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Time of the Wolf
(2003) [MA]
On the heels of his award-winning, emotionally devastating 2001 drama The Piano Teacher, German filmmaker Michael Haneke weaves this disturbing tale of a family forced into a harrowing confrontation with a group of strangers set against the backdrop of a global apocalypse. In the aftermath of an... More
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The Isle
(2000) [MA]
Recalling both the erotic tension and the surrealist imagery of Woman of the Dunes, Kim Ki-duk's film is set near a remote lake where men come far and wide to fish on anchored rafts. Running a little bait-and-tackle shop is the earthy -- almost feral -- young lass Hee-jin (Seoh Jung), who... More
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Goal
(2005) [PG]
Santiago Munez is a poor Mexican-American immigrant who seems destined to follow his father into menial jobs to support the family. But with his exceptional talent for soccer, Santiago is given the chance of a lifetime to live his dream and make it as a professional footballer. This means leaving... More
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Jarhead
(2005) [MA]
Welcome to the suck. Jarhead is the darkly funny, action-packed screen adaptation of the best-selling autobiography by former US Marine Anthony Swofford. In 1991, nineteen year old Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a third generation marine enlistee. Conceived on a military base in Germany,... More
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Yesterday
(2004) [M]
Yesterday lives in Rooihoek, a remote village in South Africa's Zululand. Her everyday life is not easy – there's little money, no modern conveniences, and her husband is away in Johannesburg working as a miner – but she possesses a sunny nature, and takes great joy in her 7-year-old... More
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Life is a Miracle
(2004) [M]
Award-winning director Emir Kusturica (Black Cat, White Cat) brings to life an exuberant tale of star-crossed lovers, full of wine, song and dancing.
Much to his family’s disgust, mild-mannered Luka has moved them to the remote mountain town where he is building a scenic railway. Somehow... More
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Mrs Henderson Presents
(2005) [M]
London, 1937: Mrs Laura Henderson (Judi Dench), a woman of wealth and connections, has just buried her beloved husband and finds herself widowed, alone... and bored! Her friends suggest she take up a hobby and, to their surprise, she buys the derelict Windmill Theatre in London’s West End. She... More
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The Changeling
(1980) [M]
John Russell, a composer and music professor, loses his wife and daughter in a tragic accident. Seeking solace, he moves into an old mansion unoccupied for twelve years. But a child-like presence seems to be sharing the house, and trying to share its secrets, with him. Through research into the... More
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Eyes of Laura Mars
(1978) [M]
Suddenly Laura Mars can see through the eyes of a serial killer as he commits his crimes. She contacts the police and with the aid of a police detective, tries to stop the killer. But first, they have to figure out who it is.
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Vigil
(1984) [M]
Toss, a solitary girl, living in an isolated mist and rain soaked rural valley (Mt. Messenger – northeastern Taranaki), whose reality is hardly less haunting than her fantasies. When Toss’ father dies in an accident, Ethan, an itinerant hunter, wanders onto the family farm and is given a job... More
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Year of the Gun
(1991) [M]
American journalist David Raybourne has arrived in Rome to write a political best seller about The Red Brigade, a militant left-wing group terrorizing Italy. When a daring photojournalist believes his book to be a piece of non-fiction...the manuscript falls tragically into the wrong hands. Now... More
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Sugarland Express
(1974) [M]
The Sugarland Express is based on the true story of Lou Jean Poplin, who kidnapped a Texas State Trooper and led the police on a wild chase across the state in an effort to save her son from adoption. This complex role was enough to lure superstar Goldie Hawn back to the screen after a one-year... More
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Arthur's Dyke
(2001) [M]
Twenty years ago, three men set out on the longest walk of their lives. They vowed to repeat the walk, but this time they are joined by a forty year old wife and mother who is in the midst of a mid-life crisis. More
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Two Men Went to War
(2002) [PG]
This comedy drama is the true story of two Army dentists Sergeant Peter King (Kenneth Cranham) and Private Leslie Cuthbertson (Leo Bill) who, in 1942, stole a bag of hand grenades, two revolvers and a set of the best dental equipment that money could buy and went off to invade occupied France on... More
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Before Sunset
(2004) [M]
The sequel to Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise. On the last stop of his book tour, at the tail end of a reading in a Paris book shop, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) finds Celine (Julie Delphy) watching from the back of the room. She lives in Paris now, he in New York. He's flying out that evening and they... More
