England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.
Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter—both also named Cissie Colpitts—decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
Isaac, a quiet kitchen porter in a countryside pub, endures the torment of a cruel head chef while falling for a kind waitress named Charlotte.
A compilation of stories about the unique bonds between characters living in Suffolk.
Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
The Haywain by John Constable is such a comfortingly familiar image of rural Britain that it is difficult to believe it was ever regarded as a revolutionary painting, but in this film, made in conjunction with a landmark exhibition at the V&A, Alastair Sooke discovers that Constable was painting in a way that was completely new and groundbreaking at the time. Through experimentation and innovation, he managed to make a sublime art from humble things and, though he struggled in his own country during his lifetime, his genius was surprisingly widely admired in France.
The story of a little boy named Sam, who is exploited by two evil chimney sweeps to clean narrow chimneys.
Narrated by David Attenborough, this film showcases the bird diversity of the Minsmere Nature Reserve.
With their gramophone perched on the back of their launch, the family set off for a day of rest and relaxation on the Broads and Suffolk coast.
An in-depth look at the life and career of veteran illustrator and bluegrass musician John Holder.
Imagine a world where the witch trials persisted under everyone's noses. Josafine, a young lady, is on the run from a sadistic soldier who thinks she is a witch. She must protect her baby and herself out in the wild.
A documentary celebrating over one hundred years of The Riverside Theatre & Cinema in Woodbridge.
Alice receives a message from her older sister, who urgently needs help. The girl rushes to look for her sister, and finds herself in a strange nightclub "Nora". Under the bright appearance of the club hides a hangout, where the owner of "Nora" - the Red Queen, kidnaps the girls. Captive girls are forced to cry.
To avert a predetermined fate, twelve-year-old Yasmin and her older sister Ahlam escape beyond the boundaries set by their father, defying an enemy that lies within in order to reach a mythical sea.
The movie portrays the story of an Italian family emigrated in Germany in the 1970s. Romano (Gigi Savoia), the father, decides to open a pizzeria which, by mutual decision with the wife Rosa (Antonella Attili), will call Solino, leaving his sons Gigi and Giancarlo to work there. A hostile relationship comes to life between the father and his sons, which will end up in the escape of the boys from family.
In early 19th century England, orphaned Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend.
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.