Nighthawks 2: Strip Jack Naked

Victor Kossakovsky’s film essay looks at the way we have constructed our built world through a series of breathtaking sequences.

A hypnotic tour of a New York hotel that proves that nighttime is Akerman time.

Akerman’s introspective apartment-bound reflection on isolation and confinement.

A celebration of Akerman’s longtime collaborator, cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton, showing her artistry as she plays and discusses her life in music.

Made over 20 years ago, this exploration of the lives of Mexican migrants and the cruelties of borders makes for equally urgent viewing today.

A study of the troubled, racist history of the American South and its legacy.

Sight and Sound's 2019 film of the year is the compelling, semi-autobiographical drama from acclaimed writer-director Joanna Hogg.

Greta Gerwig shines as one of four filmmaking friends who find their slasher screenplay idea turning into a terrifying reality, in this in ‘mumblegore’ horror-comedy.

A director struggles to film a difficult sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other, in Catherine Breillat's witty exploration of intimacy coordination.

Joanna Hogg's enthralling ghost story, featuring an astonishing performance by her regular collaborator Tilda Swinton.

Engrossing tribute to London’s legendary Scala cinema, aptly subtitled: Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits.

A riveting and all-encompassing portrait of the iconic German filmmaker.

Ron Peck tests the thin line between pornography and art with his amusing rumination on the difficulties of showing the naked male form.

Ron Peck tests the thin line between pornography and art with his amusing rumination on the difficulties of showing the naked male form.

A schoolteacher juggles everyday life with nights spent cruising for Mr Right in this fascinating landmark in British gay cinema

A seductive neo-noir and cult classic centring on lesbian desire in dangerous circumstances.

The messiness of sex, the mysteries of birth and the moving spectacle of devoted parenting in the face of impending oblivion create a potent atmosphere in Claire Denis’ English-language debut.

A troubled young sheep farmer falls for a hired hand in this stunning debut from Francis Lee.

Soulful docufiction featuring real-life porn actor Lalo Santos.

Alejandro González Iñárritu's (Birdman, The Revenant) gripping debut feature is a savagely brilliant triptych around the theme of animalistic desires.

Matt Dillon and his not-so-merry band of junkies rob pharmacies and cheat death.