A peasant girl working as a maid in 19th-century Russia has a dangerous love affair with a military officer. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar (2018) Teresa Griffiths, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tristine Skyler, Frieda Hughes
The story of Sylvia Plath’s seminal novel The Bell Jar as well as the parallels between her life and the book. Read More »
Demons of the Mind (1972) Peter Sykes, Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills
A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. Read More »
Booby Trap (1957) Henry Cass, Sydney Tafler, Patti Morgan, Harry Fowler
An absent-minded professor develops a James Bond-style exploding pen, but then misplaces it. Read More »
The Kiss of Death (1977) Mike Leigh, David Threlfall, John Wheatley, Kay Adshead
Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker’s assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie Read More »
The Black Panther (1977) Ian Merrick, Donald Sumpter, Debbie Farrington, Marjorie Yates
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress. Read More »
Visa to Canton / Passport to China (1960) Michael Carreras, Richard Basehart, Lisa Gastoni, Athene Seyler
A pilot slips his plane into Red China to rescue an American girl trapped there Read More »
The Flying Squad (1940) Herbert Brenon, Sebastian Shaw, Phyllis Brooks, Jack Hawkins
Dedicated young Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of Mark McGill, murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London. Read More »
Painted Boats (1945) Charles Crichton, Jenny Laird, Bill Blewitt, May Hallatt
Drama following the lives of two families living on the colourfully painted canal boats of Britain. Read More »
Seven Sinners (1936) Albert de Courville, Edmund Lowe, Constance Cummings, Thomy Bourdelle
A wise cracking American P.I. traveling abroad with his love interest and sidekick Read More »