ROGER MICHELL

ELIZABETH: A PORTRAIT IN PARTS (2022)
Starring Queen Elizabeth Ii. Directed by Roger Michell.

A nostalgic, uplifting and modern documentary about Queen Elizabeth II’s historic life and reign. With extraordinary access to rare footage from the Royal Archives, 'Elizabeth' is a truly cinematic celebration of an icon that reveals a unique glimpse of the woman behind the legend.

THE DUKE (2022)
Starring Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Fionn Whitehead, Matthew Goode, Anna Maxwell Martin, Aimee Kelly, Charlotte Spencer, Jack Bandeira, Sian Clifford and John Heffernan. Directed by Roger Michell.

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge – a startling revelation of how a good man set out to change the world and in so doing saved his son and his marriage.

BLACKBIRD (2021)
Starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Rainn Wilson, Sam Neill, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Lindsay Duncan and Anson Boon. Directed by Roger Michell.

A family spanning three generations come together over a weekend to be with their terminally ill mother before she takes her own life. Her family willingly supports her decision to help her die with dignity, but her daughters begin to unravel a secret that could disrupt her wish to die peacefully and on her own terms.

REVIEWS Blackbird - Star-studded cast saves generic film

MY COUSIN RACHEL (2017)
Starring Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen, Pierfrancesco Favino, Andrew Knott, Andrew Havill, Poppy Lee Friar, Vicki Pepperdine and Harrie Hayes. Directed by Roger Michell.

A young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

REVIEWS My Cousin Rachel - A sensual psychological mystery

LE WEEK-END (2014)
Starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum, Olly Alexander, Brice Beaugier, Xavier De Guillebon, Marie-France Alvarez, Charlotte Leo, Denis Sebbah and Sophie-Charlotte Husson. Directed by Roger Michell.

A long-married British couple revisit Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to revitalise their marriage. While there they run into an old colleague and the encounter provides the couple with a new vision of what life and marriage might be.

REVIEWS Le Week-End - Putting love on the line

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (2013)
Starring Bill Murray - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Olivia Williams - Elanor Roosevelt, Laura Linney - Margaret Suckley, Olivia Colman - Queen Elizabeth and Samuel West - King George Vi. Directed by Roger Michell.

Focusing on the famous weekend in June 1939 when the President of the United States hosted the King and Queen of England at his home in upstate New York. It marked the first-ever visit to America by a reigning British monarch and came as war with Germany was imminent and Britain desperately required the U.S. to confirm their support.

MY COUSIN RACHEL (2017)
Starring Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen, Pierfrancesco Favino, Andrew Knott, Andrew Havill, Poppy Lee Friar, Vicki Pepperdine and Harrie Hayes. Directed by Roger Michell.

A young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

REVIEWS My Cousin Rachel - A sensual psychological mystery