Kind Hearts And Coronets
(1949) [PG]

Set in the stately Edwardian era, Robert Hamer's Kind Hearts And Coronets is black comedy at is best, with the most articulate and literate of all Ealing screenplays. Sir Alec Guinness gives a virtuoso performance in his Ealing comedy debut, playing all eight victims standing between a...  More

I'm All Right Jack
(1959) [G]

The Boulting Brothers aim their satirical gaze at British trade unionism and industrial relations in this sequel to Private's Progress. Stanley Windrush (Carmichael) returns from the war determined to carve a niche for himself in the industrial world, much to the displeasure of his Aunt Dolly...  More

Private's Progress
(1956) [G]

When bookish, naive student Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) interrupts his college education to serve his country things don't quite go according to plan. After flunking out of officer's candidate school and being demoted to private, Stanley is confronted by the cruder, ruder side of army life...  More

The Millionairess
(1960) [G]

Based on a play by George Bernard Shaw about an immensely wealthy woman who falls for the charms of a poor Indian doctor. Sophia Loren plays a spoilt heiress able to buy anything she wants. When she meets an Indian doctor (Peter Sellers) whose sole concern is to help the poor and needy, she knows...  More

The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie
(1972) [M]

Directed by Bruce Beresford, back in 1972 The Adventures of Barry McKenzie shocked the Australian Government with its portrayal of Aussies as drinking, shagging, vomiting, urinating vulgarians. The Pommies meanwhile were equally horrified with being depicted as upper-class perverts, lezzas,...  More

Victim
(1961) [M]

A plea for reform of England's anti-sodomy statutes, this film pits Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde), a married lawyer, against a blackmailer who has photos of Farr engaging in sexual liasons with other men. Farr tracks down other gay men being extorted for money from the same blackmailer, one of...  More

A Canterbury Tale
(1944) [G]

A British wartime classic. Four people uprooted by the war are drawn towards Canterbury - and discover what they couldn't find in peacetime. Hailed as one of Powell and Pressburger's most suggestive and profound studies of English-ness.  More

Venus in Furs
(1969) [R]

In Istanbul, a jazz trumpeter pulls the murdered body of a young woman from the surf. He remembers her from the night before, when he saw her at a millionaire playboy's party and then later watched as she was assaulted by the party's host and two of his friends. In confusion, Jimmy, the musician,...  More

The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie (2 Disc Set)
(1972) [M]

Directed by Bruce Beresford, back in 1972 The Adventures of Barry McKenzie shocked the Australian Government with its portrayal of Aussies as drinking, shagging, vomiting, urinating vulgarians. The Pommies meanwhile were equally horrified with being depicted as upper-class perverts, lezzas,...  More

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
(1970) [M]

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

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