Judith Barker Movies
- 1995
An unlikely romance blossoms at a seaside home in this British made-for-television movie. Joss Ackland stars as Gerald Carmody, an irascible stockbroker who doesn't expect much from his rest at a senior citizen-populated hotel. When he meets Katherine Palmer (Jean Simmons) though, his spirits pick up and a special relationship develops -- however Katherine has something important to reveal to Gerald. ~ Bernadette McCallion, All Movie Guide
- 1988
- PG13
Set in 1940s England, Distant Voices/Still Lives is a compassionate look at a radically dysfunctional family. The son and his mother must endure the casual and overt cruelties of the bull-necked father. The ongoing abuse takes its toll in the form of failed marriages and misguided attempts at seeking security outside the family unit. As was the case with his earlier short subject trilogy (The Children, Madonna and Child, Death and Transfiguration), director Terence Davies based much of the material on his own life, combining rheumy-eyed cynicism with soft-edged nostalgia (the musical track, drawn from popular wartime songs, is particularly evocative). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, (more)
