John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Lipstikka (2011) Jonathan Sagall, Clara Khoury, Nataly Attiya, Daniel Caltagirone
Two women reunite in London, where they go over the details of a life-changing event which occurred when they were teenagers in Jerusalem. Read More »
Strongroom (1962) Vernon Sewell, Colin Gordon, John Chappell, Ann Lynn
During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom while the crooks escape. Read More »
Bright Leaves (2003) Ross McElwee, Allan Gurganus, Paula Larke, Marilyn Levine
North Carolina produces more tobacco than any other state in America. Read More »
The Sleeping Tiger (1954) Joseph Losey, Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox
A psychotherapist attempts to rehabilitate a convict in his home after he breaks in. Read More »
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) Uli Edel, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Lang, Burt Young
Hailed as an uncompromising look at life on the dark side, Last Exit to Brooklyn follows a gang of young hoodlums Read More »
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) Lindsay Shonteff, Frankie Avalon, George Nader, Shirley Eaton
Frankie Avalon and George Nader (that guy from “The Robot Monster”) are a couple of wise-cracking, swingin’ secret agents. Read More »
Tom Browns Schooldays (1951) Gordon Parry, John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, James Hayter
A faithful rendition of the Thomas Hughes book of life at the famed Rugby School for Boys in 1834, when Dr. Thomas Arnold Read More »
Five Golden Dragons (1967) Jeremy Summers, Robert Cummings, Margaret Lee, Rupert Davies
Hitchcock hero Robert Cummings stars in this exotic British feature from 1967, adapting one of Edgar Wallace’s celebrated Commissioner Sanders stories. Read More »
Bugsy Malone (1976) Alan Parker, Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger
A pint-sized cast illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Read More »
Hanover Street (1979) Peter Hyams, Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer
During the Second World War, an American Pilot stationed in England meets a young British nurse during an air raid on London. Read More »
Elephant (1989) Alan Clarke, Gary Walker, Bill Hamilton, Michael Foyle
A depiction of a series of violent killings in Northern Ireland with no clue as to exactly who is responsible. Read More »
Behindert (1974) Stephen Dwoskin, Carola Regnier
An intense and often claustrophobic film made about and by experimental director Stephen Dwoskin. Read More »
Rough Shoot (1953) Robert Parrish, Joel McCrea, Laurence Naismith, Denis Lehrer
U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Robert Taine and his wife Cecily live in a village in England. Read More »
The Sun and the Moon (2008) Stephen Dwoskin, Beatrice Cordua, Helga Wretman
The Sun and the Moon, a film fairy tale, is about two women’s terrifying encounter with ‘Otherness’ in the form of a man, abject and monstrous Read More »