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Bruce Robinson has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2010s.
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970
Drama · History

M. Butterfly
1993
Romance · Drama

Good Morning, Night
2003
Drama · History

Damage
1992
Drama · Romance

Sibyl
2019
Drama

The Lost Daughter
2021
Drama

I Live in Fear
1955
Drama

Who You Think I Am
2019
Drama · Romance

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
Dir. Roland Joffé · With Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
Dir. Bruce Robinson · With Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
Dir. Franco Zeffirelli · With Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery

In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. Twenty years on, these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.
Dir. Brian Gibson · With Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail

In the 19th century a mysterious woman named Adele H. crosses the ocean, from Europe to North America, to relentlessly pursue a handsome officer that denies her satisfaction.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Dir. Bruce Robinson · With Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.
Dir. Joseph Ruben · With Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix

Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.
Dir. Bruce Robinson · With Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
Dir. Roland Joffé · With Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia

John Berlin, a big-city cop from LA moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, Berlin meets a young blind woman named Helena, whom he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose—and only John knows it.
Dir. Bruce Robinson · With Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman
A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.
Dir. Neil Jordan · With Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea
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