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L’ECLISSE. |
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Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni. Italy 1962. B & W. 124 mins. The final part of Antonioni’s trilogy about broken society and ruptured relationships. Monica Vitti stars as a young Roman woman emerging from a stifling affair with Ricardo, an aloof intellectual and meets Pierre (Alain Delon), an arrogant young stockbroker. Cannes Special Jury Prize. Leslie Halliwell said “ abandons narrative in favour of vague incident and relentless character study.” Warning! Not very good picture quality. | |
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LADISLAW STAREWICZ:SELECTED FILMS |
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| One of the greatest and earliest animators of all time. 5 of his most memorable films. | |||
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THE LADY VANISHES (1938) |
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| Old Lady disappears from train & 2 young people investigate. Suspenseful & funny. Margaret Lockwood,Michael Redgrave. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. | |||
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| LAND AND FREEDOM. |
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(H) GB/Spain. 1995 109 mins Ken Loach’s film charts the experiences of an unemployed worker from Liverpool who goes to fight against Franco in Spain. At first he finds things are simple and it seems a straightforward clash between good and evil but then things get more complex and divided loyalties mirror the in-fighting that plagued the Left and led to Franco’s victory.
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LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD |
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Alain Resnais dreamlike film of an elegant woman in a triangular relationship. What is fact and what dream is never clear. Set in the elegance of Mariinsky Lazne a spa in Czech Republic. French-EST. | |
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L'ATALANTE |
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| Jean Vigo's only feature. A young barge captain takes his peasant bride to live afloat on the River Seine in the company of the eccentric crew. French dialogue-EST. | |||
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LA BELLE et la BETE |
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| Jean Cocteau's poetic version of the fairy tale. Exquisitely designed and with Jean Marais & Jossette Day. French-EST. | |||
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LA BELLE NOISEUSE: DIVERTIMENTO |
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| Jacques Rivette's feted film of a temperamental artist and his muse. Hit of Cannes 1991. French EST. | |||
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LA BETE HUMAINE |
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| Dir. Jean Renoir. Powerful tale of train driver becoming involved with a woman who is accused of murder. Jean Gabin. French-EST. | |||
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LA BETE HUMAINE |
| Girl becomes ill & withdrawn when her first affair breaks up. Careful character study. Witty. Dir. Claude Goretta. Spanish-EST. | |
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LA DOLCE VITA |
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| Journalist mixes in Roman high society and is alternatively sickened and bewitched by its excesses. Fellini's most well known film. EST. | |||
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LA GLOIR DE MON PERE |
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| Based on Marcel Pagnol's biography. A young boy grows up in Provencal where he finds his first real friendship with a girl. EST. | |||
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LA REGLE DU JEU |
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| Jean Renoir's story of a weekend chateau party and games of adultery, mistaken identity and a crime passionel. French-EST. | |||
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LA RONDE |
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| Max Ophul's witty comedy set in 1900 Vienna. A satire on love in a civilized society. In a series of episodes the characters change partners in a never ending chain of sexual attraction. Gently mocking, French-EST. | |||
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ALA STRADA |
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| The film which brought fame to Federico Fellini and made a star of his wife Giuletta Masina. A metaphor of the search for meaning & purpose in life set in the frame of a traveling circus. Oscar winner. Italian-EST. | |||
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LA TRAVIATA |
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| Zeffirelli version of the opera with Placido Domingo. | |||
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LA VIE du CHATEAU |
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| A young woman, married to an aristocrat in Normandy during the war, finds life dull. But the English land. French with EST. | |||
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THE LAST EMPEROR |
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| Bertolucci's remarkable story of the last Chinese Emperor living out his days as an ordinary gardener under the Communists. | |||
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THE LAST of ENGLAND |
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| Derek Jarman's apocalyptic vision of Britain. Anarchy, opulence and decay. Exquisite colour, light and texture; disturbing. | |||
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THE LAST GOON SHOW OF ALL |
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| Anarchic in another sense. More than a comedy cult. It is a state of mind, a kind of genius. | |||
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LAST IMAGES OF THE SHIPWRECK |
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| Argentinian film. 40 year old insurance agent with gloomy life stops a girl from committing suicide and so changes his own life. Dir. Elisio Subiela. Spanish with EST | |||
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LAST TANGO IN PARIS |
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| Marlon Brando, middle-aged and seedy, meets young Maria Schneider regularly for sex. A commentary on communication. | |||
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THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST |
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| Dir. Martin Scorsese. Intense and highly personal exegesis of a human Jesus for whom revelations of divinity are an awesome and frightening burden. | |||
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THE LAST TYCOON |
