Doll’s Eye

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and as...

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Charles Frend

Cast

Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott

Trapped in a dangerous loop of bad luck and cheap motels, and under constant threat from her volatile pimp, prostitute Liz guides the audience through a high-stakes night on the streets. Through fourth-wall-breaking confessionals and gritty flashbacks, she reveals how she—a desperate mother—ended up selling her body to survive.

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

Ken Russell

Cast

Theresa Russell, Benjamin Mouton, Antonio Fargas

A psychiatrist encourages his female patients to tell him their sexual problems, each as each relates her particular case, we see it in flashback.

Runtime

1h

Cast

Pamela Berkeley, Jeanette Foster, Carol Wilson

In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family's Chinese banking empire. When circumstances dictate that he appoint his unreliable youngest son, family bonds are pushed to the limit as father and son clash in a climate of political turmoil. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 2009 Shanghai Internat...

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Christina Yao

Cast

Aaron Kwok, Chang Lantian, Zhang Tielin

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist reformer, now obsessed with the idea of power, he founds the National Fascist Party in 1921 and assumes political power in 1922, becoming the Duce, dictator of Italy. His success encourages Hitler to take power in Germany in 1933, openi...

Runtime

1h 41m

Cast

Bill Paterson, Stefano Fregni, Adrian Lyttleton