Canadian troops stationed in England during the Second World War were ordered Read More »
History
Nell Gwyn (1934) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne De Casalis
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. Read More »
Extreme Prejudice (1987) Walter Hill, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside
When they were kids Texas Ranger Jack Benteen used to be best friends with drug kingpin Cash Bailey. Read More »
Captain Blood (1935) Michael Curtiz, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill
Arrested during the Monmouth Rebellion and falsely convicted of treason, Dr. Peter Blood is banished to the West Indies and sold into slavery. Read More »
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet / Lumumba: La mort du prophète (1991) Raoul Peck, Patrice Lumumba
Documentary about African political leader Patrice Lumumba Read More »
Le torrent (2012) Simon Lavoie, Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles, Laurence Leboeuf, Dominique Quesnel
1922. Raised on a remote farm by his strict mother who wants him to become a priest Read More »
The Sea Purple / Viola di mare (2009) Donatella Maiorca, Valeria Solarino, Isabella Ragonese, Ennio Fantastichini, Giselda Volodi
Nothing – not her father, not the church – can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Read More »
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) George Seaton, William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith
An American oil company executive of Swedish descent, now living in Sweden Read More »
The Egyptian (1954) Michael Curtiz, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney
In eighteenth dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe (Edmund Purdom), a poor orphan Read More »
Mayerling (1968) Terence Young, Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason
It’s the late nineteenth century Austria. The Emperor Franz-Joseph and his son, the Crown Prince Read More »