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Primary Colors
(1998) [M]
Masterfully adapted by director Mike Nichols and his former-comedy-partner-turned-screenwriter, Elaine May, Primary Colors plays like a sophisticated comedy with loads of memorable scenes and dialogue, but it sneaks up on you with devastating dramatic impact. Anchored by Travolta's superb... More
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Aimee and Jaguar
(1999) [M]
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women. One of them, Lilly Wust (Juliane Köhler), married and the mother of four sons, enjoys the privileges of her stature as an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.... More
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8 1/2 Women
(1999) [R]
A startling and challenging voyage into the taboo worlds of sex and death from Peter Greenaway. When wealthy Swiss architect Philip Emmenthal (John Standing) takes financial control of a group of Pachinko game parlours in Japan, and puts his strange son Storey (Matthew Delamare) in charge, his... More
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Walk on the Wild Side
(1962) [M]
At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the... More
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Anatomy Of Hell (Anatomie de L'Enfer)
(2004) [R]
Over the course of her career as a writer and filmmaker, Catherine Breillat (ROMANCE, FAT GIRL) has never shied away from controversial topics, using both mediums to explore her strong feminist opinions. Joining a generation of similarly taboo-breaking French directors such as Francois Ozon and... More
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The Company
(2003) [PG]
With THE COMPANY, maverick director Robert Altman brings his idiosyncratic vision to Chicago and the acclaimed Joffrey Ballet. Neve Campbell is Ry, an aspiring performer who gets her chance to shine when a fellow dancer is injured. Stepping into the spotlight, Ry finally reaches her true... More
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Headrush
(2004) [MA]
Headrush is a crime comedy about two disillusioned youths, struggling through a haze of cannabis, who hope to solve all their problems by smuggling a consignment of drugs for a local gangster. It's set in the present day in Dublin, Ireland against the backdrop of the end of the Celtic Tiger: the... More
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Scrooge
(1970) [G]
Mean-spirited and stingy, Ebenezer Scrooge has a sour face and "humbug" for anyone who crosses his path. But on this Christmas Eve, he will learn the horrible fate that awaits him if he continues his miserly ways. One by one, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future take the startled... More
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The Great Bookie Robbery (2 Disc Set)
(1986) [M]
On 21st April 1976, gunmen held up more than 50 members of Melbourne's venerableVictorian club, escaping with several million dollars in untraceable cash. The robbery had been so brilliantly planned and executed that police were left without a single clue, and so strict was the robbers' code of... More
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The Godfather Part 3
(1990) [M]
In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone's finances with the Vatican,... More
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This Property is Condemned
(1966) [M]
Redford stars as Owen Legate who arrives in Dodson, Mississippi to lay off several railroad men and there makes the acquaintance of a beautiful but promiscuous woman. Naturally the two fall in love, but fate intervenes in the shape of the woman's mother and a town-full of angry workers... More
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Raising Helen
(2004) [PG]
The hit-making director of Runaway Bride and Pretty Woman now brings you another hilarious all-star comedy! Sexy Kate Hudson is Helen Harris, a glamorous big-city fashion executive whose life of late nights and bright lights is turned upside down when she's unexpectedly named guardian of her... More
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Dirty Pretty Things
(2002) [MA]
From director Stephen Frears, Dirty Pretty Things stars Audrey Tautou in a harrowing tale of struggle and survival for two immigrants who learn that everything is for sale in London’s secret underworld. Part of an invisible working class, Nigerian exile Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Turkish... More
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The Passion of Anna
(1970) [R]
Ingmar Bergman's penetrating sudy of four lost souls seeking solace in one another. On a windswept, barren island, Andreas (Max Von Sydow) lives simply and quietly until he becomes entangled with Anna (Liv Ullmann), a beautiful, mysterious widow and a neighbouring couple (Bibi Andersson, Erland... More
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Shame
(1968) [M]
On a remote island far removed from a raging civil war, Jan and Eva (Max von Sydow, Liv Ullman) retreat to their apolitical fortress: a small vegetable farm. But their serene existence is shattered when soldiers violently invade their home. Now caught in the crosshairs of a brutal and inhuman... More
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