Spencer Leigh

A narrator introduces scenes of the devastation of England, inter-cut with shots of director Derek Jarman working in his London flat.

Charts The Beatles' journey from teens in Liverpool's Merseyside rock music scene to international stars who defined pop culture like no other band.

This fictional portrait of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Nigel Terry) follows the painter as he wanders the streets, often using prostitutes and homeless people as models for his work, which was lauded in his own time. Involved with two very different lovers, Ranuccio (Sean Bean) and Lena (Tilda Swinton), Caravaggio leads a troubled life.

A film which uses religion, in particular the Passion of Christ, to fuel the discussion about the repression of sexuality in the world. A panoply of events and characters, with the underlying theme of homosexual discrimination.