A superbly crafted melodrama, even if it never manages to top the moody montage with which it opens - moon scudding behind clouds, rubber dripping from a tree, coolies dozing in the compound, a startled cockatoo - as a shot rings out, a man staggers out onto the verandah, and Davis follows to empty her gun grimly into his body. The contrivance evident in Maugham's play during the investigation and trial that follow is kept firmly at bay by Wyler's technical expertise and terrific performances, n find out more...

A remake of Terrence Rattigan's 'The Winslow Boy' by David Mamet. A boy, accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order from the navy, had his innocence only determined after a lengthy court battle which, at the time, caused a media sensation and put his family under enormous stress. Mamet moves the real story forward so that the sister, Catherine, can be a suffragette and the lengthy legal battle can be played out with the First World War looming on the horizon. The emphasis of the play is wi find out more...

A lawyer raising his children alone in the midst of racial hatred, injustice and hypocracy is the only man prepared to defend a young black man accused of rape by a white trash family. A superb study of racism in Americas deep South boasting a wonderful script, photography and acting in an adaptation worthy of the book; A total classic. find out more...