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Last updated May 15, 2024
Richard III
1995 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIan McKellen stars in the title role in this visually inventive adaptation of Shakespeare's classic drama, which is set in 1930s England after a civil war has torn the country apart and left the people under fascist rule.
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Gods and Monsters
1998 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAs his life draws to a close, film director James Whale -- the openly gay genius behind The Bride of Frankenstein and The Invisible Man -- befriends a gardener, and both men learn from their unexpected but platonic bond.
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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale), a young society woman in 1930s London, becomes suddenly orphaned, she's forced to take up residence with a group of her unsophisticated, oddball relatives at their farm. Despite protests from the bedridden, iron-willed matriarch of the farm, the aspiring lass tries to achieve some semblance of order and class in the house -- and in her own life. Cast also includes Eileen Atkins, Ian McKellen and Joanna Lumley.
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Neverwas
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter taking a job at the mental institution that once housed his father -- a famous children's author -- wise psychiatrist Zach Riley befriends a schizophrenic who unlocks a string of family secrets.
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Six Degrees of Separation
1993 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsEngaging young con artist Paul appears one day on the doorstep of the Kittredge family. Professing to be a friend of the affluent couple's son, Paul spins a tale of celebrity and despair that deeply affects the pair and their socialite friends.
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Saint of 9/11
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFather Mychal Judge, chaplain to the New York City Fire Department, is best remembered as the faithful Franciscan priest who was killed on 9/11. The beloved friar lived a fulfilling life helping the needy and wasn't your ordinary man of the cloth: he battled alcoholism and was a privately gay man. Through interviews, archival footage and Sir Ian McKellen's narration, Glenn Holsten documents this extraordinary man's life until his untimely death.
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Restoration
1995 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAfter saving the life of someone close to King Charles II, Robert Merivel, a young 17th-century physician, is invited to join King Charles's court. Everything changes, however, when the king orders Merivel to marry his mistress.
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Emile
2003 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen a retired professor travels to Canada from his home in England to receive a lifetime achievement award from the University of Victoria, the trip stirs up regrets, remorse and a torrent of painful memories.
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The Keep
1983 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsGerman soldiers are slain by an ancient spirit after they commandeer a Romanian castle during World War II. A Jewish scholar wants to unleash the demon to decimate the Nazis, but an enigmatic wanderer intends to keep the evil contained.
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Priest of Love
1981 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThis biography chronicles the turbulent late career of volatile author D. H. Lawrence, who travels with his wife, Frieda, to America, then Mexico and finally Italy, seeking a quiet place to complete his masterwork, "Lady Chatterley's Lover."
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