The Films of Lynne Ramsay

August 22–25, 2024

BAMPFA is honored to present a retrospective of Lynne Ramsay's extraordinary films this August.

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  • You Were Never Really Here

  • Ratcatcher

  • We Need to Talk About Kevin

  • Morvern Callar

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  • Ratcatcher

    Lynne Ramsay
    United Kingdom, 1999
    Thursday, August 22 7:00 PM

    Set in Glasgow during the 1973 garbage strike, Ratcatcher finds beauty and magic amidst the detritus. “A touching coming of age film with a remarkable tenderness towards its flawed characters, and an exceptional ability to make the mundane beautiful (Carlota Larrea, Senses of Cinema). With Lynne’s Ramsay’s short film Small Deaths.

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  • Morvern Callar

    Lynne Ramsay
    United Kingdom, Canada, 2002

    35mm Archival Print

    Friday, August 23 7:00 PM

    Grief or grift? The reasons for Morvern Callar’s reaction to the suicide of her boyfriend remain compellingly mysterious throughout this road movie meets mixtape. “Pure punk existentialism” (Elvis Mitchell, New York Times). With Lynne Ramsay’s short film Gasman.

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  • We Need to Talk About Kevin

    Lynne Ramsay
    United States, 2011

    BAMPFA Collection

    Saturday, August 24 6:30 PM

    Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, and Ezra Miller star in this “domestic horror story” about a family whose young son commits a horrendous act and the mother who replays every maternal moment that could have influenced it. With Lynne Ramsay’s short film Kill the Day.

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  • You Were Never Really Here

    Lynne Ramsay
    United States, United Kingdom, 2017

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    Sunday, August 25 3:00 PM

    An emotionally scarred Gulf War veteran turned brutal contract killer uncovers a sex-trafficking ring that touches the highest reaches of power in this “Taxi Driver for a new century” (The Times), starring an especially soulful Joaquin Phoenix. With Lynne Ramsay’s short film Swimmer.

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