Britpop Cinema

The Britpop movement of the mid-1990s defined a generation, and the films were just as exciting as the music. Beginning withShallow Grave, hitting its stride withTrainspotting, and going global withThe Full Monty,Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Human Traffic, Sexy Beast,Shaun of the DeadandThis Is England, Britpop cinema pushed boundaries, paid Hollywood no heed and placed the United Kingdom all too briefly at the centre of the movie universe. Featuring exclusive interviews with key players such as Simon Pegg, Irvine Welsh, Michael Winterbottom and Edgar Wright,Britpop Cinemacombines eyewitness accounts, close analysis and social history to celebrate a golden age for UK film.