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| From the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Dir. Elia Kazan. Hollywood studio boss falls for young girl who reminds him of his wife. | |||
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THE LAST WALTZ |
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| An all-day concert featuring the final performance of THE BAND one of the greatest of American rock bands. Dir. Martin Scorsese. | |||
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LAUGHTERHOUSE |
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| An English 'Western' with stampeding geese! When Ben cannot get transport he decides to walk his geese to Christmas market at London. | |||
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LAURA |
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| Taut murder mystery with the detective in love with a portrait of the victim. Excellent script. Dir. Otto Preminger. Dana Andrews. | |||
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THE LAVENDER HILL MOB |
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| Made at the height of Ealing Studios fame. Alec Guinness as an underpaid clerk steals gold bullion and makes miniature Eiffel Towers of it to smuggle out of the country. Unfortunately his near perfect plans are ruined by English schoolgirls. Stanley Holloway, Alfi Bass. | |||
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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA |
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| Beautiful and spectacular picture of life of Lawrence with the Arabs. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Jack Hawkins. Dir. David Lean. | |||
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LE BAL |
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| Takes place in a Parisian dance hall and the plot is entirely communicated by mime, pop music soundtrack and period ballroom dances. The prologue introduces the characters. Clever & poignant social commentary. | |||
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LE CHANT du MONDE |
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| Dir. Marcrel Camus. In Haute-Provence two rival clans are in constant battle. In the midst is a passionate love affair. EST | |||
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LE CHATEAU de MA MERE |
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| From the novels of Marcel Pagnol. In Marseille the son of a seamstress and dynamic schoolteacher prepares for university. EST. | |||
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LE DERNIER MILLIARDAIRE |
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| A satire on appearances by Rene Clement. A Queen arranges a marriage between her daughter and a rich man only to find out later that he is a fake. French dialogue EST. B & W 1934. | |||
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LE SILENCE EST D'OR |
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| The start of the 1900s. A comedian cum film producer has an affair with a girl. A 'middling' Rene Clair comedy. French with EST. | |||
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L'ENFANCE DU CHRIST |
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| Visual production of oratorio by Hector Berlioz. Tells of the flight of the Holy Family from persecution through the desert. | |||
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LENIN |
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| A Granada TV biography of his life. Made before fall of Soviet Union and more information came to light of the cruelties started under Lenin. | |||
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LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO AMERICA |
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| Hilarious Finnish road movie about terrible rock & roll band from Siberia going to USA. Mainly English with some EST. | |||
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LENINGRAD:THE HERO CITY |
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| Whatever one thinks of the Soviet regime, one must admire the courage of the Russians. This deals with the siege of Leningrad during the war:one third of the population died. Granada TV documentary. | |||
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LENNY BRUCE LIVE |
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| The only known filmed record of the comedian, known mostly for obscenity, but beneath, a person much concerned about the futur.e | |||
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LES AMANTS du PONT-NEUF |
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| A young painter with failing eyesight hangs around Paris's oldest bridge and falls in love with a fire-eating punk. French-EST. | |||
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LES BIJOUTIERS |
| Bardot plays a young convent girl who flees to Spain with a scoundrel and they are pursued into the mountains by police. 1957. EST. | |
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LES ENFANTS du PARADIS |
| The word masterpiece is justified in this case. A romantic spectacle set in the streets of Paris of the last century. Jean Louis Barrault gives amazing performance as the eternal Pagliacci clown. EST. | |
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LES GRANDES MANOEUVRES |
| Bardot and Gerard Philipe who prides himself as a Don Juan who can win a woman in town chosen by his fellow officers. 1955 EST. | |
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LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES |
| A tale of strategies, targets and conquests in the name of love. Annette Vadim. Compare with the USA version DANGEROUS LIAISONS. with Glenn Close. French dialogue EST 1959. | |
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LES MISERABLES |
| English production with Anthony Perkins and Cyril Cusack. The powerful Victor Hugo story of a woodcutter savagely sentenced for theft. | |
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LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS |
| Truffaut's acclaimed first film is the touching story of sexual awakening of a group of boys who idolize and then torment an older girl. This film launched the French 'New Wave' in 1950s. EST. | |
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LET GEORGE DO IT |
| A typical George Formby film from 1940. Luck, speed and high spirits; the usual Formby formula. Very popular in industrial north. | |
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LETTER TO BREZNEV |
| Made at the height of the cold war, a riotous adventure of two Liverpool girls who pick up two Russian sailors and fall in love. | |
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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP |
| Crowning achievement of Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. Churchill wanted it banned. Epic in scale and intimate in detail. Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook & Deborah Kerr. | |
