An English aristocrat-cum-film actress stumbles upon high state secrets just prior to WWII in “Glorious 39,” a costume would-be suspenser just as solemnly silly as that nutshell plot summary sounds.

“Glorious 39” is the bigscreen comeback of Stephen Poliakoff, regarded as one of the finest British TV dramatists of his generation. It’s his first movie as a writer and director since “Food of Love” ...

The movies have played their part in giving appeasement a bad name. Conflict, not surrender, is the essence of drama. Hence, Princess Leia can't be allowed to knuckle under to the Evil Empire, ...

"Glorious 39" sends mixed signals. One minute it seems like a conspiracy thriller and the next one of those well-upholstered English melodramas about the privileged class pushing back against threats ...

TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - "Glorious 39" sends mixed signals. One minute it seems like a conspiracy thriller and the next one of those well-upholstered English melodramas about the privileged ...

STEPHEN POLIAKOFF is talking movies. This is unusual because he hasn’t made a film in a decade. Now he returns to the big screen with Glorious 39 after a string of acclaimed TV dramas – including The ...

SET in pre-war Britain with national tension at an all time high, Glorious 39 is a beautifully shot and marvellously directed period piece by Steven Poliakoff. It centres on the upper class Keyes ...

Stephen Poliakoff’s dark, labyrinthine account of England’s tumble into the Second World War was premiered at the London Film Festival this year and we were impressed by it. As today sees the film’s ...

There's a decided whiff of the John Buchans to Glorious 39, a rollicking conspiracy thriller set in the run-up to the second world war. Glorious 39 gives us dotty aunts and dodgy spies, showbiz ...

Glorious 39 sends mixed signals. One minute it seems like a conspiracy thriller and the next one of those well-upholstered English melodramas about the privileged class pushing back against threats to ...

Directed by Stephen Poliakoff. Starring Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, David Tennant, Juno Temple, Christopher Lee, Jenny Agutter, Jeremy Northam 12A cert, Cineworld, Dublin, 129min FOR THE ...