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Napoleon
(1927) [G]

A massive epic biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign), his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant...  More

Jack Kerouac: On The Road With The King Of The Beats
(2001) [PG]

This is the award - winning biography of the King of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac's writings, including his extraordinary novel "On The Road," took American literature to new levels of creativity and in the process inspired unprecedented social and cultural change. Kerouac's life is examined...  More

The Red Badge Of Courage
(1951) [G]

Directed by Academy Award winner John Huston, 'The Red Badge Of Courage' is the story of Henry Fleming and his initiation into manhood as a Union Army recruit during the American Civil War. With a sensitive performance from Audie Murphy, the film reveals the horrible - though somtimes ennobling -...  More

Max
(2002) [M]

A promising young artist, Max Rothman lost his arm in the Great War and with it his ability to paint. Upon his return he opens what quickly becomes an acclaimed art gallery catering to modernism. There he runs into another war veteran and struggling artist named Adolf Hitler. Max encourages Adolf...  More

Immoral Tales
(1974) [R]

Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his young female cousin stranded on the beach by the tide, secluded from prying eyes. 'Therese Philosophe' is set in the nineteenth century, and concerns a girl being...  More

Goodbye Lenin!
(2003) [M]

Germany, 1989: Although sill a divided nation, revolution is on the march. Alex, bored and disaffected by his homeland, lives in communist East Berlin with his sister and mother, Christiane. A staunch, socialist activist ever since her husband abandoned her the children to escape to the West,...  More

For the Term of his Natural Life (2 disc set)
(1982) [PG]

For the first time on DVD! Television mini-series set in 1830's England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with Sylvia, the...  More

The House of Flying Daggers (2 Disc Set)
(2004) [M]

In the year 859 AD, China's once flourishing Tang Dynasty is in decline. Unrest is rife throughout the land, and the corrupt government is locked in battle with a series of rebel armies. The largest and most powerful of these rebel groups is the House of Flying Daggers, which is growing ever more...  More

Bodyline: 3 part TV mini-series (Disc 1 of 3)
(1984) [PG]

Dramatisation of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This...  More

Alexander
(2004) [MA]

Oliver Stone's Alexander is based on the true story of one of history's most luminous and influential leaders, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) - a man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of 27. Alexander led his virtually invincible Greek and Macedonian armies through 22,000...  More