The morning after the night before, down-to-earth sleuth Danny Harrison (Edward Arnold) investigates a murder at a party involving hard-drinking upper-class twits, all of whom were so pie-eyed that they can’t remember last night at all, […]
Producer-director Alexander Korda’s splendid 1936 historical biopic focuses on Charles Laughton’s moving depiction of an artist declining into old age and poverty – in this case the 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 […]
Director Stanley Donen’s 1960 British comedy proved Kay Kendall’s last film, made while, unknown to her, she was suffering from terminal leukaemia, and it is a huge tribute to her that it remains attractive solely […]
That sterling high-comedy actor Rex Harrison was lured back from Hollywood to British movies again with co-producer/ co-writer/ director Sidney Gilliat’s daft piece of fluff 1955 comedy film, with a delightful cast of players, most […]
Vincente Minnelli’s funny 1958 film The Reluctant Debutante stars Rex Harrison and his wife Kay Kendall as a couple who decide to launch their reluctant debutante daughter (Sandra Dee) into posh society. It is a […]
Amanda Bynes stars as US teen Daphne who falls for young Brit hunk Ian (Oliver James) when she comes to England to find her long-lost dad, wealthy British politician lord Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth). He does not […]
Writer-director Niko Caro’s compelling 2003 New Zealand story of Maori teenage girl Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes)’s fight for acceptance by her tribal chief grandfather as a suitable future leader of the tribe makes for a gripping […]
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