Stephen Frears Movies

Play For Today written by and starring Neville Smith. Christian Harvey , a local radio DJ and ageing rocker, is an obsessive fan of Elvis and the...

Episode of the BBC Scotland television series focusing on Lindsay Anderson's 1968 film "If...", featuring interviews with star Malcolm McDowell,...

Thomas Able, once a successful writer, has not written since the war. He lies paralysed and dying. His family gather at the family home.

Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is...

After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his...

As a traveler searches for a place called Confidence, he keeps running into other versions of himself.

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

A tribute of Howard Hawks by the British Film Institute.

The story of one of Britain's most celebrated actors of the 20th century, told by those who knew and admired him.

A couple of bored escorts find themselves suddenly involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer - Mr. Jolly. Gratuitous violence, rivers of blood, and...

A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'. Chris Menges discusses his early career in...

British film-maker Alan Clarke was championed by the likes of Gary Oldman, Tim Roth and Ray Winstone - Stephen Frears even called him the best. And...

A look at the life and work of television producer Innes Lloyd

A bittersweet drama on a familiar theme - the frictions forced to the surface during a Christmas family get-together - Michael Abbensetts' Black...

Alexandre Desplat is one of the most famous film music composer of today. Innovative artist with a singular expression, he is the successor of french...

She's chic, slim and sexy like Brigitte Bardot. She's French. But she's not all French women, right?

A rare look at the the career of film director Pedro Almodóvar, especially his early works, with interviews with the director himself and his...

Two boys pull a Saturday night prank on the police in a seaside British town.

Documentary about the beginnings and the Channel 4 years of the Comic Strip.

A series of pink forms has Doris and Doreen fearing for their cushy jobs.