
Hecuba and the other women of Troy rise to find their city in ruins and their cause lost. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Billy Budd (1962) Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan, Melvyn Douglas

H.M.S. Avenger is headed into battle against the French fleet during the Napoleonic Wars Read More »
The Good Father (1985) Mike Newell, Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter

Bill (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is a man who’s very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. Read More »
Happy Now (2001) Philippa Cousins, Philip Howe, Emmy Rossum, Robert Pugh

All grown up and gunning for political power in a small North Wales community Read More »
Battle of the V-1 (1958) Vernon Sewell, Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina, Milly Vitale

This forgotten war adventure centers on the secret Nazi missile installation of the V1 Rocket. Read More »
Ryan’s Daughter (1970) David Lean, Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, John Mills

World War I seems far away from Ireland’s Dingle peninsula when Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy (Sarah Miles) Read More »
Prelude to Fame (1950) Fergus McDonell, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Kathleen Ryan

While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician Read More »
Cold Light AKA Kaldaljós (2004) Hilmar Oddsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir, Ruth Olafsdottir

A 40-year-old is hiding in a self-made prison of mundane life. Read More »
My Enemy’s Enemy (2007) Kevin Macdonald, Raymond Aubrac, Robert Badinter, Klaus Barbie

A look at the history of one-time Gestapo commander Klaus Barbie, infamously known as “The Butcher of Lyon.” Read More »
Simon and Laura (1955) Muriel Box, Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow

In the 1950’s days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea Read More »