A worthy and detailed film account of the life and works of one of America's finest silent-screen comedians. His work is seminal, and is presented with commendable gravity by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow, the film's directors. Anyone who appreciates Keaton's genius will enjoy this. find out more...

A well-dressed lady thief (Betty Amann) steals a precious stone from a jewellery shop. The aged jeweller prefers to let the young woman go, but the policeman who catches her explains he is obliged to pursue the case further. She tries to seduce the policeman (Gustav Frohlich), and he gradually succumbs to her charms, but her criminal background dooms their relationship when an argument leads to murder. One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May's 'Asphalt' is a l find out more...

Another unusual offering from Luc "The Big Blue" Besson. A fascinating "Koyaanisqatsi" style journey through the strange and mysterious world of our planet's seas. Accompanied by a stylish score, the lives of some strange creatures, and some incredible sea-scapes are explored. Very unusual. find out more...

Baraka is a stunningly shot mystical insight into mankind's role on planet Earth. Shot entirely on 70mm film we are taken on an incredibly beautiful and moving journey around our planet. No words, just stunning images and evocative music. An excellent Koyaanisqatsi type chill out film. find out more...

Mind those steps! Perhaps the most famous movie scene in the history of cinema. The documentary style story of mutiny aboard the Potemkin as the sailors fight oppression and fire on Tzarist troops attempting to quell rebellion in the city of Oddessa. Almost every shot is so beautiful it could work as a still. find out more...

Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920's London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland Yard detective who seems more interested in police work than in her. The first British talkie, from Alfred 'Who-He?' Hitchcock. find out more...

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Two works from the father of narrative cinema. In "Broken Blossoms" (1919); a Chinaman arrives in London to teach the locals the ideals of Buddhism but finds them most unreceptive and, instead, opens a shop which becomes the refuge for a xenophobic boxer's abused daughter. Lillian Gish is brilliant and Griffith poetic. "Abraham Lincoln", (1930), was Griffith's first talkie and is a straightforward biopic from childhood to his premature assassination. find out more...

CONVICT 13 (1920) Keaton goes from a golf game with his girlfriend to death-row in prison through a case of mistaken identity. THE HIGH SIGN Thrown off a train near an amusement park, Buster gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill s businessman, Buster ends up protecting the man and his daughter. DAYDREAMS (1922) In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, Buster goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of find out more...

A series of early shorts from the master of physical farce, a one man death defying comic genius. find out more...

A spoilt rich girl leads a life of luxury on the profits from her father's champagne business. To bring her back down to earth he tells her that all the money has been lost so she now has to find money by herself and gets a job in a night club. A look at 20s high-life. Early Hitch for the cognoscenti. find out more...

Following a year's work at the Essanay Studios, Charlie Chaplin moved to the Mutual Studios in February 1916 to make twelve films and was given the freedom and resources to shoot his comedies without interference. Includes: Behind The Screen, The Rink, Easy Street, The Cure, The Immigrant, The Adventurer. find out more...

Following a year's work at the Essanay Studios, Charlie Chaplin moved to the Mutual Studios in February 1916 to make twelve films and was given the freedom and resources to shoot his comedies without interference. Volume two features the six remaining films made under Mutual studios. find out more...

The film imparts a unique vision of our world - the first non-verbal, non-fiction motion picture filmed in time-lapse photography. Presented as a visual symphony in seven movements, Chronos embarks on an unprecedented cinematic journey across the worlds of natural beauty and manmade monuments, majestically exploring the essence of time as it travels. Chronos is the directorial debut of Ron Fricke, director of Baraka and cinematographer of Koyaanisqatsi find out more...

The girl that launched a thousand haircuts stars in this story of riches to rags to riches. Brooks plays Thymian cast out by her family when pregnant, only to be reinstated in society by the patronage of a wealthy count. A classic tale of patriarchy dominating a young girl's struggle to survive. find out more...

A mesmerising animated reworking of The Arabian Nights. First shown in 1926 in Germany The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the first feature length cartoon, has been restored and given a new recording of the original orchestral score. Today, with allowances for some racial and sexual stereotyping, it impresses for its exquisite craftmanship, balletic movement, expressive romanticism and moments of potent sensuousness and poetry. find out more...

Lang's epic thriller, drama and social commentary portrays Dr Mabuse as the villains' villain, a megalomaniac of the highest order and a man so utterly devoid of morality that no opportunity is beneath him. One of his earliest the film works almost like a testing ground for his later seminal works, with the director returning to Dr Mabuse's hypnotic character a number of times over the next thirty odd years with great success. Of historic interest. find out more...

Includes the films; How It Feels to be Run Over (1900) Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) Rescued by Rover (1905) The Other Side of the Hedge (1905) The Fatal Sneeze (1907) Visit to Peak Frean's and Co's Biscuit Works (1906) A Day in the Life of a Coalminer (1910) Par le trou de serrure (1901) Ali Baba et les quarantes voleurs (1905) Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse (1906) Le chaval emballe (1907) The Physician of the Castle (1908) Magic Bricks (1908) It's Scotch (1898) The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903) The find out more...

Including the films: Sortie d'usine (1895), Repas de bebe (1895), Demolition d'un mur (1896), Le Jardinier et le petit espiegle (1895), Arrivee des Congessistes a Neuville-sur-saone (1895), Arrivee d'un train en gare a la ciotat(1895), Partie d'ecarte (1895), Barque sortant du port(1895), Leaving Jerusalem By Railway(1896), Bataillede Boules de Neige (1896), Pompiers a Lyon (1896), Niagara and Spanish Bullfight (1897) all by Auguste and Louis Lumiere. Voyage a travers l'impossible (Melies, 1904 find out more...