Golden Braid
(1990) [M]

A humorous and bizarre tale about a man's obsession with a lock of hair which he finds hidden in a secret compartment in an antique cabinet. An Australian production.  More

Claire's Knee
(1970) [PG]

In search of inspiration, Aurora persuades Jerome to indulge in a little flirtation with Laura (Beatrice Romand), the sprightly teenage daughter of an acquaintance. However, events take a more serious turn when the diplomat finds himself falling for Laura's luminous half-sister Claire (Laurence...  More

Aparajito
(1956) [G]

Second film in the Apu trilogy which continues the story of the Bengali boy and his adolescence. Tale about Apu and his family, as they move to the city, where they encounter more tragedy, forcing Apu to become a man and make choices about the life he will lead. Written and directed by...  More

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (Deux Ou Trois Choses Que Je Sais D'elle)
(1967) [M]

In this film, 'Her' refers to both Paris, the character of Juliette Janson and the actress playing her, Marina Vlady. The film is a kind of dramatised documentary, illustrating and exaggerating the emotionless lives of characters in the new Paris of the 60s, where commercialism mocks families...  More

Alice In The Cities
(1974) [R]

German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer's block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same.  More

Postcards From The Edge
(1990) [M]

Suzanne Yale (Meryl Streep) struggles with her drug addictions as she attempts to build an acting career that doesn't lie in the shadow of a famous show-business mother (Shirley MacLaine) in this wicked comedy adapted by Carrie Fisher from her semi-autobiographical novel.  More

The Two Jakes
(1990) [M]

Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake (or "J.J.") Gittes in this atmospheric Chinatown follow-up which he also directed. Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone and 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't...  More

The Grifters
(1990) [M]

When con artist Roy Dillon is visited by his conning Mother, Lilly, she forces him off to the hospital because of a blow to the gut he suffered while working the grift. Roy's girlfriend Myra, the third con artist, comes to visit Roy and we discover that Lilly and Myra don't get along. After he's...  More

The Handmaid's Tale
(1990) [M]

With "cool eroticism, intelligence and intensity" (Playboy), this eerie futuristic thriller, based on Margaret Atwood's controversial and critically acclaimed best-selling novel, is filled with "large themes and deep thoughts" (Roger Ebert). Boasting a phenominal cast including Natasha Richardson...  More

Milagro Beanfield War
(1988) [M]

"Milagro, New Mexico. Population 426. Nothing had changed here for 300 years. But there's something about this day..." When a Chicano handyman from the Milagro Valley decides to irrigate his beanfield by 'borrowing' some water from a large, potentially destructive, development site, he...  More

Miller's Crossing
(1990) [M]

A highly stylised gangster film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom Reagan is the laconic anti-hero of this amoral tale which is also, paradoxically, a look at morals within the criminal underworld of the 1930s. Two rival gangs vie for control of a city where the...  More

Hannah And Her Sisters
(1986) [M]

Arguably Woody Allen's best production with the exception of "Annie Hall". The film follows three sisters (Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey and Oscar-winner Dianne Wiest) through their careers and their relationships. Farrow is the backbone that keeps everything together. However, husband Michael...  More

Reversal Of Fortune
(1990) [M]

Did European aristocrat Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons) try to murder his wife Sunny (Glenn Close) at their luxurious Newport mansion in 1980? Tabloids of the day had their opinions. "You have one thing in your favour," defence attorney Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) told von Bulow. "Everybody hates...  More

Videodrome
(1983) [R]

Max Renn runs a TV channel, and when looking for new material to show, he discovers "Videodrome." His girlfriend, Nicki Brand, goes to audition for the show, and Max gets drawn into the underlying plot that uses the show as its front for a global conspiracy.  More

Easy Rider
(1969) [M]

Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some dope in Southern California, stash their money away in their gas-tank and set off for a trip across America, on their own personal odyssey looking for a way to lead their lives. On the journey they encounter bigotry and hatred from small-town...  More

Ghosts Of The Civil Dead
(1988) [R]

