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Boom!
(1968) [M]
In what Tennessee Williams describes as the best film adaptation of his work he'd ever seen, Sissy Goforth (Elizabeth Taylor), the world's richest woman, has retired to her lavish estate to dictate her autobiography when poet Chris Flanders (Richard Burton) washes up on her beach.
Flanders has... More
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Calendar
(1993) [PG]
A Canadian / American photographer receives an assignment to make twelve images for a calendar. These twelve images ore of twelve historic churches in Armenia. He travels to Armenia with his wife, who also serves as a translator.
The couple are driven from one location to another by a guide... More
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Come and See (Idi i smotri)
(1985) [M]
Elem Klimov's stunning COME AND SEE is a relentlessly brutal condemnation of war hidden in the guise of a surrealistic coming-of-age nightmare. A physically and emotionally draining viewing experience, the film follows Florya (played brilliantly by Alexei Kravchenko), a 12-year-old boy living in... More
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The Good Shepherd
(2006) [M]
Ever since his father's suicide, Edward Wilson wants to do good to the world. But he makes it into a habit to take one decision after another that makes his life an unhappy one. In the Second World War he becomes a member of the OSS, an Intelligence Service operating in London. When the Cold War... More
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Fracture
(2007) [M]
Ted Crawford, a wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his unfaithful wife, confesses to the police - orally and in writing - but then pleads not guilty and opts to defend himself in court. The young DA assigned to the case, Willy Beachum, has had a... More
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Snow Cake
(2006) [M]
Taciturn Englishman Alex Hughes (Alan Rickman) has travelled to Canada to meet the mother of his deceased son. Driving through the winter landscape, he picks up a young hitchhiker, Vivienne, who is en route to her home town of Wawa. But when a freak road accident leaves Vivienne dead, Alex finds... More
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Breach
(2007) [M]
In February, 2001, Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, is arrested for spying. Jump back two months: Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Hanssen and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an... More
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Running with Scissors
(2006) [MA]
Based on the personal memoirs of Augusten Burroughs and directed by Ryan Murphy (Creator of TV's Nip/Tuck), Running With Scissors is a wickedly funny, brave and moving tale of surviving a most unusual childhood.
Augusten's mother (Annette Bening) is an unpublished and unstable poet whose... More
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Scream of Stone (Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein)
(1991)
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one is an experienced mountaineer the other a free climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the free climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing... More
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Orchestra Seats (Fauteuils d'orchestre)
(2006) [M]
When Jessica (rising star Cecile de France), decides to leave rural France in favour of the capital, her grandmother's words ring in her ear: "I always loved luxury, but I could not afford to live in it. I decided to work in it." A lovely bubbly young thing, Jessica charms her way into a job at... More
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Black Snake Moan
(2006) [MA]
In a small Tennessee town, two unlikely souls are about to be lured together at the sticky crossroads between rage and love. Found lying on the side of the road, beaten and nearly dead, is Rae (Christina Ricci), a 22-year-old who has developed a reputation around town for having an insatiable... More
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No Reservations
(2007) [PG]
Frosty master chef, Kate Armstrong (Catherine Zeta-Jones) lives her life likes she runs her kitchen at a trendy Manhattan eatery – with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. Kate’s perfectionist nature is put to the test when she “inherits” her... More
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Japanese Story
(2003) [M]
A feisty Australian geologist (Sandy) lands the unwanted task of showing a Japanese businessman (Hiromitsu) around the mines in the deserts of the Pilbara, with a view to selling his comany the unique geology software she has been developing. Hiromitsu meanwhile, mistakes her as her driver, and... More
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Master Of The House
(1925) [PG]
Since the failure of his small business, Victor has become a household tyrant, constantly complaining and criticising his long suffering family. The saintly forbearance of his wife Ida seems only to drive Victor to ever more vindictive acts of tyranny. Finally, Victor's old nanny, watching his... More
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The Home Song Stories (2 Disc Set)
(2007) [M]
