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Hustle and Flow
(2005) [M]

One man's struggle to rise above his circumstances prompts him to try a career in music in this acclaimed drama from writer and director Craig Brewer. Djay (Terrence Howard) is a low-level pimp and drug dealer who scraped together a living in the ghettos of Memphis, TN. Djay isn't happy with his...  More

North Country
(2005) [MA]

A fictionalised account of the first successful sexual harassment case in the United States. When Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children to support, she turns to the predominant...  More

Paradise Now
(2005) [M]

Said (Kais Nashef) is a young Palestinian living in Nablus, and working as a mechanic. He gets his friend Khaled (Ali Suliman) a job, but the hot-tempered and impulsive Khaled quickly loses it. Suha (Lubna Azabal), a pretty, well-traveled young woman and the daughter of a well-known "martyr,"...  More

Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live)
(1962)

Vivre Sa Vie presents 12 episodes in the life of a young woman who turns to prostitution to pay her rent. Each episode features a theatrical scene preceded by a title that lists the characters in the episode, its location, and a brief summary of the action. As he would throughout his career,...  More

The World
(2004) [PG]

Chinese writer/director Jia Zhang Ke's The World is his fourth feature, but it's his first set in a major city, and the first film he's made with the cooperation of the Chinese government. The World is set at the eponymous amusement park in Beijing. Tao (Zhao Tao, who played the Mongolian King...  More

Lacombe Lucien
(1974) [M]

With a superb music score by Django Reinhardt, this is a Louis Malle film about the German occupation of France. Based on his own experiences in France during the occupation, Malle's film does not paint a pretty picture of the French Resistance and eventually he emigrated to America because of...  More

Tsotsi
(2005) [M]

In a shantytown on the edges of Johannesburg, South Africa, nineteen year old Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) has repressed any memory of his past, including his real name: "Tsotsi" simply means "thug" or "gangster" in the street language of the ghetto. Orphaned at an early age and compelled to...  More

Crimson Gold
(2003) [M]

We see an attack on a jeweller’s shop in Teheran. The raid gets totally out of hand. Before the film has picked up speed, the attacker has pointed the gun at his own temple. Panahi then cuts to pizza delivery boy Hussain, fat and bloated as a result of cortisone treatment. Together with his...  More

Capote
(2005) [M]

The creation of one of the most memorable books of the 1960s -- and the impact the writing and research would have on its author -- is explored in this drama based on a true story. In 1959, Truman Capote (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) was a critically acclaimed novelist who had earned a small...  More

Human Touch
(2004) [MA]

From Paul Cox (Innocence), one of Australia's most celebrated filmmakers, comes the erotically charged drama Human Touch. Anna (Jacqueline McKenzie) is in her early 30s. She has a burgeoning music career as a singer, and has a loving relationship with her painter boyfriend, David. When Anna's...  More