Where Angels Fear to Tread
An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist’s son and marries him, against her straitlaced family’s wishes.
Lady Jane
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the…
P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Based on Jack Rosenthal’s childhood memories, Michael Apted’s film, set in the summer of 1948, features 14-year-old Alan who has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that…
Insignificance
Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn’t, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression…
Gorky Park
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow’s Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on…
Gorillas in the Mist
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.