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KAGEMUSHA |
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Japanese epic of the death of a clan chief and his secret replacement by a double. A Kurosawa film. Japanese dialogue with EST. | |
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KANAL |
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| The second part of the Andrzej Wajda trilogy. The last terrible stages of the abortive Warsaw Uprising when the partisans took to the sewers. Not a conventional war film celebrating heroism. Polish-EST. | |||
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KATE BUSH-LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH ODEON |
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| The talents of Kate Bush combine a theatre of music, movement of action packed drama and stirring emotion. | |||
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KENT STATE |
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| A dramatization of May 4th 1970 when US National Guard panicked and killed 4 students participating in a peaceful anti-Vietnam War demo. | |||
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KES |
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| Ken Loach's famous film of the poor Yorkshire boy with a pet Kestrel. A marvelous, moving and compassionate film. Colin Welland stars as Billy's English teacher and Brian Glover plays the soccer-mad P.E. Teacher. | |||
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THE KILLING FIELDS |
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| David Puttnam's film of war torn Cambodia. One man is determined to tell the truth whatever the cost. 3 Oscars & 8 British awards. | |||
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THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE |
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| Controversial film in its time of ageing lesbian actress being written out of long running TV soap opera. Her stifling relationship with Alice bursts from suppressed hysteria. | |||
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KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS |
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| Althogh an Ealing Comedy, this is almost more French than English. Alec Guinness takes 9 parts as he gets rid of, one by one, the relatives who stand in the way of a fortune. Marvellous humour. | |||
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A KIND OF LOVING |
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| From the novel by Stan Barstow. Simple in outline, bursts with telling detail of the battle young people had in those days (1960) against cramping suburban ideas of love and class. North of England tale. | |||
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KING AND COUNTRY |
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| Dir. Joseph Losey. Amidst the mud and blood of Passcendaele in 1917, a private awaits Court Martial for desertion. Regarded by many as one of the best half dozen war films. | |||
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KINGS OF THE ROAD |
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| Wim Wenders film of a man who abandons everything and then meets cinema repair man with whom he travels the length of the then East/West German Border, haunted by their pasts. German dialogue-EST. | |||
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KING KONG |
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| The original version made in 1933 with Fay Wray. A landmark in its time, the story of the capture and transporting of Kong to New York. | |||
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KING LEAR |
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| Peter Brook version. A fine cinematic version which does depart somewhat from the text. With Paul Scofield & Irene Worth. | |||
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KING LEAR |
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| A version from the Canadian Stratford Festival. Possibly the most faithful to the text version. With Patrick Magee & Wendy Allnut. | |||
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KING LEAR |
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| Granada TV production with Laurence Olivier and Diana Rigg. | |||
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KING LEAR |
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| BBC TV Shakespeare series. Michael Horden, Frank Middlemass. | |||
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KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN |
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| Two men share a cell in a Latin American jail. One, gay window dresser, other a radical held without trial. EST. | |||
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KLASSIC KEYSTONE KOMEDY KAPERS |
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| Some of the earliest preserved shorts restored from paper stock. First appearance of Chaplin on film. | |||
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KLUTE |
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| Jane Fonda as high class call girl getting mixed up with psychotic killer. Powerful suspense film. Fonda received Oscar for her performance. | |||
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KNIFE IN THE WATER |
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| Polanski's first feature film. A married couple invite a young hitchhiker on their yacht. Tensions develop. The wife flirtatiously eggs on a conflict between her husband and the boy. Polish dialogue-EST. | |||
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KOTCH |
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| Comedy-drama of poignant and touching relationship between 72 year old widower and unmarried pregnant teenager. Walter Matthau-Deborah Winters. | |||
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| KUHLE WAMPE |
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Germany 1932 68 mins. Dir: Slatan Dudow Screenplay Bertold Brecht. A family is evicted from their home and sent to a camp for the dispossessed. Its subversive humour and energetic communist message meant that one year after its release it was banned by the Nazis on their accession to power. KUHLE WAMPE is followed by a video essay by Andrew Hoellering, son of the producer Georg Hoellering (who afterfleeing from the Nazis ran the Academy Cinema in London, showcase for many famous foreign language films?). Analyses Kuhle Wampe and tells of the background to its production.
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KRAMER vs. KRAMER |
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| A story of contemporary relationships. Dustin Hoffman and his wife are divorcing and battle over the custody of their son. | |||
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