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Hanif Kureishi CBE (born December 5, 1954) is an English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. The themes of his work have touched on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality. In 2008, The Times named Kureishi in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Total trailers found: 22
20 January 2001
Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub.
01 January 1986
Explores rage, its function and its representation in film. Why does rage occur, how does it differ between people and how do children feel about it? Also questions if rage can ever be a constructive emotion.
01 January 1986
Why do we cry? Can men cry too? When are tears acceptable and when are they not?
01 January 1986
Examines laughter, its representation in film and its day to day function. Well known people from various backgrounds discuss the issue and what it means to them.
14 November 2003
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
02 September 2006
Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend.
16 November 1985
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
13 December 1991
For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull out of London's drug world by taking a job as a waiter in a 'normal' restaurant.
09 May 2020
The comedy pioneer behind the Goon Show, Dr Strangelove and the Pink Panther series is explored in depth in this film, surveying his meteoric rise to fame and troubled personal life.
20 September 2020
Set in London during the Thatcher years, My Beautiful Laundrette tells the story of young British Pakistani, Omar, who transforms his Uncle’s run-down laundrette into a thriving business.
17 November 1999
Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself. He meets friendly Tom, who offers to help him make ends meet by working as a male escort.
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.
26 December 2025
The final creative chapter of one of music’s most iconic artists. Featuring rare interviews with those who knew and worked alongside Bowie as well as famous fans and figures who have been inspired by his artistry, the film will uncover the strategy behind Bowie’s artistic resurrection and the inexhaustible extraordinary creativity that defined his final decade, in which he released his critically acclaimed album Blackstar just two days before he died.
04 October 2013
Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage.
23 February 2010
A powerful short documentary inspired by the launch of the genre breaking PlayStation 3 title HEAVY RAIN.
13 August 2013
Directed by BAFTA Award winner Hamish Hamilton, the movie was filmed during the closing night of the V&A installation and features appearances by Pulp leader Jarvis Cocker, fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, and more, as well as insight from David Bowie Is curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh.
21 July 2015
This interview filmed in 2015 for Criterion, and has the writer talk about his life in London, the role Margaret Thatcher played in this screenplay, casting the actors, and working on the film My Beautiful Laundrette.
17 January 2007
Describes the work of a cameraman who has been forced to take on work filming executions of kidnapped Westeners in the Middle East.
21 October 1997
Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
27 June 1992
A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992.
15 June 2024
Using a trove of archive photographs and film, Kureishi reflects on his father’s experiences as an immigrant in the post-war years, his own youth and entry into the world of theatre, the tumult around the publication of The Satanic Verses and its continued reverberations, and how he has transformed the life around him into a work of art.
06 May 2005
Director Don Boyd's portrayal of the extraordinary love story between a retired bus driver from Croydon and a retired teacher from Chelsea.
