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The Girl on the Boat (1962) Henry Kaplan, Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin, Richard Briers
The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt’s cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties Read More »
Mickybo and Me (2004) Terry Loane, John Joe McNeill, Niall Wright, Julie Walters
Based on the play of the same name the film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. Read More »
I Believe in You (1952) Basil Dearden, Michael Relph, Celia Johnson, Cecil Parker, Godfrey Tearle
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of The Blue Lamp (1950) Read More »
What a Carve Up! (1961) Pat Jackson, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton
Ernie’s uncle Gabriel has only died but to assert his inheritance he should spend the night at the ancestral house Read More »
Blood and Wine (1996) Bob Rafelson, Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff
Writer and Director Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started Read More »
The Branches of the Tree AKA Shakha Proshakha (1990) Satyajit Ray, Ajit Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee
An aged patriarch (Ajit Bannerjee), popular for his scrupulous honesty, has a heart attack in the middle of a town gathering in his honour. Read More »
Bitter Springs (1950) Ralph Smart, Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson
Wally King, with his family and stockmen, drive livestock over hundreds of kilometres of dry country Read More »
A Bigger Splash (1973) Jack Hazan, David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger, Celia Birtwell
When David Hockney’s beautiful lover, Peter Schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves David a complete emotional wreck. 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 »
The Villiers Diamond (1938) Bernard Mainwaring, Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Birch
The grape sized flawless diamond was stolen two years ago and the thief is just getting out of prison. Read More »
Number One (1985) Les Blair, Bob Geldof, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman
A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money. Read More »
Man of Aran (1934) Robert J. Flaherty, Colman ‘Tiger’ King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dirrane
In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty Read More »
Star of India (1954) Arthur Lubin, Cornel Wilde, Leslie Linder, Jean Wallace
Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne Read More »
Dark Blood (2012) George Sluizer, River Phoenix, Judy Davis, Jonathan Pryce
Dealing with nuclear testing and its long-lasting deadly effects, the story portrays Boy, a young widower living in the desert on a nuclear testing site. Read More »