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LIFE IS SWEET. |
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Dir. Mike Leigh. 1990. 99 mins.Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent and Timothy Spall. Remarkable story of an unremarkable English family told in the classic tragic-comedy style that is Mike Leigh’s. It covers issues of unemployment, anorexia, failure, nervous breakdown and hope, as they affect one suburban London family and their friends and acquaintances. | |
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LIFE OF BRIAN |
| Made by the Monty Python team. Denounced by many who never saw it, yet approved by other sincere Christians. Irreverent skit on Jesus. | |
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| LIKE TWENTY IMPOSSIBLES. |
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Like Twenty Impossibles" is the work of Annemarie Jacir, co-written with Kamran Rastegar. Jacir is a Palestinian filmmaker, activist, and poet living between New York City and Palestine. The 17-minute short mockumentary tells the story of a journey in a country where checkpoints and a sinister patchwork of controlled areas make freedom of movement itself impossible. | |
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LIMELIGHT |
| Poignant Chaplin tragic-comedy of music-hall comedian on his last legs being encouraged by young dancer. | |
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THE LION IN WINTER |
| The remarkable love-hate relationship of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. | |
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LISZTOMANIA |
| A Ken Russell outrageous view of the life of Liszt with him portrayed as a pop star. Purist classic music lovers should not view! | |
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LITTLE CAESAR |
| One of the classic Hollywood gangster movies of all time. Based on the life of Al Capone with Edward G. Robinson as Ricco. | |
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LITTLE DORRIT |
| A two-cassette version of Dickens satire on Victorian corruption. Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness, Eleanor bron, Pat Hayes. | |
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THE LITTLE FOXES |
| A greedy and vicious Southern wife sacrifices her family for wealth & social position. Written by Lilian Hellman. Bette Davis. | |
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LOCAL HERO |
| Oil Tycoon (Burt Lancaster) comes to quaint Scottish village with big plans. However his plans get somewhat changed. Dir. Bill Forsyth. | |
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THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER |
| Resenting the regimentation at the Borstal, Tom Courtenay trains for the race and uses the lonely runs to remember the hard sad details of his childhood. Script Alan Sillitoe. | |
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THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE |
| Maggie Smith plays a naive abandoned spinster struggling to maintain dignity in a shoddy Dublin boarding house. | |
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LONG DAY's JOURNEY INTO NIGHT |
| National Theatre production of Eugene O'Neil's drama of a family with a dope addict mother and talented but frustrated actor father. One son is alcoholic and the other self-tormented. | |
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THE LONGEST DAY |
| All star cast in this reconstruction of the Allied landing in Normandy on D.Day. | |
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LOOK BACK IN ANGER |
| A young Richard Burton plays Jimmy Porter. A graduate runs a sweet stall at the local market taking his frustration at life out on his long suffering wife. The first film in the 'kitchen-sink' genre. | |
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LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR |
| Is the real Theresa Dunn the compassionate teacher of deaf children by day, or the seeker of uninvolved sexual encounters by night? Dianne Keaton in Judith Rossner's novel. | |
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LOOT |
| Outrageous Joe Orton black comedy of a lunatic crook using his mother's coffin to hide stolen cash. Richard Attenborough & Milo O'Shea. | |
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LORD JIM |
| Peter O'Toole in the Joseph Conrad novel of the young idealistic naval office who loses his ticket of competency and hopes for a new chance. | |
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LORD OF THE FLIES |
| Peter Brook's original of the black story by William Golding of the schoolboys stranded on a tropical island who gradually degenerate and turn savage. | |
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LORD OF THE FLIES |
| A remake which compares well with the original. The English schoolboys are transposed into American military school cadets. | |
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LORD OF THE RINGS |
| A Ralph Bakshi animated version of part of the great epic by Tolkien. | |
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LOST HONOUR OF KATHERINE BLUM |
| Powerful version of Heinrich Boll novel about irresponsibility of gutter press & ability to destroy lives. Dir. Volker Schondorf. | |
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LOST HORIZON |
| Ronald Colman with a group of refugees flees to the mountains of Tibet where they find a utopian valley 'Shangri-La'. B & W 1937. | |
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LOULOU |
| Gerard Depardieu & Isabelle Huppert in a love affair between two young Parisians from totally differing backgrounds. French dialogue - EST. | |
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LOVE AND DEATH |
| Woody Allen's hilarious send-up of Russian literature. Awaiting execution Allen reviews the follies of his life. With Diane Keaton. | |
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LOVE ON THE DOLE |
| Life among unemployed cotton workers in industrial Lancashire in the years of the Depression. Social melodrama from the novel by Walter Greenwood. Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans. Dir. John Baxter. | |
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THE LOWER DEPTHS |
| Akira Kurosawa's version of the story by Maxim Gorky. The Moscow slums are transposed to a stylised Tokyo hovel. Japanese with EST. | |
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L.S.LOWRY |
| A guided tour of the Lowry collection in Salford Art Gallery by Harold Riley who carried on Lowry's documentation of the town of Salford. | |
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THE L SHAPED ROOM |
| Charming film from the 1960's of a jilted pregnant girl left to face life in squalor. Sensitive study of social morals. LeslieCaron. | |
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