David M. Thompson Movies

  • 1987
    Cariani and the Courtesans

    Cariani and the Courtesans

    Cariani and the Courtesans

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    When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger...

    Cariani and the Courtesans
  • 2015
    Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

    Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

    Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

    52015HD

    The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as in such films as Don't Look...

    Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
  • 1987
    Land

    Land

    Land

    01987HD

    The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are...

    Land
  • 1988
    Shadow on the Earth

    Shadow on the Earth

    Shadow on the Earth

    01988HD

    On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin is hurtling through space. Down below, 7-year-old Billy Wilson keeps watching the skies, itching for an encounter...

    Shadow on the Earth
  • 1996
    Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

    Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

    Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

    5.21996HD

    Very insightful BBC documentary about Paul Verhoeven, tracking his career up to Showgirls. The programme focuses on talks with Verhoeven, but also...

    Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
  • 2012
    Screen Goddesses

    Screen Goddesses

    Screen Goddesses

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    With the beginnings of Hollywood, the star system was born with an archetypal bad girl - the vampish Theda Bara - and the good girl - the blazingly...

    Screen Goddesses
  • 1996
    A Relative Stranger

    A Relative Stranger

    A Relative Stranger

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    Twenty year-old student Peter Fraiman falls asleep in 1975 a happy man, having asked his girlfriend to marry him. But when he wakes up, it's 1995; he...

    A Relative Stranger
  • 2016
    All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

    All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

    All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

    02016HD

    An exploration into the history of Shakespeare's plays, from the silent era to the modern day featuring archive interviews with movie directors...

    All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
  • 2002
    Robert Altman in England

    Robert Altman in England

    Robert Altman in England

    02002HD

    Robert Altman interviewed during the making of GOSFORD PARK (2001), as well as members of the cast and crew. Also, revealing behind the scenes...

    Robert Altman in England
  • 1966
    Turner

    Turner

    Turner

    01966HD

    A documentary feature offering a general introduction to the work of the painter J.M.W. Turner.

    Turner
  • 2003
    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

    02003HD

    Documentary profile of legendary dance choreographer Busby Berkeley.

    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
  • 1990
    Rossellini

    Rossellini

    Rossellini

    01990HD

    A profile of the film director Roberto Rossellini, looking at his life, personality and films, following his career and his relationship with Ingrid...

    Rossellini
  • 1986
    Asinamali

    Asinamali

    Asinamali

    01986HD

    Five black men in South Africa end up in jail - for crimes which range from shooting a security policeman to sleeping with a white boss's wife. What...

    Asinamali
  • 2001
    When I Was 12

    When I Was 12

    When I Was 12

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    Newly arrived on a Burnley housing estate is twelve-year-old Chloe, who, with her alcoholic single mother and abusive older brother, has been...

    When I Was 12
  • 1992
    Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro

    Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro

    Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro

    61992HD

    Documentary about Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds, Il Confimista, 1900. Vittorio Storaro talks about his...

    Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
  • 2005
    The Undertaker

    The Undertaker

    The Undertaker

    62005HD

    An undertaker forms an awkward bond with the daughter of a man he has to bury.

    The Undertaker
  • 1993
    Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond

    Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond

    Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond

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    The second part of a BBC documentary on the latter half of the career of French director Jean Renoir.

    Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond
  • 1979
    Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives

    Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives

    Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives

    01979HD

    Dramatizations and actual archival film footage and photographs combine to relate the life of American composer Charles Ives and to document the...

    Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives
  • 1963
    Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962

    Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962

    Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962

    01963HD

    A documentary feature that attempts to approach the meaning of Francis Bacon's vision of the human predicament, without using words, just solely...

    Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962
  • 1992
    Granada: From the North

    Granada: From the North

    Granada: From the North

    01992HD

    The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's most enduring soap opera Coronation Street, the current affairs series World in Action,...

    Granada: From the North