Although Leo McCarey (1898-1969) was feted during his career winning three Oscars and nominated for a further 36 (!), he seems to have fallen out of fashion. Today he is...

Dir: Monty Banks | George Formby, Florence Desmond, Alistair Sim, Gus McNaughton | Uk Comedy 82’ George Formby's status at Ealing had reached the stage where the company was prepared to...

Dir: Orson Welles | Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall | US Drama 107' Unlike Orson Welles's later unorthodox adaptations of Shakespeare shot in far flung locations abroad...

Dir: Raul Ruiz | Drama, Chile After winning the Golden Leopard for his debut Three Sad Tigers (1968)  A Wandering Soap Opera was - to all intents and purposes - his...

Raúl Ruiz | Drama, Chile 100' Ruiz’s lively debut is perhaps the purest form of cinema verite and social realism, giving a fascinating snapshot of ordinary people in Chile in the...

This year's VIENNALE retrospective is dedicated to the Chilean director, writer and poet Raúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino. Ruiz - who was born in Chile in 1941 - was exiled after Pinochet's...

Dir: Laurence Olivier | Cast: Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Cedric Hardwicke, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson | UK Drama 151’ Olivier's third cinematic version of Shakespeare - the fourth if you count...

Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell + Pressburger is a major UK-wide celebration of one of the greatest and most enduring filmmaking partnerships: Michael Powell (1905-1990) and Emeric Pressburger (1902-1988). Bold,...

Dir: Michael Powell | Leo Marks | Cast: Anna Massey, Karlheinz Bohm, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley | Brenda Bruce, Miles Malleson | UK Horror, 101' Raymond Durgnat later observed that this...