The McBee family has erected a government over a future ‘colony’, that looks like a run-down Paris Read More »
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Mortal Sins (1992) Bradford May, Christopher Reeve, Roxann Dawson, Francis Guinan
Cops find themselves dealing with a string of homicides with a twist, each victim was given the last rites Read More »
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) Kenneth Bowser, Martin Scorsese, Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich
Based upon Peter Biskind’s book of the same name, this BBC-produced documentary traces the rise of a generation of Hollywood filmmakers Read More »
Tiger by the Tail AKA Cross-Up (1955) John Gilling, Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely
On the first night of his London assignment, news agency reporter John Desmond becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. Read More »
A Day at the Beach (1970) Simon Hesera, Mark Burns, Beatie Edney, Fiona Lewis
Bernie, a self-destructive alcoholic, is given watch over his niece Winnie. Read More »
Yesterday’s Enemy (1959) Val Guest, Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern
Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage Read More »
November Days AKA Novembertage (1991) Marcel Ophüls, Anne Blaurock, Bärbel Bohley, Barbara Brecht-Schall
Marcel Ophüls interviews various important Eastern European figures for their thoughts on the reunification of Germany and the fall of Communism. Read More »
The Six Men (1951) Michael Law, Harold Warrender, Olga Edwardes, Peter Bull
In this crime drama, two Scotland Yard investigators try to break up “The Six Men,” a notorious gang of jewel thieves. Read More »
Cymbeline (1982) Elijah Moshinsky, Richard Johnson, Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom
Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. Read More »
The Long and the Short and the Tall AKA Jungle Fighters (1961) Leslie Norman, Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris
A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises Read More »
Derby Day (1952) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. Read More »
The Reckoning (1970) Jack Gold, Nicol Williamson, Ann Bell, Lilita De Barros
Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. Read More »
Comfort and Joy (1984) Bill Forsyth, Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan
Radio host Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. Read More »
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011) Marie Losier, Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye Breyer P’Orridge, Big Boy Breyer P’Orridge
An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist Read More »
My Life So Far (1999) Hugh Hudson, Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irène Jacob
Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian Read More »