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The Discs That Changed How Britain Watched
10 films
nostalgic · collector-ish · widescreen · analogue-to-digital
When DVD landed in Britain in 1997 it promised cinema in your living room. The discs that followed rewired what collectors expected from a film at home.
The Threshold of Nowhere
8 films
uneasy · contemplative · surreal · claustrophobic
From a furniture store's hidden door to the endless corridors of the mind, this chain maps the liminal spaces where dread and wonder collide.
The Ghosts Our Machines Keep
8 films
elegiac · uncanny · tender · displaced
A chain about virtual reality, digital afterlife and grief, beginning with Yeon Sang-ho's Paradise Lost and moving through Korean and international cinema's screen-bound purgatories.
When the World Catches Cold
7 films
clinical · paranoid · somber · urgent
From Contagion's clinical dread to the surreal end of days, a chain of films about outbreaks, science, and the fraying of society.
The Art of Listening
7 films
sonically immersive · atmospheric · achingly tense
From the whisper of a surveillance tape to the roar of a wartime beach, these eight films prove that sound is not just heard, it is felt. A chain of masterpieces that will change how you watch movies.
Machines That Open the Wrong Doors
8 films
feverish · visceral · neon-lit · unhinged
A chain of films where scientists build devices to widen the mind and find something with teeth waiting on the other side. Practical effects, saturated colour and sound design do the terrible work of making the interior visible.
What Lies Beneath the Surface of the World
10 films
claustrophobic · ominous · revelatory · subterranean
From Tom Cruise's relentless deep-earth driller to Martian relics under the London Underground, this is a descent through cinema's fascination with what waits below.
Signals in the Ash
8 films
bleak · tender · resilient · quiet
From a father's vigil to a robot's devotion, eight films trace the fragile threads that hold humanity together when the world falls quiet.
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