Coming between The Decameron and Arabian Nights in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s classic tales trilogy, this bawdy adaptation of Chaucer’s 14th-century masterpiece outraged the purists. Pasolini…
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A grim thriller about Max Cady, an ex-convict who seeks revenge on Sam Bowden – the meek lawyer he believes responsible for his eight-year prison…
Martin Scorsese’s surprising remake of the 1962 Cape Fear offers a masterly demonstration of his technical virtuosity but trades the original’s creepy realism for contemporary tastes…
The later movies of Doris Day now look like period artefacts: here she plays Patricia Foster – an agent (“The Spy Who Came in from…
This ingenious thriller takes a popular conspiracy theory – did the Americans really land on the Moon or did they fake it in a TV…
In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier (Patrick Allen) and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in…
Guns blaze, masts and rigging crash to the deck, railings disappear in showers of splinters and acrid black smoke sweeps across the deck of the…
Handsome, debonair, dope-smoking vampire hunter Captain Kronos (German star Horst Janson) – an ex-soldier and expert swordsman – and his eccentric hunchback assistant Professor Grost…
In 19th-century Ireland, the nation is in rebellion and rebel leader John Doherty (Jeff Morrow) – alias Captain Thunderbolt – fights a ceaseless battle against…
Director Richard Crawford generated this profoundly-felt protest film about a young Marine called Paul (Geoff Gage) on emergency leave from Vietnam falling in love with…
Four men, a woman and her child are rescued by Captain Nemo (Robert Ryan) when their ship – en route from London to America during…
Written and directed by Charles Gale and produced by B-movie legend Roger Corman, Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (also released under the alternative title Demolition Day) tells…
It’s a merry, witty old time as Henry St. James (Alec Guinness) – the captain of the Mediterranean ferry The Golden Fleece – hops from one…
Captain Albert Ebbs (John Gregson) is promoted after 22 years as a staid and efficient skipper on grimy tramp steamers and given command of the…
A close-knit group of black employees at a Los Angeles car wash have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt one day, including…
Director Elliot Silverstein brings a combination of Duel (1971), Jaws(1975) and The Exorcist (1973), as a demonic, driverless car goes on the rampage in the tiny…
This made-for-television film premiered as The Ewok Adventure on ABC on 25 November 1984. The film was then given a theatrical release in the UK…
This warm and witty comedy tells the story of lovable rogue Denry Machin (Alec Guinness) – the poor son of a washerwoman who sees opportunity…
Set in Sydney (Australia) during the turbulent years of the Great Depression, an orphaned boy becomes a pawn in a bitter family feud as two…
The Caretaker as a play changed the face of modern theatre and made Harold Pinter’s name. This 1963 film version features mesmerising performances from the…