Nighthawks 2: Strip Jack Naked

The on and off-screen character of Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s first international movie star, is explored in this illuminating documentary exploring the life and legacy of this mercurial icon.

A soulful new voice emerges in Elizabeth Lo’s evocative award-winning debut documentary, which details life on the streets of Istanbul from the perspective of the city’s stray dogs.

The power of kinship is explored in Carol Morley’s drama-documentary, drawn from real life and resonant with the way we live now.

The taped crusader: VHS nerds, media scholars and archive enthusiasts will appreciate this documentary about the African-American activist who recorded 30 years of TV news.

Sam Pollard's resonant exploration of the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

A poetic reflection on sovereignty, perspective, space and futurisms.

On a Tuscan break a fortysomething woman finds herself drawn to the company of a group of partying teens, including a young Tom Hiddleston (in one of his earliest roles).

Joanna Hogg's sleek and minimalist comedy about a pair of artists and their emotional attachment to their ultra-modernist apartment.

Anna Friel and Michelle Williams star as two troubled girls whose tumultuous friendship takes many twists and turns.

Jessica Hausner’s cool, witty and unsettling sci-fi starring Emily Beecham and Ben Whishaw.

Blistering thriller of a teen groomed to work for a brutal, organised drugs network.

Starring Tom Hiddleston, a family holiday to the Isles of Scilly sees fractures emerge in this sun-filled drama from Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir).

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 young girl tries desperately to protect her family from illness and dark outside forces in William McGregor's stark period horror.

Koreeda's lyrical fantasy challenges the viewer to reflect on the experiences that most make life worth living.

Koreeda’s first fiction feature is an exquisite meditation on loss, loneliness, uncertainty, and coming to terms with the past.

The on and off-screen character of Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s first international movie star, is explored in this illuminating documentary exploring the life and legacy of this mercurial icon.

Koreeda’s subtle, moving account of the tensions within a family is his most Ozu-like film.

Mikhail Kalatozov’s epic about the Cuban Revolution is breathtaking both for its scope and the audacity.