The General - Peter Kramer (BFI Film Classics) Silent Cinema this wildly melodramatic tale of

this wildly melodramatic tale of a kabuki female impersonator who exacts a long-delayed revenge on the men who drove his parents to suicide is played out against a colourful backdrop of comic rivalries between thieves in the Tokyo underworld

Character portrait set in 1950's Dublin

'On Body and Soul' Director: Ildiko Enyedi (2017) Hungarian/English subtitles

Set in feudal Japan and loosely based on 'King Lear'- an aging Lord splits his kingdom amongst his three sons which leads to them battling each other for absolute power

The General - Peter Kramer (BFI Film Classics) Silent Cinema this wildly melodramatic tale of'The General' by Peter Kramer (BFI Film Classics paperback) Kramer provides insight into the silent masterpiece by drawing on archival sources and placing the film in the context of 1920s Hollywood and Keaton's own career. He also analyses the film's style and thematic concerns.