Nine personalities from various walks of life are hauled into some post-war Utopia, but just how many are prepared to live inside? Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Victim (1961) Basil Dearden
A plea for reform of England’s anti-sodomy statutes, this film pits Melville Farr, a married lawyer Read More »
Distant Shadow (2000) Howard J. Ford
Michelle Wallace is a girl haunted by the demons of her past, having witnessed the brutal murder Read More »
The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money. Read More »
Smiley’s People (1982) Simon Langton
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness) finds his old organization Read More »
Uncle Vanya (1963) Stuart Burge
Uncle Vanya is a 1963 British film adaptation of the work Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. Read More »
Come Back, Little Sheba (1977) Silvio Narizzano
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger. Read More »
Josephine and Men (1955) Roy Boulting
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men… Read More »
A Terrible Beauty (1960) Tay Garnett
In Ireland, it’s 1941 and Irish Republicans have made a tentative bond with Nazi Germany Read More »
On Golden Pond (1981) Mark Rydell
The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor Read More »