James Ivory Movies

Looks at the musical extravaganzas which constitute the main bulk of commercial cinema in India; in particular at the career of Helen, the undisputed...

An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter...

An advertising man, emotionally estranged from his wife and those around him, has seduced and then fired and discarded his secretary. She pursues him...

A documentary about making The Remains of the Day.

Meeting with James Ivory at the Cinémathèque Française on January 18, 2020, presented by Frédéric Bonnaud and Wafa...

In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele. Directors...

In collaboration with Academy Award winning Director/Screenwriter, James Ivory, Rich Atmosphere: The Music of Merchant Ivory Films, showcases the...

The filmmakers and lead actors of The Remains of the Day (1993) discuss how they came to make the film, and the subtle power of its execution.

A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long...

Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

This film brings to life a fictional castrato named Zefirino.

A documentary of Delhi, it scans the city's historic past that includes successive Afghan, Moghul, and English invasions, while it reveals its...

"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York City dance palace, and all having the same theme: finding...

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

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

A legendary collection of miniature paintings have been locked up in the storeroom of an Indian palace for years; the collection's fame attracts a...

Visual images consist entirely of Indian miniature paintings, while an off-screen narrator traces the rise of this art form within the courts of...

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