After the break-up of a long-term relationship, urban sophisticate Norah seeks refuge in a remote house in the country. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) Charles Jarrott, Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas
Henry VIII of England discards one wife Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of a young and beautiful woman Read More »
Ruby (1992) John Mackenzie, Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, Frank Orsatti
An exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby’s perspective. Read More »
Scandalous (1984) Rob Cohen, Robert Hays, Ron Travis, M. Emmet Walsh
An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London Read More »
Checkmate (1935) George Pearson, Felix Aylmer, Evelyn Foster, Sally Gray
An under-cover detective lodges with a family as he tries to foil a gang of jewellery thieves. Read More »
The Escort (1999) Michel Blanc, Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Liza Walker
Tom is a male escort boy for ladies, a gigolo. His friend Pierre doesn’t find this out until later Read More »
Girl with Green Eyes (1964) Desmond Davis, Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave
An awkward young Irish farm girl Kate Brady moves to Dublin and shares a room with funny Read More »
Room to Let (1950) Godfrey Grayson, Jimmy Hanley, Valentine Dyall, Christine Silver
In London in 1904, neighbours begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may in fact be the infamous Jack the Ripper. Read More »
Once a Sinner (1950) Lewis Gilbert, Pat Kirkwood, Jack Watling, Joy Shelton
Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross (Jack Watling) is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James (Pat Kirkwood). Read More »
Vengeance Is Mine (1949) Alan Cullimore, Valentine Dyall, Anne Firth, Richard Goolden
Believing himself to be dying, a man hires an assassin to kill him so he can frame an enemy for the death. Read More »
Crime on the Hill (1933) Bernard Vorhaus, Sally Blane, Nigel Playfair, Lewis Casson
Murder runs amok in an English Manor house as the local vicar turns sleuth to solve the mystery. Read More »
Middletown (2006) Brian Kirk, Matthew Macfadyen, Daniel Mays, Eva Birthistle
In the front row pew, a young boy named Gabriel sits as his father Read More »
Becket (1964) Peter Glenville, Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, John Gielgud
Debauched King Henry II installs his longtime court facilitator Thomas Becket as the Archbishop of Canterbury Read More »
Operation Bullshine (1959) Gilbert Gunn, Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery Read More »
The Abdication (1974) Anthony Harvey, Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic Church. Read More »