Science on Screen

Tue 7 Nov 2023, 18:30

Life... finds a way; as things go terribly wrong in a Dinosaur theme park in the Academy Award-winning action adventure from director Steven Spielberg, with a mesmerizing score from John Williams.

Tue 19 Sep 2023, 18:15

The Breakfast Club meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this cult 90s, sci-fi horror set in a US high school, following a bunch of misfits as they attempt to navigate a covert parasitic takeover.

Tue 4 Jul 2023, 18:15

A definitive cinematic exploration of the fears of the atomic age, featuring a national emergency involving the FBI, the US military and of course, giant mutated ants. 

Tue 9 May 2023, 18:10

Steven Spielberg reunites with Tom Cruise for this adaptation of HG Wells’ sci-fi classic, and Philip Ball talks to us about whether there is actually anything out there.

Tue 7 Feb 2023, 18:10

This 90s Academy-Award nominated sci-fi thriller takes places in a world where genetics can help or hinder your chances of success. Starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law.

Wed 7 Dec 2022, 18:30

Zululand, South Africa, 1879. This BAFTA nominated historical drama follows a group of outnumbered British soldiers as they do battle with Zulu warriors.

Tue 18 Oct 2022, 18:10

This 4-time Academy-Award nominated fantasy-drama is a tender gem, exploring the beauty and brutality of nature, as well as the courage and love possessed by one intrepid 6 year old.

Tue 5 Jul 2022, 18:30

Stranded on Mars after being left for dead by his crew, botanist Mark Watney (Matt Damon) must find a way to survive alone on the Red Planet.

Tue 10 May 2022, 18:05

A linguist (Amy Adams) works with the US military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.

Tue 8 Mar 2022, 18:15

Red-haired Lola (Franka Potente) receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni: he needs 100,000 Deutschmarks in the next twenty minutes, or else he’ll be killed.

Tue 18 Jan 2022, 18:10

Bernardo Bertolucci’s beautiful masterpiece follows a would-be fascist (Jean-Louis Trintignant) sent to Paris to murder a political dissident.    

Tue 16 Nov 2021, 18:10

Henry Fonda stars in this classic courtroom drama, a startling exploration into the power of human persuasion and perspective.

Tue 4 Feb 2020, 18:05

This captivating Bengali drama is widely considered a landmark in Indian cinema.

Tue 12 Nov 2019, 18:20

Robert Wise's original 1951 landmark sci-fi tale charts the arrival of aliens to planet earth, hoping to save humanity from itself.

Tue 17 Sep 2019, 18:30

What better way to discuss the effect of technology upon us than through Stanley Kubrick's space-opera on humanity's evolution and the rise of AI's ultimate supercomputer HAL 9000?

Tue 18 Jun 2019, 18:20

A journey from the halls of Cambridge to Seoul, where a legendary Go master faces an unproven AI challenger.

Tue 7 May 2019, 18:15

A promising young drummer enrols at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing in pursuit of perfection.

Tue 5 Feb 2019, 18:10

Paul Verhoeven transports us to a lawless Detroit, where Officer Alex Murphy becomes a cybernetic soldier code-named Robocop.

Tue 13 Nov 2018, 18:30

In this edition of Science on Screen, we revisit Lars von Trier's (Dogville, Dancer in the Dark) profound, visceral vision of depression and destruction.

Tue 18 Sep 2018, 18:15

Lou (Faye Dunaway) is an ex-top model who found refuge in a remote island, somewhere in New Jersey, far from the fashion world she once knew. Aaron, a photographer from her past, comes to visit.