An aged patriarch (Ajit Bannerjee), popular for his scrupulous honesty, has a heart attack in the middle of a town gathering in his honour. Read More »
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Bitter Springs (1950) Ralph Smart, Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson
Wally King, with his family and stockmen, drive livestock over hundreds of kilometres of dry country Read More »
A Bigger Splash (1973) Jack Hazan, David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger, Celia Birtwell
When David Hockney’s beautiful lover, Peter Schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves David a complete emotional wreck. Read More »
The Villiers Diamond (1938) Bernard Mainwaring, Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Birch
The grape sized flawless diamond was stolen two years ago and the thief is just getting out of prison. Read More »
Number One (1985) Les Blair, Bob Geldof, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman
A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money. Read More »
Man of Aran (1934) Robert J. Flaherty, Colman ‘Tiger’ King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dirrane
In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty Read More »
Star of India (1954) Arthur Lubin, Cornel Wilde, Leslie Linder, Jean Wallace
Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne Read More »
Space Riders (1984) Joe Massot, Barry Sheene, Gavan O’Herlihy, Toshiya Ito
Roger Gilbert is an adrenaline junkie who leads an otherwise ordinary life until one day he rides where no man had ridden before. Read More »
West 11 (1963) Michael Winner, Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Breck, Eric Portman
This Michael Winner directed film looks into life at Notting Hill, London, then a seedy slum. Read More »
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) Kevin Billington, Ann Beach, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Peter Cook
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. Read More »