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My Winnipeg
(2007) [M]

Witty, surreal, irreverent and beautiful, Guy Maddin's fictional documentary is a dreamlike homage to his hometown of Winnipeg. Maddin may wish to forget his upbringing in regional Canada, but My Winnipeg is testimony to the unique experiences of childhood and how they shape one's identity....  More

Invictus
(2009) [PG]

He was imprisoned 27 years for his heroic fight against apartheid. So what does Nelson Mandela do after he is elected president of South Africa? He rejects revenge, forgives his oppressors and finds hope of national unity in an unlikely place: the rugby field. Clint Eastwood (the National Board...  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

Cadillac Records (Blu-Ray)
(2008) [M]

Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Leonard Chess' (Adrien Brody) Chess Records and its recording artists including Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), Chuck Berry (Mos Def), Willie Dixon (Cedric The Entertainer) and the great Etta James (Beyonce Knowles). In this...  More

Made in Dagenham
(2010) [M]

From the director of Calendar girls comes the inspirational and feel-good story of Rita, a plucky factory worker who took on the biggest corporation in the world. In the spring of 1968, what starts as a dispute over pay leads to an uprising amongst the women workers of the Ford Motor Plant in...  More

William and Kate - A Royal Love Story
(2011) [G]

This documentary is the definitive account of the love story between William and the girl who is to become his Queen. Unveiling William and Kate’s intriguing royal courtship and discovering the real Kate Middleton with captivating insight, this exclusive programme reveals where it all began....  More

Paris, The Luminous Years
(2010)

In the early decades of the twentieth century, a storm of modernism swept through the art worlds of the West, uprooting centuries of tradition in the visual arts, music, literature, dance, theater and beyond. The epicenter of this storm was Paris, France.

Paris The Luminous Years,...  More

Inside Job
(2010) [PG]

From Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson (No End In Sight), comes Inside Job, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008.

The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes...  More

Agora
(2009) [MA]

Alexandria, 391 CE: Hypatia teaches astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. Her student Orestes is in love with her, as is Davus, her personal slave. As the city's Christians, led by Ammonius and Cyril, gain political power, the great institutions of learning and governance may not survive. Jump...  More

Life in a Day
(2010) [PG]

A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010  More