A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people’s ideas of ballet. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
We Are the Lambeth Boys (1958) Karel Reisz, Jon Rollason, Tony Benson, Adrian Harding
Part of the British ‘Free Cinema’ movement, which included Lindsay Anderson’s ‘Every Day Except Christmas’ (daily life at Covent Garden fruit/vegetable market) Read More »
The Comfort of Strangers (1990) Paul Schrader, Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson
An English couple holiday in Venice to sort out their relationship. There is some friction and distance between them Read More »
Trapped by the Mormons (1922) H.B. Parkinson, Evelyn Brent, Louis Willoughby, Ward McAllister
Mormons capture women for their wives in this silent anti-Mormon propaganda film featuring the original organ music. Read More »
Miss Monday (1998) Benson Lee, James Hicks, Andrea Hart, Alex Giannini
Trapped, frustrated and isolated, for one disturbing, slow night these two main characters Read More »
The Battleaxe (1962) Godfrey Grayson, Jill Ireland, Francis Matthews, Olaf Pooley
Francis Matthews and Jill Ireland star as Tony Evers and Audrey Page Read More »
Shinjuku Boys (1995) Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams, Gaish, Tatsu, Kazuki
A film about love and gender. This documentary is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo, Japan Read More »
Divorce Iranian Style (1998) Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini
A documentary about real divorce cases in Iran’s tribunals. Read More »
Ulysses’ Gaze AKA To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson
A, a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas Read More »
The Assam Garden (1985) Mary McMurray, Deborah Kerr, Ronald Russell, Daisy Bell
An insecure, aggressive widow of a tea garden manager reluctantly develops an affectionate relationship with an Indian housewife and her family. Read More »