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Tag Archives: Ken Russell
The Devils (1971) Ken Russell, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun Read More »
The Boy Friend (1971) Ken Russell, Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian
The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company (Polly Browne) Read More »
Whore (1991) Ken Russell, Theresa Russell, Benjamin Mouton, Antonio Fargas
The prostitute Liz works on the streets of Los Angeles. She recalls her life in flashback, when she marries an alcoholic man. Read More »
Song of Summer (1968) Ken Russell, Max Adrian, Maureen Pryor, Christopher Gable
Based on Eric Fenby’s 1936 memoir ‘Delius as I knew him’, it traces the last years of Frederick Delius Read More »
Savage Messiah (1972) Ken Russell, Dorothy Tutin, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren
Biographical movie of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Scott Antony). Read More »
Salome’s Last Dance (1988) Ken Russell, Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace
Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play ‘Salome, on Guy Fawkes day, 1892. Read More »
Valentino (1977) Ken Russell, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips
In 1926, the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female movie-goers to riot in the streets Read More »
Lady Chatterley (1993) Ken Russell, Joely Richardson, Sean Bean, James Wilby
Lady Constance Chatterley is married to the handicapped Sir Clifford Chatterley, who was wounded in the First World War. Read More »
Billion Dollar Brain (1967) Ken Russell, Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley
Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective. Read More »
Women in Love (1969) Ken Russell, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson
The battle of the sexes and relationships among the elite of Britian’s industrial Midlands in the 1920s. Read More »
Prisoner of Honor (1991) Ken Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed, Peter Firth, Biography, Drama
“Prisoner of Honor” documents the French Dreyfus Affair that saw a French Captain sent to Devils’ Island for espionage near the end of the nineteenth century. Read More »
Crimes of Passion (1984) Ken Russell, Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, Bruce Davison, Drama, Romance, Thriller
The thirty year-old hard-worker Bobby Grady is married with two children to the frigid Amy Grady and their marriage is in crisis. Read More »
Altered States (1980) Ken Russell, William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
It’s the late 1960’s. Just for a lark, graduate student Eddie Jessup, known for being unconventional, brilliant and slightly mad Read More »
French Dressing (1964) Ken Russell, James Booth, Roy Kinnear, Marisa Mell, Comedy, Drama
A drab little English seaside town tries to improve its image – and increase its revenues – by holding a film festival. Read More »