Category: Recent Productions
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Alan Bennett’s Diaries
Inspired by his acerbic and often hilarious diaries, this documentary shows Alan Bennett as he has never been seen before. The film follows Bennett to New York, the scene of his early triumph in Beyond the Fringe, to his community library in Primrose Hill which, he despairs, some would rather see turned into a pizza […]
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The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
Alan Yentob joins South African artist William Kentridge as he prepares an epic frieze along the banks of the river Tiber in Rome. Alan visits him in his hometown of Johannesburg, the inspiration for the magical hand-drawn animated films he calls “drawings for projection”. Brought up under apartheid, Kentridge has witnessed the fragile transition to […]
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Love is All
Love is All takes us on a journey through the Twentieth century, exploring love and courtship on screen in a century of unprecedented social upheaval. From the very first kisses ever caught on film, through the disruption of war, to the birth of youth culture, gay liberation and free love, we follow courting couples flirting […]
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The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology, with Slavoj Žižek
The sequel to The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema sees the reunion of infamous philosopher Slavoj Žižek with filmmaker Sophie Fiennes, now using their inventive interpretation of moving pictures to examine ideology – the collective fantasies that shape our beliefs and practices.