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The White Bus is a humorous, flavourful and poignant 1967 46-minute short film directed by Lindsay Anderson, now a time capsule. In it, Patricia Healey plays The Girl, who leaves depressive London on a train […]
Mike Leigh tells the story of the notorious 1819 Peterloo Massacre, ensuring painstaking period re-creation and a strong, clear political message. Writer-director Mike Leigh tells the alarming story of the notorious 1819 Peterloo Massacre where […]
A film with Charlie Bubbles and Smokey Pickles as characters? In his directorial debut, Albert Finney directs this typically Sixties item from 1967 and gives himself a thumping great role as Charlie Bubbles, a jaded, best-selling novelist […]
Packed with great, salty dialogue, director Ken Loach’s 2009 movie tells an enjoyable tall tale of two Erics – one of them the ex-soccer genius Eric Cantona, the other a sad old British postman (Steve […]
‘Look for what is special about each individual, focus on that.’ Michael Stone. – Anomalisa is a most brilliantly clever and quirky animation by Charlie Kaufman, based on his play, done with love and a lot […]
Steve Coogan impresses as Tony Wilson, the real-life pop producer behind bands, including Joy Division, New Order, the Happy Mondays and Manic Street Preachers. Director Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 film presents an edgy, graphic view of […]
Tony Richardson’s classic 1961 British realist drama film A Taste of Honey is a splendid memorial to both Dora Bryan and Murray Melvin. Co-writer/ director Tony Richardson’s classic 1961 British realist drama A Taste of Honey […]