In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft Read More »
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Modigliani (2004) Mick Davis, Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Read More »
Where Adam Stood (1976) Brian Gibson, Alan Badel, Max Harris, Ronald Hines
“Where Adam Stood” is “based on” the 1907 autobiography, “Father and Son”, by Christian fundamentalist Read More »
The Fake (1953) Godfrey Grayson, Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams
An American has to guard da Vinci’s “Madonna and Child” when it is being shown in Britain. When it arrives he suspects it is not the real painting. Read More »
War Requiem (1989) Derek Jarman, Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier
A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten’s Read More »
The Naked Civil Servant (1975) Jack Gold, John Hurt, Liz Gebhardt, Patricia Hodge
The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual Read More »
Baader (2002) Christopher Roth, Frank Giering, Laura Tonke, Vadim Glowna
Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. Read More »
The Very Edge (1963) Cyril Frankel, Richard Todd, Anne Heywood, Nicole Maurey
A young married woman finds herself being stalked by a sinister psychopath. Read More »
The Lady Is Willing (1934) Gilbert Miller, Leslie Howard, Cedric Hardwicke, Binnie Barnes
A private detective is hired by three men to kidnap a wealthy man’s wife in order to get a ransom, but he soon falls for her. Read More »
Shooting Stars (1928) Anthony Asquith, A.V. Bramble, Annette Benson, Brian Aherne, Donald Calthrop
The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers Read More »