Mark Cousins Movies

  • 2022
    The March on Rome

    The March on Rome

    The March on Rome

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    The fascinating story of the rise to power of dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) in Italy in 1922 and how fascism marked the fate of the entire...

    The March on Rome
  • 1990
    Gulf War: Scottish Eye

    Gulf War: Scottish Eye

    Gulf War: Scottish Eye

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    TV doc about military training in the first Gulf War.

    Gulf War: Scottish Eye
  • 2005
    Cinema Iran

    Cinema Iran

    Cinema Iran

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    Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers.

    Cinema Iran
  • 2019
    50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film

    50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film

    50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film

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    The film marks 50 years since riots erupted across Northern Ireland, widely seen as the beginning of the thirty-year conflict known as The Troubles....

    50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
  • 2022
    The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart

    The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart

    The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart

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    A collaborative film by Aidan O’Rourke, Becky Manson and Mark Cousins. A musical melange of fiddles, friendship and a search for home. An...

    The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart
  • 2018
    The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema

    The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema

    The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema

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    In 2017 Tyneside Cinema turned 80.

    The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
  • 2023
    The Complete Story of Film

    The Complete Story of Film

    The Complete Story of Film

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    At 18 hours and 43 minutes long, 'The Complete Story of Film' collects two epic documentaries by Mark Cousins into a stunningly expansive global...

    The Complete Story of Film
  • 2011
    Cinema Is Everywhere

    Cinema Is Everywhere

    Cinema Is Everywhere

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    A documentary feature film that ties four narratives - from China, India, Scotland, and Tunisia - together with countless insights from venerable...

    Cinema Is Everywhere
  • 1970
    Joie de vivre

    Joie de vivre

    Joie de vivre

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    Upcoming documentary about Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.

    Joie de vivre
  • 2021
    Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper

    Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper

    Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper

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    A personal meditation on Schrader’s film from the critic and filmmaker Mark Cousins.

    Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
  • 2014
    6 Desires

    6 Desires

    6 Desires

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    Documentary filmmaker Mark Cousins follows in the footsteps of DH Lawrence in this dazzling road-trip through Sardinia.

    6 Desires
  • 2014
    Life May Be

    Life May Be

    Life May Be

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    An epistolary feature film: a cinematic discourse between a British director Mark Cousins, and an Iranian actress and director Mania Akbari which...

    Life May Be
  • 2018
    Storm in My Heart

    Storm in My Heart

    Storm in My Heart

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    Despite the many curious similarities between Susan Hayward and Lena Horne-both were born in Brooklyn on exactly the same day, for example-one detail...

    Storm in My Heart
  • 2021
    The Story of Looking

    The Story of Looking

    The Story of Looking

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    As he prepares for surgery to restore his vision, Mark Cousins explores the role that visual experience plays in our individual and collective lives....

    The Story of Looking
  • 1997
    Pulp Fact

    Pulp Fact

    Pulp Fact

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    Short video essay by critic/filmmaker Mark Cousins about the influence of Pulp Fiction. He discusses the influence of the film and his personal view...

    Pulp Fact
  • 2020
    40 Days to Learn Film

    40 Days to Learn Film

    40 Days to Learn Film

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    For just forty days, filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins embarks on a peculiar journey in order to explore topics as the passion for cinema and certain...

    40 Days to Learn Film
  • 2005
    On the Road with Kiarostami

    On the Road with Kiarostami

    On the Road with Kiarostami

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    Abbas Kiarostami is the most acclaimed Iranian film director whose films have won prizes all around the world. In this film he gives a rare and frank...

    On the Road with Kiarostami
  • 2014
    But Then Again, Too Few to Mention

    But Then Again, Too Few to Mention

    But Then Again, Too Few to Mention

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    To celebrate the online release of the British Council's Film Collection - an archive of 120 short documentaries made throughout the 1940s to...

    But Then Again, Too Few to Mention
  • 2013
    Here Be Dragons

    Here Be Dragons

    Here Be Dragons

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    Filmmaker Mark Cousins goes to Albania for five days, and films what he sees. He discovers that the movie prints in the country's film archive are...

    Here Be Dragons
  • 2019
    You With Your Fresh Thoughts

    You With Your Fresh Thoughts

    You With Your Fresh Thoughts

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    A moment on Rose St, Edinburgh, where Margaret Tait used to live.

    You With Your Fresh Thoughts