Based on Eric Fenby’s 1936 memoir ‘Delius as I knew him’, it traces the last years of Frederick Delius Read More »
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Hollywood Hong-Kong / Heung Gong you ge He Li Huo (2001) Fruit Chan, Xun Zhou, Glen Chin, You-Nam Wong
A prostitute named Tong Tong enters the life of a man who runs a barbecue pork restaurant Read More »
The Wildcats of St. Trinian’s (1980) Frank Launder, Sheila Hancock, Michael Hordern, Joe Melia
The girls of St. Trinian’s decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike. Read More »
Pascali’s Island (1988) James Dearden, Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Kevork Malikyan
1908: Basil Pascali (Sir Ben Kingsley), a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. Read More »
East of Kilimanjaro / La grande caccia (1957) Arnold Belgard, Edoardo Capolino, Marshall Thompson, Gaby André, Kris Aschan
A free-lance photographer (Marshall Thompson) woos a doctor (Gaby Andre) trying to stop a cattle epidemic in Tanganyika. Read More »
HyperNormalisation (2016) Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
HyperNormalisation tells the extraordinary story of how we got to this strange time of great uncertainty Read More »
The Celluloid Closet (1995) Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susie Bright
A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema Read More »
The Honorary Consul (1983) John Mackenzie, Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins
During the rule of brutal right wing military juntas in Paraguay Read More »
When Eight Bells Toll (1971) Etienne Périer, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley
In a vein similar to the James Bond movies, British Agent Philip Calvert (Sir Anthony Hopkins) Read More »
Chocolat (2000) Lasse Hallström, Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina
When mysterious Vianne and her child arrive in a tranquil French town in the winter of 1959 Read More »