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Tag Archives: UK
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 »
The Long Day Closes (1992) Terence Davies

The Long Day Closes is the story of eleven-year-old “Bud.” A sad and lonely boy, Bud struggles through his days. Read More »
Before You Go (2002) Lewis Gilbert

When Violet Heaney’s three daughters return home for her funeral Read More »
Nowhere to Go (1958) Seth Holt, Basil Dearden

Paul Gregory is sprung from jail in London by his accomplice after getting a stretch as expected for robbing a woman who falls for his charms. Read More »
Miss Julie (1999) Mike Figgis, Saffron Burrows

Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex strictures of class bind a man and a woman. Read More »
The Boat / Das Boot (1985) Wolfgang Petersen

“The Boat” is the story of the crew of one of the hundreds of U-boats deployed by the Germans in World War II. Read More »
Play For Today: Home (1972) Lindsay Anderson

In a mental home, two elderly men become unlikely friends. Read More »