Search: Starring Judy Parfitt

The Aryan Couple (2004)

Review preview for The Aryan Couple

Feels like a not-terribly-good ITV drama.

Amber Wilkinson · 1 out of 5

A rich German Jew makes a deal with the devil to ensure safe passage to Switzerland.
Asylum (2005)

Review preview for Asylum

So studiously edgy are the performances that one is never quite sure who harbours the darkest pathology.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5

Infidelity at an institution for the criminally insane.
Dean Spanley (2008)

Review preview for Dean Spanley

This is a U-rated family film with more tasty stuffing in it than most of the dressed Christmas turkeys that get released at this time of year.

Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5

A dean recounts tales of his past life... as a dog.
Ever After (1998)

Review preview for Ever After

The evil step-mother myth is treated with intelligence.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5

Re-imagining the Cinderella story without the hocus pocus.
Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003)

Review preview for Girl With A Pearl Earring

Firth gives one of his brooding, unshaven, devilishly attractive performances, borrowed from romantic fiction.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5

The story of how one of the most famous paintings in the world was conceived.
Maurice (1987)

Review preview for Maurice

What's really revolutionary about this film is the way Ivory photographs male bodies.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5

A young man has to come to terms with his sexuality.
W.E. (2011)

Review preview for W.E.

Watching the film, which refreshingly tells the story from Wallis's perspective, you begin to wonder what on earth Madonna was thinking when she decided to tack on a framing device involving a modern Manhattanite's abusive relationship.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5

Romantic drama spread across two time periods to tell the story of Wallis Simpson's love affair with Edward VIII.