Chris & Don: A Love Story

Tina Mascara & Guido Santi

The love story between British writer Christopher Isherwood (whose book 'The Berlin Stories' inspired the musical and film Cabaret) and Don Bachardy, American portrait artist.


Excalibur: Behind the Movie

Mark Wright, Alec Moore & Lawrence Fee

Excalibur told the tale of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone and helped start the careers of actors Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren and Patrick Stewart. They join other cast and crew to share memories about this masterpiece.


Keepers of the Magic

Vic Sarin

This groundbreaking documentary explores our fascination with moving images and provides insight into how cinema's most iconic moments came to be. Most of all, it honors the great masters of cinematography's unsung heroes whose vision and talent was always right before our eyes. Legendary cinematographers including Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor), Bruno Delbonnel (Amelie), Cesar Charlone (City of God), Philippe Rouselot (The Bear, Big Fish), 2018 Oscar Winner: Roger Deakins (Bladerunner 2049, No Country For Old Men), John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road, Witness) and Gordon Willis (the Godfather trilogy, All The President's Men) share behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the greatest films of the last 50 years and explain how their individual journeys contributed to their work. Audiences young and old will gain a new appreciation of cinema as Keepers of the Magic gives us an insider's glimpse behind the moving images that have awed and inspired generations.


Queen and Country

John Boorman

9-year-old Bill Rohan rejoices in the destruction of his school by an errant Luftwaffe bomb. Queen and Country picks up the story nearly a decade later as Bill (Boorman's alter-ego) begins basic training in the early Fifties, during the Korean War. Bill (played by a charming Callum Turner) is joined by a trouble-making army mate, Percy (Caleb Landry Jones). They never get near Korea, but engage in a constant battle of wits with the Catch-22-worthy, Sgt. Major Bradley -- the brilliant David Thewlis. Richard E. Grant is their superior, the veddy, veddy, infinitely put-upon, aptly-named Major Cross. A superb ensemble cast limns a wonderfully funny and often moving depiction of a still-recovering postwar England.


Having a Wild Weekend

John Boorman

Take a trip to the Swinging Sixties and the music of the British Invasion with The Dave Clark 5! When star actress and model Dinah (Barbara Ferris) wants to take a break from being a celebrity and meets stuntman Steve (Dave Clark) on the set of her latest movie, the two jet away for an island getaway -- along with Steve's musical pals. The only problem is, they forget to tell anyone their plans. Now, a worldwide search ensues for the friends who are Having a Wild Weekend.


In My Country

John Boorman

Set against the backdrop of the South African Truth and Reconciliation hearings, In My Country charts the depths of pain and suffering and the redeeming power of forgiveness and love. Washington Post journalist Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) is skeptical about the process, feeling that it is just a way for the perpetrators to escape unscathed. Anna Malan (Juliette Binoche), an Afrikaaner poet and journalist, is enthusiastic, with great hopes of seeing her country healed. Instantly at odds over their opposing views, Langston and Anna are eventually drawn closer through the shared experience of listening to the moving and painful testimony. As Langston becomes increasingly drawn into Anna's world and her passion for the country of her birth, they both confront difficult questions.


Where the Heart Is

John Boorman

Stewart McBain (Dabney Coleman) is a successful, wealthy businessman who has given his family the easy life. Now, as young adults, none of the kids are in any hurry to leave the cushy lifestyle they enjoy at home. But McBain knows best. Or so he thinks! To the surprise of his wife (Joanna Cassidy) he kicks the kids out into a dilapidated tenement hoping they'll discover responsibility for themselves. But the tables turn when McBain's business goes under and he and his wife must move in with their offbeat offspring! Now the McBain family must once again learn to live together, an experience that teaches them where their real family fortunes lie!


