Winner of four Oscars, this film is shot with the most beautifully scenic backgrounds and with great attention to costume detail. An Irish adventurer, Barry Lyndon, crosses Europe from woman to job, but in the end returns to Britain seeking a wealthy marriage.
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BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ DISC 1 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Fassbinder's staggering 15 1/2 hour epic is a monument of late 20th Century filmmaking and considered to be not only the director's masterpiece but one of the greatest TV series ever made.
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BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ DISC 2 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Ep 4, A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence; Franz goes on a bender and, later, bumps into Meck, who's moved on from hawking porn to selling clothes and seems to be doing well for himself. Meck also admits to having been living with Lina.
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BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ DISC 4 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Ep 10, Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls; Mieze can't have children, but Eva tells her that she'll have a child by Franz for Mieze to raise. Frank gets freaked by the idea, thinking Mieze's trying to dump him on to Eva, and then a rich client turns up to take Mieze away for 3 days.
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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED EPS 4-7 (1981)
Certification15 Our Rating
Episodes 4 to 7; Sebastian Against The World, A Blow Upon, A Bruise, Julia and The Unseen Hook. More of Evelyn Waugh's tale of upper-class manners with Seb's drinking problem predominating.
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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED EPS 8-11 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
The final episodes (the episodes on our VHS tapes are numbered from 1-15 but contain exacltly the same material) 8 to 11; Brideshead Deserted, Orphans Of The Storm, A Twitch Upon The Thread, Brideshead Revisited. The years pass Charles becomes an artist and loses contact for 10 yrs. Following a change meeting, Charles and Julia start a long suppressed affair, but she won't marry him. Lady Marchmain is dying and asks Charles, who is painting in Paris, to help find Seb. Rex and Julia are having pr
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DRUNK ON WOMEN AND POETRY (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Saved from a group of drifters by Kim Byung-moon uncouth and self-taught painter Jang Seung-up offers a drawing as a means of thanks. Examining the picture, Kim realises Jang's extraordinary potential and becomes his mentor, encouraging him to pursue the life of an artist.
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EVERLASTING MOMENTS (2009)
Certification15 Our Rating
An intimate portrait of working-class life in early 20th Century Malmo; Maria is the working class mother of seven, married to a violent, drunken, abusive husband with a bullying nature. By chance she discovers that she has a talent for photography, an ability to see things in a way that others cannot, and it is the confidence that this gives her which enables her not so much to liberate herself, but to learn to live within the rules of the social milieu into which she was born. Powerful stuff,
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QUEIMADA (1969)
Certification12 Our Rating
Manipulative English mercenary Sir William Walker is posted to a Portuguese colony in the Caribbean and, once there, he uses his skills to engineer a slave revolt as part of his calculated plans for the English to seize control. 'Queimada' is a fine example of Pontecorvo's unique filmmaking talent and Brando's portrayal of a man who is both a gentleman and a scoundrel, a revolutionary and a colonialist, ranks amongst his best performances. Ennio Morricone's haunting music underscores a very powe
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STUDS LONIGAN (1960)
Certification12 Our Rating
The film adaptation of author James T. Farrell's "Studs Lonigan" trilogy takes place in the slums of Chicago's South Side in the 1920s. It centres on the growing pains of the eponymous hero, including his tempestuous relationship with his father, his attempts to make easy money with his buddies, and his randy ways with the two women in his life. A cracking tale about growing up hard and fast in an unforgiving world.
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