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Tag Archives: UK
Threads (1984) Mick Jackson, Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England Read More »
The Firm (1989) Alan Clarke, Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis

This is the story of rival “Firms” of football supporters Read More »
Inadmissible Evidence (1968) Anthony Page, Nicol Williamson, Eleanor Fazan, Jill Bennett

A lawyer’s agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private Read More »
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Robert Hamer, Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson

Louis Mazzini’s mother belongs to the aristocratic family D’Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Read More »
The Cruel Sea (1953) Charles Frend, Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose Read More »
Mary (1931) Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Abel, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Graetz

A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. Read More »
Truly Madly Deeply (1990) Anthony Minghella, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Jenny Howe

Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. Read More »
Radio On (1979) Christopher Petit, David Beames, Lisa Kreuzer, Sandy Ratcliff

In 1970s Britain, a man drives from London to Bristol to investigate his brother’s death Read More »
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970) Roddy McDowall, Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis

Based on the ancient Scottish ballad “Tam Lin” (one of its many titles), the plot concerns an aging Read More »