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Tag Archives: Stephen Frears
Gumshoe (1971) Stephen Frears, Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay
Ginley (Albert Finney) is a nightclub bingo caller eager for a career change. Read More »
The Van (1996) Stephen Frears, Colm Meaney, Donal O’Kelly, Ger Ryan
The third installment of Irish author Roddy Doyle’s ‘Barrytown Trilogy’ Read More »
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) Stephen Frears, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis
Much of the Pakistani Hussein family has settled in London, striving for the riches promised by Thatcherism. Read More »
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Stephen Frears, Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
In 18th century France, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont Read More »
Walter (1982) Stephen Frears, Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Arthur Whybrow
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment Read More »
The Hit (1984) Stephen Frears, Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown, A.J. Clarke
Ex-gangster Willie Parker (Terence Stamp) has betrayed his former “colleagues” Read More »
The Hi-Lo Country (1998) Stephen Frears, Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men Read More »
The Snapper (1993) Stephen Frears, Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe
Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. Read More »
Dirty Pretty Things (2002) Stephen Frears, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo
Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant leading a hard life and struggling to survive in London’s underground. Read More »
Liam (2000) Stephen Frears, Anthony Borrows, Ian Hart, Claire Hackett
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. Read More »
High Fidelity (2000) Stephen Frears, John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso
Rob Gordon is the owner of a semi-failing record store in Chicago where he sells music the old fashioned way- on vinyl. Read More »
The Grifters (1990) Stephen Frears, Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. Read More »
Prick Up Your Ears (1987) Stephen Frears, Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
This film is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton. Read More »
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) Stephen Frears, Shashi Kapoor, Claire Bloom, Frances Barber, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people Read More »