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 ...

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 ...

Murnau’s vampire classic remains one of the greatest of all horror movies, genuinely unsettling in its depiction of the wizened, barely human Transylvanian Count Orlok as a threat not only to a ...

A beautifully told romantic drama and a meditation on the nature of existence. Amid the languid pace of a small town, the lives of a terminally ill photographer and a young parking-enforcement officer ...

A love story about the twists and turns in the relationship of a married couple, produced by acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Fruit Chan. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English and Chinese subtitles ...

Join fellow film lovers and explore the magnificent realism and literary adaptations of Luchino Visconti. For more details and to book your place on this course, please contact City Lit on 0207 492 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) broke multiple barriers with a filmography that showcased his dazzling vitality and made him cinema’s first Black superstar. ‘Sidney Poitier, you know, is not simply an ...

Poitier lends his considerable star power to this anti-Apartheid action thriller. He plays Shack Twala, a militant freedom fighter recently released from prison, who becomes embroiled with the police ...