Released Date:
1971-12-13
Languages:
English, French, German, Russian
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
183 min
Rated:
GP
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (3099 Reviews)
Director:
Franklin J. SchaffnerEdward Bond (additional dialogue)
James Goldman (screenplay)
Robert K. Massie (book)
The tragic story of Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution. It is an inside look into the private lives of Nicholas and his wife Alexandra, their daughters, their only son and the painful secret about their son and heir apparent which bound the Imperial Couple to the mystical Rasputin, and the eventual execution of the entire family.
Released Date:
1972-06-04
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
106 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (275 Reviews)
Director:
Peter MedakPeter Nichols (play)
Peter Nichols (screenplay)
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humor that hides their pain.
Released Date:
1983-06-30
Languages:
English, German, Dutch
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (6611 Reviews)
Director:
Peter GreenawayMr. Neville, a cocksure young artist is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner, to produce a set of twelve drawings of her husband's estate, a contract which extends much further than either the purse or the sketchpad. The sketches themselves prove of an even greater significance than supposed upon the discovery of the body of Mr. Herbert.
Released Date:
1989-09-20
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
97 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(3400 Reviews)
Director:
Euzhan PalcyAndrè P. Brink (novel)
Colin Welland (screenplay)
Euzhan Palcy (screenplay)
Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation.
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