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In Harm's Way
(1965) [M]

Captain Rockwell Torrey and Commander Paul Eddington are part of the Navy's effort to recuperate from, and retaliate for, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Torrey is romantically involved with nurse Maggie Haynes, and also tries to restore his relationship with his estranged son, Jeremiah, a...  More

The Blue Kite
(1993) [M]

Originally banned in its home country of China, where the director was under close government scrutiny for making the film "without permission", The Blue Kite is one of the most acclaimed and controversial films to come out of the new Chinese cinema, detailing the realities of daily life under...  More

Man Bites Dog
(1992) [R]

Made by three Belgian film students, “Man Bites Dog” was the prize winning sensation at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival and has achieved cult status. A black comedy about an amiable but seriously warped mass murderer who kills without motive or conscience. The story follows the increasingly...  More

Backroads
(1977) [M]

From the director of Australian Classics Dead-Calm and Rabbit-Proof Fence and Hollywood blockbusters The Bone Collector and Patriot Games, comes the searing thriller that started it all. Phillip Noyce's debut feature film, Backroads, takes us on a vivid journey into the remote corners of white...  More

The Nasty Girl (Director's Cut)
(1990) [PG]

When Sonja investigates the secret past of her home town, she uncovers more than she expected- -and more than the townsfolk want revealed. Before she knows it, she is nicknamed "the nasty girl" and her trouble really begins. This provocative comedy about secrets and surprises features a fabulous...  More

Country Life
(1994) [M]

Starring Sam Neill, Creta Scacchi and Kerry Fox, Michael Blakemore's delightfully evocative comedy is a tale of love, lies and betrayal. Set on a rambling Australian sheep station shortly after the first world war , Country Life is a beautiful and sensual adaptation of Chekhov's tragic comedy...  More

The Browning Version (1994)
(1994) [M]

As the term comes to an end at the private boys' school, the Abbey, the classics master Andrew Crocker-Harris (Albert Finney) is also coming to the end of his long teaching career. Looking back on over two decades in the school, Crocker-Harris realises that his entire life has been one of dismal...  More

Love And Human Remains
(1993) [R]

A dark comedy symbolic of the 90s, Love and Human Remains is a disturbing exploration of the desperate search for relationships in an age of uncertainty. This is the first feature film in the english language by internationally acclaimed director Denys Arcand (Invasion of the Barbarians, Jesus of...  More

Three Colours White
(1994) [M]

Three Colours White, a very funny and ironic black comedy, is the second in Krzysztof Kieslowski's acclaimed trilogy based on the ideals of the French Revolution. Karol, a Polish hairdresser, is divorced by his beautiful French wife Dominique and thrown onto the streets of Paris, penniless and...  More

Plein Soleil (Purple Noon / Full Sun)
(1960) [PG]

This is such an obscenely pleasurable movie it's almost ridiculous. You can take the story however you want -- as a cool look at high society's greediness and chic sensibilities, a homoerotic peek under-the-surface of gay culture at the time, or the empty, whorish rot of a story about money, sex,...  More