Movies, Tv Movies and Miniseries watched in 2012
February
Gosford Park (2001)
Multiple storylined drama set in 1930's, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in an English country house. IMDb
L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (2009)
Documentary with material selected from 15 hours (185 reels) of the incomplete and ill-fated 1964 would-be masterpiece, L’Enfer. IMDb
Ed Wood (1994)
The mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends and actors. IMDb
Chicago (2002)
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. IMDb
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
A poor boy finds one of the five hidden golden tickets giving him the opportunity to tour the Wonka candy factory. IMDb
Kick-Ass (2010)
An unnoticed high school student and comic book fan decides one day to become a super-hero, even though he has no power, training or meaningful reason to do so. IMDb
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
A free-thinking art history professor teaches conservative 50's Wellesley girls to question their traditional societal roles. IMDb
Restoration (1995)
A young physician enters the service of King Charles II after having saved the King's favorite spaniel. He is being ordered to accept an arranged marriage with his favorite mistress. IMDb
St. Trinian's (2007)
St Trinian's, an anarchic school for "young ladies", brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who, using their wit and ingenuity, save the school from bankruptcy. IMDb
Einstein and Eddington (TV 2008)
A look at Einstein's theory of general relativity, his relationship with Arthur Eddington and the introduction of this theory to the world. IMDb
Rear Window (1954)
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. IMDb
Isadora (1968)
Biopic of Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. IMDb
A Room with a View (1985)
When Lucy Honeychurch and her chaperone find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son step in to remedy the situation ...IMDb
Easy Virtue (2008)
Social comedy in which a glamorous American widow impetuously marries a young Englishman. When they return to England to meet his parents, family tensions escalate. IMDb
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (TV 2008)
A retelling of the story of future prime minister Thatcher during the fifties when she began her attempts to be selected for parliament. IMDb
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her. IMDb
Quartier Lointain (2010)
A grown man wakes up to discover he is a teenager again. IMDb
Le temps retrouvé (1999)
Marcel Proust is on his deathbed. Looking at photographs brings memories of his youth and the way the Great War put an end to a stratum of society. IMDb
Swann in Love (1984)
Elegant and educated bachelor, Charles Swann, becomes obsessed with Odette, a courtesan who cares more for money than Swann's passion for her. IMDb
Baisers volés (1968)
Continues the story of the character Antoine Doinel, whom Truffaut had previously depicted in The 400 Blows and the short film Antoine and Colette. IMDb
Amadeus (1984)
The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum. IMDb
Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951)
Michel is in jail after having stolen from his employer, for the love of Juliette. One night, he dreams of a strange village... IMDb
The Meaning of Life (1983)
The comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way. IMDb
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard "Baby." IMDb
Un baiser s'il vous plaît (2007)
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OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions (2006)
A parodic homage to classic spy films. IMDb
Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon (2007)
Inspired by L'Astrée a 17th century major work by Honoré d'Urfé about a shepherd in love with the beautiful Astrée who flees from him convinced of his infidelity. IMDb
An Education (2009)
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. IMDb
Spellbound (1945)
A female psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory. IMDb