10 great erotic British films | BFI
WEBFeb 5, 2015 · The Pillow Book (1995) Director: Peter Greenaway. The Pillow Book (1995) “I’m obviously interested in pornography”, Peter Greenaway admitted in 1985, and 10 years later he made his most overtly erotic film, loosely inspired by the famous ‘pillow book’ by 10th/11th-century Japanese lady-in-waiting Sei Shōnagon.
From girlhood to adulthood: 6 French films about sexual awakening
WEBAug 11, 2014 · Director: Chantal Akerman. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) In Chantal Akerman’s magnificent exploration of one woman’s need to contain her emotions in a fortress of control, she gives us a female protagonist who is a single mother, devoted housewife and afternoon …
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Sex, sin and striptease: the hidden history of British film erotica
WEBJan 13, 2017 · The first known example of British ‘cheesecake’ top ends The Pleasure Principle, a new collection on BFI Player exploring the history of British film erotica. Appropriately shot on a Kinetoscope or ‘peepshow’ camera, the Brighton-based pioneer Esme Collins’ A Woman Undressing (1896) is, in effect, a three-minute long stripshow in which the leading lady stops short in her shift ...
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WEBBFI Southbank. Belvedere Road. South Bank. London SE1 8XT. Need more infomation? Call the box office on 020 7928 3232. BFI Southbank has four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films. Eat, shop and study in a …
10 great films set in Britain during the Second World War
WEBApr 20, 2017 · Fires Were Started (1943) British cinema perfected the docudrama during the Second World War, with Charles Frend’s San Demetrio London (1943) and Pat Jackson’s Western Approaches (1944) among those to take their cues from Humphrey Jennings’ tribute to the Auxiliary Fire Service, which also featured in Basil Dearden’s The Bells Go Down ...
The 30 Best LGBTQ+ Films of All Time | BFI
WEBMar 15, 2016 · Over 100 film experts including critics, writers and programmers such as Joanna Hogg, Mark Cousins, Peter Strickland, Richard Dyer, Nick James and Laura Mulvey, as well as past and present BFI Flare programmers, have voted the Top 30 LGBTQ + Films of All Time. The poll’s results represent 84 years of cinema and 12 countries, from countries including Thailand, Japan, Sweden and Spain, as well ...
10 great battleship and war-at-sea films | BFI
WEB16 October 2014. The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) By David Parkinson. 10 great. As part of our ongoing commemoration of the centenary of the First World War, the BFI National Archive has restored Walter Summers ’ 1927 account of two of the most significant maritime encounters of the entire conflict.
Directors’ 100 Greatest Films of All Time | BFI
WEBEvery decade since 1992, Sight and Sound has complemented its celebrated critics’ poll by formally sounding out the world’s leading directors on the ten films they believe to be the greatest of all time. Though it has always been global and inclusive in scope, the poll has expanded significantly each decade. In 1992, 101 directors voted; fast-forward to 2012, when 358 filmmakers took part.
10 great British gay films | BFI
WEBMay 30, 2013 · Watch a selection of LGBT titles on BFI Player. This list should really be a Top 11 – the omission of Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), the first British film to feature a gay kiss, is borderline inexcusable. Tom Shkolnik’s beautifully observed The Comedian (2012), in which a possibly gay, possibly bi thirtysomething (Edward Hogg) tries to make ...