Ghosts Of The Civil Dead is a startling and powerful film set entirely within the confines of a maximum security prison - a new generation prison painted in play school colours and resembling a supermarket - it goes beyond traditional prison themes of good and evil to draw a frightening...  More

Bend It Like Beckham
(2002) [PG]

If you're 18, love Beckham and can bend a ball like him the world's your oyster, right? Wrong. If you're Jess (Parminder K. Nagra) - 18, Indian and a girl - forget it. Do you think your marriage-obsessed folks will let you play a man's game? If you're Jules (Keira Knightley) - 18, English and a...  More

The Sand Pebbles
(1966) [PG]

The Sand Pebbles tell many stories. It's the story of China, a slumbering giant that rouses itself to the cries of its people - and of the Americans who are caught in its bloody awakening. It's the story of Frenchy (Richard Attenborough), a crewman on the USS San Pablo who kidnaps his Chinese...  More

The Mothman Prophecies (2-Disc set)
(2002) [M]

From the director of ARLINGTON ROAD comes a spine-tingling supernatural thriller based on actual events that will rattle your nerves and shake your beliefs. Distraught by the sudden, tragic death of his wife (Debra Messing), John Klein (Richard Gere), is mysteriously drawn to a small West...  More

The Hard Word
(2002) [MA]

Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.  More

Heartbreak Ridge
(1986) [R]

Clint Eastwood is Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway, career Marine and combat veteran. He is a man whose life has been defined by war. Korea and Vietnam taught him how to survive. He won the Congressional Medal of Honour but found public apathy and military bureaucracy. He is a hard-drinking loner but...  More

Wild In The Country
(1961) [PG]

Wild in the Country features the King in one of his most emotional roles. Elvis Presley stars as a rebellious backwoods delinquent gifted with a rare literary talent. Hope Lange is the sympathetic psychiatrist who tries to help him, while Tuesday Weld and Millie Perkins round out an all star cast...  More

Bhaji On The Beach
(1993) [M]

A day trip to Blackpool to sea the lights, a harmless break from the routine for a minibus full of women from the Asian Women’s Centre. It all seems innocent enough, but as the minibus trundles along to a Punjabi rendition of Cliff Richard’s "Summer Holiday", problems quickly become apparent....  More

Fatal Attraction
(1987) [M]

Fatal Attraction is a story too terrifying to resist, a crackling, tension-packed thriller hinged on the triangle of a man, a wife and a vengeful other woman. Directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer, this sexy, chic, scary box-office smash grabs hold...  More

Hart's War
(2002) [MA]

Bruce Willis stars as an imprisoned officer who refuses to give up the fight to defeat the Nazis in this absorbing WWII adventure. Co-starring Colin Farrell and packed with crisp action sequences, Hart's War is a powerful and stirring tribute to soldierly courage and honour. When Col.McNamara...  More

Bagdad Cafe (Out Of Rosenheim)
(1988) [PG]

Jasmin Meunchstettner (Marianne Sagebrecht) is a German hausfrau who finds herself stranded at a run down cafe in the middle of the Mojave Desert. The proprietor, Brenda (CCH Pounder), an irascible black matriarch, takes an instant dislike to the homely Jasmin. However, as Jasmin cleans, the...  More

Phantom Of The Opera
(1943) [PG]

Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with...  More

Damn The Defiant!
(1962) [PG]

During the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Crawford takes command of the HMS Defiant and is ordered to rendezvous with the fleet in Corsica. With his son aboard as a new midshipman, Capt. Crawford takes an even hand with his crew. This does not sit well with his second-in-command Lt. Scott-Paget, a...  More

Casualties Of War
(1989) [MA]

Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, CASUALTIES OF WAR is based on the true story of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox from BACK TO THE FUTURE, TV's SPIN CITY) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and...  More

Coogan's Bluff
(1968) [M]

Coogan (Clint Eastwood) is an Arizona cop who is responsible for extraditing a prisoner from NYC. Things do not go well for Coogan however. New Yorkers keep mistaking him for a Texan (which is a big no-no) and the prisoner is not quite ready to leave! They then go from bad to worse when he is...  More