Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces ...

Jason Higgs is a civil-rights activist-turned-radical who believes ‘nonviolence is one thing’, but ‘passive dying is another’. Wounded during an armed robbery that was intended to finance the Black ...

Crack cocaine is destroying New York and an NYPD detective goes undercover to bring down a notorious Harlem drug lord. Wesley Snipes is on electric form as powerful drug lord Nino Brown, who heads a ...

The BFI hosts a filmmaking workshop, led by award-winning dark surrealist filmmaker Matthias Von Braun. It explores surrealism, the work of Luis Buñuel, David Lynch and others. Participants create, ...

Sidney Poitier woos Diahann Carroll in the city of love and to the strains of a rich Duke Ellington score. Poitier makes for a dashing romantic lead as jazz saxophonist Eddie Cook, enjoying the ...

A suitably other-worldly David Bowie stars as a visitor to Earth in Nic Roeg’s stylish, cautionary sci-fi that explores the perils of consumerism. In his first starring role, Bowie plays Thomas Jerome ...

In John Landis’s beloved musical-comedy crime caper, Belushi and Ackroyd’s Jake and Elwood Blues set out, ‘on a mission from God’, to reunite their band. John Landis’ hugely entertaining ...

This is easily the most ‘neorealist’ of Visconti’s films, featuring non-professional actors playing versions of themselves and speaking in real Sicilian dialect. An epic story, it follows the lives of ...

In Tsui Hark’s timeless romantic comedy, two people fall in love, are separated soon after and attempt to overcome the burden of not knowing what the other looks like. In 1937, during a Japanese air ...

In his films, Sergio Leone aimed to re-enchant cinema with stories of a mythical America, while expressing his own disenchantment and at the same time conveying the exhilaration he personally felt ...

Luchino Visconti’s classic Italian drama is the subject of this month’s Member Salon. Join us to discuss the film’s impact and its enduring influence. Members can book a joint ticket to the salon and ...