Borrowing its title from a literary genre, the film acknowledges the indeterminacy of both fiction and the self. Noir elements are reduced to deadpan gestures under bright California sunlight. Field recordings made in New Zealand are heard as women speak with each other about motherhood, abortion, breakups and anxiety. A civil rights parade moves slowly down a street. Bodies appear in states of weariness, injured or at rest, while songs by Irma Thomas and Goldberg evoke the passing of time and an uncertain future.

Autofiction

Watch this hand-held cam capture of Suede's electric set at the Leadmill, Sheffield in 1993. An intimate setting and rowdy crowd make this a archive gem.

Suede - Live at Leadmill Sheffield

Love and Poison is a live concert video of Suede's show at the Brixton Academy venue on 16 May 1993, notable for performances of songs from their debut album Suede and early B-sides.

Suede: Love & Poison

Suede - The Phoenix 1995

Suede's performance at Belfort Festival in 1997.

Suede - Live at Belfort Festival 1997

A documentary / Live performance TV presentation from 1999.

Suede: Live at Perivale

Suede brings their fourth studio album 'Head Music' to Tokyo.

Suede - Head Music: Live in Tokyo 1999

At the request of the Teenage Cancer Trust, after a seven year hiatus Suede reformed to play what they believed would be a one-off concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 24th March 2010. As a result of the extraordinary reaction from the audience, the band decided to reform permanently.