A portrayal of the Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) Presidency and its spiralling descent into the Vietnam War. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) George S. Kaufman, William Powell, Ella Raines, Peter Lind Hayes
Dim-witted blowhard, Melvin G. Ashton, is a US Senator who wants to be President. Read More »
The Mind Reader (1933) Roy Del Ruth, Warren William, Constance Cummings, Allen Jenkins
Chandler, a con-man, and his helper Frank decide to create a clairvoyant act for the carny circuit Read More »
The Country Girl (1954) George Seaton, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back when director Bernie Dodd Read More »
Days of Heaven (1978) Terrence Malick, Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard
Bill and Abby, a young couple who to the outside world pretend to be brother Read More »
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011) Marie Losier, Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye Breyer P’Orridge, Big Boy Breyer P’Orridge
An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist Read More »
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) Mark Robson, Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curd Jürgens
All her life Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Read More »
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) Stewart Raffill, Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas
In 1943, the United States tests an anti-radar system to make the U.S. Navy ships invisible to the enemy. Read More »
The McConnell Story (1955) Gordon Douglas, Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore
Mac’s plans to settle down and raise a family are upset by the Korean War. He goes as a fighter pilot and returns a hero, the first triple ace of the war. Read More »
My Life So Far (1999) Hugh Hudson, Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irène Jacob
Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian Read More »