Tom (Darren Yap), a Chinese Australian man in his early forties, writes about his childhood. We see the story unfold as he does. It is 1964. Tom's mother, Rose Hong (Joan Chen), a beautiful and glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer, meets Bill (Steven Vidler), an Australian sailor, and migrates to... More
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Sawdust and Tinsel
(1953) [M]
Albert, the owner of a small and tawdry circus, arrives at a town where he attempts to effect a reconciliation with his wife Agda whom he left for the circus many years before. She refuses to resume their marriage, while Albert's former lover, Anne, upset at Albert's rejection, has a humiliating... More
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The Page Turner
(2006) [PG]
Revenge is a dish best served cold
Schoolgirl Mélanie aspires to a musical career, but during her Conservatory audition, one of the judges, celebrated concert pianist Ariane Fouchécourt, unwittingly distracts her, ruining her chances of a place. Asa result, Mélanie gives up music... More
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Red Doors
(2005)
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
The multi award-winning Red Doors tells the story of the Wongs, a bizarrely dysfunctional Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Red Doors bring good luck and the Wongs need all they... More
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Court of Lonely Royals
(2006) [MA]
Holden and Hunter are alienated twenty-somethings in an urban city of the near future. They are hired killers for the cops in a dystopia where murder is as common as cocaine, and is easily covered up. These killers never touch their victims and instead use their weaknesses to manoeuvre their... More
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Gertrud
(1964) [PG]
Based on the 1906 play by Swedish dramatist Hjalmar Söderberg, Danish auteur Carl Theodor Dreyer's final film, Gertrud, follows the vicissitudes of Gertrud Kanning, a former opera singer married to a prominent politician. But in Gertrud's rarefied world of arts and letters, her marriage does not... More
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Boynton Beach Club
(2007) [M]
A romantic comedy about our amazing capacity to rebound and fall in love at any age.
Lois, Harry, Marilyn ,Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find emotional support... More
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As It Is in Heaven
(2006) [M]
Daniel Daréus is a successful international conductor at the top of his game, but he is lonely, miserable and exhausted by the demands of his high profile life style. After suffering a physical and emotional breakdown, Daniel abruptly interrupts his career and returns, alone, to Norrland, the... More
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December Boys
(2007) [PG]
After that summer nothing would ever be the same
Based on the classic Michael Noonan novel, December Boys is a story of four orphan teenagers – all born in the same month - growing up behind the closed doors of a Catholic convent in outback Australia. For years, the boys watch younger kids... More
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The Brave One
(2007) [MA]
How Many Wrongs To Make It Right?
New York radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city... More
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Gozu
(2003) [R]
One of the strangest pieces of Japanese cinema ever made, Gozu is a surreal and visceral film of cartoonish perversity from Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer). Minami is a low-level yakuza ordered to assassinate his eccentric boss, who also happens to be his closest friend. When his target... More
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A Mighty Heart
(2007) [M]
It was an event that shocked the world. This is the story you haven't heard.
On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl’s world changed forever. Her husband, Daniel, South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber, Richard Reid. The story drew them to... More
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Red Road
(2006) [R]
Jackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is... More
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Masahista (The Masseur)
(2005) [R]
Iliac is a twenty-year-old masseur in a massage parlour that caters to a gay clientele. In here, sex and massage are always connected. It is a secret underworld of erotic desire, far removed from his life in the world outside. Inside the parlour, Iliac serves his clients with enthusiasm. Away... More
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La Vie En Rose (2 Disc Set)
(2007) [M]
The life story of singer Edith Piaf.
Critically-acclaimed biopic about the legendary international singing icon Edith Piaf, whose voice and talent captivated the world. Starring award-winner Marion Cotillard (A Very Long Engagement, A Good Year) in an astonishing performance, the film is a... More
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Time to Leave (Temps qui reste, Le)
(2005) [MA]
A successful fashion photographer (Poupaud) is a gay man with terminal cancer. Slowly coming to terms with his situation he is cruel to his lover, has refused chemotherapy, nasty to his pregnant sister and uncommunicative to his loving and supportive parents. More
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