Gillian Hills – MRQE

“Owl Service, The”

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Owl Service is an eight-part television series based on the fantasy novel of the same name by Alan Garner. Produced in 1969 and televised over the winter of 1969-1970, the series was remarkably bold in terms of production. It was the first fully scripted colour production by Granada Television and was filmed almost entirely on location at a time when almost all TV drama was studio-bound. It used editing techniques such as jump cuts to create a sense of disorientation and also to suggest that two time periods overlapped. For the series, the book was adapted in seven scripts by Garner and was produced and directed by Peter Plummer. The direction was quite radical and seemed to be influenced by the avant-garde, a noted contrast to what might be expected of a children’s serial.

Beat Girl

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When her architect father brings home a much younger new wife, rebellious and resentful teen Jenny goes to extreme lengths to sabotage their relationship.

La Muerte llama a las 10

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

At Heathrow Airport, a man is razored to death in a toilet cubicle. A young woman, Peggy Foster, is concerned about the disappearance of Michael, her photographer boyfriend, who has been in Vietnam for months. In order to pay the rent, she reluctantly sub-lets her garret flat to a man called John Kirk Lawford. The new tenant wears sunglasses indoors and acts suspiciously. Peggy is lured to an abandoned airfield by a call from Michael but is shot at by a sniper. Back at her apartment block she is shocked to find that a man has apparently committed suicide by jumping from her balcony. While the police question Peggy, a stranger turns up and announces himself as John Kirk Lawford! Shirley, secretary to Peggy’s lascivious publisher, is killed by a black-gloved intruder and the mystery deepens…

Demons of the Mind

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.

La Faute de l’abbé Mouret

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Serge Mouret is a frail and devout young priest in a tough country parish. When he falls down and loses his memory, he is nursed back to health by Albine, the beautiful carefree niece of the outspoken atheist Jeanbernat. After Serge and Albine fall in love, Serge recovers his memory and realizes the grave sin he has committed.

Blowup

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

Parisiennes, Les

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Three (1969/I)

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two college friends, traveling in Europe, find themselves rivals for the attentions of a mysterious woman.

Dallas

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Dallas tries to regain his father’s farm which he lost in a card game with Kelly. But Kelly is now dead and his daughter, Glenda, doesn’t know how to play poker. There are also rumors of a hidden treasure.