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Tag Archives: UK
Blind Date AKA Chance Meeting (1959) Joseph Losey, Hardy Krüger, Stanley Baker, Micheline Presle
Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacquleine Cousteau Read More »
Alfred the Great (1969) Clive Donner, David Hemmings, Michael York, Prunella Ransome
While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. Read More »
Journey’s End (1930) James Whale, Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren, David Manners
In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart’s brother, will betray his downfall. Read More »
The Gold Express (1955) Guy Fergusson, Colin Bell, Vernon Gray, Ann Walford, May Hallatt
Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks Read More »
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) Don Sharp, Tony Randall, Senta Berger, Herbert Lom
One of six travellers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh Read More »
Black Narcissus (1947) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson
A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation Read More »
Captives (1994) Angela Pope, Julia Ormond, Tim Roth, Keith Allen
A beautiful young dentist (Ormond) working in a tough British prison starts Read More »
The Ladykillers (1955) Alexander Mackendrick, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker
A gang of thieves rent a room upstairs from an old woman, who thinks they’re a musical band. Read More »
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s (1960) Frank Launder, Cecil Parker, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell
When the school burns to the ground there’s clearly been some arson around. Read More »
Son Of Man (1969) Gareth Davies, Colin Blakely, Robert Hardy, Bernard Hepton
Dennis Potter’s controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery Read More »
Blackeyes (1989) Dennis Potter, Michael Gough, Carol Royle, Nigel Planer
Blackeyes is an attempt to explore “what does go on between men and women in their heads Read More »
Twice Branded (1936) Maclean Rogers, Robert Rendel, Lucille Lisle, James Mason
A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him. Read More »
Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings AKA Heimat 3 – Chronik einer Zeitenwende (2004) Edgar Reitz, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer, Peter Schneider
Hermann Simon and Clarissa Lichtblau reunite after almost exactly 19 years Read More »
The Last Butterfly AKA Poslední motýl (1991) Karel Kachyna, Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Ingrid Held
Stage mime Antoine Moreau (Tom Courtenay) is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance Read More »