May 28, 2020
Dir.: Francois Reichenbach; Documentary with commentary by Jean Cocteau; France 1960, 90 min.
French writer/director/DoP Francois Reichenbach (1921-1993) made his name with a series of musical biopics, amongst them Serge Gainsbourg,...
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May 17, 2020
Director/Writer : Lynn Shelton | Cast: Mark Duplass, Rosemarie DeWitt, Emily Blunt | Cert1 5 100 mins
This easy going rites of passage drama along the lines of "Grab a dude and preg...
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May 14, 2020
Dir: Pen Tennyson | Cast: Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, July Campbell, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Edward Rigby | Wartime Drama, UK 90'
Penrose Tennyson (1912-1941) was one of the Golden hopes...
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May 14, 2020
Dir.: Sam Peckinpah; Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair, Franklin Ajaye, Cassie Yates, Seymour Cassel; USA 1978, 110'.
In a career spanning twenty-two years - but...
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May 12, 2020
Dir: Yasujiro Ozu | Cast: Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure, Koji Tsuruta, Chishu Ryu | Japan, Drama 116'
The Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice tells the story of a marriage...
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May 7, 2020
Dir.: Richard Curson-Smith; Commentated excerpts from Oscar Wilde plays with Anna Chancellor, Anna Devlin, James Fleet, Freddie Fox, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Freddie Fox, Alice Orr-Erwing, Nicholas Rowe, Claire Skinner, Ed Stoppard;...
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May 6, 2020
Dir.: Max Ophüls; Cast: Martine Carol,Peter Ustinov, Anon Walbrook, Lisa Delamare, Oscar Werner, Will Quadflieg, Ivan Desny; France 1955, 114 min.
This dazzling visual masterpiece was Max Ophüls' last feature and...
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May 5, 2020
Wri/Dir: Coralie Fargeat | France, Thriller 106'
Dirty weekends don't come any dirtier than the one in this ferocious indie revenge thriller that has ravishing locations, a twisty storyline, and a...
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May 5, 2020
Dir: Sergio Leone | Cast: Rod Steiger, James Coburn | US Western 157'
Sergio Leone's final foray into spaghetti western territory was originally called Duck, You Sucker!, a title that certainly...
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