One of French director Maurice Pialat's most sexually charged films Loulou is a masterpiece of unabashed eroticism and authentic romance. When married woman Nelly (Isabelle Huppert) meets LouLou (Gerard Depardieu) a charming leather-jacketed stud in a crowded Paris disco she can't resist his lustful style and returns home with him. Loulou turns out to be as passionate in bed as on a dance floor and the film embarks on their freewheeling relationship... As Loulou Gerard Dep
Susan Hampshire stars in this world stars in this wonderful BBC dramatisation of the lives of John and Sarah Churchill. John Churchill was the first Duke of Marlborough a military genius whose brilliance on the battlefield saved England from defeat just as his descendant Winston Churchill saved Britain 300 years later... Episodes comprise: Trial Of Strength The Queen Commands Reconciliation A Famous Victory Breaking The Circle Not Without Honour.
Set in England and France Floodtide is an intelligent action-filled drama following the trail of international cocaine smuggling revealing the devastating consequences for those caught in its reach and focusing on one man's attempt to take on the ruthless kingpin of a European cartel. Written by famed Sweeney and Professionals scriptwriter Roger Marshall this acclaimed series was originally screened in 1987 and 1988. The complete series is released here for the first time in DVD format. When cabinet minister Exton Waite dies after snorting lethally contaminated cocaine his daughter Tessa seeks out their former family doctor Ramsey in France; he returns with her to England to try to discover the facts about her father's death. But his investigations bring him into contact with one of the most powerful drug cartels in Europe headed by the brutal and elusive Lambert - and as those close to Ramsey become the victims of the deadly trade his search for the truth becomes a desperate private quest.
Phillipa Talbot (Diana Rigg) was a widowed successful career woman. She had position wealth a devoted lover. She also had a heart numbed by self-hatred. A heart that refused to love. In This House of Brede is the story of Phillipa's search for love in the mysterious sequestered world of Benedictine nuns at Brede Abbey. It tells of her tormented relationships with two women: A young novice who questions her fidelity to her vows which causes her pain and an older woman whose hatred almost destroys her. She ultimately learns to love both in equal measure. Based on the best-selling novel by Rumer Godden and filmed on location at genuine convents in London and Ireland.
Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's be
Arnaud Desplechin's stunning new film interweaves two stories that of Nora (Emmanuelle Devos) a single mother about to marry for the third time with the tale of her eccentric ex-husband Ismael (Mathieu Amalric) committed to a psychiatric ward by mistake and convinced of his own tragic destiny. Their lives intersect once more when Nora troubled by her young son's uneasy relationship with her new fianc and the failing health of her father visits Ismael with an unusual proposition
Since the first investigation was broadcast in 1983 Taggart has become one of the most popular detective dramas on British TV. This special collection features 19 cases from the gritty Glaswegian drama. Episodes Comprise: Genesis The Caring Game Lifeline Judgement Day Island Trust A Study in Murder Point of Light Safer Homesick Crossing the Line Cold Reader Grass The Knife Trick So Long Baby Fact and Fiction I.O.U Local Hero The Rapture
The Maid
In London's sin-filled strip there is one place where every man goes...
"Crossing Over" explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find - and create - in 21st century L.A. Starring Harrison Ford and Ray Liotta.
