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True North
(2006) [M]
Inspired by a true story. TRUE NORTH is an unflinching thriller dealing with the horrendous consequences of human trafficking.
The providence, a heavily-indebted Scottish trawler, calls at a Belgian port on its return voyage. The ship's mate Sean, desperate to help reduce this debt, contacts... More
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The Tracey Fragments
(2007) [MA]
She’s just an ordinary girl who hates herself, says 15-year old Tracey Berkowitz (Best Actress Oscar-nominee Ellen Page) as she shivers, naked under a shower curtain at the back of bus. She’s out on the street looking for her little brother Sonny, who is missing after she hypnotised him into... More
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My Dinner with Andre
(1981) [G]
Wallace Shawn (Radio Days/Toy Story) and Andre Gregory co-wrote, and star in this piece of archetypal art-house cinema from Louis Malle. Upon release in 1981, the film created quite a stir — there was nothing like it then and there still isn't.
Two friends, Shawn and Gregory, meet... More
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Funny Games (U.S.)
(2007) [MA]
When Ann (Naomi Watts) and George (Tim Roth) take their young son Georgie to their idyllic country home for a holiday, their plans are only to enjoy tranquility and restfulness. But their intentions are drastically interrupted when two young men, Peter (Brady Corbett) and Paul (Michael Pitt),... More
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Lili Marleen
(1981) [M]
Fassbinder's Lili Marleen is an extravagant story of love, war and propaganda in the shadows of Nazi Germany. Willie (Hanna Schygulla) is a German cabaret singer working in Zurich. She is in love with Robert, a Jewish anti-Nazi activist and composer. When Willie's version of Robert's song "Lili... More
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Ten Empty
(2008) [MA]
Following the tragic death of his mother after a period of mental illness, Elliot Christie fled his suburban Adelaide home to the comforting anonymity of Sydney's busy streets. Now, ten years later, his father has married his mother's sister, and Elliot has returned to his boyhood neighbourhood... More
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The Band's Visit
(2007) [M]
Once, not long ago, a small Egyptian police band arrived in Israel. They came to play at an initiation ceremony but, due to bureaucracy, bad luck, or for whatever reason, they were left stranded at the airport.
They tried to manage on their own, only to find themselves in a desolate,... More
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The Man from Hong Kong
(1975) [MA]
From maverick action film director Brian Trenchard-Smith (BMX BANDITS) comes this 1970s spy-flick spoof starring kung fu extraordinaire Yu Wang!
Super cop Fang Sing Leng is an ass-kicking, bed-hopping Hong Kong James Bond with an ax to grind. He arrives in Sydney with a mission: to... More
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In a Year with 13 Moons (Fassbinder on Sex)
(1978) [MA]
Fassbinder on Sex combines three of Fassbinder's most risque and self-reflexive films, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Fox and his Friends and In a Year with 13 Moons, which offer the maverick filmmaker's unique views about sex and the nature of sexuality.
In a Year with 13 Moons:... More
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Fox and His Friends: (Fassbinder on Sex)
(1975) [MA]
Fassbinder on Sex combines three of Fassbinder's most risque and self-reflexive films, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Fox and his Friends and In a Year with 13 Moons, which offer the maverick filmmaker's unique views about sex and the nature of sexuality.
