Typically British
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Documentary, UR
Shown on the set of `Mary Reilly', Frears hosts a guided tour through seventy-five years of British cinema from Hitchcock's `Blackmail' (1920) through to Mike Newell's `Four Weddings and a Funeral' (1994).
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Under the Skin
Sexy, dark and ultimately uplifting, Carine Adler's stylish debut gave Samantha Morton her first major feature film role in 1997. In this intimate exploration of a young woman's relationship with her mother and sister, things are going badly for Iris (Samantha Morton); her mother (Rita Tushingham...
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Voice Over
Fats' Bannerman enjoys success as the writer and presenter of 'Thus Engaged', a trite romantic radio serial. But when grim reality violently intrudes into his life, his fantasies become unbalanced and Fats' ability to separate fact from fiction breaks down. Featuring a compelling central performa...
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Welcome to Britain
About half a mile from Heathrow Airport is Harmondsworth detention centre where the visitors in Ben Lewin’s 1976 film are unceremoniously dumped while government officials ponder British immigration laws. The visitors mostly come from India, Pakistan, and Cyprus and are treated like criminals.
