Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces ...

Murnau’s vampire classic remains one of the greatest of all horror movies, genuinely unsettling in its depiction of the wizened, barely human Transylvanian Count Orlok as a threat not only to a ...

In Tsui Hark’s timeless romantic comedy, two people fall in love, are separated soon after and attempt to overcome the burden of not knowing what the other looks like. In 1937, during a Japanese air ...

A beautifully told romantic drama and a meditation on the nature of existence. Amid the languid pace of a small town, the lives of a terminally ill photographer and a young parking-enforcement officer ...

A love story about the twists and turns in the relationship of a married couple, produced by acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Fruit Chan. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English and Chinese subtitles ...

The move to sound film production brought disruption to film industries across the world. Until recently, Britain’s transition experience had been relatively unexplored. Geoff Brown’s fascinating ...

A caustic and richly detailed portrait of a German family’s moral degradation during the rule of the Third Reich. Always fascinated by the passions and horrors of dynastic family life, Visconti turns ...

Dr Carolyn Owen-King will be in conversation with Professor Tamar Jeffers McDonald about her book British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema: Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone (Bloomsbury). Total ...

Now one of the great lines in film history, ‘They call me Mr Tibbs!’ announced the arrival of Poitier’s detective to Rod Steiger’s racist Mississippi sheriff. They find themselves working together on ...

January’s Collection Focus display honours the life and work of Oscar winner Sidney Poitier. ‘The question of Why me? remains a challenging one. But it’s important for me to ask it and to answer ...

Join fellow film lovers and explore the magnificent realism and literary adaptations of Luchino Visconti. For more details and to book your place on this course, please contact City Lit on 0207 492 ...