
Spiv n. Brit. Slang. A person who makes a living by underhand dealings or swindling; black marketeer. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Crooks in Cloisters (1964) Jeremy Summers, Ronald Fraser, Barbara Windsor, Grégoire Aslan

Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. Read More »
The Moon and the Stars (2007) John Irvin, Jonathan Pryce, Alfred Molina, Catherine McCormack

Together in Rome to shoot a film, a German actress (McCormack) Read More »
Scrubbers (1982) Mai Zetterling, Amanda York, Chrissie Cotterill, Elizabeth Edmonds

Two girls escape from an open borstal for two very different reasons Read More »
Our Miss Fred (1972) Bob Kellett, Danny La Rue, Alfred Marks, Lance Percival

Shakespearean actor Fred Wimbush’s drafted during WWII. Read More »
Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012) Peter Greenaway, Ramsey Nasr, F. Murray Abraham, Hendrik Aerts

The life of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. Read More »
Gallivant (1996) Andrew Kotting

When British filmmaker Andrew Kotting decided to tour the perimeter of Great Britain Read More »
Cider with Rosie (1971) Claude Whatham, Rosemary Leach, Stephen Grendon, Philip Hawkes

Helen Thornhill and Rosemary Leach star in this classic BBC drama, based on novel by Laurie Lee. Read More »
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) Robert Hamer, Mervyn Johns, Mary Merrall, Gordon Jackson

In Victorian Brighton a scheming pub landlady befriends an innocent chemist’s assistant Read More »
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Lynne Ramsay, Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller

Eva Khatchadourian is trying to piece together her life following the “incident”. Read More »