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Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion
(1970) [M]

In a time of internal political disturbance, Roman police inspector Gian Maria Volonte (one of the gang members of Le Cercle Rouge; the bad guy in Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More; and star of Christ Stopped at Eboli) gets that plum assignment: crack down on political dissidents; then...  More

Kiss Of The Spider Woman (2 disc set)
(1985) [M]

Set in the kind of Latin American gaol where even the clean linen is bloodstained, this explosive, sad yet stirring story tells of two prisoners with nothing in common except an extraordinary friendship that grows as they step into each other's worlds.  More

My Brilliant Career
(1979) [G]

Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) is the eldest daughter of an impoverished New South Wales farming family. Bold and determined, Sybylla dreams of succeeding as an acclaimed writer. But in a time of sexist ignorance and bigotry, Sybylla has frequent clashes with procrustean conformists. Though it is...  More

Tristana
(1970) [PG]

An orphaned girl is taken into the care of a rich local man. But she discovers that his intentions are not entirely honourable. French dialogue *MR  More

Diary Of A Chambermaid
(1963) [PG]

Luis Bunuel's sharp, unrelenting remake of Jean Renoir's 1946 film concerns fascism in 1939 France and how the bourgeoisie are viewed by maid Celestine played by Jeanne Moreau who stirs the desires of her new household and neighbours. French dialogue with English subtitles.*MR  More

Romper Stomper
(1989) [R]

Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the...  More

Winter Light
(1962) [PG]

Local pastor Tomas Ericsson has been left cold and hardened by the untimely death of his wife, his religious convictions severely shaken. The characters’ anguish, isolation, and despair at the prospect of an absent or uncaring God are mirrored by the film’s stark setting, flawlessly captured...  More

Pauline At The Beach (Pauline A La Plage)
(1983) [M]

The third film in director Eric Rohmer's 'Comedies and Proverbs' series in which Pauline has her fifteen-year-old eyes opened to the duplicity, hypocrisy and plain silliness of adult sexual politics. French language with subtitles.  More

Dingo (Dog of the Desert)
(1991) [PG]

Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross.  More

La Belle Noiseuse (2 disc set)
(1991) [MA]

Jacques Rivette's award-winning, critically acclaimed film stars Michel Piccoli in one of his finest performances as an artist who, ten years previously, abandoned his masterpiece entitled 'La Belle Noiseuse' (The Beautiful Troublemaker), a painting of his wife (Jane Birkin). When he encounters...  More