Colin MacCabe

Most Popular Colin MacCabe Trailers

Total trailers found: 31

40,000 Years of Dreaming Trailer (1996)

23 November 1996

Australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public dreaming, mythology, and song-lines.

I Am Curious, Film Trailer (1995)

28 October 1995

The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries

Friendship's Death Trailer (1987)

17 August 1987

A robot messenger is sent to earth to appeal to humans to live in peace. Originally designed to go to MIT, by mistake she ends up in Amman, Jordan during the Black September riots of 1970.

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 Trailer (2000)

01 November 2000

The Name of this Film is Dogme95 is an irreverent documentary exploring the origins of Dogme95, the most influential movement in world cinema for a generation.

Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill Trailer (1995)

10 October 1995

Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.

And the Show Goes On Trailer (1996)

18 September 1996

The 'Century of Cinema' is an 18-part series produced by the British Film Institute to celebrate 100 years of cinema.

The Night of the Filmmakers Trailer (1995)

12 February 1995

A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

The Russian Idea Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

The Russian entry in the BFI’s Century of Cinema series of documentaries

Derek Trailer (2008)

19 February 2008

Derek, in chronological order, records the work and life that stands at the foot of Derek Jarman's humour and spirit of being an artist.

Caravaggio Trailer (1986)

29 August 1986

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

A Brief History of Errol Morris Trailer (1999)

01 September 1999

This film tells the fascinating story of one of the most critically acclaimed careers in independent documentary film making in recent cinema history.

Aristotle's Plot Trailer (1997)

01 June 1997

Tourneur, a self-proclaimed cinéaste, feuds with Cinema and his gang, who are obsessed with foreign action movies.

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Trailer (1987)

30 October 1987

Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit.

100 Years of Japanese Cinema Trailer (1995)

01 September 1995

The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

2 x 50 Years of French Cinema Trailer (1995)

26 May 1995

At a lakeside hotel, Michel Piccoli discusses the centennial of cinema with Jean-Luc Godard. Godard asks why should cinema's birthday be celebrated when the history of film is a forgotten subject.

The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze Trailer (2024)

13 June 2024

A collection of thoughts and journeys. A dialogue between different forms of knowledge. A film about dancing, working, and life itself.

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema Trailer (1998)

04 June 1998

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explored than in any other national cinema.

Play Me Something Trailer (1989)

18 February 1989

A group of individuals are stranded at a small island airport when the flight from the mainland is delayed.

Young Soul Rebels Trailer (1991)

09 August 1991

Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

Distant Voices, Still Lives Trailer (1988)

16 November 1988

Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy.

The Long Day Closes Trailer (1992)

22 May 1992

Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen.

The American Nightmare Trailer (2000)

11 September 2000

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

Europe Endless 1: The Spectre of Eurocommunism Trailer (2024)

21 March 2024

Pioneering cultural theorist Colin MacCabe explores the legacy of the 1970s leftist movement that sought to adapt communism to Western Europe in this playfully discursive, intellectually omnivorous cine-essay à la Chris Marker.

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera Trailer (1996)

28 June 1996

In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films.

Cinema of Tears Trailer (1995)

28 November 1995

An aging Brazilian actor teams up with a film student on a trip to Mexico, in order to find out an unknown movie his mother allegedly watched before she committed suicide.

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger Trailer (2017)

23 June 2017

The Ways of Seeing writer is celebrated by Tilda Swinton and her fellow admirers in an unorthodox foe

The Spectre of Hope Trailer (2002)

28 January 2002

The Spectre of Hope is based on the latest work of photographer Sebastiao Salgado. Salgado spent 6 years traveling to over 40 countries, taking pictures of globalization and its consequences - most notably, the mass migrations of populations around the world.

Murder by Numbers Trailer (2004)

16 March 2004

A documentary on serial killer films.

The Old Place Trailer (2000)

19 May 2000

Essay on the influence of arts at the end of the 20th century produced by the Museum of Modern Art.

Melancholia Trailer (1989)

19 May 1989

Art critic Keller, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is on a visit to London.

Taxi Driver Two Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

This revolves around Tim West, an advertising executive who is developing a Channel 4 programme on cooking for terrorists.