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February 2004 Dear Departed Dames (Robin Allan)
  • QUEEN OF SPADES
  • SARABAND FOR DEAD LOVERS
  • BRIEF ENCOUNTER
  • CAUGHT ON A TRAIN
  • HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE
  • KIND OF LOVING
  • HOLY MATRIMONY
  • MAJOR BARBARA

February 2001 Film Music of Bernard Herrmann (Neil Sinyard)
  • CITIZEN KANE

  • THE GHOST & MRS MUIR

  • THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY

  • VERTIGO

  • PSYCHO

  • FAHRENHEIT 451

  • OBSESSION

  • TAXI DRIVER

February 2000 Censorship & British Cinema 1958-71 (Dr. Anthony Aldgate, Reader in History & Film Studies at the Open University)
  • ROOM AT THE TOP

  • PEEPING TOM

  • SATURDAY NIGHT & SUNDAY MORNING

  • SERIOUS CHARGE

  • CAPE FEAR (1961)

  • ALFIE

  • THE TWISTED NERVE

  • CLOCKWORK ORANGE

March 1997 Italian Cinema: Europe's Conscience (Graham Fisher, lecturer & public librarian)
  • THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US

  • THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS

  • GERMANY YEAR ZERO

  • CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI

  • OSSESSIONE

  • BLOW UP

  • BEFORE THE REVOLUTION

  • THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS

November 1996 Aviation in the Cinema (Michael Paris & Alan Payne)
  • ACES HIGH

  • APOLLO 13

  • THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER

  • THE RIGHT STUFF

  • 12 O'CLOCK HIGH

  • ACES

  • THE HISTORY OF AVIATION

April 1996 7 of 25 (chosen by Derek Malcolm and presented by Dave Watterson)
  • BLANCHE

  • PIRAVI

  • HOUSE OF GAMES

  • NO END

  • THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

  • BLEAK MOMENTS

  • THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER

November 1995 Great Screen Partnerships (Neil Sinyard)
1: Losey/Bogarde

  • THE SERVANT

  • KING & COUNTRY

  • MODESTY BLAISE

  • ACCIDENT

  • SLEEPING TIGER

2: Wyler/Davis

  • JEZEBEL

  • THE LETTER

  • THE LITTLE FOXES

February 1995 Special Effects in the Cinema (Jon Sorensen, visual effects consultant, producer & director)
  • KING KONG

  • THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD

  • THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT

  • MOONRAKER

  • THE KEEP

  • ALIEN

March 1994 The Misfits (Dave Watterson)
  • ROOSTER COGBURN

  • LITTLE IDA

  • MALCOLM

  • GUNS IN THE AFTERNOON

  • ROXANNE

  • THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE

  • BAGHDAD CAFÉ

November 1993 Love & Supernature (Jon Sorensen)
  • PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

  • THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING

  • WESTWORLD

  • SOMEWHERE IN TIME

  • THE ELEPHANT MAN

  • GHOST

  • JACOB'S LADDER

March 1993 From Page to Screen (Neil Sinyard)
  • TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

  • THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN

  • BRIGHTON ROCK

  • THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES

  • THE EMPIRE OF THE SUN

  • THE DEAD

November 1992 Cards of Identity (Dave Watterson)
  • THE LION IN WINTER

  • IMAGES

  • POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE

  • THE PAWNBROKER

  • YANKS

  • IKIRU

  • PROVIDENCE

March 1992 Art of the Cinematographer (Harry Nadler, Society of Fantastic Films)
  • LAURA

  • LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN

  • BLACK SWAN

  • SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON

  • THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943)

  • HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

November 1991 Stars Behind the Camera (Neil Sinyard)
  • CITIZEN KANE

  • DER VERLORENE (THE LOST ONE)

  • HIGH ANXIETY

  • NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

  • THE TENANT

  • HAMLET (1948)

  • WHITE HUNTER BLACK HEART

March 1991 A Woman's Place/ Fatal Woman in the Horror Film (Pete Atkins, novelist & screenwriter)
  • THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

  • CAT PEOPLE

  • ATTACK OF THE 50FT WOMAN

  • THE VAMPIRE LOVERS

  • ORPHEE

  • TWINS OF EVIL

  • BONNIE & CLYDE

November 1990 Hollywood Conscience (Graham Fisher)
  • OUR DAILY BREAD

  • FURY

  • CROSSFIRE

  • MISSISSIPPI BURNING

  • STORM WARNING

  • THE FRONT

April 1990 Slice of Lemmon (Neil Sinyard)
  • AVANTI

  • THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE

  • MASS APPEAL

  • SOME LIKE IT HOT

  • MISSING

  • THE ODD COUPLE

November 1989 Childhood in the Cinema (Neil Sinyard)
  • HOPE & GLORY

  • L'ENFANT SAUVAGE

  • HUE & CRY

  • BAD NEWS BEARS

  • SHANE

  • HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA

  • KES

April 1989 Discreet Charm of Luis Bunuel (Graham Fisher)
  • L'AGE D'OR

  • EL

  • THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ

  • NAZARIN

  • VIRIDIANA

  • EXTERMINATING ANGEL

  • SIMON OF THE DESERT

November 1988 Film is Fun (Dave Watterson)
  • MY LIFE AS A DOG

  • ANNIE HALL

  • THE CHEVIOT STAG & THE BLACK BLACK OIL

  • TARGETS

  • LA VIE EST UN ROMAN

March 1988 French Resistance (Eric Simon, French Cultural Delegation)
  • LA VACHE ET LE PRISONNIER

