In the middle of World War II Cavalcanti provocatively imagined a postwar England in which the failure of the threatened German invasion could be safely seen in flashback, thanks to the resourceful villagers of Bramley End. Once the ostensibly British troops in their village are revealed as Nazis, and the local squire as a fifth columnist, the community unites and fights back with startling ferocity. A call to arms as persuasive as Powell and Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
Crime writer Larry Gordon’s peaceful train journey is disturbed by a piercing scream. When it’s discovered the guard has been mugged and a murder suspect is one of the passengers, Gordon finds himself experiencing a serious case of life imitating art.
Presenting hypothetical events in hyperrealistic documentary style, Gabriel Range's film portrays a United States thrown into chaos by the assassination of its 43rd President. Combining real footage with hauntingly realistic (yet scripted) 'interview' segments, Death of a President analyses the f...
English tourist John Trant (Mark Gatiss) visits an East European cathedral in search of an obscure religious painting. There he encounters enigmatic guides, who lead him deep into the strange church, where horror awaits... With the unnerving black humour you'd expect from League of Gentlemen pedi...