Film archive
Cabaret Cabaret
Bob Fosse / USA / 1972 / 124 min / German, English
Fifty years ago, this colourful, saucy, but also surprising dark musical, set in the last days of hedonistic Weimar Berlin, rocketed the “wonderfully decadent” Liza Minnelli to superstar fame. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and eight Oscars, including Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Wonderstruck Wonderstruck
Todd Haynes / USA / 2017 / 117 min / English / 13+
Todd Haynes’s film (Far From Heaven, Carol), is a mysterious drama about two children, fifty years apart, tied together by fate. Based on the novel by Brian Selznick.
Capharnaüm Capharnaüm
Nadine Labaki / Lebanon, France / 2018 / 120 min / Arabic, Amharic
Using street-cast children living on the streets of Beirut to depict her characters, Lebanese director Nadine Labaki issues a heartbreaking cry on behalf of neglected and abused children, who remain not only unseen but unrecognised by society and the law.
What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
Roberto Minervini / USA, Italy, France / 2018 / 123 min / English
A story of a community of black people in the American South during summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of black men sent shockwaves through the country. A meditation on the state of race in America, this film is an intimate portrayal of people struggling for justice, dignity, and survival in a country not on their side.
And If We All Lived Together Et si on vivait tous ensemble?
Stéphane Robelin / France, Germany / 2011 / 96 min / French
What We Do in the Shadows What We Do in the Shadows
Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement / New Zealand, USA / 2014 / 86 min / English