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Nosferatu marked the first appearance on screen of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and it remains the eeriest of the many film versions of the famous tale.…

A gritty drama based on the true confessions of 13-year-old Christiane who becomes embroiled in the 1970s West Berlin drug scene.

A teenage heroine begins to discover her sexuality and its dark, unsettling power.

Made by smuggling cameras into Disneyland, this disturbing satire is guerrilla filmmaking at its best.

Based on the Broadway play, the story revolves around a case of mistaken identity between two Alfred Butlers - one a millionaire, the other a…

It’s hard to imagine a filmmaker focusing on a single player for an entire game or match, but that’s just what German filmmaker Hellmuth Costard…

Feed Me is a parable of the pleasures and perils of indulgence, a waspish skit on a world where greed is good.

A love-letter to the city of Berlin and Generation Y, depicting a day-in-the-life of twenty-something law school dropout Niko.

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and so restore…

Feed me, Seymour! Feed me! Rick Moranis stars in Frank Oz's oddball musical about a man-eating plant from outer space.

Having completed his fourth novel, Martin Frost accepts the invitation of friends to spend a few weeks in their vacant country house. On his first…

The story of an unlikely friendship between a bear, Ernest, and a young mouse named Celestine, this a film of immense charm and warmth. Sure…

Filmed at night on the sets being used by the better-known version starring Bela Lugosi, this Spanish language version of Drácula is considered by many as…

A grandfather reads his sick grandson a story of swashbuckling swordsmen, dread pirates and true love in this warm and funny fairytale.

John Carpenter's classic sees Kurt Russell face off against a shape-shifting monster.

The Brooklyn cigar store owned by Augie Wren (Harvey Keitel) is a drop-in centre for all manner of local eccentrics. When he announces his intention…

Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days…

Victoria, a young Spanish woman, dances through the Berlin scene with abandon. She meets four outsiders and forms a romantic bond with one of them.…

Banned for years for getting too close to the political knuckle, Kieślowski's three-part narrative hinges on whether medical student Witek (Bogusław Linda) catches a train,…

Dr. Strangelove is the classic, biting satire on the threat of total nuclear annihilation starring Peter Sellers. Based on the tense and earnest 1958 novel…

"You built a time machine, out of a DeLorean?" Marty McFly needs to get back to the future in this quintessential 80s film.

An effective metaphysical thriller. A young woman leaves her old life - and possessive husband - to start a new job in finance. But things…

Guy Maddin's new film starring Isabella Rossellini. Part of the Guy Maddin season

A hilarious 1980s comedy variation on the classic Christmas tale, starring Bill Murray.

One of the great British Gothic chillers, based on The Turn of the Screw.

Another classic Coppola, in which Hackman’s isolated, private life is built on other peoples’ private lives and conversations, picked up by his bank of electronic…

The BBC’s Horizon documentary series has examined scientific ideas for five decades. But how many of its predictions have come true? Enjoy unique access to…

Kaija Saariaho’s breakthrough opera has its Metropolitan Opera premiere in a dazzling new production with Eric Owens as the knight on a quest of love and…

Director Mary Zimmerman brings her wondrous theatrical imagination to Dvořák’s fairytale of love and longing, rejection and redemption with Sir Mark Elder conducting.

The charismatic baritone Simon Keenlyside plays the title hero, opera’s ultimate cad, who goes to hell in a dazzling coup de théâtre in Mozart's classic…

Opening the new Met Opera Live season, Tristan und Isolde features a cast of outstanding Wagnerians: Nina Stemme as Isolde, Stuart Skelton as Tristan, Ekaterina Gubanova as…

Mozart’s first operatic masterpiece returns to the Met in the classic Jean-Pierre Ponnelle production, conducted by James Levine.

Sonya Yoncheva sings one of opera’s most beloved heroines, the tragic courtesan Violetta, opposite Michael Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo.

Bartlett Sher’s new production of Gounod’s lush Shakespeare adaptation has won acclaim for its vivid 18th century milieu and stunning costumes during runs at Salzburg and La…

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is one of the most popular of all operas, with ravishing music and a heartbreaking story of a loving geisha deserted by…

The Royal Ballet's glorious production of The Nutcracker, created by Peter Wright in 1984, is the production par excellence of an all-time ballet favourite. Tchaikovsky's glittering…

Mozart’s classic opera Così fan tutte puts two pairs of lovers to the test – with great music but distinctly unexpected results. This lively, youthful…

The Royal Opera's lavish production of Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Offenbach's masterpiece, is a favourite with audiences. Created by Academy Award-winning film…

International superstars Vitaliy Bilyy, Anita Rachvelishvili, Lianna Haroutounian and Gregory Kunde lead a superb cast of world-class singers in this Verdi classic. Il trovatore is…

Simon Russell Beale returns to the RSC after 20 years to play Prospero in this groundbreaking production directed by Artistic Director Gregory Doran.

The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine.