Bilkis Banu, lost her husband Hasan on the bloody night of 25th March 1971. She tries to forget him Read More »
History
The Sword and the Rose (1953) Ken Annakin, Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice
Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Read More »
‘Gung Ho!’: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders (1943) Ray Enright, Randolph Scott, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr.
Seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, volunteers form the new 2nd Marine Raider Battalion whose purpose is to raid Japanese-held islands. Read More »
Mad Emperor: Ludwig II AKA Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955) Helmut Käutner, O.W. Fischer, Marianne Koch, Paul Bildt
King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament’s will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. Read More »
Basara – The Princess Goh AKA Gô-hime (1992) Hiroshi Teshigahara, Rie Miyazawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiya Nagasawa
Chronicles the trials and tribulations of Oribe, the successor to tea-master Rikyu, Usu, his gardener Read More »
Rapa Nui (1994) Kevin Reynolds, Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales, Sandrine Holt
Tenuously based on the legends of Easter Island, Chile, this story details a civil war between the two tribes Read More »
Ginger Meggs (1982) Jonathan Dawson, Garry McDonald, Ross Higgins, Gwen Plumb
The escapades of Ginger Meggs, local larrikin. He’s trying to win the heart of Minnie Peters Read More »
Machuca (2004) Andrés Wood, Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Read More »
The Hour of the Pig (1993) Leslie Megahey, Colin Firth, Amina Annabi, Jim Carter
In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. Read More »
The Seekers (1954) Ken Annakin, Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell
In 1821, British seaman Phillip Wayne sets foot on New Zealand where he befriends a Maori tribe and their chief, Hongi Tepe. Read More »
That Hamilton Woman (1941) Alexander Korda, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray
Sir William Hamilton, a widower of mature years, is British ambassador to the Court of Naples. Read More »
Anastasia (1956) Anatole Litvak, Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute Read More »
The First Film (2015) David Wilkinson, Bernard Atha, Stephane Cornicard, Tom Courtenay
In October 1888 Louis Le Prince produced the world’s first films in Leeds,England. Read More »
The Age of the Earth AKA A Idade da Terra (1980) Glauber Rocha, Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga
The day that Pier Paolo Pasolini was killed, Glauber Rocha decided to make this film about the life of Christ in the Third World. Read More »
This England (1941) David MacDonald, Emlyn Williams, John Clements, Constance Cummings
This British- National-Anglo American production reinforces the theme that whoever assails Read More »