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Percy Pointer (Charlie Drake) may work on a building site, but his passion is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing. It means everything to him: he lives in the fictional world he is creating, acting out to the full every emotion and situation that he pens.

When Percy's play is finished, it arrives on the desk of Jocelyn Macauley (John Le Mesurier), London's leading impresario, at a time when he is particularly anxious to stage a resounding flop and so incur an impressive tax loss. To Macauley, 'Oh, My Lord!' is made to order...

Feature tells the cautionary tale of a Paris-based American, born under the sign of Leo and convinced that luck is on his side. In anticipation of an inheritance from a recently deceased aunt, he freely wracks up debts only to find himself in dire straits when his windfall fails to materialise.

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Based on true events, the latest film from veteran French filmmaker Eric Rohmer is a compelling tale of intrigue set against the political turmoil of pre-World War II Europe.

With Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany growing in power and Spain in the grip of Civil War, an urbane White Russian general, Fyodor Voronin, and his Greek wife Arsinoe, are caught in the mood of uncertainty. An emigre living in Paris, the shrewd and secretive Fyodor's true allegiances are shrouded in mystery, even to his devoted wife - is he indeed working for the anti-Communist White Russians, the young Soviet Union, the Nazis, or all three? As Arsinoe attempts to unravel the enigma, a moving epic of love and betrayal unfolds.

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The tale of a beautiful royalist English gentlewoman, Grace Elliott (Lucy Russell), living perilously in France during the Revolution, and her doomed relationship with Philippe, Duke of Orleans, (Jean-Claude Dreyfus).

Although a cousin of King Louis XVI, the Duke is nonetheless a supporter of revolutionary ideas. The Lady manages to persuade the Duke to risk his life to rescue an outlaw, with tragic results but fails to keep him from voting for the King's execution.

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Made in the aftermath of the Second World War, 'Paisa' is constructed as a series of six encounters which take place during the liberation of Italy as Allied troops advance through the country from Sicily to the northern Po Valley, via Rome and Florence.

Shot on location using a non-professional cast alongside actors, the semi-documentary aesthetic and epic sweep of Paisa is both charming and devastating in its portrayal of the final days of war and the confusion that follows in its wake.

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Veteran auteur Eric Rohmer's magical and extraordinary new film is a pastoral fantasy set in fifth Century Gaul, based on a novel by Honoré d'Urfé.

When the shepherd Céladon is mistakenly accused of infidelity and abandoned by his beloved, the beautiful Astrea, he throws himself into a river in despair. A remorseful Astrea is consumed by grief, little knowing that Céladon was actually rescued and nursed back to health by a nymph and her cohorts. But Céladon promised Astrea he would stay away from her forever - how can he reunite with his love without disobeying her?

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One of the leading figures of the French nouvelle vague and a contemporary of Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffant and Louis Malle, veteran filmmaker Eric Rohmer is firmly established as one of world cinema's greatest and most enduring directors.

The Sign Of Leo

Rohmer's debut feature tells the cautionary tale of a Paris-based American, born under the sign of Leo and confident that luck is on his side. In anticipation of an inheritance from a recently deceased aunt, he freely wracks up debts only to find himself in dire straits when his windfalls to materialise.

The Girl at the Monceau Bakery
Rohmer's international reputation was made by the 'Moral Tales', an ambitious series of six films around a common theme. Filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier narrates the first, 'La Boulangere de Monceau', a charming short shot on the streets of Paris in Rohmer's trademark naturalistic style. Barbet Schroeder plays a young man whose affections are divided between two beautiful girls - one he meets on the street and another who works in a local bakery - but finds himself faced with the dilemma of choosing between them.

Suzanne's Career
In Rohmer's tale of adolescent naivete, Bertrand, a shy and reserved student, finds himself consumed with jealousy and resentment as he observes his roguishly confident best friend Guillaume exploit the generosity of the sweetly seductive Suzanne.

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When a dazzling American showgirl captures the monocled eye of an imperious European monarch, it's clear proof opposites attract.

And who could be more attractive opposites than luminous Marilyn Monroe and suave Laurence Olivier (who also produced and directed) as The Prince and the Showgirl? He's Prince Regent of Carpathia, an arrogant stuffed shirt visiting London for the 1911 coronation of King George V. She's Elsie Marina of Milwaukee, short on social graces but long on common sense, in London as a third-from-the-left Gaiety Girl. Their liaison is an eye-opener - and it soon gets hazy as to who's seducing whom. With Olivier's style, Monroe's radiance and the wit of Terrence Rattigan's script (adapting his play The Sleeping Prince), your heart and funnybone truly receive the royal treatment.

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'Hue and Cry' has since become known as the first of the Ealing comedies proper, and was also the first to make brilliant use of post-war London's exterior locations.

The story follows a boy who becomes convinced that a major heist is being planned and executed through the pages of boys' weekly serial The Trump. Having been laughed out of the police station, be and the rest of bis friends set about entrapping the culprits and exposing the plot.

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Altman's film also jump-started the serious acting career of Cher, nominated for a Golden Globe for her role as Sissy, one of the "Disciples of James Dean", an all-women fan club devoted to the late actor, meeting for a reunion at a crumbling Woolworth's in a small Texas town in 1975.

Joined by group leader Mona (Sandy Dennis) and the glamorous, initially mysterious Joanne (Karen Black), the women recall their love for Dean, and the club that began twenty years earlier when the actor was in a nearby town filming 'Giant', and the fatal car accident that followed. Soon, as more memories of 1955 are recalled, secrets are revealed and old friendships are put to the test.

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Determined to prove that he's a true artist, has-been movie superhero Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) risks everything to finance a Broadway show.

Now, as he grapples with inner and outer critics, a deranged alter ego, his estranged daughter (Emma Stone) and a temperamental stage star (Edward Norton), Thomson aims to soar above mediocrity.

Hail, Caesar! follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.

When wealthy couple Richard and Angela visit Marion and Alex in their decaying family home, an evening of drunkenness and sexual rivalry turns bloody as the guests fall victim to an unhinged attacker.

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Experienced manservant Barrett (Dirk Dirk Bogarde) starts working for foppish aristocrat Tony (James Fox) in his smart new townhouse. Much to the chagrin of Tony's girlfriend (Wendy Craig), Barrett slowly insinuates himself in the house and manipulates his master by slyly rearranging the decor.

The arrival of Barrett's alluring and sexually permissive 'sister' (Sarah Miles) fatally severs the class barriers and the boundaries between master and servant, as Tony succumbs to the will of his stronger adversary.

This glossy coming-of-age comedy, directed by Clive Donner, follows the exploits of sex-obsessed Jamie (Barry Evans) as he attempts to join the Swinging Sixties set and lose his virginity.