Ken Russell
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was an English film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film, and for his controversial style. He has been criticized as being over-obsessed with sexuality and the church. His... Read full bio →
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Mr. Nice
The life story of Howard Marks, an elite British drug smuggler.
Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Brothers of the Head
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
Whore
This choppy melodrama investigates the life of a prostitute in a pseudo-documentary style. The bottom line of the film is that a life of a hooker isn't easy...
The Russia House
An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia.
The Lair of the White Worm
In a remote corner of England's Peak District, a mysterious skull is unearthed. But even weirder is that Lady Sylvia steals the skull for use in worshiping - very erotically - her pagan god, The White Worm, who hungers for the taste of virginal flesh.
Salome's Last Dance
Oscar Wilde watches an outrageous staging of his banned play "Salome" at a London brothel, with parts played by prostitutes, Wilde's host, his lover Bosey, and Lady Alice.
Gothic
In a villa by a Swiss lake, the English poets Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley meet with Dr. William Polidori and Mary Shelley. In a stormy night, while the tenants were telling ghost stories to each other, to two famous novels were born - Frankenstein and The Vampyre...
The Kids Are Alright
Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us an "inside look" at this famous rock group, "The Who". It captures their zany craziness and outrageous antics from the initial formation of the group to its major hit "Who Are You", and features the last performance of drummer Keith Moon just prior to his death.
Valentino
In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide...
Tommy
A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
Savage Messiah
Biographical film of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.