Richard Robbins Movies

A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love...

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who,...

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George...

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his...

In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia—a fallen member of the Russian aristocracy—and a nightclub created by a blind...

Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his...

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it...

The story of a woman that remained distracted for a long time from her life, from the passions that made her feel alive. The importance of true love...

Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her...

Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend,...

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.

The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director...

A documentary about making The Remains of the Day.

An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being placed on the auction block.

A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.

A New England household is upset by the arrival of two cousins from Europe.

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill...