Hemel Pike is a canal barge casanova, aided and abetted by his illiterate cousin, Ronnie. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Bush Christmas (1947) Ralph Smart, Chips Rafferty, John Fernside, Stan Tolhurst
In a small town in Australia, five children riding their horses from school take Read More »
Dance with a Stranger (1985) Mike Newell, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm
Ruth Ellis lives with her 10-year old son Andy next to a night club. Read More »
The Small Voice (1948) Fergus McDonell, Valerie Hobson, James Donald, Howard Keel
The British writer Murray Byrne and his wife Eleanor stop to help two men Read More »
Shiner (2000) John Irvin, Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber
Billy Simpson is a shady boxing promoter in South London banned from legitimate fights. Read More »
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) Anthony Pelissier
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father Read More »
Mamma Gógó (2010) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Gunnar Eyjólfsson
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. Read More »
The Gelignite Gang (1956) Francis Searle
Insurance investigator Jimmy Baxter searches for a gang of jewel robbers. Read More »
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) Carol Reed, Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff
In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers Read More »
Wittgenstein (1993) Derek Jarman, Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born Read More »