Barbara Jefford – MRQE

The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968/I)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope. This time much more is at stake. The new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world on the brink of nuclear nightmare.

Nelly’s Version (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

People claim to know an amnesiac who finds herself in a hotel with a suitcase full of cash.

Walter (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him. A sequel to this film, titled “Walter and June”, was released in 1983 and set 19 years later in time. In the United States, these two are sometimes bundled together under the title “Loving Walter”.

Walter and June (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sequel to the TV film “Walter”. In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called “Loving Walter”.

A Village Affair (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An apparently happy wife in an English village has a relationship with a local aristocrat’s daughter.

Philomena

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

The Ninth Gate

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book ‘The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows’ brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist’s son and marries him, against her straitlaced family’s wishes.

E la nave va

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.

Lust for a Vampire

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla – or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla’s disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange.