Movies & TV

The festive series of concerts to celebrate the inauguration of Andris Nelsons and the 275th anniversary of the Gewandhausorchester concluded with a riveting performance of two of music history's great symphonic works. Mozart's Symphony No. 40 is one of...

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The third of his middle symphonies trilogy of inner-focused personal trauma, turmoil and triumph, Mahler's Seventh Symphony is one of his most interesting and, of the purely instrumental symphonies, arguably houses among his most experimental orchestral...

Both Bruckner's belief in God, as it majestically wells up out of the chorale of the Fifth, and his deeply tragic world view, collide with one another in Barenboim's interpretation... without betraying Bruckner's unerring sense of striking proportions.

After months of a relationship built on daily phone calls, two office workers-suburban Londoner Gavin (Matthew Horne) and Welsh gal Stacy (Joanna Page) finally meet and fall in love, but their blossoming romance hits a string of uproarious complications...

This tense and hugely entertaining heist thriller is a Hammer take on A Christmas Carol, which pits miserly and fastidious bank manager (Peter Cushing in sparkling form) against debonair robber Andr? Morell, as a plot to rob a bank on Christmas Eve...

The life and career of the late Graham Chapman are celebrated by fellow Pythons John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam in this irreverent animated documentary. Based on Chapman's autobiography, the film includes recordings of Chapman...

A racing driver (Ronald Lewis) is injured in a car accident on his honeymoon which leaves him mentally scarred, and with violent impulses towards his new bride (Diane Cilento). Directed by Val Guest (The Quatermass Xperiment, The Day The Earth Caught...

One of Hammer's most controversial and genuinely adult thrillers, Never Take Sweets from a Stranger is a serious drama that dealt candidly (for the time) with the issue of child abuse. Deftly handled, the film is a sincere and unsensational treatment of...

Before becoming synonymous with the horror genre, Hammer Films had in the 1950s produced a number of noir-inspired crime and suspense films. The Snorkel is one of the finest of these. Penned by Jimmy Sangster (with nods to Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a...