Beyond Rangoon

John Boorman

Emmy winner and Golden Globe-nominee Patricia Arquette (TV's "Medium," "True Romance") stars as a troubled young doctor who travels to Burma with her sister, (Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner and Emmy-nominee Frances McDormand -- "North Country," "Something's Gotta Give"). As the political climate turns dangerous, she is forced to flee with a wanted dissident who helps her search for a way out of the country. Directed by Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominee John Boorman ("The Tailor of Panama," "Excalibur"). Also starring, Spalding Gray ("Kate and Leopold," "How High") and Victor Slezak (TV's "Guiding Light," "The Siege").


The Tiger's Tail

John Boorman

A hawkish businessman who slowly finds his life being taken over by the twin brother he never knew he had. Liam O'Leary is a no-nonsense real-estate developer who isn't above greasing the politician's wheels a bit to get the permits he needs. His 20-year marriage to Jane has been stale for over a decade, and his adolescent son, Connor, has most recently taken to communism as a means of showcasing his rebellious streak. Though Liam still dotes on his aging mother, it's plain to see that his sister, Oona, is the favored child in the family. One day, stuck in traffic on the way home double approach his car and begin cleaning the windshield while begging for change. Now, after discovering that he was not only adopted but has an identical twin as well, Liam finds his life rapidly being taken over by a cunning doppelganger who has had enough of life on the streets, and has finally found a means of turning his luck around by simply stepping into the shoes of his more successful counterpart.


Excalibur

John Boorman

Medieval times are brought to vivid life in this spellbinding and stylish retelling of the legend of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table and the rise and fall of Camelot. Adapted from Sir Thomas Malory's classic "Le Morte D'Arthur," directed by multi-Academy Award-nominee John Boorman ("Deliverance," "Hope and Glory") and starring Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson ("Batman Begins," "Kingdom of Heaven"), Golden Globe-nominee Patrick Stewart (the "X-Men" movies, the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" franchise), Gabriel Byrne ("The Usual Suspects," "Ghost Ship"), Nigel Terry ("Troy," "The Lion in Winter") and Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren ("The Queen," "Raising Helen").


Zardoz

John Boorman

In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.


Point Blank (1967)

John Boorman

Two years after he is double-crossed and left for dead by his dirty partner, gangster Lee Marvin seeks deadly revenge. This action-packed thriller stars Oscar-winner Marvin ("Cat Ballou," "The Dirty Dozen"), Angie Dickinson ("Dressed to Kill," TV's "Police Woman"), Emmy-winner Carroll O'Connor (TV's "All in the Family," "In the Heat of the Night"), and Keenan Wynn ("Mary Poppins," "Dr. Strangelove"). Directed by Academy Award-nominee John Boorman ("Deliverance," "Hope and Glory"). Produced by Oscar-winner Robert Chartoff ("Rocky," "Raging Bull").


Deliverance

John Boorman

In the unfamiliar Appalachian backwoods, a weekend of male bonding for four inexperienced campers turns into a gut-wrenching fight for survival against the merciless forces of nature and the brutality of man. Their only escape is a terrifying canoe ride down the raging rapids of the Chattooga River. If their heartless pursuers don't kill them, the treacherous waters just might.


The Tailor of Panama

John Boorman

Based on the 1996 novel, this is a mixture of thriller and black comedy. Harry Pendel is the tailor to the powerful of Panama. Harry is known for his storytelling and suits, but soon his tales carry lethal repercussions. Harry spins a yarn that is not only taken as truth, but sets off a chain of events that threatens everything he values most in life.


Exorcist II: The Heretic

John Boorman

Four years after the gut-wrenching, head-turning terrors of the boxoffice monster "The Exorcist," Regan (Linda Blair) is still possessed by the demons that took movie horror to a new dimension. John Boorman ("Excalibur," "Deliverance," "The Emerald Forest") directs this stylish sequel whose cast includes Oscar-winner Louise Fletcher ("The Cheap Detective," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"), Oscar-nominee Richard Burton ("Equus," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"), Ned Beatty ("Roseanne," "Superman") and James Earl Jones ("Field of Dreams," "Clear and Present Danger").