Colin MacCabe Movies

A robot messenger is sent to earth to appeal to humans to live in peace. Originally designed to go to MIT, by mistake she ends up in Amman, Jordan...

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous...

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively...

The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

The Russian entry in the BFI’s Century of Cinema series of documentaries

Derek, in chronological order, records the work and life that stands at the foot of Derek Jarman's humour and spirit of being an artist. The...

A documentary on serial killer films.

Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.

Pioneering cultural theorist Colin MacCabe explores the legacy of the 1970s leftist movement that sought to adapt communism to Western Europe in this...

Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the...

A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries

The Spectre of Hope is based on the latest work of photographer Sebastiao Salgado. Salgado spent 6 years traveling to over 40 countries, taking...

Art critic Keller, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is...

Australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public...

An aging Brazilian actor teams up with a film student on a trip to Mexico, in order to find out an unknown movie his mother allegedly watched before...

This film tells the fascinating story of one of the most critically acclaimed careers in independent documentary film making in recent cinema...

Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

This revolves around Tim West, an advertising executive who is developing a Channel 4 programme on cooking for terrorists. Disillusioned by the...