Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
A Cottage on Dartmoor
Girl on a Motorcycle
The Last of England
A Zed and Two Noughts
Contraband
Glastonbury Fayre
King and Country
Primitive London
The Wind of Change
3 Businessmen
Spotlight on British Cinema
It starts with the wars. With the Blitz it seems like the worst is over, now what’s left is to pick up the pieces, and get back to a proper way of life. But here come the Teddy Boys, Mods, Rockers, Punks—every time you look another subculture pops up to make its mark, turning that stiff upper lip into a snarl. Kitchen-sink class dramas in the fifties, outspoken cinematic reactions to the rise of conservatism in the eighties, the best British films in our collection showcase the internal oppositions and rapid changes that make England a center for cultural reinvention.
Selected Films
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3 Businessmen
Two businessmen, Benny and Frank, venture out into the streets of Liverpool, a city neither of them knows, in search of dinner. They wander for miles, unable to find a meal, unaware that the town they began their journey in has morphed: first into Rotterdam, then into Tokyo and Hong Kong....Watch Movie
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King and Country
In Joseph Losey's stirring anti-war film, a tough, no-nonsense British Army lawyer (Dick Bogarde) is assigned to defend a lowly private (Tom Courtenay) at his court martial. The private has been accused of desertion during battle. The lawyer, Captain Hargreaves, is convinced...Watch Movie
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The Wind of Change
Set against the Notting Hill race riots of the late 1950s, THE WIND OF CHANGE is a gripping kitchen-sink drama focusing on the relationship between a father (Donald Pleasence), a world-weary yet liberal man who spends all his spare time looking after his rabbits, and his...Watch Movie
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Glastonbury Fayre
In the summer of 1971 the Glastonbury legend was born when the organizers decided to try and create a festival that would be a forerunner for an "alternative and utopian society." The festival encompassed Midsummer's Day, and in true medieval tradition, the area of Worthy...Watch Movie
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A Zed and Two Noughts
"Two legs look so good together, don't you think?" A masterpiece of modern cinema, A ZED AND TWO NOUGHTS is Peter Greenaway's beautifully disturbing and darkly humorous take on obsession and death. In a horrific automobile-swan accident in front of the Rotterdam Zoo, two women...Watch Movie
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Four in the Morning
It is a moment before dawn and the river traffic on the Thames begins to ease its way through the fog. The River police find the body of a young girl left dry by the ebb tide. Her body is brought ashore and her possessions examined. Who is she? And what drove her to take her...Watch Movie