Fox and his Friends:... More
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Rats and Cats
(2007) [M]
Actor Darren McWarren starred in soap, mini-series and film before destroying his career with a series of indiscretions. Now McWarren is out of the industry and living in a small town in Western Victoria, he can do whatever he wants. When a journalist decides to write a "Where are they now"... More
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Always Sunset on Third Street
(2005) [PG]
YAMAZAKI Takashi, Japan's top visual effects artist, has perfectly re-created the old residential streets of Tokyo in the late 1950s, the era which was the country's biggest turning point ? the beginning of the future of what Japan is today. ROBOT, the country's top film production company,... More
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Then She Found Me
(2007) [M]
April Epner (Helen Hunt) is thirty-nine years old. Her biological clock is not so much ticking as sounding an alarm. In a matter of weeks her world is turned upside down, when her gentle but immature husband, Ben (Matthew Broderick), decides their recent marriage is a mistake, and her ailing... More
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
(2007) [MA]
Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs this absorbing thriller about a family facing the worst enemy of all - itself. Oscar-winning Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Andy, and overextended stockbroker who lures his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke), into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a... More
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Cactus (2008)
(2008) [M]
To gain some much needed cash, John Kelly (Travis McMahon) accepts a job to kidnap and deliver professional gambler Eli Jones (David Lyons) to his keepers in the outback: No questions asked. The journey takes both captor and hostage out of the safety of the city, deep into the desert where a... More
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We Own the Night
(2007) [MA]
Brooklyn, 1988. Crime is rife, especially drugs and drug violence. A Russian thug is building his heroin trade, while everyone laughs at the cops. Brothers have chosen different paths: Joe has followed his father Bert into New York's Finest; he's a rising star. Bobby, who uses his mother's maiden... More
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Untraceable
(2008) [MA]
Within the FBI, there exists a division dedicated to investigating and prosecuting criminals on the internet. Welcome to the front lines of the war on cybercrime, where Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) has seen it all……until now. A tech-savvy internet predator is displaying his... More
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Reservation Road
(2007) [M]
On a warm September evening, college professor Ethan Learner, his wife Grace, and their daughter Emma are attending a recital. Their 10-year-old son Josh is playing cello -- beautifully, as usual. His younger sister looks up to him, and his parents are proud of their son. On the way home, they... More
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Une vieille maitresse (An Old Mistress)
(2007) [R]
Set in 1835 - the century in which LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES was penned - AN OLD MISTRESS is a Parisian tale of lust, longing and the torments of passion.
Vicomte de Prony, a dapper aristocrat, loves nothing more than to observe and comment upon the romances of his similarly... More
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Detour
(1945) [M]
After his girlfriend Sue has left for the West Coast, Al Roberts decides to join her and starts a journey hitchhiking westwards. When he finds a driver who'd given him a lift dead, he decides to get rid of the body and take the man's identity, fearing he'd be accused of murder if he would go to... More
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Action in the North Atlantic
(1943) [PG]
An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat and the survivors spend eleven days at sea on a raft. They're next assigned to the liberty ship "Sea Witch" bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked North Atlantic.
Special Features:
* Warner Night at the Movies 1943... More
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Pather Panchali
(1955)
The first in a popular trilogy of Indian films! Pather Panchali is a moving story of a rural family cursed with bad luck. The father is a dreamer, while his wife struggles to feed the family, including son Apu. When a petty thief brings tragedy to them, they must find a way to survive.Written and... More
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The Savages
(2007) [M]
The film follows Wendy and Jon Savage, a pair of siblings on the cusp of middle age. Their estranged father (Philip Bosco) lives across the country, but the Savages reluctantly rush to see him when they learn that he may not be able to take care of himself any longer.
Jon and Wendy... More
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Hancock
(2008) [M]
With great power comes great responsibility - everyone knows that. Everyone, that is, except Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic and misunderstood, Hancock's well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. More
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Iron Man
(2008) [M]
Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and inventor who is kidnapped overseas and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armour and escapes captivity.
Upon his return to America, Tony must come to terms with his... More
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The Counterfeiters
(2007) [MA]
Salomon ‘Sally’ Sorowitsch is the king of the counterfeiters, living the high life of cards, booze and women in Weimar Berlin. A criminal and a Jew, he is arrested into a Nazi concentration camp but his exceptional skills are spotted and he is forced to help the Nazis in an organised... More
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Sex and the City: The Movie (2 disc set)
(2008) [MA]
Strap on your Manolos and grab a cupcake and a Cosmopolitan! Those four fabulous New Yorkers – Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte – are back!
Four years after the hit series ended, our favourite femmes fashionables continue to juggle jobs, friendships and relationships while... More
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The Black Balloon
(2008) [M]
When Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) and his family move to a new home and he has to start at a new school, all he wants is to fit in. His pregnant mother (Toni Collette) has to take things easy and Thomas' father Simon (Erik Thomson) puts him in charge of his autistic brother Charlie (Luke Ford).... More
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Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
(2008) [M]
A smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen.
Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bar Mitzvah party and is... More
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(2007) [M]
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is the remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief to French Elle, who believes he is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. While the... More
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