Blu-rays and DVDs

Gay cinema

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  The Angelic Conversation

  In 2007, the BFI released three Derek Jarman films together – Caravaggio (1986), Wittgenstein (1993) and The Angelic Conversation (1985) – all digi

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  A Bigger Splash: featuring David Hockney

  Enthralling 1974 docudrama, celebrating David Hockney’s life, work and milieu.

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  Borderline

  A lost classic of the British avant-garde, Borderline tells the story of a tense, interracial love triangle and its deadly consequences.

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  Caravaggio

  Derek Jarman’s unique and refreshing take on the biopic is a powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art.

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  Derek

  Punk Britain, gay Britain, Thatcher’s Britain, Derek Jarman tackled the lot. Isaac Julien’s film celebrates the life, vision and legacy of one of Britain’s great artists.

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  Encounters: Four Ground-Breaking Classics of Gay Cinema

  This collection from the BFI brings together four rarely seen short films depicting the gay experience in post-war society.

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  The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome

  Eight films by British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome, painstakingly crafted on Super 8.

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  Looking for Langston

  Lyrical and poetic consideration of the life of revered Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes by award-winning filmmaker Isaac Julien.

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  Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

  John Maybury’s audacious film charts the powerful and dangerous relationship between Francis Bacon and his lover and muse.

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  Nighthawks / Nighthawks II: Strip Jack Naked

  One of the great, undervalued films of the 1970s and the first British fiction feature to present a realistic picture of the gay community.

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