BFI Southbank, London

Poet, novelist and filmmaker B.S. Johnson was a fearless innovator and advocate of the avant-garde. Energetically defying expectation and narrative convention with a series of sharp, intelligent, witty, highly personal works, Johnson was unflinching in his contemplation of the absurdity of life and the reality of death, approaching both with frank honesty and dry humour.

Broadway, Nottingham

For seven days the new ScreenLit Film, TV & Writing Festival will bring together screenwriters, directors and authors to celebrate writers’ essential contribution to modern culture through film, TV and new media, as well as hosting UK premieres of several must-see films.

… Nyman’s music. Your film … Shooting People announce exclusive Michael Nyman competition.

The aim of the Nouveaux Pictures/Cine-Excess label is to bring the very best examples of cult cinema to both the commercial consumer and to the cult film studies educational sector.

The Shortwave Cinema and Bar Cafe has recently opened in Bermondsey Square, London.

A special tribute to the man who brought you cult classics The Blues Brothers, Animal House and Michael Jackson’s Thriller video.

“Close-Up on…” is a new series of programs focusing on the work of some of the most important directors throughout the history of cinema. Close-Up is delighted to present five films by director John Cassavetes.

Do you love me like I love you is a series of 14 new short films by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard commissioned by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to accompany the comprehensive 2009 re-issue of the band’s influential catalogue.

BFI Southbank, London

The late Antony Balch distinctively straddled the divide between film experimentation and exploitation. The Flipside celebrate the diverse talents of this key figure in the alternative film scene of the 1960s and 1970s.

Barbican, London

A portrait of New York Dolls bass player Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, New York Doll follows his journey from being one of most flamboyant men in rock, through addiction hell and into a newfound spiritual light and a second career as a smartly-suited Mormon librarian.