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Tag Archives: UK
Reflections / Vec vidjeno (1987) Goran Markovic
Piano teacher is deeply traumatised by the events of his childhood Read More »
Get Carter (1971) Mike Hodges, Michael Caine, Ian Hendry
A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother’s funeral. Read More »
Thriller (1979) Sally Potter, Colette Laffont, Rose English
Since its release in 1980, Sally Potter’s rewriting of Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, has become a classic in feminist film theory. Read More »
That’ll Be the Day (1973) Claude Whatham, David Essex
Abandoned by his father at an early age, Jim MacLaine seems to have inherited the old man’s restlessness. Read More »
Tom and Viv (1994) Brian Gilbert, Willem Dafoe
In 1915, T.S. (Tom) Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood elope, but her longstanding gynecological Read More »
The Pleasure Garden (1925) Alfred Hitchcock, Virginia Valli
Patsy Brand is a chorus girl at the Pleasure Garden music hall. Read More »
Breaking Glass (1980) Brian Gibson, Phil Daniels
A rock singer is determined to rise to the top of the profession, letting nothing stand in the way of that goal. Read More »
Lifespan (1975) Sandy Whitelaw, Hiram Keller, Tina Aumont
A doctor trying to develop a serum to lengthen life tries his formula Read More »
The Blue Eyes of Yonta / Udju Azul di Yonta (1992)
A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents Read More »