The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
The Brute (1977) Gerry O’Hara, Sarah Douglas, Julian Glover, Roberta Gibbs
Glamour model Diane Shepherd is routinely being beaten by her husband Tim, who accuses her of infidelity. Read More »
Colin (2008) Marc Price, Alastair Kirton, Daisy Aitkens, Leanne Pammen
Our hero Colin is bitten by a Zombie; he dies and returns from the dead. Read More »
Libel (1959) Anthony Asquith, Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Massie
A Canadian commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. Read More »
The Intelligence Men (1965) Robert Asher, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn
A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. Read More »
Nora (2000) Pat Murphy, Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Andrew Scott
In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. Read More »
Daniel (1983) Sidney Lumet, Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson Read More »
And the Same to You (1960) George Pollock, Brian Rix, William Hartnell, Leo Franklyn
Stuck with the name “Dickie Dreadnought,” Rix feels he has no choice but to pursue a career as a boxer. Read More »
The Avenging Hand (1936) Frank Richardson, Victor Hanbury, Noah Beery, Kathleen Kelly, Louis Borel
A Chicago gangster is pleasantly surprised by violent crime in London. Read More »
The Informer (1929) Arthur Robison, Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward
Working class Irishmen Lars Hanson (as Gypo Nolan) and Carl Harbord (as Francis McPhillipp) are members of an anti-establishment “Party”, where politics is punctuated with gunfire. Read More »