In honour of International Women’s Day, we proudly present a curated selection of films directed by women from around the world. From intimate dramas to bold narratives, all showcasing the creativity and vision of female filmmakers and their contribution to cinema.
To celebrate 75 years of the Berlin International Film Festival, explore some of the greatest films ever to compete for the prestigious Golden Bear, along with other festival favourites from the German capital.
Agnès Varda, a pioneer of the French New Wave, crafted films that blend intimacy, playfulness, and social insight.
With works like Cléo from 5 to 7 and The Gleaners and I, she redefined storytelling, celebrating everyday life with bold visuals and deep empathy.
Alongside the release of the documentary Viva Varda!, we’re showcasing her enduring legacy as a masterful and visionary filmmaker with a collection of her work. This collection includes nine new titles to Curzon Home Cinema, including documentaries Mur Murs and Jane B. for Agnès V.
The films in this collection feature characters on various levels of the criminal underworld, from petty thieves, to scheming con artists, to fully fledged gangsters.
As A Complete Unknown hits cinemas, we’ve put together this collection of gripping biopics and fictional tales inspired by the world of music. Including Vox Lux, by BAFTA nominated director Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), through to the raucous and infectious Kneecap. Get stuck in and “Don’t Look Back”.
From his roots in the social realism of Hungary’s Communist era, to his later masterpieces like Sátántangó, Werckmeister Harmonies and The Turin Horse, Tarr has cemented his legacy as the dark magus of European “slow cinema”.
Click here to find out more about our comprehensive 8-disc Blu-ray collection of his complete filmography.
Upholding their devotion to literary adaptation of the finest kind, the films of Merchant Ivory are the fruit of a rich and unparalleled partnership between three great artists across four decades and three continents.
Watch our new documentary Merchant Ivory on Curzon Home Cinema.
Horror has long been a staple of cinema since its inception. This collection of horror films shows just how resilient and diverse the genre has become.
As summer comes to an end, it’s time to head back to the classroom. Explore this curated collection of films set around academia.
For more Back to School films, why not visit to our Canterbury Riverside Open Air Screen this September as we showcase some faculty favourites on the big screen.
Back in 1934, Curzon Mayfair opened its doors and the British-cinema landscape changed forever. To mark our 90th anniversary. We’re looking back on our journey through the decades and hosting a special programme of iconic films to celebrate this milestone.
In the latest release Femme, directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping tackle the nuances of exacting revenge and demanding justice. Check out this collection featuring films that similarly tow this line…
One of the most recognisable cities in the world, Paris has inspired directors since the inception of cinema. To coincide with the release of Passages, we have assembled some of the best films shot in the French capital.
In this retrospective we have assembled the Danish agitator’s greatest hits, from his towering international breakthrough hit Breaking the Waves to humble beginnings in his unflinching debut, The Element of Crime.
For our next Pride-themed collection we are focusing on repression, whether it be societal (Blue Jean) or familial (Joyland) expectations, and the undeniable effects it can have on the LGBTQ+ community even in 2023.
From randy, murdering sailors (Querelle) to a sexually liberated thirtysomething (Anaïs in Love), this week we are zeroing in on queer people’s right to exist as sexual beings.
As Pride month begins, we look at the films that delve into a wide range of subject matters that still affect the LGBTQ+ community today including race (Young Soul Rebels), persecution (120 BPM), religion (Beyond the Hills) and mental health (Close).
This Pride Month, we’re celebrating LGBTQIA+ cinema with a series of events. Check out our rereleases of queer-cinema classics from Sean Baker’s iPhone-shot trans sex worker drama Tangerine to the smouldering Merchant-Ivory romance Maurice, both of which are also available to watch on Curzon Home Cinema.
This year’s edition of the Cannes International Film Festival boasts an exciting array of talent from Ceylan to Haynes to Rohrwacher. Check out some of the most audacious films to debut at the French Riviera.
There are certain hallmarks you would expect to find in an Éric Rohmer film: sensuality, banality and infidelity. His insouciant style has become synonymous with the French romp, as evidenced by the newly added quadrilogy, Tales of the Four Seasons.
To celebrate the release of I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking) on Curzon Home Cinema, we are thrilled to welcome star co-writer and co-director Kelley Kali, who has curated a selection of her favourite titles.
As the protagonist of Curzon Film’s latest release Nostalgia learns, sometimes you have to look back to move forward. The titles featured in this collection all share that specific, bittersweet feeling of reminiscing memories.
Congratulations to the films shortlisted for the 2024 EE British Academy Film Awards - catch up with the contenders here. Awards will be announced on Sunday 18 February 2024.
