 Bent 1997  NC-17, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sean Mathias
Cast: Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Brian Webber, Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger, Jude Law, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gresby Nash, Suzanne Bertish, David Meyer
This is the film version of Martin Sherman's play about Max (Clive Owen) and Horst (Lothaire Bluteau) who become homosexual lovers in the Nazi concentration camp, Dachau.
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The Draughtsman's Contract 1982  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Peter Greenaway
Cast: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Neil Cunningham, Dave Hill, David Gant, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Nicolas Amer, Suzan Crowley, Lynda La Plante, Michael Feast, Alastair Cummings
Mr. Neville (Anthony Higgins) is an artist who accepts a commission from Mrs. Herbert (Janet Suzman) to make 12 drawings of her husband's (Dave Hill) estate while he is away. The commission has a condition: Neville will have sex 12 times with Mrs. Herbert. Sounds like a good deal to Mr. Neville, until Mr. Herbert's murdered body is found on the estate. Now, Neville realizes that he has no idea of what is really going on in this upper-crust world.
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The Tempest 1979  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Derek Jarman
Cast: Peter Bull, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox, Richard Warwick, Karl Johnson, Jack Birkett, Christopher Biggins, Peter Turner, Ken Campbell, Claire Davenport, Helen Wellington-Lloyd, Elisabeth Welch, Kate Temple
Loosely based on Shakespeare's play, this film version focuses on what ensues after the King of Naples (Peter Bull) and his family are shipwrecked by a tempest at sea and washed ashore on an island occupied by his exiled son Prospero (Heathcote Williams) and Prospero's daughter Miranda (Toyah Willcox). Prospero is a sorcerer and uses the help of the airy spirit Arial (Karl Johnson) to turn his world into an idyllic place. Now, Prospero's existence is threatened with the arrival of the shipwrecked survivors and those who seek revenge.
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| 1. Bent (1997)
2. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
3. The Tempest (1979)
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