British Expatriate Network

I've been fascinated by a lot of British movies. Some from the 70's, 80's, 90's and the latest. My passion for movies compels me to be what I want to be..... I'm an aspiring filmmaker, studying at the International Academy of Film and Television in Asia. I'm ardently eager to make movies that will leave a mark on the people who watch them. I'll be happy to meet people who also have fondness in movies and filmmaking as well.

I just saw 'Death at a Funeral'. That was pretty good.... ;)

Lock Stock was good but Snatch was crap.

All Guy Richie/British films = http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9k-AXlMyME

Just watched Todd Haynes "Safe" this arvo. Dead good- weird, unsettling and, as usual with Haynes movies, theres a hundred diffrent interpretations of what it all means.
At the weekend we viewed Mike Leighs very funny Topsy Turvy which proved to be the best movie i've seen in ages.
I think the next one i really want to see is Cronenbergs take on London Villains or whatever its about - Eastern Promises.
Too much crap at the flix this side of the water so its down to digging up entertaining obscurities. Anyone else still using a VCR? Not everythings on DVD you know. roll

the british film industry was at its height in the 40 to early 70s . dominated by the rank organisation. the major directors being michael Powell and and Sir alfred hitchcock who made his last british movie in 1972 (frenzy )

the 50s

notable movies in the time period where the comedy series *doctor in the house* ...
into the late 50s and early 60s we got the kitchen sink realism feature films such as *a taste of honey .followed by the start of the * James Bond 007 movies .


the 60s boom
this was the period of internationally recognition with such movies as the *spy who came in from the cold *lawrence of arabia *tom jones *etc and of course the beatles films .hammer films gave us a decade of horror movies.. peeping tom (1960 ) causes a nationwide controversy , was banned and now is a cult classic
the peter sellers classics *pink panther *series was released

the 70s
back to comedy and the *monty pythons* the soft porn sex comedys of mary millington* come play with me * (1977 ) together with the films of such movies greats as ken russell and stanley kubrick*
*the wicker man* a independent became a cult classic .

the 80s
gave us more british comedy with *a fish called wanda* british producers emerged making films with international distribution such as ridley scott and alan parker ,chariots of fire (1981 )won 4 academy awards . the rank organization closed its doors

the 90s
the british film industry moved along with such notable movies as the* crying game *and new talented directors such as guy richie arrived on the scene ,
a bunch of working class guys took it all of in * the full monty *

I way prefer Snatch. Wonderful flick.

seconded, Bricktop is such an awseomely nasty little man.

"Do you know what Nemesis means?"

Alfie, with Michael Cane. Best movies ever along with The Italian Job.

I always come away from Alfie feeling morbidly depressed. Get Carter has to be my fave MC movie though - even with all of the misquoting and the awful remake.