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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
(1970) [M]

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (2 disc set)
(1990) [PG]

From Tom Stoppard the Oscar Winning Writer/Director of "Shakespeare in Love" comes another unique twist on the work of William Shakespeare. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Gary Oldman & Tim Roth) are two incidental characters in "Hamlet", summoned to the court of the King of Denmark. This story is...  More

This Is Spinal Tap
(1984) [M]

In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards...  More

The Bridge (Documentary)
(2006) [MA]

People suffer largely unnoticed while the rest of the world goes about its business. This is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the world, and those drawn by its call. Steel and his crew filmed the bridge during...  More

A Year Without Love
(2005) [R]

A writer dying of AIDS searches for a cure and human interaction in the hospitals and sex clubs of Buenos Aires.  More

Nina's Heavenly Delights
(2006) [PG]

Nina Shah is a feisty young Indo-Scottish woman with an identity crisis. Nina previously left home under a cloud after a row with her father. When her father dies suddenly, Nina is forced to return and run the family owned curry house. This reunites her with her childhood friend Bobbi, a wannabe...  More

Same Sex Parents
(2001) [MA]

How does an insecure teenager become more self-assertive? That's the challenge for Olympia, a young girl stigmatized for being different. Same Sex Parents begins with Olympia and her classmate Leo enjoying their first romantic encounter at a weekend dance. Back at school, Geraldine, a jealous...  More

Whole New Thing
(2005) [MA]

Emerson Thorsen is an exceptionally talented and intelligent 13-year-old who has been raised and educated by his free-thinking parents, Rog and Kaya. Emerson is clever, witty and has recently written his first novel, but he doesn't mix well with others. Rog and Kaya decide to enroll him in...  More

Naked Boys Singing
(2007) [MA]

This whimsical Off-Broadway hit musical is aptly reworked and transferred to the screen. The self-descriptively titled Naked Boys Singing is a musical revue of songs that poke fun at gay life, body image, love, loss and yearning.  More

Tick Tock Lullaby
(2007) [MA]

None of us getting any younger. But what's a recovering-alcoholic, career-avoidant lesbian to do if she wants to get pregnant 'by accident'? And do straight people, as our heroine Sasha suspects, really have it easier? Over endless cups of coffee and copies of the Guardian, Sasha and girlfriend...  More