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Swallows and Amazons (1974) Claude Whatham, Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser, Simon West
On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed Read More »
John and Julie (1955) William Fairchild, Colin Gibson, Lesley Dudley, Noelle Middleton
John and Julie are two children, aged about 9 and 6, who live in Dorset. Read More »
Blue (1993) Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, John Quentin
In his final-and most daring-cinematic statement, Jarman the romantic meets Jarman Read More »
The Assassination Bureau (1969) Basil Dearden, Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Sonya Winter Read More »
The Heart of the Matter (1953) George More O’Ferrall, Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell
An unhappily married British security officer stationed in Sierra Leone during World War II Read More »
The Prince That Contemplated His Soul AKA Bab’Aziz (2005) Nacer Khemir, Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Golshifteh Farahani
Bab’Aziz – The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul is the story of a blind dervish Read More »
Ashes (2012) Mat Whitecross, Luke Evans, Lesley Manville, Ray Winstone
Frank (Ray Winstone) is confined to a residential home, stricken with Alzheimer’s – past Read More »
The Viking Queen (1967) Don Chaffey, Don Murray, Carita, Donald Houston
To honour her father’s dying wish, Queen Salina shares the rule of Icena with Justinian, a fair and just Roman. Read More »
Seven Waves Away (1957) Richard Sale, Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan
After their luxury liner is sunk, a group of over twenty survivors take refuge in a life boat made for only nine. Read More »
The Finest Hours (1964) Peter Baylis, George Baker, Faith Brook, David Healy
A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations Read More »
Murder in Reverse? (1945) Montgomery Tully, William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley, Chili Bouchier
Dock worker Tom Masterick is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. Read More »
The Song of the Shirt (1979) Susan Clayton, Jonathan Curling, Martha Gibson, Geraldine Pilgrim, Anna McNiff
An independent feature film about women in the sewing trade in the nineteenth century Read More »
The Games (1970) Michael Winner, Michael Crawford, Ryan O’Neal, Charles Aznavour
The Games is about four marathon runners from different countries who are preparing for the Rome Olympics. Read More »
Give Us This Day (1949) Edward Dmytryk, Sam Wanamaker, Lea Padovani, Kathleen Ryan
One of the few (if any at the time this film was made) films shot in England with New York City’s ‘Little Italy” as the locale. Read More »