Tag: UK

The Comfort Of Strangers

15 Dec 1993 Director: Paul Schrader Italy, UK 1990 104 min Paul Schrader’s film of Ian McEwan’s novel adapted by Harold Pinter is a strange and unsettling thriller set in Venice where Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are second honeymooning. They encounter the aristocratic Robert who is the catalyst for what remains of the couple’s… Continue reading The Comfort Of Strangers

Peter’s Friends

2 Mar 1994 Director: Kenneth Branagh UK 1992 102 min A refreshing British comedy with a cast that is a Who’s Who of the new generation of British comics (Fry, Laurie, Slattery). Peter invites his old university friends to a New Year Party. In the ten years since their days in Cambridge Footlights there’s a… Continue reading Peter’s Friends

Hilary And Jackie

6 Oct 1999 Director: Anand Tucker UK 1998 125 min This is a touching story of Jacqueline and Hilary du Pre, the gifted musical sisters who grew up in England in the 1950’s. Jackie, arguably the greatest prodigy of the 20th Century, dazzled audiences around the world with the unbridled passion and beauty of her… Continue reading Hilary And Jackie

Love And Death On Long Island

19 Jan 2000 Director: Richard Kwietniowski Canada, UK 1998 103 min Locked out of his apartment, old fashioned writer Giles De’Ath almost reluctantly decides to take in a movie. He goes to the cinema but accidentally wanders in to see Hot Pants College ll, instead of the E. M. Forster adaptation for which he bought… Continue reading Love And Death On Long Island

Dr Strangelove: or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

15 Dec 1999 Director: Stanley Kubrick UK 1964 102 min Directed by the late Stanley Kubrick, one of the cinema’s great directors and starring Peter Sellers, one of Britain’s comic geniuses in three separate roles. Made during the height of the Cold War and nuclear paranoia, this is a powerful, yet satirically funny look at… Continue reading Dr Strangelove: or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

Last Resort

2nd October 2002 Director: Pawel Pawlikowski UK 2000 73 min A topical film for the start of the season. Tanya, a young single mother, leaves her native Russia, with her young son Artion, to meet her British fiancé at London’s Stansted Airport. When he does not appear, Tanya, frightened she will be returned to Russia,… Continue reading Last Resort

The Red Violin – Le Violon Rouge

20 Nov 2002 Director: Frangois Girard Canada, Italy, UK 1998 140 min In Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as ‘the Red Violin’, is up for auction. A collector tries to establish its identity and secrets. As he does, we follow the story of the violin in flashback, starting its journey with its creation… Continue reading The Red Violin – Le Violon Rouge