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Talk To Her
(2002) [MA]

Pedro Almodovar follows his international success All About My Mother with an offbeat drama that explores the friendship of two men brought together under unusual but strangely similar circumstances. Benigno (Javier Camara) is a male nurse whose apartment overlooks a dance studio run by Katerina...  More

Italian For Beginners
(2001) [M]

A young minister, a widower, is temporarily assigned to a church whose suspended pastor drove parishioners away; he stays at a hotel where he meets Jørgen, who's alone approaching middle age. Jørgen's friend Finn, a temperamental restaurant manager, may be about to be fired. Finn's assistant is...  More

Edge Of Darkness: BBC TV (2 disc set)
(1985) [M]

Groundbreaking environmental-espionage shocker Edge of Darkness (1985) begins routinely enough but then ratchets the suspense to levels that would have turned Hitchcock green with envy. Emma Craven (Joanne Whalley in her first starring role) is a young environmental activist killed in mysterious...  More

Chaos
(2001) [MA]

Malika, a young prostitute, is badly molested in the street by her pimp in front of Paul and Helene, a well-off couple, carefully hidden in their car. Against all odds, Helene leaves her husband and family behind to go to the hospital and take care of Malika, who lies in a coma. The mission...  More

White Oleander
(2002) [M]

White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of the relationship between a mother, Ingrid and her daughter Astrid. When Ingrid is jailed for a crime of passion, Astrid is shunted through a series of Los Angeles foster homes - each its own universe with its own laws, dangers and hard lessons to be...  More

The Pact of Silence
(2003) [M]

Sarah (Elodie Bouchez) a young Carmelite nun, collapses in pain, dazed and spouting a nonsense phrase. Concurrently, a great distance away, her identical twin sister, Gaelle (also Bouchez), in prison, wakes up to find her cell in flames. While Gaelle, the victim of an attack by her fellow...  More

Pure
(2002) [R]

Following the death of her husband, 10-year-old Paul's mother Mel comes to rely on an old friend, Lenny, who is also a pimp and dealer. Soon Paul must take care of both his mother and his younger brother. When Mel's friend and fellow user dies, Paul must confront the fear that has been gathering...  More

Nowhere in Africa
(2001) [MA]

A beautifully realised World War II-set love story spanning two continents, Nowhere In Africa (the 2003 Oscar winner of Best Foreign Language Film) is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flee the Nazi regime at the very last moment for a remote farm in Kenya. Torn from her...  More

Siddhartha
(1972) [PG]

A glorious adaptation of the classic Herman Hesse novel, "Siddhartha" was filmed by Conrad Rooks with legendary cinematographer Sven Nykvist in Northern India. Bewitched by the shimmering beauty and magic of this ancient land, they transformed Hesse's tale into widescreen poetry. A moving...  More

Man on the Train (L'Homme du Train)
(2002) [M]

A mysterious stranger, Milan (Johnny Hallyday), steps off a train in a place he has never been to before. Looking for a pharmacy to buy some aspirin for a raging headache, he comes across a retired school teacher, Manesquier (Jean Rochefort). The two men are complete opposites. Or at least they...  More