Movies: Stephen Frears

  • 1977
    Black Christmas

    Black Christmas (1977)

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    A bittersweet drama on a familiar theme - the frictions forced to the surface during a Christmas family get-together - Michael Abbensetts' Black Christmas is an understated and affecting study of relationships, unexpressed pain and a tormented nostal...

    Black Christmas
  • 1968
    The Burning

    The Burning (1968)

    The Burning

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    The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of t...

    The Burning
  • 2023
    The Rise of the Comic Strip

    The Rise of the Comic Strip (2023)

    The Rise of the Comic Strip

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    Documentary about the beginnings and the Channel 4 years of the Comic Strip....

    The Rise of the Comic Strip
  • 2019
    Memories of Lindsay Anderson

    Memories of Lindsay Anderson (2019)

    Memories of Lindsay Anderson

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    Chris Wade's documentary film is a personal, intimate and affectionate look at the life and work of Lindsay Anderson, the legendary film and theatre director behind if. - and O Lucky Man. With new recollections from director Stephen Frears, if - star...

    Memories of Lindsay Anderson
  • 2011
    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood (2011)

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

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    Documentary about Hans Zimmer....

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
  • 1986
    Hooray For Holyrood

    Hooray For Holyrood (1986)

    Hooray For Holyrood

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    Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and featuring interviews with Bill Forsyth, Samuel Fuller and Barry Norman, among many others....

    Hooray For Holyrood
  • 1995
    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema (1995)

    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

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    Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British cinema....

    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
  • 1985
    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman (1985)

    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

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    A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'. Chris Menges discusses his early career in television and film. Featuring interviews with Bill Forsyth, Bill Paterson, Ken Loach, Neil Jordan, and ...

    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
  • 1974
    Match of the Day

    Match of the Day (1974)

    Match of the Day

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    Chance has missed the match, but the girls at his sister's wedding might make up for it...

    Match of the Day
  • 2012
    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment (2012)

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

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    Sam was born with an extremely rare genetic disorder called Familial Dysautonomia. When born, he had 50 per cent chance of making it to his fifth birthday. Now, at the age of 39 we follow this exceptional person as he pursues his joint goals of getti...

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
  • 2015
    Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe

    Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe (2015)

    Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe

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    Stephen Frears in a interview with film scholar and producer Colin MacCabe. The topics which he touches upon include his career in theater and TV prior to making the film, his impressions of Hanif Kureishi, his relative ignorance of immigrant life an...

    Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
  • 1971
    Incident

    Incident (1971)

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    An anti-short short. On three occassions a man overhears a car accident while relaxing in his room. He reacts with less and less concern to each crash....

    Incident
  • 2001
    All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

    All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar (2001)

    All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

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    A rare look at the the career of film director Pedro Almodóvar, especially his early works, with interviews with the director himself and his stars and admirers....

    All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
  • 2019
    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit (2019)

    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

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    Director Stephen Frears, film historian Ian Christie, and author and British film historian Richard Dacre discuss the unique qualities of The Man in the White Suit as well as the legacy of its director, Alexander Mackendrick....

    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
  • 2017
    She's French

    She's French (2017)

    She's French

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    She's chic, slim and sexy like Brigitte Bardot. She's French. But she's not all French women, right?...

    She's French
  • 2018
    Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters

    Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters (2018)

    Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters

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    A brand new feature-length documentary on the film’s production, including new interviews with director Stephen Frears, director of photography Oliver Stapleton, editor Michael Audsley, executive producer Barbara Defina and co-producer Peggy Rajaki....

    Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
  • 2021
    Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons

    Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons (2021)

    Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons

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    Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons