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Visitors
(2003) [MA]

After six months at sea on an unassisted solo circumnavigation, Georgia Perry's 44-foot sloop is becalmed for several days. Cabin fever sets in, and the border between fact and fantasy begins to distort. However Georgia is eventually forced to question how her mind's tricks are able to leave...  More

Across the Universe (2 disc set)
(2007)

Set in America during the Vietnam war at the height of political and social unrest, this powerful love story from award-winning director Julie Taymor (TITUS) uses music by the Beatles to tell its heart-felt story. Part Moulin Rouge, part Hair and starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess, Across...  More

The Tudors (Season 1, Disc 1)
(2007) [MA]

Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe' winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (from Elvis and Mission Impossible III) is Henry VIII in this epic series that focuses on the early years of the infamous King of England's almost 40 year reign. With a lust for power and an appetite for love, the young monarch...  More

4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days
(2007) [MA]

When the flighty Gabita (Laura Vasiliu) decides to terminate her pregnancy – a crime in Romania from 1966 until 1989 – her fiercely loyal university dorm-mate and best friend, Otilia (Anamaria Marinca), accompanies her to a hotel room to be “helped” by one Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov), the only...  More

The Cherry Orchard
(1999) [PG]

Set in Russia during the Nineteenth Century, The Cherry Orchard is based on the play by Anton Chekhov and is concerned with the effects of industrialisation and social change in Russia. In the film, aristocratic Madame Ranevskaya returns to her cherry orchard after a sojourn in Paris. She is...  More

Day of Wrath (Vredens dag)
(1943) [M]

Carl Theodor Dreyer made this film during the Nazi occupation of Denmark and, similar to the way Arthur Miller demonised the Hayes Code in his play 'The Crucible', Day Of Wrath uses the larger narrative of witch-hunts to point out the paranoid obsession of the period. The story follows Anne, the...  More

Dreams (Kvinnodröm)
(1955) [PG]

Ingmar Bergman's DREAMS follows Susanne, a photographer, and her model Doris as they journey to Gothenburg for a fashion shoot. While there, Susanne attempts to reconcile with her married lover while Doris endeavours to forget her fiancé by becoming involved with a rich businessman. Themes of...  More

Ordet
(1955) [PG]

Themes of religion and personal integrity punctuate Carl Theodor Dreyer's Ordet. Set on a Twentieth Century Danish farm, the story centres around Morton Borgen, his wife Inger and their three sons, all of whom have strayed from the Lutheran patriarchy of their upbringing. The family must face...  More

September
(1987) [PG]

At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.

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Hamlet (2000)
(2000) [MA]

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City. Loaded with style and substance, packed with haunting imagery, and featuring a superb cast, this version of Hamlet will change the way you think about Shakespeare.  More