The Long Day Closes is the story of eleven-year-old “Bud.” A sad and lonely boy, Bud struggles through his days. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
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 »
Snowbound (1948) David MacDonald
A frequent visitor to the Late Late Show, the Anglo-American Snowbound is set in the frozen Alps. Read More »
She Didn’t Say No (1958) Cyril Frankel
Bridget Monaghan, a dressmaker and mother of six illegitimate children, tries to maintain Read More »
Sands of the Kalahari (1965) Cy Endfield
A small airplane crashes in the sweltering deserts of southern Africa hundreds of miles from civilization. Read More »
Handsworth Songs (1987) John Akomfrah
Documentary examining the 1985 riots in London and Birmingham’s Handsworth district Read More »