London/Britain Can Take It! is the most renowned cinematic representation of the resilient heroism of ordinary Londoners during the early days of the Blitz. Structurally, the film adheres to an ...

Mike Leigh completed his second feature film seventeen years after his stunning debut with Bleak Moments in 1971. In those intervening years he solidified his reputation with innovatory theatre and ...

Secrets and Lies (d. Mike Leigh, 1996) looks at the lives of Black and White Britons and tries to imagine a way in which both can begin to share the same family blood link. Hortense (Marianne ...

There was so much more to Ealing Studios than its famous comedies. But there's one category of Ealing films that's really obscure. The 30-odd documentaries and propaganda shorts released by the studio ...

A few months into World War Two, the GPO Film Unit was transferred to the Films Division of the Ministry of Information. Its new name - the Crown Film Unit - reflected its special status as film ...

Throughout the 1960s, Sian Phillips was perhaps best known for being Mrs Peter O'Toole; only their friends Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were as glamorous and famous a showbusiness couple.

James Bond traces the evil Ernst Stavro Blofeld to Switzerland, and while dodging his henchmen on skis he falls in love with the beautiful Tracy.

Prolific independent producers of over 140 second features and six television series, Edward J.Danziger (1909-1999) and Harry Danziger (c.1920-), mainly under the banner of Danziger Photoplays, ...

Moving Image has a complex and dense language of its own - one that we have all learned to 'read' even if we're not necessarily aware of our own skills. These films are suitable for teachers looking ...

Even though he saw himself as insecure, fearful of unemployment, shaking when handling props, forgetting his lines, and even refusing to watch his own screen performances, Gordon Jackson, with his ...

Cast: May Clark (Alice), Cecil M.Hepworth (Frog), Mrs Hepworth (White Rabbit/Queen), Stanley Faithfull, Geoffrey Faithfull (Cards), Blair (Dog) At 800ft, Alice in Wonderland was the longest film yet ...