Movies

Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre...

Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living...

Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements,...

Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that have been part of the Cannes Film Festival over...

Gary attempts to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including dodgy...

A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor...

A multi-part documentary about Alan Clarke, featuring interviews with various actors, writers and producers.

Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife...

A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

A boy goes to see his probation officer.

Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.

A behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the 69th Annual Academy Awards ceremony.

Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl...

Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend...

Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.

In this second installment of his exploration of creativity, Hermann Vaske looks for factors that inhibit it. He asks artists, activists, and...

A look at the production of Play for Today: Abigail's Party (1977).