A Town Like Alice
(1956) [G]

Peter Finch and Virginia McKenna star in this award-winning adaptation of Nevil Shute’s moving novel. Jean, a prisoner in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, meets a captive Australian, Joe, and the two form a mutually affectionate relationship. He tells her of his home town and how he hopes to...  More

The Rats Of Tobruk (The Chauvel Collection)
(1944) [PG]

Tells the story of three men - Bluey, a tough two fisted drover (Taylor), Milo, a laconic dingo trapper (Rafferty), and Pete, an intellectual English "new chum" (Finch). Together they serve in North Africa, fighting against the forces of Rommel in what has now become one of Australia's greatest...  More

The Flight Of The Phoenix
(1965) [PG]

A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run...  More

Sunday Bloody Sunday
(1971) [M]

A Jewish doctor, Daniel Hirsh (Peter Finch) and a middle-aged woman, Alex Greville (Glenda Jackson) are both having affairs with the same male artist, Bob Elkin (Murray Head). Not only are Hirsh and Greville aware that Elkin is seeing the other but they actually know each other as well. Despite...  More

Robbery Under Arms
(1957) [PG]

Based on Rolf Boldrewood's adventure novel of the same name, and set in the nineteenth century outback, this is the story of the biggest cattle-rustling coup in Australian history and the men who planned and executed it. Having shared the proceeds, they go their separate ways. Fate, however, has...  More

Eureka Stockade
(1949) [G]

Director Watt, after the brilliant The Overlanders in 1946, may have even outdone that here, with a spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and, more importantly, the events leading up to it. Rafferty is fantastic in the lead role as reluctant hero Lalor in the film which,...  More

Network
(1976) [M]

Even more compelling today than when it was first released, Sidney Lumet's Network is a wickedly funny, spot–on indictment of the TV news media. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay (Paddy Chayefsky), this searing satire...  More

The Battle Of The River Plate
(1956) [G]

The Battle of the River Plate is a war film from the incomparable team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Ten days before before the outbreak of WW2, the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee sails with orders to carry out action against Allied merchant shipping in the South Atlantic....  More

Simon And Laura
(1955) [G]

In the 1950's days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea of basing a family drama series on a real-life happily married actor couple. Unfortunately he chooses the Fosters, who need the money and so do the show. Actors they may be, but happily married they most surely...  More

No Love For Johnnie
(1961) [PG]

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of...  More