of modern alienation, with Monica Vitti as the young woman searching for her friend who's inexplicably disappeared. Drama 1960 137 mins Michelangelo Antonioni Film: La Dolce Vita La dolce vita Federico Fellini’s masterpiece depicting seven hedonistic days in the life of a tabloid journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) as he searches for the sweet life. Drama 1960 175 mins Federico Fellini Film: Female Human Animal Female Human Animal Josh Appignanesi's art-world psycho-thriller blends reality and fiction to delirious effect, in its tale of an exhibition curator pursued by a mysterious figure. Drama-documentary 2018 74 mins Josh Appignanesi Film: The Battle of Algiers The Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo’s masterpiece about the last years of French colonial rule in Algeria, seen from the perspective of both the revolutionaries and the French authorities. Drama 1966 121 mins Gillo Pontecorvo Film: Kinetta Kinetta The first solo feature of acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, Dogtooth) follows the cryptic, bizarre activities of three inscrutable residents of a Greek holiday resort. Comedy Drama 2006 94 mins Yorgos Lanthimos Film: The Innocent L'innocente Luchino Visconti's final film is a brilliant and disturbing drama set against the opulent backdrop of decadent, late 19th-century aristocracy. Period drama 1976 130 mins Luchino Visconti Film: Salon Kitty Salon Kitty Before Caligula, Italian provocateur Tinto Brass directed this controversial and transgressive drama, inspired by the true story of a Nazi-run brothel in 30s Berlin. Drama 1976 133 mins Tinto Brass Film: Caravaggio Caravaggio Derek Jarman’s unique biopic of the 17th century Italian artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio is a powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art. Biopic Historical drama 1986 93 mins Derek Jarman Film: Two Women Two Women Sophia Loren won an Oscar® for her performance as a mother trying to protect her daughter in wartime Italy, in Vittorio De Sica's neorealist classic. War 1960 100 mins Vittorio De Sica Ismael's Ghosts Marion Cotillard, Mathieu Amalric and Charlotte Gainsbourg form a bizarre love triangle at the heart of Arnaud Desplechin's elaborate, playful comic-thriller. Drama 2017 135 mins Arnaud Desplechin Film: A Special Day A Special Day Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni deliver the finest and most nuanced performances of their careers in this understated masterpiece from director Ettore Scola. Drama 1977 106 mins Ettore Scola Film: Django Django Sergio Corbucci’s iconic and hugely influential Western follows the titular coffin-dragging drifter as he becomes embroiled in a mortal feud. Western Spaghetti western 1966 92 mins Sergio Corbucci Ballast Three haunted souls are thrust into co-existence in this searing debut work from Lance Hammer, a double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival. Drama 2007 96 mins Lance Hammer Film: New Town Utopia New Town Utopia From Utopian dreams to concrete realities; charting the challenging, funny, and sometimes tragic story of the British new town of Basildon, Essex. Documentary 2018 81 mins Christopher Ian Smith Island of the Hungry Ghosts A therapist helps traumatised refugees detained on a remote island where powerful natural and tribal rituals prevail, in this extraordinary mix of fact and fiction. Documentary 2018 98 mins Gabrielle Brady Film: A Cambodian Spring A Cambodian Spring Filmed over 6 years, Chris Kelly's BAFTA-nominated documentary follows the lives of three people caught up in violent land-rights protests, in this illuminating record of a neglected tragedy. Documentary 2018 127 mins Chris Kelly La notte Michelangelo Antonioni's masterpiece stars Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau as a couple re-examining their emotional bonds. Drama 1961 122 mins Michelangelo Antonioni Film: The Old Dark House The Old Dark House A group of weary travellers arrive at a spooky mansion with a madman on the loose, in this classic horror-comedy from James Whale (Bride of Frankenstein) Comedy Horror 1932 72 mins James Whale 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 The Tenth Victim Long before The Hunger Games, Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress battled it out in a televised assassination game, in Elio Petri’s cult sci-fi. Fantasy Science Fiction 1965 89 mins Elio Petri A Northern Soul Acclaimed filmmaker Sean McAllister (A Syrian Love Story) returns to his hometown of Hull to profile local resident Steve Arnott, a struggling warehouse worker who harbours his own creative dream of breaking into hip-hop. Documentary 2018 73 mins Sean McAllister Dellamorte Dellamore Michele Soavi’s compelling concoction of anarchic Evil Dead-style horror-comedy, tragic romance and gore. Horror 1993 103 mins Michele Soavi Listen Up Philip Jason Schwartzman is a hotshot writer with pathological intimacy problems in this caustic comedy of over-achievement. Drama 2014 109 mins Alex Ross Perry Queen of Earth Elisabeth Moss stars in this devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, from director Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip). Drama 2015 90 mins Alex Ross Perry
