Timon of Athens
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his “friends” refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not…
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch’s riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter, and…
The Story of David
The “David and Goliath” legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David’s later disastrous romance with Bathsheba is handled with taste and decorum. Also in the cast are Anthony…
King Lear
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly…
Tai-Pan
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has…
Mother Night
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role…