Barbara Hicks
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Up at the Villa
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.
FairyTale: A True Story
Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story
Orlando
Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that...
Howards End
A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
A Question of Attribution
Sir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers, but is knighted and works as Director of the Courtauld Institute, and presents his interrogator with a puzzle in the shape of a doubtful Titian painting.
Wilt
Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site.
We Think the World of You
When Johnny (Gary Oldman), an aimless young man, is sent to prison, he entrusts his beloved dog Evie to the care of his former lover and best friend Frank (Sir Alan Bates). When he gets out of prison, he must face difficulties at home. Added to this is the fact that he might need to give up Evie to Frank.
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
Morons from Outer Space
A trio of moronic aliens crash-land on Earth and become celebrities, while a fourth alien, who arrives separately, finds himself ignored.
Brazil
Brazil is a Terry Gilliam dystopic black comedy film that reflects the melancholy, dreamlike quality of a famous Brazilian song that’s been translated into English. The film parodies the mostly dysfunctional bureaucratic world we live in and takes us to a post-apocalyptic world in the future yet with our present day attitudes in mind.
Evil Under the Sun
Britannia Hospital
The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.
Memoirs of a Survivor
Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion.
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
Death on the Nile
The film features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot played by Peter Ustinov. It takes place in Egypt, mostly on the Nile River. Many of the cultural highlights of Egypt are also featured in the film, such as the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and temples at Abu Simbal and Karnak.
The Charge of the Light Brigade
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.
The Third Secret
The first secret is what we don't tell people, the second secret is what we don't tell ourselves, and the third secret is the truth. The death of a psychologist is investigated by his teenage daughter and a former patient.
Smokescreen
A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud in Brighton and uncovers a murder.
Doctor in Distress
Dr. Sparrow falls for model Delia Mallor after treating her ankle. Meanwhile, he discovers Sir Spratt's sleepwalking and unusual kindness stem from love for Physiotherapist Iris Merchant, who's also pursued by Major French.
Petticoat Pirates
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audley, who've hijacked a frigate, HMS 'Huntress', to prove they're the equal of their male counterparts.
His and Hers
Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charles Lunton; it matters little that most of his experiences are wildly embellished or even entirely fictitious...
Hand in Hand
A little Roman Catholic boy and a little Jewish girl become best friends despite the prejudice that surrounds them.
Operation Bullshine
The fun starts when a group of A.T.S. girls are posted to a light ack-ack command post on a remote part of the English coast.
Nowhere to Go
A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.
Background
In post-war London, upper-middle class barrister John Lomax and his wife Barbie decide after several years of constant bickering to divorce. They underestimate the effect of their announcement on their three children, who assume that family friend Bill Ogden is to blame. Uncle Bill may indeed be waiting in the wings, but it's all hardly his fault.