THE LIFE AND SPIRIT OF MICHAEL POWELL (1905-1990)
Powell's best-known films are spectacular, sensual, fanciful. The others are quiet, retiring, almost secretive, disappointing even, until odd details tease your mind, and gradually their simplicity reveals their depths.
Born 1905, Powell was a country boy (Shropshire, Kent). His father was an efficient, modernising, farmer, with a flair for gamb...
Film Listing
The Edge of the World
Michael Powell, 1937
When the skipper of a tourist yacht (Niall MacGinnis), lands reluctantly on the remote shores of Hirta - the now-deserted Hebridean island of his birth - he ... More
£11.99 DVD
Peeping Tom
Michael Powell, 1960
Peeping Tom - Michael Powell's controversial and disturbing masterpiece about a focus puller whose relationship with his manipulative psychologist of a fathe... More
£8.99 DVD
The Edge of the World
Michael Powell, 1937
When the skipper of a tourist yacht (Niall MacGinnis), lands reluctantly on the remote shores of Hirta - the now-deserted Hebridean island of his birth - he ... More
£11.99 Blu-ray
The Small Back Room
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1949
Embittered after losing a foot in a bomb blast, bomb disposal expert Sammy Rice increasingly seeks solace in drink. However, a budding romance with his secre... More
£9.99 DVD
Age of Consent
Michael Powell, 1968
James Mason stars as a painter who settles in Australia on a Barrier Reef island to improve the depth of his work. His life is changed when he encounters a y... More
£5.99 DVD
The Red Shoes (Restoration Edition)
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1948
Ballet impresario Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) hires up-and-coming ballerina Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) and talented young composer Julian Craster (Ma... More
£8.99 DVD
Peeping Tom
Michael Powell, 1960
Peeping Tom - Michael Powell's controversial and disturbing masterpiece about a focus puller whose relationship with his manipulative psychologist of a fathe... More
£13.99 Blu-ray
The Red Shoes: Restoration Edition
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1948
Ballet impresario Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) hires up-and-coming ballerina Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) and talented young composer Julian Craster (Ma... More
£12.99 Blu-ray
