David M. Thompson Movies

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

Documentary profile of legendary dance choreographer Busby Berkeley.

In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia Bird, who died in 2013. Bird blazed a trail from...

After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.

Adaptation of the novel by Gillian White. A drunken woman's children lock her in the sauna in an attempt to cure her of her alcoholism. The teenage...

Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison.

Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.

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

A young teacher returns to the children’s care home where he grew up, and becomes involved with the lives of the troubled teenage children.

Is Joe really having an affair - or is Rosie imagining it all? A story of sexual jealousy, betrayal and vengeance - an emotional journey which keeps...

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

As Christmas celebrations get under way, Britain is rocked by a deadly new food scare - "mad turkey disease".

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips...

Drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.

Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. In their late twenties and tired of partying their way around the world,...

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...

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

From his quirky compositions for the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone to his sublime musical contributions to director Roland Joffé's...

The safe, secure, boring life of Charlie Cross, a wealthy, successful solicitor is irretrievably shattered when he embarks on an illicit, passionate...

Annie Kirk's life is in chaos. She is broke, unemployed, can't pay her poll tax and has two boyfriends she wants to be shot of. She is determined to...