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Limelight
(1952) [PG]

Chaplin's final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's effort to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of the film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival, Buster Keaton.  More

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Disney)
(1996) [PG]

In 15th century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own. Now a...  More

Idiot Box
(1996) [MA]

Kev’s hobby is being angry. His motto is maximum fear, minimum time. He hasn’t got a job, but he has got attitude. His best mate is Mick and together they kill time drinking beer, watching the idiot box and looking for action on the street. Then one day Kev tells Mick they’ve drawn their...  More

Jude
(1996) [M]

Jude Fawley is a stonemason who loves learning. Inspired by his teacher he longs to go to University. After a brief but unhappy marriage to the daughter of a local pig farmer, he moves to Christminster to be closer to his beloved scholars. There, he meets and falls totally in love with his cousin...  More

Drowning By Numbers
(1988) [M]

3 generations of women share a name and an aversion to marriage. 3 husbands have reason to be afraid of water. Add to the equation 1 amorous coroner and 1 inventive little boy, and so begins the game. Drowning By Numbers is a sharp and witty tale of female camaraderie with Joan Plowright, Juliet...  More

The Trigger Effect
(1996) [M]

How tenuous is man's hold on civilization when survival becomes an issue? When the lights go out and stay out for several days, suburbanites Matthew and Annie learn the hard way that man is "by nature" a predatory creature. Matthew's long-time friend, Joe, happens by on the second day and a...  More

Crash (1996)
(1996) [R]

The controversial film by David Cronenberg that won the 1996 Won Jury Special Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Advertising executive James Ballard and his wife Catherine lead complex, if hollow sexual lives. However in a near fatal car crash with Dr. Helen Remington, Ballard finds himself being...  More

The Pillow Book
(1996) [MA]

In Kyoto, Japan, in the 1970s, a calligrapher delicately writes a birthday greeting on his daughter's face. When she grows up, Nagiko (Vivian Wu) remembers the event with much affection and excitement and begins a search for an ideal calligrapher-lover who will use her whole body as his personal...  More

The Portrait Of A Lady
(1996) [PG]

Nicole Kidman stars in this dark, elaborate adaptation of Henry James's novel, director Jane Campion's follow-up to The Piano. American Isabel Archer (Kidman) visits her wealthy relatives in 1872 England, where she turns down an offer of marriage by a kind and rich suitor (Richard E. Grant) in...  More

The People Vs Larry Flynt
(1996) [MA]

"If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it'll protect all of you -- 'cause I'm the worst," declares Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt (as played by Woody Harrelson) in the midst of one of his many court cases. Milos Forman's film follows Flynt from his childhood in...  More