Search results
Directed by Ken Russell • 1988 • United Kingdom Starring Amanda Donohoe, Catherine Oxenberg, Hugh Grant. Pagan vampires, a two-hundred-foot worm, and a profusion of phallic imagery collide in Ken Russell’s typically outré take on Bram Stoker’s most infamous novel.
Aug 3, 2021 · Fifty years ago, Ken Russell's historical drama shocked the world with raw violence and mass orgies. It is a tour de force that deserves to be seen in full, writes Adam Scovell.
Sep 4, 2023 · The best place to start – The Devils. Based on a true historical account of the alleged possession of nuns at a convent in the French city of Loudun in the early 17th century, The Devils may be the ultimate Ken Russell film, showcasing all his regular preoccupations: Catholicism, the expression and repression of sexual urges, and the stormy ...
7. Mahler. 1974 1h 55m PG. 7.0 (3.1K) Rate. Composer Gustav Mahler's (Robert Powell) life, told in a series of flashbacks as he and his wife (Georgina Hale) discuss their failing marriage during a train journey. Director Ken Russell Stars Robert Powell Georgina Hale Lee Montague. 8.
Dec 4, 2011 · Ken Russell, 1927-2011: an appreciation by Mark Kermode. Film critic Mark Kermode knew Ken Russell for 20 years. Here, he recalls the passion and generosity of the "illustrious maestro", one of ...
Nov 29, 2011 · Ken Russell, Director Fond of Provocation, Dies at 84. Ken Russell, the English filmmaker and writer whose outsize personality matched the confrontational brashness of his movies, among them ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Ken Russell was among the most provocative, creative, original and important directors in British film and television history but his career and legacy have long suffered under the media clichés of 'Madman' or 'Enfant Terrible' of British cinema - nicknames which have tended to delegitimise his status and pioneering role in post-war film and television culture.
