Filmography Highlights
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Venom
1982- Rated:
- 18
Unpleasant suspense chiller based on the novel by Scholefield that features a big name-British cast. Toxicologist Dr Stowe (Miles) manages to lose a deadly Black Mamba, the venom of which she's been
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Nine to Five
1980- Rated:
- 15
Hollywood does feminism, comedy-style, in this story about three women - Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton - taking revenge on their sexist pig of a boss
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Winter Kills
1979- Rated:
- X
Bridges is the assassinated president's brother determined to find out the truth behind the murder. However, the implications of his discoveries are far-reaching, pointing to Huston, their tycoon fat
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King of the Gypsies
1978- Rated:
- TBC
Pierson had just emerged from directing Streisand in a mesmerizingly silly version of A Star is Born when he made this, so the heady cast in this overwrought story of turmoil within a gypsy fa
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1900
1976- Rated:
- 18
Historical drama of truly epic proportions by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Robert De Niro and Gérard Depardieu. Two friends grow up against a background of revolution, Fascism and social upheaval in early 20th century Italy
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The Long Goodbye
1973- Rated:
- 18
Elliot Gould portrays the first spaced-out detective as a hip version of Raymond Chandler's durable Philip Marlowe. Essential viewing for Chandler devotees
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The Godfather
1972- Rated:
- X
The son of a Mafia Don struggles to become a legit businessman in this first part of the classic saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Stars Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan and Robert Duvall
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Loving
1970- Rated:
- TBC
Kershner's adaptation of J M Ryan's novel, a knowing little slice of life, is the story of 'everyman' Brooks Wilson (Segal), a successful but frustrated illustrator who dreams about producing somethi
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Dr. Strangelove
1963- Rated:
- TBC
Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb. Peter Sellers takes three roles in Stanley Kubrick's bitter black comedy about nuclear annihilation
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Terror in a Texas Town
1958- Rated:
- PG
Cult offering from director Lewis that makes the most of its spare and uncompromising style and delivers one of the most exciting westerns of the period. It may not have the sets, extras or even the
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The Killing
1956- Rated:
- PG
Tightly plotted heist-goes-wrong thriller with which established the reputation of legendary director Stanley Kubrick
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Timberjack
1955- Rated:
- U
Sterling Hayden and David Brian compete for Vera Ralston and a valuable patch of Montana forestry in Joseph Kane's strapping period action melodrama
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Suddenly
1954- Rated:
- PG
Frank Sinatra portrays a snarling, psychopathic presidential assassin who arrive at a small town with a gang of thugs and proceeds to take hostage a family and a local police officer. The determined
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Prince Valiant
1954- Rated:
- U
A young Viking prince heads to Camelot to earn a place at King Arthur's Round Table. Dark Ages epic starring James Mason, Janet Leigh and Robert Wagner, and directed by Henry Hathaway
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Johnny Guitar
1954- Rated:
- PG
Intense, high camp study of revenge and frustration in America's wild west from Nicholas Ray. A film beloved of French New Wavers and Martin Scorsese
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Take Me to Town
1953- Rated:
- TBC
Sheridan is the fantastically monickered Vermilion O'Toole, a saloon singer on the run with partner in crime Newton Cole (Reed). Needing to keep a low profile to avoid the law, she accepts the offer
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Star, The
1952- Rated:
- A
Bette Davis received an Oscar nomination for her powerful performance as an ageing actress in this insider story of survival in the Hollywood rat race. She stars as an ageing actress who refuses to a
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The Asphalt Jungle
1950- Rated:
- A
Classic heist-gone-wrong film noir directed by John Huston and notable for an early appearance by Marilyn Monroe
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