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Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
(2008) [M]

A smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen.

Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bar Mitzvah party and is...  More

The Black Balloon
(2008) [M]

When Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) and his family move to a new home and he has to start at a new school, all he wants is to fit in. His pregnant mother (Toni Collette) has to take things easy and Thomas' father Simon (Erik Thomson) puts him in charge of his autistic brother Charlie (Luke Ford)....  More

Be Kind Rewind
(2008) [M]

Jerry (Jack Black) is a junkyard worker who attempts to sabotage a power plant he suspects of causing his headaches. But he inadvertently causes his brain to become magnetized, leading to the unintentional destruction of all the movies in his friend's (Mos Def) store.

In order to keep...  More

The Savages
(2007) [M]

The film follows Wendy and Jon Savage, a pair of siblings on the cusp of middle age. Their estranged father (Philip Bosco) lives across the country, but the Savages reluctantly rush to see him when they learn that he may not be able to take care of himself any longer.

Jon and Wendy...  More

The Dinner Guest (L'Invite)
(2007) [PG]

Gerard has been unemployed for 3 years when he is offered a job in Indonesia. To impress his new boss, he invites him for dinner. But Gerard, a toy train enthusiast, and his wife are real dags, so turn to their PR maestro neighbour for help, In 24 hours, he gives the couple an ultimate makeover,...  More

Unfinished Sky
(2007) [M]

A frightened woman appears on the property of a reclusive farmer. Neither can speak the other's language. Both are hiding from something. As their trust and affection for one another grows, secrets are revealed which could endanger them both.

Farmer John Woldring (William McInnes)...  More

Une vieille maitresse (An Old Mistress)
(2007) [R]

Set in 1835 - the century in which LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES was penned - AN OLD MISTRESS is a Parisian tale of lust, longing and the torments of passion.

Vicomte de Prony, a dapper aristocrat, loves nothing more than to observe and comment upon the romances of his similarly...  More

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
(2007) [MA]

Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs this absorbing thriller about a family facing the worst enemy of all - itself. Oscar-winning Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Andy, and overextended stockbroker who lures his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke), into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a...  More

Always Sunset on Third Street
(2005) [PG]

YAMAZAKI Takashi, Japan's top visual effects artist, has perfectly re-created the old residential streets of Tokyo in the late 1950s, the era which was the country's biggest turning point ? the beginning of the future of what Japan is today. ROBOT, the country's top film production company,...  More

War Dance
(2007) [PG]

War/Dance tells the story of Uganda's brutal civil war through the eyes of a group of children whose love of music brings joy, excitement and hope back into their poverty-stricken lives. Dominic, Nancy and Rose have lived in the most dangerous part of the war zone and witnessed unimaginable...  More