Colin MacCabe Movies

  • 1988
    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    6.8361988HD

    Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it...

    Distant Voices, Still Lives
  • 1986
    Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

    6.21986HD

    A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous...

    Caravaggio
  • 1992
    The Long Day Closes

    The Long Day Closes

    The Long Day Closes

    7.21992HD

    Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the...

    The Long Day Closes
  • 1998
    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    5.41998HD

    An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively...

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
  • 1996
    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    6.41996HD

    In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into...

    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
  • 2000
    The American Nightmare

    The American Nightmare

    The American Nightmare

    6.92000HD

    An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

    The American Nightmare
  • 1987
    Friendship's Death

    Friendship's Death

    Friendship's Death

    6.71987HD

    A robot messenger is sent to earth to appeal to humans to live in peace. Originally designed to go to MIT, by mistake she ends up in Amman, Jordan...

    Friendship's Death
  • 1987
    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    5.61987HD

    Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with...

    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
  • 1995
    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    5.81995HD

    The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema
  • 1997
    40,000 Years of Dreaming

    40,000 Years of Dreaming

    40,000 Years of Dreaming

    6.21997HD

    Australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public...

    40,000 Years of Dreaming
  • 2004
    Murder by Numbers

    Murder by Numbers

    Murder by Numbers

    02004HD

    A documentary on serial killer films.

    Murder by Numbers
  • 2000
    The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

    The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

    The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

    3.52000HD

    The Name of this Film is Dogme95 is an irreverent documentary exploring the origins of Dogme95, the most influential movement in world cinema for a...

    The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
  • 1995
    I Am Curious, Film

    I Am Curious, Film

    I Am Curious, Film

    3.81995HD

    The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries

    I Am Curious, Film
  • 1991
    Young Soul Rebels

    Young Soul Rebels

    Young Soul Rebels

    51991HD

    Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

    Young Soul Rebels
  • 2017
    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    5.72017HD

    The Ways of Seeing writer is celebrated by Tilda Swinton and her fellow admirers in an unorthodox four-part documentary that visits him at his Alpine...

    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
  • 1999
    A Brief History of Errol Morris

    A Brief History of Errol Morris

    A Brief History of Errol Morris

    6.751999HD

    This film tells the fascinating story of one of the most critically acclaimed careers in independent documentary film making in recent cinema...

    A Brief History of Errol Morris
  • 1995
    The Night of the Filmmakers

    The Night of the Filmmakers

    The Night of the Filmmakers

    51995HD

    A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

    The Night of the Filmmakers
  • 2024
    The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

    The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

    The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

    02024HD

    A collection of thoughts and journeys. A dialogue between different forms of knowledge. A film about dancing, working, and life itself. The Hexagonal...

    The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
  • 1995
    Cinema de Lágrimas

    Cinema de Lágrimas

    Cinema de Lágrimas

    4.61995HD

    An aging Brazilian actor teams up with a film student on a trip to Mexico, in order to find out an unknown movie his mother allegedly watched before...

    Cinema de Lágrimas
  • 1989
    Melancholia

    Melancholia

    Melancholia

    51989HD

    Art critic Keller, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is...

    Melancholia