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Derek Jarman: Life as Art
(2004) [M]

This documentary features interviews with British filmmaker Derek Jarman's actors, most notably Tilda Swinton as well as Jarman's set designer, composer, producer, sister and biographer who pay tribute radical gay director's life and oeuvre. This documentary covers both obscure films like...  More

The September Issue
(2009) [M]

Anna Wintour, the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine for twenty years, is the most powerful and polarising figure in fashion. Hidden behind her trademark bob and sunglasses, she has never allowed anyone to scrutinise the inner workings of her magazine. Until now. With unprecedented...  More

Ballerina
(2007) [G]

Hers is a rare art. Her craft as demanding as an athlete. Her dancing life as brief as a butterfly. All to a vision of fragile beauty. A vision of what it is to be a woman. Ballerina follows the destinies of five female dancers of the Kirov Ballet in Saint-Petersburg. Their lives weave together...  More

Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky
(2009) [MA]

Paris 1913, Coco Chanel is devoted to her work and madly in love with Arthur "Boy" Capel. At the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky premieres his Rite of Spring. Coco attends the premiere and is mesmerised. But the revolutionary work is too modern, too radical: the enraged audience boos...  More

Of Time and the City
(2008) [M]

Of Time and The City is both a love song and a eulogy to the directors birthplace of Liverpool. It is also a response to memory, reflection and the experience of losing a sense of place as the skyline changes and time takes it toll.

Celebrated director Terence Davies takes a trip back...  More

In Search of Beethoven
(2009) [G]

From award winning filmmaker Phil Grabsky, this unique motion picture explores the romantic myth of Beethoven. Delving beyond the image of the tortured and unhinged personality, In Search of Beethoven takes you further than any previous biography of history's greatest composer.  More

Love, Lust and Lies
(2009) [M]

Love Lust & Lies is the fifth documentary in a series Gillian Armstrong has been making about the lives, hopes and dreams of three lively, working class Adelaide girls since they were fourteen in 1976.

Over more than thirty years, Kerry, Josie and Diana’s struggles have captured all...  More

Elvis on Tour
(1972) [G]

Available for the first time, this award winning documentary is the final motion picture to star Elvis Presley. In the film, the king is followed as he embarked on a 15-city U.S. tour in April 1972. More than 25 numbers spotlight Elvis' talent, range and showmanship in captivating on-stage...  More

Mesrine Part 2 : Public Enemy No.1
(2008) [MA]

A gripping thrill-ride of a film, Public Enemy #1 tells the incredible and brutal true story of France's most wanted man, Jacques Mesrine. Arch-fiend to some and folk hero to others, his criminal career spanned nearly two decades of brazen bank robberies, breathtaking prison breaks, and ingenious...  More

Edge of Seventeen
(1998)

A gay teen finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle America in the 1980s. Growing up, learning about life, love, sex, friends, and lovers.  More