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Bossa Nova - the Sound That Seduced the World
(2005) [G]

Mixing samba, jazz and sophisticated lyricism, the sultry bossa nova sound was spawned in the beaches and bars of Rio, Brazil in the late 50s, and quickly seduced the world when anthems like "The Girl From Ipanema" became huge international hits. This compelling documentary, filmed on location in...  More

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
(2007)

Yale-educated and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Sam Wagstaff's transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe's lover and patron is intensively probed in Black White + Gray. During the heady years of the 1970s and 1980s, the New York City art scene was abuzz with a...  More

Mouchette
(1967) [M]

Following Au Hasard Balthazar, Bresson’s Mouchette is the heartbreaking story of an alienated teenage girl whose life is mired in desolation and brutality. A metaphor for wider social conflict and alienation, Bresson said of the film: "Mouchette offers evidence of misery and cruelty."...  More

Annie Leibovitz - Life Through a Lens
(2006)

Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is, literally, our most influential woman photographer. She has shot the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Her camera has documented the horrors of war most recently in...  More

Warren Miller's Off The Grid
(2007) [E]

Warren Miller film crews rewrite the definition of adventure as the world's best winter sports athletes embark on a global mission to discover the deepest snow and the steepest mountains in their latest feature film, Off The Grid. Having captured unprecedented snow conditions from around the...  More

Sex and the City: The Movie (2 disc set)
(2008) [MA]

Strap on your Manolos and grab a cupcake and a Cosmopolitan! Those four fabulous New Yorkers – Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte – are back!

Four years after the hit series ended, our favourite femmes fashionables continue to juggle jobs, friendships and relationships while...  More

Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes
(2006) [G]

Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of 'manufactured landscapes' ? quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams ? Edward Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilisation's materials and debris. This astounding documentary by award winning director...  More

First Australians (2 disc set)
(2008) [PG]

First Australians chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. First Australians explores what unfolds when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world?s greatest empire.

Over seven documentaries,...  More

Patti Smith: Dream of Life
(2008) [M]

Steven Sebring's multi-award winning plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker Patti Smith - legendary singer, artist and poet. Known as the godmother of punk, Patti Smith emerged in the 1970s, galvanizing the music scene with her unique style of poetic rage, music and trademark...  More

The Tracey Fragments
(2007) [MA]

She’s just an ordinary girl who hates herself, says 15-year old Tracey Berkowitz (Best Actress Oscar-nominee Ellen Page) as she shivers, naked under a shower curtain at the back of bus. She’s out on the street looking for her little brother Sonny, who is missing after she hypnotised him into...  More