Simon Callow Movies

  • 2018
    The Dead Room

    The Dead Room

    The Dead Room

    5.72018HD

    Set and filmed at the iconic Maida Vale studios, The Dead Room tells the story of a long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter and...

    The Dead Room
  • 1979
    Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

    Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

    Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

    4.51979HD

    BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT.

    Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
  • 1995
    El pasajero clandestino

    El pasajero clandestino

    El pasajero clandestino

    51995HD

    El pasajero clandestino
  • 2011
    Art of Freedom

    Art of Freedom

    Art of Freedom

    9.22011HD

    The documentary film Art of Freedom answers the most poignant questions on the phenomenon of Polish expeditions to the Himalayas. Poles have reigned...

    Art of Freedom
  • 1986
    The Christmas Tree

    The Christmas Tree

    The Christmas Tree

    01986HD

    A dying woman recalls the happier days of her past.

    The Christmas Tree
  • 2022
    American: An Odyssey to 1947

    American: An Odyssey to 1947

    American: An Odyssey to 1947

    02022HD

    In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII...

    American: An Odyssey to 1947
  • 2012
    Shakespeare's Sonnets

    Shakespeare's Sonnets

    Shakespeare's Sonnets

    02012HD

    Released alongside a spectacular edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets for the Apple iPad, this beautifully produced DVD features specially filmed...

    Shakespeare's Sonnets
  • 2006
    Men of Mystery

    Men of Mystery

    Men of Mystery

    02006HD

    Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

    Men of Mystery
  • 2007
    How Gay Sex Changed the World

    How Gay Sex Changed the World

    How Gay Sex Changed the World

    42007HD

    Charting the evolution of public and political attitudes to homosexuality over the last four decades, from decriminalisation in 1967 to today's...

    How Gay Sex Changed the World
  • 1987
    Cariani and the Courtesans

    Cariani and the Courtesans

    Cariani and the Courtesans

    01987HD

    When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger...

    Cariani and the Courtesans
  • 2022
    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

    82022HD

    A profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch determination to make it as a thespian. There's also a...

    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
  • 2023
    Dodger Special: Coronation

    Dodger Special: Coronation

    Dodger Special: Coronation

    102023HD

    Dodger and the gang return to London to pull off their biggest mission yet: to rob the Crown Jewels ahead of the Queen's Coronation.

    Dodger Special: Coronation
  • 2000
    Animated Epics: Don Quixote

    Animated Epics: Don Quixote

    Animated Epics: Don Quixote

    02000HD

    A Claymation version of the classic story of Don Quixote.

    Animated Epics: Don Quixote
  • 2017
    Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty

    Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty

    Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty

    4.72017HD

    A diverse collection of horror shorts by several different film makers. A few are presented as trailers.

    Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
  • 1993
    Camp Christmas

    Camp Christmas

    Camp Christmas

    2.71993HD

    Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas.

    Camp Christmas
  • 2008
    Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

    Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

    Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

    7.72008HD

    An exclusive featurette in which directors and fellow actors speaks about Maggie Smith's career and her way of working.

    Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
  • 1996
    An Audience with Charles Dickens

    An Audience with Charles Dickens

    An Audience with Charles Dickens

    01996HD

    A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens.

    An Audience with Charles Dickens
  • 1981
    The Man of Destiny

    The Man of Destiny

    The Man of Destiny

    01981HD

    One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and social hypocrisy. Set in 1796 in northern Italy, it...

    The Man of Destiny
  • 2009
    Orson Welles Over Europe

    Orson Welles Over Europe

    Orson Welles Over Europe

    72009HD

    When Orson Welles went into self-imposed exile in Europe, he first found stardom with The Third Man and then immersed himself in challenging films,...

    Orson Welles Over Europe