电影 · 1987 · 英国 · 爱情片,剧情,爱情,传记
女作家海伦(安妮·班克罗夫特 Anne Bancroft 饰)住在纽约,她常常为自己不能买到所需的珍稀图书而沮丧。偶然,她在一本杂志上发现一则来自一家英国旧书店刊登的广告,便抱着试探的心态给这家位于伦敦查令十字街84号的马克书店老板写了求书单。很快,马克书店给了她一个超乎想象的惊喜:她买到了自己一直苦苦寻找的珍品书籍,并且还获得了弗兰克(安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰)对书籍珍本的诚意推荐。自此,两个热爱书籍的人开始了长达20年的书信来往。海伦不仅向弗兰克求购难寻书籍,还与他分享自己的读书心得。两人互相交流文学观点,评述名家作品。弗兰克奔波四处为海伦购买书籍珍本,海伦则从美国寄来丰盛食物,为书店员工们缓解因英国实物配给制而造成的食物匮乏难题。两人通过持续书信来往成为精神至交。海伦一直想前往伦敦拜访弗兰克,却因为各种突发情况而未能如愿。直到她收到弗兰克去世消息的书信,她才终于坐上了飞往英国的飞机,而此时,查林十字街84号的马克书店却面临着被拆迁………
电影 · 1957 · 英国 · 恐怖片,恐怖
American psychologist John Holden arrives in London to participate in a symposium aiming to expose witchcraft and devil-worship as a fraud, with attention centered on a cult run by a Julian Karswell. Debarking his plane, Holden learns that the symposium leader, Henry Harrington, has suddenly died and he is now in charge. What only the audience knows is that Harrington was clearly killed by a demon, apparently summoned by Karswell to avenge his persecution. Despite both threatening and cajoling behavior by Karswell, Holden determines to proceed, though the only cult member willing to talk about his experiences is in a prison psychiatric ward, catatonic after allegedly killing yet another cult member. However, Harrington's niece, Joanna, believes, based on her uncle's notes, that Karswell may indeed have some satanic powers derived from an ancient tome in an obscure language which he has been able to translate, and attempts to warn the skeptic Holden. Karswell's mother also