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Ten Canoes (2 disc set)
(2006) [M]

Set centuries ago in tribal times, Ten Canoes is a surreal tragi-comedy. Dayindi (played by Jamie Gulpilil, son of the great David Gulpilil) covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping,...  More

Friends with Money
(2006) [M]

Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand and Joan Cusak star in Friends With Money – the story of four best friends whose comfortable lives are thrown off balance as the realities of early middle age set in. It paints a painfully hilarious portrait of modern life in the...  More

A Prairie Home Companion
(2006) [PG]

Director Robert Altman and writer Garrison Keillor join forces with an all-star cast to create an unforgettable backstage comic tale about a homespun radio variety show that has somehow managed to survive in the age of television. On a rainy Saturday night in Fitzgerald Theatre, the cast and crew...  More

Breakfast on Pluto
(2005) [MA]

Set in the 1970’s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy), an endearing, but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick survives this harsh environment with the...  More

The Wind That Shakes The Barley
(2006) [M]

Ireland, 1920. As a wave of Republican nationalism sweeps the nation, workers across the country unite to form volunteer armies to combat the notorious 'Black and Tan' paramilitary squads sent over from Britain to quell the rebel uprising. Driven by a deep sense of duty and a love for his native...  More

Wim Wenders on Film: Lightning Over Water (Nick's Movie)
(1980) [M]

Lightning Over Water is a penetrating documentary of the last days of cult film director Nicholas Ray. The film was lovingly assembled by Wim Wenders, whose idolatry of Ray is obvious in virtually every frame of his own work. Dying slowly of cancer, Ray reflects on a lifetime of accomplishments,...  More

Marie Antoinette
(2006) [PG]

Lavish historical drama from writer/director Sofia Coppola. Born to Austrian nobility, Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) is only 14 years old when she's pledged to marry Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the 15-year-old king of France, in an alliance that has everything to do with politics and...  More

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
(2006) [MA]

In this hilariously offensive movie, Kazakhstani TV news reporter Borat is dispatched to the United States to make a documentary on the "greatest country in the world." Arriving in New York City with a producer and cameraman in tow, Borat becomes increasingly interested in locating and marrying...  More

Fast Food Nation
(2006) [M]

Thanks to the popularity of their new burger, The Big One, fast food restaurant chain Mickeys are riding a huge wave of success. But there's a problem: laboratory tests have revealed faecal contamination in their burger meat. Desperate to avoid a PR disaster, marketing executive Don Anderson is...  More

Shortbus
(2006) [R]

Numerous New York City-dwellers come to the exclusive club Shortbus to work out problems in their sexual relationships. Rob (Raphael Barker) and Sophia (Sook-Yin Lee) are a happily married couple, except for the fact that she has never experienced sexual climax. This irony follows her to work,...  More