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Big Fish
(2003) [PG]

An A-list cast headed EWAN McGREGOR, ALBERT FINNEY and JESSICA LANGE catch an adventure as big as life itself in visionary director TIM BURTON’s feel-good fable BIG FISH. Critics and audiences fell hook, line and sinker for this story of a man, who tries to separate fact from fiction and man...  More

21 Grams
(2003) [MA]

They say we all lose 21 grams at the exact moment of our death... everyone. The weight of a stack of nickels. The weight of a chocolate bar. The weight of a hummingbird... 21 Grams, written by Guillermo Arriaga (Academy Award nominated director 'Amores perros'), explores the emotionally and...  More

Capturing the Friedmans (2 disc set)
(2003) [MA]

Capturing The Friedmans is a non-fiction film that explores the elusive nature of the truth through the prism of one of the strangest criminal cases in American history. The Friedmans seem at first to be a typical family. Arnold Friedman is an award winning school teacher, his wife Elaine a...  More

Girl With a Pearl Earring
(2003) [PG]

Set in mid 17th Century Delft in Holland, Girl with a Pearl Earring is a coming-of-age drama about the imagined relationship between Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth) and a quietly beautiful peasant girl Griet (Scarlett Johansson).  More

The Secret Lives of Dentists
(2002) [M]

An insightful dramatic comedy by award winning director Alan Rudolph (Afterglow, Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle) who employs this dental observation as a powerful metaphor for the complexities of marriage and human relationships. Dr. Dave Hurst (Campbell Scott) shares a private clinical...  More

Heavy
(1995) [M]

Victor is the overweight, underappreciated cook at "Pete and Dolly's" - a roadside diner where the regulars are even staler than the coffee, and just as bitter. Callie the enchanting new waitress, is a breath of fresh air who breezes her way right into Victor's heart. Heavy has the critics...  More

Coffee and Cigarettes
(2003) [M]

A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine Popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide--all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As director...  More

The Notebook
(2004) [PG]

Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) arrives at the coastal town of Seabrook, North Carolina, to spend the summer with her family. Still in her teens, she meets local boy Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) at a carnival. Noah instantly senses that he and Allie are meant to be together – despite the fact...  More

Peter Weir Short Film Collection
(1971) [M]

Collected together for the first time are the selected seminal short films of internationally acclaimed director Peter Weir ("Picnic at Hanging Rock", "Gallipoli", "Master and Commander"). This DVD provides a rare opportunity to witness Weir's formative work, displaying the themes and style that...  More

River's Edge
(1986) [R]

Based on the horrifying real-life murder of a young California girl, this "powerful portrait" (Newsweek) of deadly, disaffected teens stars Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Crispin Glover (Charlie’s Angels: The Movie), Ione Skye Leitch (One Night Stand), Daniel Roebuck (Final Destination) and Dennis...  More