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Bride and Prejudice
(2005) [PG]

Director Gurinder Chadha and the team that created Bend It Like Beckham put an entirely different spin on Jane Austen's story of spirited courtship - Bollywood style! Bride & Prejudice shifts the comic tale of a witty young woman trying to find a suitable husband, to a cross-cultural setting that...  More

A Touch of Spice (Politiki Kouzina) (2 Disc Set)
(2003) [M]

"A Touch of Spice" is a story about a young Greek boy (Fanis) growing up in Costantinoupolis, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor,teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor; they both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis grows up to become an...  More

Lady Snowblood Volume 1
(1973) [R]

Lady Snowblood is the movie that inspired Tarantino's Kill Bill. When a woman is raped by a vicious gang and dies in prison, her newborn daughter Yuki must carry out her revenge. Growing up as an assassin, Yuki prepares to hunt down her mother's attackers with extreme prejudice. No longer the...  More

Lady Snowblood Volume 2: Love Song of Vengeance
(1974) [MA]

Lady Snowblood is the movie that inspired Tarantino's Kill Bill. When a woman is raped by a vicious gang and dies in prison, her newborn daughter Yuki must carry out her revenge. Growing up as an assassin, Yuki prepares to hunt down her mother's attackers with extreme prejudice. No longer the...  More

Sonatine
(1993) [MA]

SONATINE is a masterwork from legendary writer, actor and director Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is Murakawa, a yakuza chief sent to Okinawa to settle a dispute between two factions. Several of his men die is suspicious circumstances so Murakawa and the rest of the gang retreat to a remote beach house...  More

Boiling Point
(1990) [M]

In Takeshi Kitano's quirky second film, Masaki (Masahiko Ono), a quiet baseball-playing gas station attendant, runs into trouble with the local yakuza. Masaki's baseball coach, Iguchi (Takahito Iguchi), turns out to be a former yakuza and attempts to straighten out the situation but only winds up...  More

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
(2001) [M]

The story of Hollywood legend Judy Garland is vividly told in this widely acclaimed film,which features Emmy Award winning portrayals by Judy Davis and Tammy Blanchard. Based on the book by her daughter, Lorna Luft, the remarkable story of Hollywood legend Judy Garland is vividly told in this...  More

Sideways
(2004) [M]

This is the story of failed novelist Miles (Paul Giamatti) and his washed-up actor friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church). Jack is soon to be wed and, to toast their youth, the pair take a final road trip in the week before the nuptials. A serious wine enthusiast, Miles is determined to educate his...  More

The Fluffer
(2001) [R]

Johnny Rebel (Scott Gurney) is the ultimate fantasy man: a chiseled Adonis and the biggest star in gay porn. The fact that he's straight doesn't seem to make a difference to anyone. Not to Julie (Roxanne Day), his lap-dancer girlfriend, who promises to take care of him and dreams of having...  More

Kitchen Stories
(2003) [PG]

With its dry Nordic humour and distinguished visual style - comparisons with Aki Kaurismaki abound - acclaimed Norwegian director Bent Hamer's Kitchen Stories proved to be one of 2003's genuine and most idiosyncratic cinema highlights. In the early 1950's Sweden's Home Research Institute is...  More