Robin Hooper

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Gary Oldman  •  Alfred Molina  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Frances Barber

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Gary Oldman  •  Alfred Molina  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Frances Barber

Being Human (1994)

One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Forsyth
CAST:  Robin Williams  •  Maudie Johnson  •  Max Johnson  •  Robert Carlyle

One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Forsyth
CAST:  Robin Williams  •  Maudie Johnson  •  Max Johnson  •  Robert Carlyle

Children (1976)

Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Davies
CAST:  Phillip Mawdsley  •  Nick Stringer  •  Robin Hooper  •  Linda Beckett

Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Davies
CAST:  Phillip Mawdsley  •  Nick Stringer  •  Robin Hooper  •  Linda Beckett

A Little Chaos (2015)

DramaticSlow movingPowerfulRomantic

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rickman
CAST:  Kate Winslet  •  Adrian Schiller  •  Danny Webb  •  Phyllida Law

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rickman
CAST:  Kate Winslet  •  Adrian Schiller  •  Danny Webb  •  Phyllida Law

The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)

In stark black and white, Terence Davies excavates the life of his fictional alter ego, Robert Tucker, in a narrative that slips between childhood, middle age and death, shaping the raw materials of his own life into a rich tapestry of experiences and impressions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Davies
CAST:  Terry O'Sullivan  •  Wilfrid Brambell  •  Sheila Raynor  •  Phillip Mawdsley

In stark black and white, Terence Davies excavates the life of his fictional alter ego, Robert Tucker, in a narrative that slips between childhood, middle age and death, shaping the raw materials of his own life into a rich tapestry of experiences and impressions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Davies
CAST:  Terry O'Sullivan  •  Wilfrid Brambell  •  Sheila Raynor  •  Phillip Mawdsley

Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)

Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Flemyng
CAST:  Anthony Bate  •  Derek Jacobi  •  Michael Culver  •  Bernard Archard

Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Flemyng
CAST:  Anthony Bate  •  Derek Jacobi  •  Michael Culver  •  Bernard Archard

Legend (2015)

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Helgeland
CAST:  Tom Hardy  •  Emily Browning  •  Taron Egerton  •  David Thewlis

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Helgeland
CAST:  Tom Hardy  •  Emily Browning  •  Taron Egerton  •  David Thewlis

The Children Act (2018)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Emma Thompson  •  Fionn Whitehead  •  Stanley Tucci  •  Ben Chaplin

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Emma Thompson  •  Fionn Whitehead  •  Stanley Tucci  •  Ben Chaplin

Fellow Traveller (1989)

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film idol. But when the witch hunts of McCarthyism swept into Tinseltown, it drove one out of the country and the other to suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Saville
CAST:  Ron Silver  •  Imogen Stubbs  •  Hart Bochner  •  Daniel J. Travanti

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film idol. But when the witch hunts of McCarthyism swept into Tinseltown, it drove one out of the country and the other to suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Saville
CAST:  Ron Silver  •  Imogen Stubbs  •  Hart Bochner  •  Daniel J. Travanti

The Bee-Eaters (2021)

Peter is a socially awkward young man, whose only responsibility is to walk his nine-year-old neighbour home from school - over the heaths and green hills of rural England. As he makes a new friend in an ageing birdwatcher, Peter finds himself ensnared in a knot he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  K.T. Bird
CAST:  Matthew Gordon  •  Lily Edge  •  Kaine Zajaz  •  Robin Hooper

Peter is a socially awkward young man, whose only responsibility is to walk his nine-year-old neighbour home from school - over the heaths and green hills of rural England. As he makes a new friend in an ageing birdwatcher, Peter finds himself ensnared in a knot he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  K.T. Bird
CAST:  Matthew Gordon  •  Lily Edge  •  Kaine Zajaz  •  Robin Hooper