Beware the Forbidden Room

Mark Kermode's film of the week [BFI] [having trouble viewing this email?]( [BFI]( [BFI]( [BFI]( MARK KERMODE'S FILM OF THE WEEK [Pulse]( Pulse Years before social media swallowed us up, this giddy horror of dislocation and estrangement saw it all. A casual death starts it, linked to a forbidden room within which answers and damnation reside. Around this, Kiyoshi Kurosawa builds a film heavy on unease and mystery. Loneliness is corrosive, it says. Connect. [Subscribe to your free 14-day trial]( and watch now, along with hundreds of other titles, on desktop, Android, iOS devices, selected Samsung TVs, and now Chromecast. [WATCH NOW]( [Mark Kermode introduces Pulse]( Mark Kermode introduces Pulse Introducing Kiyoshi Kurosawa's dark and apocalyptic J-Horror. [WATCH NOW]( [Classic Horror Collection]( Classic Horror Collection Celebrating tales of terror, from Hammer horror to American Gothic. [EXPLORE NOW]( TRENDING NOW [Arcadia]( 01 Arcadia A folk horror wrapped up in an archive film, set to a soundtrack by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp). [WATCH NOW]( [Unrelated]( 02 Unrelated A fortysomething woman is drawn into a group of partying teens, including a young Tom Hiddleston. [WATCH NOW]( [The Third Man]( 03 The Third Man Carol Reed's timeless thriller, one of the greatest of all British films. [WATCH NOW]( [The Colour of Pomegranates]( 04 The Colour of Pomegranates Sergei Parajanov's celebrated masterpiece paints an astonishing portrait of an 18th-century Armenian poet. [WATCH NOW]( [The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey]( 05 The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey A group of medieval villagers are transported to the '80s, in Vincent Ward's visually startling sci-fi. [WATCH NOW]( [Paris, Texas]( 06 Paris, Texas Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski star in Wim Wenders' Cannes-winning slice of poignant Americana. [WATCH NOW]( [Obsession]( 07 Obsession Dizzying tribute to the high tension thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock from director Brian De Palma. [WATCH NOW]( [Belle de Jour]( 08 Belle de Jour Luis Buñuel's provocative classic about a bored housewife (Catherine Deneuve) who tries a daring new hobby. [WATCH NOW]( [Under the Skin]( 09 Under the Skin Carine Adler’s sexy and dark debut, starring Samantha Morton in her first major feature film role. [WATCH NOW]( [Dogtooth]( 10 Dogtooth Yorgos Lanthimos' scary, witty and ingenious tale of a dysfunctional Greek family. [WATCH NOW]( SUBSCRIPTION [BFI Player Subscription]( [There's always more to discover]( Uncover the greatest films you'll find on-demand, anywhere. [START YOUR FREE 14-DAY TRIAL]( You have received this message because you signed up for BFI Player emails. You are subscribed as {EMAIL} To amend your personal details on our database go to [player.bfi.org.uk/profile]( [Unsubscribe]( immediately from all future BFI Player emails Sent by BFI, 21 Stephen Street, London W1T 1LN