The Story of Film: An Odyssey
The Story of Film: An Odyssey, a 15-part series written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation.
The series provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an epic tale that starts in nickelodeons and ends as a multi-billion-dollar globalised digital industry.
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Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he start...
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How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
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Summer with Monika (1953)
One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.
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Lowlands (1954)
In early 20th Century Europe, a dancer becomes the romantic bone of contention between two men, a humble shepherd and an imperious marquis.
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