Amazing films at the Barbican
Opening on Friday Amazing Grace, a tale of how William Wilberforce took on the English establishment to end slavery and won. Plus, members of the Barbican are invited to a Lazy Sunday Breakfast screening of Amazing Grace this Sunday, where complimentary breakfast will be served.
Also, political transformation, terrorism and a South African community engulfed by the horrors of apartheid in Catch a Fire. Plus, stunning World War II film noir in The Good German.
The London Australian Film Festival continues this week, highlights include a special archive screening of the classic The Back of Beyond and the coming-of-age adaptation 48 Shades.
Catch a Fire (12A)
Lives ablaze in early 80s South Africa.
An electrifying new movie by the director of Rabbit-Proof Fence and acclaimed script-writer Shawn Slovo.
The Good German (15)
Starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchet
Director Steven Soderbergh delivers a stunning World War II film noir, molded in the style of Casablanca, yet much darker and dirtier.
Lazy Sunday Breakfast screening: Amazing Grace (PG)
Breakfast from 10.30am, film starts 11am, Members only
The latest feature from the acclaimed British director Michael Apted.
The Back of Beyond (PG*)
One of Australia's true classics, winner of the 1954 Grand Prix at the Venice Film Festival
Taking documentary tradition to its limits, Back of Beyond is a film not to be missed.
48 Shades (15) + ScreenTalk with director Daniel Lapaine
Coming-of-age tale of romantic struggles and emotional growth
Makes you wish you could make those youthful decisions all over again.
Dostoevsky on Film
A season of four outstanding adaptations of Dostoevsky's most famous novels including Crime and Punishment (15) and The Brothers Karamazov (15).
'OxDox: Mk' at the Barbican
A series of brilliant films from the Oxdox: MK International Documentary Film Festival, in partnership with DocHouse.
Roman Polanski
A selection of Roman Polanski's internationally acclaimed films, featuring his recurring themes of alienation, displacement and a deep sense of the absurd - including Repulsion (15) and Chinatown (15)
