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The Marriage Of Maria Braun (The BRD Trilogy)
(1978) [M]

A portrait of a sensuous beauty who sells herself for wealth, and the husband who sacrifices his freedom for her. War-time drama. German dialogue with English subtitles.  More

Effi Briest (Fassbinder on Melodrama)
(1974) [M]

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, drew much of his inspiration from the work of his idol, the German-born king of Hollywood melodrama, Douglas Sirk. Each of these three films is centred on a woman who is under pressure from those around her to conform, and...  More

The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant (Fassbinder on Sex)
(1972) [M]

Fassbinder on Sex combines three of Fassbinder's most risque and self-reflexive films, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Fox and his Friends and In a Year with 13 Moons, which offer the maverick filmmaker's unique views about sex and the nature of sexuality.

The Bitter Tear of Petra...  More

The Flower Of My Secret
(1995)

Spain's high priest of hip returns with a brilliant combination of his familiar stylized comedy and a new departure into full-blooded melodrama. Leo leads a secret double life as an author of romantic fiction. However her success as the best-selling Amanda Gris hasn't brought her happiness and...  More

Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch)
(2000) [MA]

Amores Perros is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives, this blisteringly intense film explores the lives of disparate characters who are catapulted into...  More

Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos)
(1997) [M]

From Alejandro Amenabar, director of The Others, Open Your Eyes (remade by Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky) is a stylish and intriguing mix of fantasy and horror, exploring the collision between dreams and reality. Fate has always smiled on Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) until now. The night he meets his...  More

A Ma Soeur! (For My Sister)
(2001) [R]

A Ma Soeur! is a provocative and shocking drama about sibling rivalry, family discord and relationships. Elena is 15, beautiful and flirtatious. Her less confident sister, Anais, is 12, and constantly eats. On holiday, Elena meets a young Italian student who is determined to seduce her. Anais is...  More

36 Fillette
(1988) [R]

A night in the life of a young woman who wishes to learn and experience more of life. The men she meets have as much to learn from her as they can offer her, or more.  More

Joan Of Arc - The Messenger (1999)
(1999) [MA]

Starring Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway and John Malkovich, director Luc Besson brings us Joan Of Arc - The Messenger, the epic story fo a woman who followed her own path and changed the course of history. In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King...  More

Contempt (Le Mepris)
(1963) [PG]

An intriguing sensual film set in Rome's glamorous film colony. On Capri, an Italian crew makes a German film of Homer's Odyssey; Fritz Lang directs with American money. Prokosch, the producer, with his sneer and red Alfa, holds art films in contempt and hires writer Javal to help Lang...  More