The Second Coming

An artist takes a plaster cast of a nude male's body. Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."

In a fancy villa, a young man and a nude youth cruise each other but never touch.

An ethnographic study with a difference: an eerie score alongside images of a young nude black male and images of the Nuba of Kau, a tribesman.

A demented magician seeks a new assistant in this gruesome tale of magic and mutilation. Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."

Collection of four ground-breaking shorts in which gay men interact in a variety of circumstances: In 'Dream A40' (1965) a couple try to stop themselves from showing public displays of affection. In 'Vapors' (1965) two strangers meet in a New York bathhouse. In 'Come Dancing' (1970) an encounter between two men in a café takes a dark turn. Finally, in 'Encounter' (1971), a silent film with a score by Stephen Thrower, a group of men gather in the streets of New York to carry out a secret ritual.