To celebrate the release of January on Curzon Home Cinema, we are thrilled to welcome writer/director Andrey Paounov, who has curated a selection of his favourite titles.
Discover the collection with films as enthralling and enigmatic as January itself, including masterful works from Andrei Tarkovsky, Béla Tarr, David Lynch and Michael Haneke.
When is a Christmas film not a Christmas film? Set at Christmas, or with memorable festive scenes, our new collection takes a sideways glance at the holiday season - when things aren’t always merry and bright.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree.
Join us for the 12 Days of Curzon Christmas, inspired by our library of contemporary and classic films.
With the enchantingly beautiful What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? released on Curzon Home Cinema, we take a look at onscreen relationships distanced by society, circumstance and time.
Whether slow-burning romances that tenderly blossom, or tales of whirlwind lovers who are devastatingly torn apart, discover the achingly romantic films in this collection.
To celebrate the release of Girls Girls Girls on Curzon Home Cinema, we are delighted to welcome director Alli Haapasalo, who has curated a selection of titles that inspired the film.
From the inspirational, true-to-life aesthetics of 120 BPM and Fish Tank, to the beautiful intimacy of Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the small scale, but enormous impact, of the emotional journey in 45 Years, discover the films that helped shape the award-winning Girls Girls Girls.
As the evenings draw in and the temperature starts to drop, we’re dreaming of warm summer holidays.
Inspired by The White Lotus’ pristine Sicilian seas, this collection is guaranteed to stir your wanderlust for unforgettable experiences and encounters in the summer sun.
From biting social critiques to blatant displays of excess, this money-themed collection will whet your appetite before Triangle of Sadness’ exclusive cinemas release on Friday.
To celebrate the release of It Is In Us All on Curzon Home Cinema, we are delighted to welcome writer/director Antonia Campbell-Hughes, who has curated a selection of her favourite films.
To celebrate the release of Funny Pages on Curzon Home Cinema, we are delighted to welcome writer/director Owen Kline, who has curated a selection of his favourite films.
To celebrate the release of Anaïs in Love on Curzon Home Cinema, we are delighted to welcome writer/director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, who has curated a selection of her favourite films.
From the unforgettable shifting gaze in Cléo from 5 to 7 and the feeling of being in love in My Night with Maud, both of which directly influenced Anaïs in Love, to Bourgeois-Tacquet’s teenage discovery of Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Teacher and later heartbreak at Vera Drake and Nobody Knows, this personal and inspiring Collection offers a window into the debut filmmaker’s creative process, as well as the life-long favourites that ignited her initial love of cinema.
Pop a cork and celebrate the release of Blind Ambition (out now in cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema) with this collection related to all things food and drink.
A l’enfant terrible of the fashion world (McQueen), a devilishly handsome outsider (Beast) and a philandering family man (Le Bonheur) are just some of the bad boys featured in this collection to coincide with the release of Harry Wootliff’s True Things on Curzon Home Cinema now.
It’s not always a tragedy. For this week’s collection, we are celebrating otherness and queer joy with an assortment of films that signal hopefulness - even in the face of adversity.
From randy, murdering sailors (Querelle) to two Orthodox Jewish friends with decades’ worth of pent-up passion, this week we are zeroing in on queer people’s right to exist as sexual beings.
For our next Pride-themed collection we are focusing on repression, whether it be societal (Great Freedom) or familial (1985) expectations, and the undeniable effects it can have on the LGBTQ+ community even in 2022.
In the first of our five themed collections to celebrate Pride Month, we focus on LGBTQ+ education, spotlighting iconic figures (McQueen), queer cultures and lifestyles not often represented in cinema (Rafiki) and pivotal moments in its tumultous history (120 BPM).
The sidebar selections are predominantly reserved for revelatory upcoming filmmakers (Un Certain Regard and La Semaine de la Critique), bold and uncompromising works (Directors’ Fortnight) and restorations of older films (Cannes Classics).
In Great Freedom, Sebastian Meise recreates post-war Germany from the perspective of a relentlessly persecuted gay man. In LGBTQ+ cinema, themes of isolation and otherness are not out of the ordinary as displayed in the collection below.
To celebrate the release of Wild Men (in cinemas and exclusively on Curzon Home Cinema), we have compiled a collection of films that explore the many forms of midlife crises.
To celebrate the release of Curzon Film’s Compartment No.6, a film primarily set on a train, we have curated a collection dedicated to films that revolve around modes of transportation. (With a few boats for good measure.) Compartment No.6 is in cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema now.
