History in Technicolour

History in Technicolour

Napoleon

Ridley Scott's long awaited latest epic; a 'character study' of one of the most influential...

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Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's biography of J Robert Oppenheimer is visually stunning, rich,...

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The Great Escape

Released in 1863 The Great Escape has got to be one of the definitive tales of derring-do, the...

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Chariots of Fire

I remember back in 1981 this film was a sensation; we were all running around on beaches in...

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Bright Star

Jane Campion's Bright Star was released in 2009 and featured on the lives of Fanny Browne and...

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Gladiator

Ridley Scott's classic - is it, and were you entertained or did it unleash hell? Has it stood the...

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The Lost King

The Lost King follows the remarkable story of Ricardian Phillipa Langley, whose steely...

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Lagaan

The evil British oppressor Captain Russell - twiddly 'tache and all - forces the poor hapless...

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In Cold Blood

The 1967 film noir adaptation of Truman Capote's famous book, In Cold Blood tells of the gruesome...

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The Favourite

This 2018 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos is a glorious tragi-comedy about the lives of three...

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Rob Roy

Rob Roy is a 1995 film telling a story of a Highland clan chief Rob Roy McGregor played by Liam...

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Cromwell

Cromwell was a 1970 film starring Richard Harris as the eponymous, and Alec Guiness as Charles I....

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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette is the 2006 film directed by Sophia Coppola. It took a highly stylised and...

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The Duellists

The Duellists is Ridley Scott’s first feature film, in 1977. It describes a vicious feud of...

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Zulu

The 1964 Epic Zulu, first major role for Michael Caine was super popular - I saw it in my youth...

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Kingdom of Heaven

Ridley Scott's 2005 historical epic came soon after the massive success of Gladiator, and...

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Monty Python

Monty Python produced two deeply researched dramas analysing the reign of the great British Hero...

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Land and Freedom

The 1995 film about the Spanish Civil war, directed by Ken Loach and heavily influenced by...

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49th Parallel

A 1941 Powell and Pressburger film designed to persuade the American people of the need to join...

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Peterloo

The massacre at St Peters Field in 1819 was a key date in the story of the development of...

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