Titles Comprise: Anna Christie (1930): Garbo made her landmark transition to Talkies with this film playing a former prostitute whose past threatens her chance for happiness. A different director and cast join Garbo in a German-language version (Side B with English subtitles) filmed on the same sound stages immediately after the English version. Later Garbo called it the better film and this new DVD release gives fans the rare opportunity to compare the two versions. Mata Hari (1931): Garbo is mesmerizing as a dancer turned German secret agent in wartime Paris seething with secrets and betrayal. The notable supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore as a Russian general in love with her Lewis Stone as an icy master spy and Ramon Novarro as a handsome aviator who wins the heart Mata Hari did not know she possessed. Queen Christina (1933): To escape the burdens of the monarchy Sweden's Queen Christina (Garbo) rides into the countryside disguised as a boy. She meets and secretly falls for a dashing Spanish envoy on his way to the royal court. When her lover's true identity is revealed Christina knows her people will not accept her marriage to a foreigner. Torn between her duty and her heart she must make a fateful decision. Garbo is luminous in this lavish costume drama starring with her one-time off-screen fianc'' John Gilbert under the direction of Rouben Mamoulian. Anna Karenina (1935): Leo Tolstoy's novel of a dutiful wife and doting mother who gives up her life of contentment to experience real passion receives sumptuous treatment in a David O. Selznick production. Clarence Brown directs a stellar cast - including Fredric March Basil Rathbone Maureen O'Sullivan and Freddie Bartholomew. Greta Garbo is the soul of the film in a nuanced performance that won the New York Film Critics Best Actress Award. At the height of her art Garbo is unforgettable as a woman helpless in love's grasp and heartbroken at the loss of her son. Camille (1936): Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier (Garbo) the Camille of this sumptuous romantic tale based on the enduring Alexandre Dumas story. Garbo earned an Academy Award nomination and the New York Film Critics Best Actress Award for her memorable work in this George Cukor-directed film. Ninotchka (1939): Garbo shines in her first comedy a frothy tale of a dour Russian envoy sublimating her womanhood for Soviet brotherhood until she falls for a suave Parisian man-about-town (Melvyn Douglas). Working from a clever script written in part by Billy Wilder director Ernst Lubitsch knew better than anyone how to marry refinement with sublime wit. That's how we see Garbo's love struck Ninotchka: serenely dignified yet endearingly ridiculous.
John (Jack Reynor) lives with his mother Jean (Toni Collette) in a social housing suburb and ekes out a meager living as a nocturnal taxi driver. John returns home one morning after work to find his mother unconscious after overdosing on alcohol. This is not the first time John has found her in this state. Jean needs professional help but John has no savings, no insurance and nobody to turn to. The only extra income he has is from some petty criminal that he carries out in his taxi at night. Jean violently rejects John's attempts for help as well as his intentions to reunite the family as his younger brother lives in a social care home. John turns to the local social centre for help and the centre suggests a rehab clinic outside of the city that has a month-long programme, but the stay will cost eight thousand euros. Needing money fast, John offers his services to the criminal that supplies him with extra work, but is asked if he will move to the next level. After John agrees, the money comes through and Jean moves in to the rehab centre, momentarily content. But John has to complete a task that will change him and his family's lives forever.
Intergenerational drama about a prominent, dysfunctional New York family busy wallowing in their separate lives.
Victoria The Great was made to capitalise on the royal fever of the Coronation Summer 1937. Neagle stars as Queen Victoria opposite Anton Walbrook (The Red Shoes The Life & Death Of Colonel Blimp) as Prince Albert. At the time it was one of the most expensive films ever produced in Britain and proved to have been worth every penny becoming a huge hit not only at home but also in the USA the success there spawning the sequel Sixty Glorious Years.
Peter Finch delivers a BAFTA-nominated performance as a compassionate doctor caught up in escalating tensions between the native population and local police in this dramatic adaptation of James Ramsay Ullman's best-selling novel. Co-starring Mary Ure and directed by Ronald Neame, the multiple-award-nominated Windom's Way is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Dr Alec Windom cares for the local population in his remote practice in the Far East. When the exploited workers rebel against the colonial authorities the local police respond violently and Windom is caught in the middle.
Cop. Gangster. Lover. Killer. Who says you have to choose? Danny Dyer and Simon Phillips star in this all-action sequel to the comic book-inspired "Jack Says".
The Six Men: A dramatic story tracing the activities of a gang of crooks whose long run of successful coups has the police in a panic. A Matter Of Murder: Melodrama of an embezzler implicated in his girlfriend’s murder. The House Of Black Mail: In a remote mansion Army Officer (William Sylvester) and Carol (Mary Germaine)
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