Collections/January 2024

HandMade Films

Featuring An Accidental Studio , a 2019 feature documentary on HandMade Films Cofounded by former Beatle George Harrison in 1978, the storied production studio and distribution company HandMade Films gave new life to British cinema in the 1980s, taking chances on risky projects and first-time directors to bring audiences future classics like The Long Good Friday , Withnail and I , and Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits . Guided by the idiosyncratic visions of artists like Neil Jordan ( Mona Lisa ), Nicolas Roeg ( Track 29 ), and Bob Hoskins ( The Raggedy Rawney ), the projects that HandMade championed were not always financially successful, but, in an era increasingly dominated by blockbusters and franchises, they struck a blow for fiercely original storytelling and creative independence.

19 films

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HandMade Films

The Long Good Friday

Time Bandits

Scrubbers

Bullshot

Privates on Parade

A Private Function

Water

Mona Lisa

Withnail and I

Five Corners

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

The Raggedy Rawney

Track 29

Checking Out

Powwow Highway

Cold Dog Soup

Intimate Relations

An Accidental Studio