Stephen Frears' 'Typically British' Is

What exactly is known about British cinema today? In Australia, at any rate? Every film buff knows about the Golden Age of Hollywood. Not just James Cagney and the grapefruit, and Bogart not saying 'Play it again, Sam', but also about Edgar Ulmer and Monogram; nothing about classic Hollywood is too recherché for your true buff. But who knows or cares in the same way about British cinema, except those over fifty who nourish fond memories of 'a good British film' at Melbourne's old Athenaeum of Grosvenor cinemas, now long since given over to other purposes?