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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

Blood Diamond
(2006) [MA]

Edward Zwick directs this tale of a prized diamond, the hands through which it passes and the inhumanity that results from man's greed. Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a former Zimbabwean mercenary now living in Sierra Leone during the '91-'00 civil war. Archer hears that an imprisoned Mende...  More

The Road to Guantanamo
(2006) [MA]

Michael Winterbottom's The Road To Guantanamo is the story of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later, only three of them returned home. Through their epic journey we hear the story of their...  More

Darling Lili
(1970) [M]

Musical set in World War II starring Julie Andrews as Lili Smith, a famous femme fatale music-hall singer with a dark secret: she is also working as a German spy. Things are further complicated for Lili when she is ordered to seduce the dashing Major William Larrabee (Rock Hudson), and finds...  More

Flags of Our Fathers (2 disc set)
(2006) [MA]

On the front line, there's no time for fear. For 70,000 marines the battle for Iwo Jima was more than the turning point of Wrold War II; it was the defining moment in their lives. In the epic that The New York Times calls "a sweeping spectacle", Academy Award Winning director Clint Eastwood taps...  More

The Tiger and The Snow
(2005) [M]

In 1997’s LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, Roberto Benigni found international success by accomplishing the seemingly impossible task of making a moving comedy set during the Holocaust. Nearly a decade later, he similarly uses Dante’s INFERNO as a template to mold a romantic comedy around the early days of...  More

Is Paris Burning?
(1966) [PG]

Star-heavy WWII epic set in the closing days of the Nazis' rule of Paris. The allied advance is almost upon the capital of France. The French Resistance struggles to take back its city fighting tooth and nail to avoid the Nazis' clear intention of torching the city upon exit. Realistically...  More

The Last King of Scotland
(2006) [MA]

As Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, Forest Whitaker gives "one of the great performances of modern movie history" (The Wall Street Journal), one that the Associated Press calls "nothing short of Oscar-worthy." This is Amin's incredible story as seen through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy),...  More

Italian Film Festival 2004: Disc 5 (The Cruellest Day / The Spectator)
(2004) [R]

The Cruellest Day: On March 20 1994, RAI TV news reporter Ilaria Alpi and her cameraman Miran Hrovatin were killed in ambush in Mogadishu, Somalia. Their investigative reporting had brought them too close to a truth they were not supposed to uncover. The Cruellest Day is a powerful drama which...  More

Innocent Voices
(2005) [M]

1980s El Salvador: Government forces are recruiting 12 year olds. Chava has just one year of innocence left before he too will be conscripted to fight against the peasant rebels. Armed only with the love of his mother and a small radio that broadcasts a forbidden anthem of peace, and faced with...  More