Billie Whitelaw

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Quills
7.2

Quills

Nov. 22, 2000

Quills

A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a ...
Jane Eyre
6.8

Jane Eyre

Jan. 20, 1996

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she ...
The Krays
6.6

The Krays

Apr. 27, 1990

The Krays

The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays ...
Notfilm
6.7

Notfilm

Oct. 27, 2015

Notfilm

NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM — its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its ...
Maurice
7.6

Maurice

Sep. 18, 1987

Maurice

After his lover rejects him, a young man in early 20th century England, trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society, tries to come to ...
A Tale of Two Cities
6.6

A Tale of Two Cities

Dec. 02, 1980

A Tale of Two Cities

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries ...
Frenzy
7.4

Frenzy

May. 25, 1972

Frenzy

After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.
Notfilm
6.7

Notfilm

Oct. 27, 2015

Notfilm

NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM — its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its ...
Breakout
6.5

Breakout

Mar. 01, 1959

Breakout

A local government official leads a double life when organising a breakout from a prison.
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
7.2

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

After Elizabeth’s husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde ...
The Lost Son
6.4

The Lost Son

Jun. 25, 1999

The Lost Son

Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He ...
The Dressmaker
6.3

The Dressmaker

Dec. 16, 1988

The Dressmaker

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional ...
Shadey
4.8

Shadey

May. 31, 1985

Shadey

A young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the ...
Slayground
4.9

Slayground

Dec. 01, 1983

Slayground

Stone (Peter Coyote) hits an armored truck without his usual driver. The ensuing getaway leads to the death of an innocent. The payback is swift ...
The Dark Crystal
7.1

The Dark Crystal

Dec. 17, 1982

The Dark Crystal

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his ...
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
5.9

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide ...
The Water Babies
6

The Water Babies

Jun. 23, 1978

The Water Babies

Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his ...
The Omen
7.5

The Omen

Jun. 25, 1976

The Omen

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he ...
Night Watch
6.3

Night Watch

Nov. 08, 1973

Night Watch

A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the ...
Start the Revolution Without Me
6.4

Start the Revolution Without Me

An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty ...
Twisted Nerve
7

Twisted Nerve

Dec. 20, 1968

Twisted Nerve

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down’s syndrome. To ...
Charlie Bubbles
6.3

Charlie Bubbles

Feb. 11, 1968

Charlie Bubbles

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has ...
The Comedy Man
6.9

The Comedy Man

Sep. 03, 1964

The Comedy Man

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and ...
Payroll
7

Payroll

Jan. 01, 1961

Payroll

A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an ...
No Love for Johnnie
6.9

No Love for Johnnie

Feb. 14, 1961

No Love for Johnnie

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he’s feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as ...
Mr. Topaze
6.1

Mr. Topaze

Apr. 04, 1961

Mr. Topaze

Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he ...
The Devil’s Agent
6.4

The Devil’s Agent

Sep. 01, 1962

The Devil’s Agent

German actor Peter van Eyck stars as Droste, a mild-mannered businessman who was an intelligence expert during World War II. When Droste runs ...
Hell Is a City
7

Hell Is a City

Apr. 10, 1960

Hell Is a City

Set in Manchester, heartland of England’s industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England’s most wanted man. ...
The Flesh and the Fiends
7

The Flesh and the Fiends

Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne’er-do-wells Burke and ...