  • LE SILENCE DE LA MER

  • LA BATAILLE DU RAIL

  • JERICHO

  • L'ARMEE DES OMBRES

  • MARIE OCTOBRE

  • CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE

November 1987 Thriller (Leslie Halliwell, author & television film buyer)
  • THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

  • REMEMBER LAST NIGHT

  • SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE

  • QUIET PLEASE MURDER

  • BLACK CAT

  • TALL TARGET
  • CAT PEOPLE (1942)

  • NIGHT MONSTER

  • JOURNEY INTO FEAR

  • SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH

April 1987 John Ford (Graham Fisher)
  • THE IRON HORSE

  • YOUNG MR LINCOLN

  • THE LONG VOYAGE HOME

  • THE GRAPES OF WRATH

  • WAGONMASTER

  • SERGEANT RUTLEDGE

November 1986 Revolution in the Cinema (Jerry Dawson, lecturer in film & drama)
  • OCTOBER

  • LA MARSELLAISE

  • ROME OPEN CITY

  • ASHES & DIAMONDS

  • TO DIE IN MADRID

  • NICARAGUA - NO PASARAN

March 1986 Musical: Then & Now (Graham Fisher & John Williams)
  • THE GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935

  • SWING TIME

  • COVER GIRL

  • IF YOU FEEL LIKE SINGING

  • THE PAJAMA GAME

  • SWEET CHARITY

  • ALL THAT JAZZ

November 1985 Film Noir (Graham Fisher)
  • THE FORCE OF EVIL

  • DEAD RECKONING

  • UNDERWORLD USA

  • THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI

  • LAURA

  • YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
  • PHANTOM LADY

  • NIGHTMARE ALLEY

  • GUN CRAZY

  • STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR

March 1985 Early Soviet Cinema (Jerry Dawson)
  • STRIKE

  • BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN

  • MOTHER

  • NEW BABYLON

  • EARTH

  • MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA

November 1984 From Silents to Sound: American Comedies (Graham Fisher)
  • THE KID

  • MISBEHAVING HUSBANDS

  • NEVER WEAKEN

  • PALEFACE

  • BIG BUSINESS

  • IT'S A GIFT

  • ANIMAL CRACKERS

  • PLATINUM BLONDE

  • MIDNIGHT

  • MY FAVOURITE WIFE

March 1984 British are Coming (BFI Production Board Films)
  • ASCENDANCY

  • BEFORE HINDSIGHT

  • BURNING AN ILLUSION

  • CRYSTAL GAZING

  • RADIO ON

  • WALK THROUGH H

November 1983 The Life & Times of John Huston (Graham Fisher)

March 1983 French Cinema (Philip Strick)
  • LES DESERTS TARTARS

  • LES FEUX DE LA CHANDALEUR

  • THERESE RAQUIN

  • BEN & BENEDICT

  • LE VIEIL HOMME & L'ENFANT

  • SPOILED CHILDREN

  • L'ECUME DES JOURS

November 1982 Censorship (Stanley Forman & James Ferman)

March 1982 Golden Oldies from the 30's & 40's (Leslie Halliwell)
  • STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM

  • I MARRIED A WITCH

  • ARSENE LUPIN

  • HOLLYWOOD PARTY

  • THE INVISIBLE MAN

  • BOWERY

  • THIRTEENTH GUEST

November 1980 German Cinema & NW Arts Open Eye Films (John Crumpton & Bob Andrews)

December 1979 Spanish Cinema (Nick Roddick, lecturer & writer)
  • RAISE RAVENS

  • TRISTANA

  • DEATH OF A CYCLIST

  • LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE

February 1979 Westerns (Jeffrey Richards, lecturer, writer & broadcaster)
  • DODGE CITY

  • THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE

  • THE SEARCHERS

  • THE WILD BUNCH

  • THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

December 1978 Modern French Cinema (Nick Roddick)
  • THE 400 BLOWS

  • LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD

  • LE PETIT SOLDAT

  • TOUT VA BIEN

March 1978 Films of John Boorman (Bob Ainsley)

November 1977 Animation in the Cinema (Philip Jenkinson, writer & broadcaster)

March 1976 Hits of the Film Societies (Dilys Powell, critic & writer)

February 1974 German Cinema & the Art of Lotte Reiniger (Jerry Dawson, John Chittock & Lotte Reineger)

February 1969 Italian Cinema (Leslie Reyner)

May 1968 Cinema as a Mirror Reflecting the Captured Image of the 20th Century (Thorald Dickinson, Philip Crick, Mirek Dohnal, Lutz Becker & Angelika Hannauerova)

February 1968 Films Above & Underground (Steve Dwoskin, Philip Crick & Derek Hill)

May 1966 Teach-In on the Cinema Today (Alan Howden, Philip Crick, Bruce Jackson, Philip Strick, Norman Swallow, Charles Cooper, Peter Watkins, Bill Grundy & Denis Mitchell)

February 1965 The Work of Alfred Hitchcock (Philip Strick)

May 1963 Film Critics & Film Makers (Ian Cameron, Peter Armitage, Victor Perkins, Mike Grigsby & Peter Plummer)