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Mark Kermode reviews Watership Down (1978) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews Watership Down (1978) | BFI Player

'Moments of pastoral enchantment rubbing shoulders with visions of a bloody apocalypse.' Watch now on

Mark Kermode reviews The Last Detail (1973) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews The Last Detail (1973) | BFI Player

'One of the key texts of the era – a modern cult classic.' Watch now on

Mark Kermode reviews Manhunter (1986) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews Manhunter (1986) | BFI Player

'Manhunter remains the very best adaptation of Thomas Harris's bestselling series…a stone-cold cult classic' Watch on

Mark Kermode reviews Five Easy Pieces (1970) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews Five Easy Pieces (1970) | BFI Player

'An early seventies classic – a seminal collaboration between Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson' Watch now on

Mark Kermode reviews Hundreds of Beavers (2024) | BFI Player

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'Oddest of oddball comedies… like a fever dream of noisy 'silent cinema'. Watch now on

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'A winningly warm portrait of Laurel and Hardy's twilight years…a deft blend of humour and pathos, laughter and tears.' Watch on ...

Mark Kermode reviews The Fall of the House of Usher (1980) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews The Fall of the House of Usher (1980) | BFI Player

Jan Švankmajer's take on Edgar Allan Poe's gothic tale comes into focus for

Mark Kermode reviews The Company of Wolves (1984) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews The Company of Wolves (1984) | BFI Player

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Mark Kermode reviews The Thing With Feathers (2025) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews The Thing With Feathers (2025) | BFI Player

'Cumberbatch [works] wonders…in this admirably ambitious psychodrama.' Watch on

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'.. Has a poignant quality reminiscent of Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher.' Watch on

Mark Kermode reviews Sky Peals (2023) | BFI Player

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Is Watership Down TOO VIOLENT for its rating?

Is Watership Down TOO VIOLENT for its rating?

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