Close-Up: an odyssey

Fair in the Rain

After being released from prison a career criminal wants to start a new life. To finance this new life he decides to rob a small-town bank during a fu

1962

The Man with the Golden Arm

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2005.

1955

A Fish Called Wanda

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

1988

Trainspotting

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also ha

1996

Requiem for a Dream

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

2000

Scourge of Blood

A man randomly stabs a stranger.

1984

Blue Velvet

Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him tow

1986

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop me

1997

M

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's

1931

American Graffiti

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

1973

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the ban

2004

Pulp Fiction

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime cape

1994

Pink Flamingos

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate atte

1972

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thin

1953

The Ringer

A fashion fad, a hip new band and a drug are marketed to kids in unnervingly similar ways.

1972

Self Service

Hungry mosquitos, in search of a meal, find that fruit, flowers and other such fare doesn't satisfy. One enterprising bug hits the jackpot - a human!

1974

Lobos

2012

Dirty Baby Does Fire Island

A high-octane satirical look at gay men as seen from a very unique POV. Dirty Baby washed up on the shore of the Fire Island Pines and what she witnes

1998

An Offer Refused

Camilla and her close friends Tiffany and Derrick find themselves falling down a horrific rabbit hole of the supernatural when a strange man shows up

2022

Nobody Wants to Be Just Ordinary

The lives of different indie artists of the Hollywood film industry intersect when they get tired of failing and have the opportunity to make a "promi

2023