Weary of her very public life in Paris, an aging courtesan takes her orphaned Read More »
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Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) Arthur Crabtree, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Patricia Roc
In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. Read More »
The Devils (1971) Ken Russell, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun Read More »
The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived AKA Saat el Tahrir Dakkat, Barra ya Isti Mar (1974) Heiny Srour
This film is the one and only testimony shot in the depths of the former Read More »
Coup 53 (2019) Taghi Amirani, Ralph Fiennes, Walter Murch, Winston Churchill
A real-life cliff-hanger thriller, this daring documentary dissects the 1953 British-American coup Read More »
Taste of Fear (1961) Seth Holt, Susan Strasberg, Ann Todd, Ronald Lewis
Penny Applebee’s parents were divorced when she was quite young and she grew up with her mother. Read More »
The Reptile (1966) John Gilling, Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett
Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie inherit a cottage in a small country village Read More »
A Way of Life (2004) Amma Asante, Stephanie James, Gary Sheppeard, Nathan Jones
At 17 Leigh-Anne Williams has a six month old baby to look after Read More »
Beau Brummell (1954) Curtis Bernhardt, Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov
In 19th century England, captain George Brummell is an upper-class dandy. Read More »
A Hill in Korea (1956) Julian Amyes, Stephen Boyd, Ronald Lewis, George Baker
During the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group Read More »
Wuthering Heights (2009) Coky Giedroyc, Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Andrew Lincoln
Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire Read More »
The Miracle (1991) Neil Jordan, Beverly D’Angelo, Donal McCann, Niall Byrne
The two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Read More »
Where’s Jack? (1969) James Clavell, Tommy Steele, Stanley Baker, Alan Badel
The adventures and the exploits of notorious English thief Read More »
African Apocalypse (2020) Rob Lemkin, Toby Stephens, Stephane Cornicard, Femi Nylander
Poet Femi Nylander investigates the atrocities committed across the West African Read More »
Hamlet (1969) Tony Richardson, Nicol Williamson, Judy Parfitt, Anthony Hopkins
Nicol Williamson takes the lead role in this star-studded 1969 version of William Shakespeare’s tragedy. Read More »