An All-round Athlete

The intrepid Lieutenant Pimple thwarts foreign enemies in an action-packed wartime spy spoof.

On the brink of invasion, holidaymakers promenade while refugees shelter in beach huts on the Belgian coastline in 1914.

Inventive WWI propaganda in which a rejected volunteer foils a German plot to blow up Parliament.

Cairo street scenes, the pyramids, the majestic Nile and a visiting Lord Kitchener in a gorgeous tinted travelogue.

A mysterious pair of gloves from an ancient Egyptian tomb cause chaos in this silent 'trick' comedy.

The campaign for women's suffrage steps up as Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested at the gates of Buckingham Palace.

Putney plays host to rowing races between soldiers who lost their sight during the war and blind students from Worcester College.

Jack Beresford wins his second Gold Cup on the River Thames

Female punks have fun boozing, smoking and talking in this fascinating film by London lifestyle chronicler Captain Zip.

Life, learning, sport and swatting in a Putney girls' grammar school.

Extended action from the Thames as Oxford and Cambridge compete in the last boat race before the outbreak of the First World War.

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.