A recently-qualified barrister is annoyed when he finds his firm is taking on the boss’ niece. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) José Quintero, Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Coral Browne
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old — as she approaches 50 Read More »
The Flanagan Boy / Bad Blonde (1953) Reginald Le Borg, Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater
The film opens at a carnival with two barkers calling for onlookers to enter the tent where an audience Read More »
The Cut Ups (1966) Antony Balch, William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin
The savage deconstruction of the relationship between image and reality. Read More »
La grande vadrouille (1966) Gérard Oury
A RAF Bomber is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute. Read More »
Vinyan (2008) Fabrice Du Welz, Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, Petch Osathanugrah
In Phuket Island, Thailand, the architect Paul Bellmer and his wife Jeanne lost their son Joshua Read More »
Walter (1982) Stephen Frears, Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Arthur Whybrow
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment Read More »
No Child of Mine (1997) Peter Kosminsky, Brooke Kinsella, Colin Salmon, Billy Geraghty
Thirteen-year-old Kerry is repeatedly sexually abused by several adults, including at one point her mother. Read More »
The War Zone (1999) Tim Roth, Ray Winstone, Annabelle Apsion, Kate Ashfield
Suddenly, the moody 15-year-old, Tom, and his 18-year-old sister, Jessie Read More »
Blind Date (2007) Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Thijs Römer
A married couple has suffered a tragedy, and now the only way they can Read More »