The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

2009

English

6.1

♡ 2

secretary of the treasury

Michael Samuels Director

Richard Durden as Harvey Miller

James Cromwell as Henry 'Hank' Paulson

Henry Goodman as John Mack

Ben Daniels as John Thain

The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial markets, Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO, Dick Fuld, recently sidelined in a boardroom coup, spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved company through a merger with Bank of America or UK-based Barclays. But without the financial support of Paulson and Lehman's fiercest competitors, Fuld's empire - and with it, the stability of the world economy - teeters on the verge of extinction.

Madeline

1998

English

6.0

♡ 15

67%

43%

Action

based on children's book

Daisy von Scherler Mayer Director

Ben Daniels as Leopold the Tutor

Hatty Jones as Madeline

Frances McDormand as Miss Clavel

George Harris as Mr. Liberian Ambassador

Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.

Benediction

2021

English

6.6

♡ 11

92%

Terence Davies Director

Harry Lawtrey as Bobby Andrews

Julian Sands as Chief Medical Officer

Ben Daniels as Dr. Rivers

Lia Williams as Edith Sitwell

Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.

Passion in the Desert

1997

English

6.3

♡ 5

74%

Lavinia Currier Director

Ben Daniels as Augustin Robert

Michel Piccoli as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis

Kenneth Collard as Officer

Abdul Latif Salazar as Soldier

Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments and temples that are destroyed by French soldiers in acts of barbarism. During combat, Augustin and Jean-Michel are separated from their regiment, and they start wandering through the desert fighting for their life. In one of the canyons Augustin meets a leopard he names Simoom and a strange bond between them appears.

David

1997

English

6.9

♡ 17

78%

Robert Markowitz Director

Sheryl Lee as Bathsheba unknown episodes

Ben Daniels as Jonathan unknown episodes

Roger Hammond as King Achich 2 episodes, 1997

Jonathan Pryce as Saul unknown episodes

A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be king, under the watchful eyes of prophet Samuel.

Wish You Were Here

1987

English

6.8

♡ 6

85%

David Leland Director

Lee Whitlock as Brian

Geoffrey Hutchings as Hubert

Sheila Kelley as Joan Figgis

Ben Daniels as Policeman

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.

The Wipers Times

2013

English

7.0

♡ 3

88%

Andy De Emmony Director

Hugh Skinner as Barnes

Josh O'Connor as Dodd

Ben Daniels as Lieutenant Colonel Howfield

Steve Oram as Sergeant Harris

When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.

The Exception

2016

English

6.8

♡ 88

75%

67%

Action

based on novel or book

David Leveaux Director

Jai Courtney as Capt. Stefan Brandt

Ben Daniels as Col. Sigurd von Ilsemann

Lily James as Mieke de Jong

Janet McTeer as Princess Hermine

Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

2018

English

7.8

♡ 26

59%

David Leveaux Director

Christina Sajous as Ensemble

Abby Corrigan as Ensemble Soloist

Glenn Close as Herself - Audience Member

Ben Daniels as Pontius Pilate

The award-winning show is re-imagined as a live concert event, featuring an all-star cast of recording artists, set during the last week of Jesus' life as he deals with betrayal, love and jealousy, and told from the perspective of Judas.