Gillian Armstrong

Set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II, Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman (Blanchett) working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. (Warner Bros.)

The March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America. (imdb)

In mid-1800's England, Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him through a sign to leave his father and his faith and join the Church of England... (imdb)

The heroine, Sybylla (Davis), a headstrong girl growing up in early 20th century Australia, has the opportunity of marriage to a wealthy young man (Harry played by Niel) whom she loves, but rejects it in order to maintain her independence, preferring to take a job as governess/housekeeper to the family of an illiterate neighbor to whom her father owes money. (imdb)

During Harry Houdini's tour of Britain in 1926, the master escapologist enters into a passionate affair with a Scottish psychic. The psychic and her daughter attempt to con Houdini during a highly publicized séance to contact his mother whose death has haunted him for many years. However all does not go to plan... (imdb)

Peter Soffel is the stuffy warden of a remote American prison around the turn of the century. His wife, Kate, finds herself attracted to prisoner Ed Biddle. She abandons her husband and children to help Ed and his brother Jack escape and accompanies them into the wintery wasteland. (imdb)

This is an Aussie version of your typical 1930's Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland film meets A HARD DAYS NIGHT from the Gillian Armstrong, director of such classics as MY BRILLIANT CAREER and MRS SOFFEL. Angus (Ross O'Donovan in a fantastic perfomence) is determined to make his cousin the pop star she wants to be. Parodies and satire of every rock/pop film ever abound with a fresh Aussie sense of humor and a very catchy original soundtrack make this a hard to find classic worth the search.

Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park. (imdb)

Vicki returns to her elder sister Beth's house in Australia after an affair in Italy. Beth, with a teenage daughter, has become involved in something of a marriage of convenience with Frenchman J.P. (imdb)

Released after years as a political prisoner, a Cuban rejoins his wife and daughter in Miami. (imdb)

A documentary about the life of the Australian costume designer and three time Oscar winner Orry-Kelly.

The fifth film in the documentary series about the lives, hopes and dreams of three lively, working class Adelaide girls since they were fourteen in 1976. (imdb)