Movies: James Ivory

  • 2010
    Arcadia Lost

    Arcadia Lost (2010)

    Arcadia Lost

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    Two teenagers wander rural Greece after being stranded by a car crash. They encounter an itinerant vagabond on their travels....

    Arcadia Lost
  • 2019
    The Aspern Papers

    The Aspern Papers (2019)

    The Aspern Papers

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    A young writer tries to obtain romance letters a poet sent to his mistress....

    The Aspern Papers
  • 1963
    The Householder

    The Householder (1963)

    The Householder

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    Prem, a young school teacher, is arranged married and begins the journey of learning the roles and responsibilities required of him....

    The Householder
  • 2001
    The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey

    The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey (2001)

    The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey

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    A documentary about making The Remains of the Day....

    The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
  • 1969
    Ink & Ivory

    Ink & Ivory (1969)

    Ink & Ivory

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    An in-depth documentary on renowned film producer James Ivory, co-founder of globally acclaimed Merchant Ivory Productions....

    Ink & Ivory
  • 1975
    Autobiography of a Princess

    Autobiography of a Princess (1975)

    Autobiography of a Princess

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    On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home movies and reminisce about royal India....

    Autobiography of a Princess
  • 1985
    Noon Wine

    Noon Wine (1985)

    Noon Wine

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    The drama, adapted from a story by Katherine Anne Porter, tells of a Swedish immigrant who arrives on a small Texas farm at the turn of the century for work, is hired, and subsequently, and inadvertently, causes the downfall of his employer when a su...

    Noon Wine
  • 1978
    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)

    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

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    This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at nothing to possess them. Peggy Ashcroft and Larry Pine star as two rapacious art collectors who come...

    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
  • 1959
    The Sword and the Flute

    The Sword and the Flute (1959)

    The Sword and the Flute

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    Visual images consist entirely of Indian miniature paintings, while an off-screen narrator traces the rise of this art form within the courts of Akbar (1542-1605), who united what is now India and Pakistan, and his son Jahangir (1569-1627). Two schoo...

    The Sword and the Flute
  • 1957
    Venice: Theme and Variations

    Venice: Theme and Variations (1957)

    Venice: Theme and Variations

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    Ivory's initial effort as a filmmaker was Venice: Theme and Variations, a documentary made as his master's thesis at the USC film school that, although only 28 minutes long, is rich in composition and aesthetic texture....

    Venice: Theme and Variations
  • 1983
    The Courtesans of Bombay

    The Courtesans of Bombay (1983)

    The Courtesans of Bombay

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    In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele. Directors James Ivory and Ismail Merchant blend documentary footage and dramatic reenactments in their exploration...

    The Courtesans of Bombay
  • 1984
    The Wandering Company

    The Wandering Company (1984)

    The Wandering Company

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    Documentary about Merchant Ivory Productions, including interviews with the principals of the film production company and actors which have appeared in their films....

    The Wandering Company
  • 2022
    Chinese Laundry

    Chinese Laundry (2022)

    Chinese Laundry

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    Mong just moved to New York from China to take over the family laundry shop. Both her professional and social lives are affected when she finds out about an affair happening in the building where she works....

    Chinese Laundry
  • 2019
    E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

    E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey (2019)

    E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

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    A film about the life of A Passage to India author E M Forster, following his huge growth as a writer and the twists and turns of his personal life....

    E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
  • 2023
    The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s

    The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s (2023)

    The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s

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    In the early 1970s, art historian and curator Stephen Scher turned a camera on the complex ecosystem of Parisian dining. This collage of footage remained perfectly preserved in the can for 50 years; but now, as the filmmaker assembles it into a docum...

    The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
  • 1973
    Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls

    Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls (1973)

    Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls

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    Looks at the musical extravaganzas which constitute the main bulk of commercial cinema in India; in particular at the career of Helen, the undisputed Queen of such sagas, having appeared in some five hundred since 1957. Excerpts from some of her film...

    Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
  • 1969
    Brutta Figura

    Brutta Figura (1969)

    Brutta Figura

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    A comedy short film with James Ivory....

    Brutta Figura
  • 1969
    James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant

    James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant (1969)

    James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant

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    James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant
  • 2018
    American Marriage

    American Marriage (2018)

    American Marriage

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    Leonardo, an Italian immigrant living in New York, marries a Latin American woman, Nikki, to obtain the greencard. In the process the two really fall in love, but it seems that "Uncle Sam" will be the last to laugh....

    American Marriage
  • 1964
    The Delhi Way

    The Delhi Way (1964)

    The Delhi Way

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    A documentary about Delhi....

    The Delhi Way