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The Insider
(1999) [M]

Russell Crowe and Al Pacino come together for 'The Insider' -a film nominated for six Academy Awards, including best Actor (Crowe) and Best Director (Mann). This suspense drama is based on the true story of Lowell Bergman's (Pacino) battle with CBS media executives to air an interview with...  More

Jesus Of Nazareth (2 disc set)
(1977) [M]

Internationally acclaimed and award winning screen depiction of the life of Christ using the Gospel accounts.  More

Mabo: Life Of An Island Man
(1997) [G]

The world knows little of the life of Eddie Mabo. This film tells the story of a man so passionate that he fought an entire nation and its legal system, giving his name and much of his life to a legal judgement that continues to reverberate throughout Australia.  More

Die Marquise Von O (The Marquise of O)
(1976) [PG]

Rohmer's best films stand up to endless viewings, in fact, they're so detailed and well thought out, you don't get anything significant out of them until you've watched them many times. The Marquise of O is definitely one of his best. It's his only film that doesn't deal with the love problems of...  More

The Dish
(2000) [M]

In the days before the July 19, 1969 space mission that marked humankind's first steps on the moon, NASA was working with a group of Australian technicians who had agreed to rig up a satellite interface. That the Aussies placed the satellite dish smack dab in the middle of an Australian sheep...  More

Thirteen Days (2 disc set)
(2000) [M]

These are the thirteen days that shook the world and put the United States and the USSR on the brink of a nuclear apocalypse. This gripping thriller takes you inside the White House to the seats of power, bringing to life how the Kennedy administration dealt with the 1962 Cuban missile crisis....  More

History Of Australian Cinema: 1896 to 1940
(2004) [M]

A three-part series looking at the early years of the film industry and motion pictures in Australia. The Pictures That Moved 1896-1920 - 45 Minutes (1967) A novel moving picture of Australia early in the 20th century. The film starts with the 1896 Melbourne Cup race, the 1900 multimedia event...  More

The War Room
(1993) [PG]

From a cold primary in New Hampshire to the victory party in in Little Rock almost ten months later The War Room takes viewers on a revealing , behind-the-scenes journey to the White House. This insightful look into one of the shrewdest, funniest, most sophisticated political machines ever takes...  More

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
(1999) [M]

From Errol Morris, the award-winning director of The Thin Blue Line , comes the provocative true story of Fred A. Leuchter. Jr. The son of a prison worker and a self-taught execution expert, Leuchter was hired by prisons across the country to make capital punishment equipment more humane. When...  More

The Right Stuff (2 disc set)
(1983) [M]

In the middle of the 20th century, America pondered its future - and looked to the skies. Based on Tom Wolfe's book, The Right Stuff is the tale of how that future began, a thrilling epic of intrepid test pilot Chuck Yeager and the seven pioneering astronauts of the Project Mercury space program....  More