BBC Arena Popular Movie

Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a...

genus: Drama

cast: Lili Taylor

A documentary about and an interview with Hollywood actress Bette Davis about her life and career from the late 1920s to the 1980s on stage and...

genus: Documentary

cast: Bette Davis

A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.

genus: Romance

cast: Guillermo Díaz

Beryl Bainbridge on Samuel Johnson and her novel According To Queenie - Johnson through the eyes of Queenie Thrale, the eldest daughter of Henry and...

genus: Documentary

cast: Beryl Bainbridge

Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and mayhem that erupted behind the respectable facade...

genus: Documentary

cast: Ian Holm

Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review of Books, America’s leading journal of...

genus: Documentary

cast: Michael Chabon

Rob Lemkin’s harrowing yet urgent documentary shines a lens on the trauma and legacy of colonialism in one of Africa’s poorest nations,...

genus: Documentary

cast: Femi Nylander

An affectionate portrait of San Francisco, and of the man whose Tales of the City have inspired thousands to go there. Maupin relates a life story...

genus: Documentary

cast: Armistead Maupin

Phil Spector is a pioneer of American music, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner, and, as of April 13th 2009, a convicted murderer....

genus: Documentary

cast: Phil Spector

A profile of British painter, Francis Bacon.

genus: Documentary

cast: Francis Bacon

An exploration into the history of Shakespeare's plays, from the silent era to the modern day featuring archive interviews with movie directors...

genus: Documentary

cast: Penelope Wilton

Back in 2006 on a stormy December night, Amy Winehouse flew to the remote, south western corner of Ireland to perform for Other Voices, an acclaimed...

genus: Music

cast: Amy Winehouse

In June 2009, a group Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a celebration of the work of Harold Pinter at the National...

genus: TV Movie

cast: Harold Pinter

A remarkable guided tour through the culinary world of Elvis Presley, in his later years famed as much for his appetite as for his music. The King's...

genus: Documentary

cast: Roy Anderson

For the first time since his release from 27 years of imprisonment Nelson Mandela opens up about his life and the turbulent times he's faced in this...

genus: Documentary

cast: Nelson Mandela

Bernhard, an actress-comedienne whose brassy humor attracts a cult-like following, here offers a semiconfessional view of her life's landscape....

genus: Documentary

cast: Sandra Bernhard

Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and...

genus: Music

cast: Joe Meek

This British documentary is more than an analysis of John Lennon's song "Imagine" and its ramifications for the world we live in, it's a tentative...

genus: Documentary

cast: John Lennon

55-Minute BBC Arena documentary on the film actress Louise Brooks

genus: Documentary

cast: Louise Brooks

Arena cameras were on hand to film the return of Dire Straits from their triumphant 1980 Brothers in Arms world tour. The film features a superb...

genus: Music

cast: Mark Knopfler