Michael Powell – IDLIX

The Lion Has Wings

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:18:48 +0000

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:41:14 +0000

John and his class visit the Tower of London, where he loses his pet mouse. He falls asleep during a lesson on electricity, but with some help, he learns about it, invades the Tower, and saves his pet.

Age of Consent

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 01:46:15 +0000

An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.

They’re a Weird Mob

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:37:05 +0000

An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder’s labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but eventually he finds mateship and romance.

Peeping Tom

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 19:11:23 +0000

Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he’s making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.

Ill Met by Moonlight

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:56:17 +0000

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island’s German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

The Battle of the River Plate

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:26:23 +0000

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:57:12 +0000

Ballet performed to Dukas’ “The Sorceror’s Apprentice”.

Oh… Rosalinda!!

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:17:24 +0000

Pseudonym Dr. Falke follows his wife through disguises and deceptions in postwar Vienna.

The Tales of Hoffmann

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:22:19 +0000

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.