With the release of Curzon Film’s Compartment No.6 (in cinemas and on Home Cinema now), this collection focuses on unconventional partnerships, whether it be romantic or platonic.
One of These Days (in cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema now) is a satirical takedown of the American Dream and one that exposes the struggles of the working class. We have gathered a list of films that similarly tackle the theme of class structure.
A fractured mother/daughter relationship is at the centre of the marvelous multiverse in Everything Everywhere All at Once. This collection highlights everything from questionable maternal instincts to the grieving process.
In Lingui, the Sacred Bonds, the connection shared between mother and daughter in a man’s world is at the heart of the film. We have a compiled a list of films that redefine what it means to be loyal whether it’s family, a colleague or a friend.
Inspired by Flee (in cinemas and exclusively on Curzon Home Cinema now), here we shine a light on films that show us what life can be like for immigrants around the world.
How a film was made can often be as compelling as the completed product. With the home release of The Souvenir Part II, we gather together some great examples of self-referential works.
As King Richard explores the early life of Serena and Venus Williams and their complex relationship with their father Richard, this collection highlights some of the most interesting examples of real-life figures on screen.
Music makes the people come together in Curzon Film’s latest release, Casablanca Beats (in cinemas and exclusively on Curzon Home Cinema now). Get ready to tap your toes to this diverse collection of films about music and/or dance.
A collection of films made by or starring members of the 2021 Cannes Jury: Spike Lee, Mylene Farmer, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jessica Hausner, Mati Diop, Melanie Laurent, Tahar Rahim, and Kang-Ho Song
It’s a rich line-up at Cannes this year. To celebrate, we’ve put together a programme of past Cannes films by directors featured in competition this year.
As the evenings draw in and the temperature starts to drop, we’re dreaming of warm summer holidays.
Inspired by The White Lotus’ pristine Sicilian seas, this collection is guaranteed to stir your wanderlust for unforgettable experiences and encounters in the summer sun.
The Euros 2021 (officially 2020) are upon us. To celebrate we have a collection of films representing each competing country, reflecting the range of talent on the field.
To celebrate Pride Month, we’ve curated two collections exploring the LGBTQ experience in film across the Past and Present. The films in this collection explore and reflect how far society has come in supporting and understanding LGBTQ representation, but also highlights how far we still have to go.
To celebrate Pride Month, we’ve curated two collections exploring the LGBTQ experience in film across the Past and Present. This collection focusses on films set in the past, and how they explore the stories, relationships and struggles of LGBTQ people through the ages.
This Valentine’s Day why not treat you and yours to a film match written in the stars? Head over to our blog (curzonblog.com) to find out your Valentine’s Day horoscope reading, coupled with film recommendations we think you’ll love below.
Despite a year that saw cinemas shuttered, it was still an incredible year for film. Here are some of the titles that got a place within The Guardian’s list of the 50 Best Films of 2020.
Though it certainly was an unprecedented year all round, we were still lucky enough to witness the best cinema had to offer, and here’s another chance to explore some of these films for yourself. Here are some of the films that featured in Sight And Sound’s list of the best films of 2020.
Film Noir describes many thrillers made throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Most shared elements ranging from an emphasis on the contrast between light and shadow to femme fatales and morally compromised protagonists. They were stylish, violent in tone and gripped you like a vice.
This season of films, drawn from the rich archive of the Cohen Film Collection, shows how noir influenced the British crime thriller as well as offering an earlier film, ‘Alibi’ (1929), which displays the hallmarks of later noir classics. A good place to start is ‘Sudden Fear’ (1952) a classic US noir starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame that plays out as a taut exercise in betrayal and conniving. Crossing the pond, in ‘Another Man’s Poison’ (1951) Bette Davis reunites with ‘Now Voyager’ (1942) director Irving Rapper for a thriller set in the north of England. Popular British actor Eric Portman is the star of ‘Wanted for Murder’ (1946) and ‘Corridor of Mirrors’ (1948), while Dirk Bogarde is a malevolent presence in ‘Cast a Dark Shadow’, and Richard Attenborough joins a gang in ‘Dancing with Crime’ (1947).
As the must-see Make Up, from first-time filmmaker Claire Oakley, opens in our cinemas and exclusively on Curzon Home Cinema, we’ve curated 8 of the best homegrown debuts of the past decade.
You’ve got the time, we’ve got the films. Here are some of the best classic and recent epic films, culminating in Béla Tarr’s behemoth Sátántangó, lovingly restored and made available in HD for the first time by Curzon.
