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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Secrets & Lies 1996 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Elizabeth Berrington, Lesley Manville, Michele Austin, Lee Ross, Ron Cook, Emma Amos, Brian Bovell, Travor Laird
A reunion brings together family members for Roxanne's (Claire Rushbrook) 21st birthday. Those attending are Roxanne's lonely mother, Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn); Cynthia's brother, Maurice (Timothy Spall); and his wife, Monica (Phyllis Logan)–and a surprise guest, Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a young Black woman searching for her biological mother who turns out to be Cynthia.
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Urban Ghost Story 1998   R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Genevieve Jolliffe
Cast: Heather Ann Foster, Stephanie Buttle, Jason Connery, Nicola Stapleton, Andreas Wisniewski, Billy Boyd, Elizabeth Berrington, Kenneth Bryans, Alan Owen, Carolyn Bonnyman
Young teen Lizzie (Heather Ann Foster), a recent survivor of an auto accident that killed her friend, lives in a Glasgow apartment with mother Kate (Stephanie Buttle) and younger brother and sister. When poltergeist activity begins in Lizzie's room, Kate turns to newsman John (Jason Connery) for help. But John believes it is a hoax, and "experts" that arrive on the scene add to the weirdness.
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| 1. Naked (1993)
2. Secrets & Lies (1996)
3. Urban Ghost Story (1998)
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