1960s; young scouser Jude crosses the Atlantic and meets upper class Lucy in this musical tale of two star-crossed lovers set against the raging waters of the volatile 60s counterculture movement; race riots, Vietnam, civil rights, protest, music, drugs, dance, art, hippies and psychedelia. Over 30 Beatles songs are woven into the plot together with visual allusions to their films and, with cameos from Bono and Eddie Izzard, this weird, loud and colourful montage will either have you breaking ou find out more...

MARIANNE & LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE is a beautiful yet tragic love story between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. Their love began on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra in 1960 as part of a bohemian community of foreign artists, writers and musicians. The film follows their relationship from the early days on Hydra, a humble time of free love and open marriage, to how their love evolv find out more...

Based on Ian McEwan's novel. In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. 

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In the mid-60s offshore beaming of 'pop' music to the UK threatened the cultural domination of the arch-conservative BBC and this fictitious story is based round one of those boats and the DJs on board. The soundtrack opportunities are relatively wasted and the 'liberal' mix of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll is cliched, but, nevertheless, and not unlike other Richard Curtis material, the movie has been remarkably popular with, and very much liked, by the general public. find out more...

Although a fictionalized account of an actual trip John Lennon and the Beatle's manager Brian Epstein took to Barcelona in 1963, the film charts the acknowledged intensity of their friendship and perfectly captures the calm before the storm of Beatle-mania. With its black and white cinematography starkly evoking the early 1960's, The Hours & Times was nominated for Best Director and for the Grand Jury Prize at The Sundance Film Festival; whilst Ian Hart's performance as Lennon was so acclaimed find out more...

A brief skim over Johnny Cash's childhood in rural Arkansas and then we leap into his early career, powering along through the highs and lows until we reach 1968, a good time for the legendary balladeer and a perfect place to end a biog on a high note. Walk The Line is a film made by the two central performances of Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. The live scenes are hypnotic and the chemistry between the two never less than utterly convincing. Like 'Ray' this is a film that smoothes over find out more...