A provocative visual feast

Mark Kermode's film of the week [BFI] [having trouble viewing this email?]( [BFI]( [BFI]( [BFI]( MARK KERMODE'S FILM OF THE WEEK [Love is the devil]( [Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon]( Francis Bacon's work was not the product of a pedestrian mind, as this unflinching portrait makes clear. Derek Jacobi brings more than surface resemblance to the artist, evoking his demons and the complex, co-dependent relationship with George Dyer. Daniel Craig likewise gives his role vivid life as the thug turned muse with a core of brittle glass, who tells his idol, "I love it when it's just you and me." Around them the Soho grotesques stroll the gilded gutter, looking up. [Subscribe to your free 14-day trial]( and watch now, along with hundreds of other titles, on desktop, Android, iOS devices & selected Samsung TVs. [WATCH NOW]( [Mark Kermode introduces Love is the Devil]( [Mark Kermode introduces Love Is the Devil]( On John Maybury's electrifying portrait of the artist. [WATCH NOW]( [FLARE]( [BFI Flare LGBTQ+ Collection]( Flare favourites: from landmark LGBTQ+ portraits to the next generation of queer classics. [WATCH NOW]( TRENDING NOW [Tetsuo]( 01 [Tetsuo: The Iron Man]( Shinya Tsukamoto's wild cyberpunk tale of a businessman's mutation is a jaggedly dehumanised vision of the future. [WATCH NOW]( [Heathers]( 02 [Heathers]( Winona Ryder and Christian Slater star in the endlessly quotable cult black comedy. [WATCH NOW]( [Daisies]( 03 [Daisies]( Two self-confessed hedonists wreak wanton havoc in Věra Chytilová's visually spectacular neo-dadaist farce. [WATCH NOW]( [Viva]( 04 [Viva]( Anna Biller's (The Love Witch) outrageous sexploitation satire following a bored housewife in '70s LA. [WATCH NOW]( [Dolce Vita]( 05 [La Dolce Vita]( Fellini’s masterpiece depicting seven hedonistic days in the life of a tabloid journalist (Marcello Mastroianni). [WATCH NOW]( [The Frightened Woman]( 06 [The Frightened Woman]( Piero Schivazappa's erotic thriller explodes with eye-popping psychedelic production design. [WATCH NOW]( [Dogtooth]( 07 [Dogtooth]( Yorgos Lanthimos' scary, witty and ingenious tale of a dysfunctional Greek family. [WATCH NOW]( [Caravaggio]( 08 [Caravaggio]( Derek Jarman’s biopic of the 17th-century Italian artist is a powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art. [WATCH NOW]( [Breathless]( 09 [Breathless/À bout de souffle]( Jean-Luc Godard’s extraordinary debut started a New Wave in French cinema and beyond. [WATCH NOW]( [Algiers]( 10 [The Battle of Algiers]( Gillo Pontecorvo’s multi-perspective masterpiece about the last years of French colonial rule in Algeria. [WATCH NOW]( SUBSCRIPTION [Pink Narcissus]( There's always more to discover Uncover over 600 of the greatest films you'll find on-demand, anywhere. [START YOUR FREE 14-DAY TRIAL]( [BFI Player]( You have received this message because you signed up for BFI Player emails. You are subscribed as {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( immediately from all BFI Player emails Sent by BFI, 21 Stephen Street, London W1T 1LN