Life Is Sweet 1991  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Moya Brady, David Neilson, Harriet Thorpe, Paul Trussel, Jack Thorpe-Baker
Set in the lower-middle-class home of a London family, this film provides an insightful character study of four different family members and how they interact with one another. Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) live with their teenage daughters–tomboy Natalie (Claire Skinner) and anorexic Nicola (Jane Horrocks). The girls deal differently with their optimistic mother and good natured father who runs a business from a mobile snack bar. When problems rise to the fore, Wendy strives to keep the family together.
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Naked 1993 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner, Peter Wight, Elizabeth Berrington, Ewen Bremner, Susan Vidler, Deborah MacLaren, Gina McKee, Carolina Giammetta, Peter Whitman, David Foxxe, Toby Jones
Johnny (David Thewlis) is a drifter who heads to London to escape from the family whose daughter he has raped. He looks up his old girlfriend Louise (Lesley Sharp), seduces her roommate Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge), and then roams London's streets where he meets people who seem to be living on or over the edge. Finally, Johnny returns to Sophie's home and meets Jeremy (Greg Cruttwell) whose life is a mirror image of his own defiant lifestyle. There is comedy mixed with pathos in this well-acted, philosophical story that exposes the deeper psychological sides of its characters.
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The Return of the Native 1994  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Gold
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ray Stevenson, Clive Owen, Joan Plowright, Steven Mackintosh, Claire Skinner, Paul Rogers, Celia Imrie, Peter Wight, Gregg Saunders
Beautiful Eustacia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) lives in rustic Egdon Heath, but she dreams of living in Paris and thinks she has found her escape by marrying a Paris jeweler, Clym (Ray Stevenson), Plans go awry when Clym, for health reasons, opts to remain at Egdon Heath, but, undaunted, Eustacia now sets her sights on the rogue, Damon (Clive Owen).
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Second Sight 1999  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Beeson
Cast: Clive Owen, Claire Skinner, Stuart Wilson, Phoebe Nicholls, Rebecca Egan, Selina Boyack, Stephen Critchley, Benjamin Smith, Louise Atkins, Donald(2) Douglas, Eddie Marsan, Jonell Elliott
When Chief Inspector Ross Tanner (Clive Owen) realizes that he is going blind, he relies on his deputy, Catherine Tully (Claire Skinner), to become his second set of eyes in solving the brutal murder of a young man.
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 Sleepy Hollow 1999  R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Walken, Richard Griffiths, Marc Pickering, Lisa Marie, Steven Waddington, Claire Skinner
The classic story of Washington Irving's Headless Horseman, who rides through the night on his galloping horse performing his own decapitations, is brought to the screen with Johnny Depp in the starring role of Ichabod Crane who is sent to investigate the crimes. When Ichabod arrives in the small, New York town, he is told that a number of decapitated people have been found, and the townsfolk believe it was the work of the legendary Headless Horseman. Ichabod does not believe the story, and, as he investigates, Ichabod meets and falls in love with Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) and becomes even more determined to find the murderer as a way to prove his worth to Katrina.
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When Did You Last See Your Father? 2007 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Director: Anand Tucker
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee, Sarah Lancashire, Elaine Cassidy, Claire Skinner, Matthew Beard, Bradley Johnson, Chris Middleton, Elliot Avery, Rhiannon Howden, Tom Butcher, Tara Berwin
Writer Blake Morrison (Colin Firth) deals with the imminent death of his father Arthur (Jim Broadbent) while he sits at Arthur's deathbed. Through flashbacks to the 1960s, Blake relives amusing and embarrassing moments from his childhood and teens. Meanwhile, Blake tries to come to terms with the present and the conflicts both he and Arthur have endured in their relationship.
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| 1. Life Is Sweet (1991)
2. Naked (1993)
3. The Return of the Native (1994)
4. Second Sight (1999)
5. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
6. When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
aka: And When Did You Last See Your Father?
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