Michael Hordern and Helen Mirren are among the stars on display in these delightful BBC versions of four classic Shakespeare plays: Macbeth, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and King Lear.
Classic film featuring one woman's efforts to tackle the contradictory proposition of a new independent modernising India against the traditional family and moral values.
Joe Morse (Garfield) has never had it so good. The smart young Wall Street lawyer joins a get-rich-quick scheme of a mob boss who plans on bankrupting the city's small-time numbers racketeers and consolidating their businesses . However when Morse discovers he must choose between his loyalty to the ruthless racket kingpin or his family the true force of evil is revealed... Based on the novel by Ira Wolfert.
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Deviant, multi-stranded black comedy set in the dark underbelly of modern Berlin. The story follows a group of deadbeats as they act out their bizarre and twisted plans to hit the big time. Satanists, prostitutes, artists and thieves are just some of the unsavoury characters looming large in this anarchically offbeat urban parody.
When a burlesque theatre opens Dixie Daisy is catapulted into the limelight as she becomes the star attraction. When her rivals for the top-spot are found murdered Daisy is the prime suspect and so embarks on a mission to clear her name...
Two aspiring boxers, lifelong friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Based on the true story that shocked a nation Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures paints a vivid and disturbing portrait of two teenage schoolgirls whose obsessive friendship leads to an unspeakable crime. This hypnotic thriller chronicles the story of Juliet Hulme (Kate Winslet) and Pauline Parker (Melanie Lynskey) from the moment they met in 1950's New Zealand. Unhappy with their lives the girls withdraw deep into a fantasy world of their joint creation. But when faced with a devastating separation the now notorious pair plot a horrifying and violent solution to stay together.
Colour light spectacle humour sex love - all these elements combine to marvellous effect in Utsav. Made in 1984 by Shashi Kapoor this enchanting and sensual screen adaptation of two classic Sanskrit plays captures the heady atmosphere of the spring festival of Utsav when all the great arts of Ancient India - including music gambling theft politics and above all love - come into play.
When five-year-old Julie Anne Harris goes missing a huge police search operation is put into action led by Detective Inspector Pat North (Kate Buffery). The discovery of the young girl's body in a sewer pipe leads to an emotionally charged murder investigation with Julie Anne's violent stepfather and a local alcoholic misfit among the prime suspects... Drawing TV audiences of up to 11 million viewers 'Trial And Retribution' is a gritty urban drama that deals with graphic topics from abduction to serial murders and internal police corruption to psychological illness. Breaking new ground in terms of content and style each episode traces the entire trajectory of a serious crime from the act being committed to a detailed investigation and arrest before arriving at the law courts for a dramatic finale.
Danielle is a malicious and mischievous old lady who mistreats her housekeeper to an early grave. So when she moves in with her nephew and his wife the fun really starts! With the family close to insanity they take off for a holiday leaving Danielle in the care of a cantankerous au pair in whom Danielle may just have met her match! Etienne Chatiliez's jet-black comedy nominated for three Cesar awards in France.
Maya is a woman whose mind is full of dreams and fantasies about love. She meets a young country doctor and imagines that he is her dream-lover. After marriage disillusionment comes swiftly. The boredom of a humdrum existence in a small town soon leads her from one sordid affair to another. Her dreams still don't come true and she begins to slip more and more into fantasy.
A mismatched couple (he effeminate and petulant she sensual and enigmatic) share a bizarre sexual relationship living in a remote castle. Their very isolation from the world prevents their eccentric partnership from foundering. Only an outsider can disrupt their make-believe lifestyle. That disruption arrives in the belligerent form of Richard and Albert two oddball gangsters straight out of a 1940's film noir wounded desperate and on the run. They demand shelter and as Rich
Call Of The Wild
Fiza is on the edge, hoping that her brother, Amaan who has been missing for nearly six years, will return home some day. Nishalbi, the widowed mother of Fiza and Amaan, is more then optimistic that happiness will once again re-enter her little home. The mother and daughter strive to lead their lives normally, but are always living with the question 'Where is Amaan?' Refusing to come to terms with his growing absence, and after making every effort to trace him, Fiza sets out to determine whet...
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