Dr. Syn, a country priest leads a rebel band against the King’s naval press gangs. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
City Butterfly / Großstadtschmetterling (1929) Richard Eichberg, Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, Nien Soen Ling
Made at the height of Anna May Wong’s fame in Europe, Pavement Butterfly Read More »
The Old Dark House (1963) William Castle, Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott
An American who sells cars in England receives a mysterious invitation from an old Read More »
In Search of Chopin (2014) Phil Grabsky, Juliet Stevenson, David Dawson, Leif Ove Andsnes
In a new film from the director of award-winning and critically acclaimed trilogy In Search of Mozart Read More »
In Search of Haydn (2012) Phil Grabsky, Juliet Stevenson, Henry Goodman, Emanuel Ax
Joseph Haydn is the composer whom Mozart and Beethoven revered, yet he is too often overshadowed by his younger contemporaries. Read More »
The House of Mirth (2000) Terence Davies, Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron
Terence Davies’ The House of Mirth is a tragic love story set against a background Read More »
Lady of Vengeance (1957) Burt Balaban, Dennis O’Keefe, Ann Sears, Anton Diffring
A man hires a killer to avenge an innocent girl’s death. Read More »
Rhinoceros (1974) Tom O’Horgan, Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black
Originally an absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros tells the story of a French town plagued by rhinoceroses. Read More »
Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London (1967) Peter Whitehead, Alan Aldridge, Julie Christie, David Hockney
Peter Whitehead’s disjointed Swinging London documentary, subtitled “A Pop Concerto,” comprises a number of different “movements,” Read More »
Fools of Fortune (1990) Pat O’Connor, Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Sean T. McClory
This an intensely moving story of young love set in 1918 rural Ireland. Read More »