James Ivory Movies

An advertising man, emotionally estranged from his wife and those around him, has seduced and then fired and discarded his secretary. She pursues him...

On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home...

This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at...

Prem, a young school teacher, is arranged married and begins the journey of learning the roles and responsibilities required of him.

Documentary about Merchant Ivory Productions, including interviews with the principals of the film production company and actors which have appeared...

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

The drama, adapted from a story by Katherine Anne Porter, tells of a Swedish immigrant who arrives on a small Texas farm at the turn of the century...

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Roselli grew up in Hoboken five houses down from Sinatra, some considering his vocal talents superior to Sinatra’s. Frank’s mother Dolly...

In the early 1970s, art historian and curator Stephen Scher turned a camera on the complex ecosystem of Parisian dining. This collage of footage...

A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long...

Ivory's initial effort as a filmmaker was Venice: Theme and Variations, a documentary made as his master's thesis at the USC film school that,...

Nirad C. Chaudhuri expounds his views on culture, history, religion and society from a comparative perspective.

Looks at the musical extravaganzas which constitute the main bulk of commercial cinema in India; in particular at the career of Helen, the undisputed...

In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele. Directors...

This film brings to life a fictional castrato named Zefirino.

Leonardo, an Italian immigrant living in New York, marries a Latin American woman, Nikki, to obtain the greencard. In the process the two really...

In collaboration with Academy Award winning Director/Screenwriter, James Ivory, Rich Atmosphere: The Music of Merchant Ivory Films, showcases the...

Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.

A documentary about Delhi.