Cricket in the 80s: Rookies, Rebels and Renaissance
(2004) [E]

This next instalment in ABC TV’s highly successful ‘Cricket History Series’ focuses on the turmoil that beset Australian cricket during the decade of the 1980s. Tremors of varying intensity shook Australia’s national pastime to its very foundation.

The schism caused by the...  More

Cricket in the 70s: The Chappell Era
(2002) [E]

The 1974-75 Australia versus England test Series was the defining moment of the great Chappell Era of the 1970's. Under the inspiring leadership of Ian Chappell, Australia regained the 'Ashes', having surrendered cricket's ultimate prize to the old enemy four years earlier.

The 1974-75...  More

Cricket in the 60s: Winds of Change (2 disc set)
(2006) [E]

The 1960s began with what has been regarded as the 'Greatest Test Series Ever Played', Australia v West Indies 1960/61, then all the drama of the 1961 Tour of England, with the 'Battle of The Ridge' and the dramatic final day at Old Trafford. The game's most contentious issue, illegal bowling...  More

Cricket in the '50s: Discovering New Boundaries (2 disc set)
(2000) [E]

Cricket in the '50s: Discovering New Boundaries The decade of the 1950s in Australian cricket takes us from the end of the 'Bradman Era' through to the beginning of the 'Benaud Era'. The game went through many trials and tribulations, there were issues of captaincy, losses in three consecutive...  More

Bodyline- It's Just Not Cricket
(2002) [M]

The full story of the most sensational Test cricket series: Australia v England 1932-33 For anyone who has the remotest interest in cricket, the 1932-33 Ashes Test Series between England and Australia is a fascinating and bloody affair. It also switched supposed roles as the English,...  More

Haute Cuisine (Les saveurs du Palais)
(2012) [M]

Hortense Laborie, a renown chef from the Périgord, is astonished when the President of the Republic appoints her his personal cook, responsible for creating all his meals at the Élysée Palace. Despite jealous resentment from the other kitchen staff, Hortense quickly establishes herself, thanks...  More

The Russian Revolution in Colour (2 disc set)
(2004) [M]

‘Peace, Land, Bread’ was the slogan of the Russian Revolution, but the idealistic social experiment was doomed from the start. In its first three years under Lenin’s Bolshevik rule, millions were killed, and within a generation, nearly a third of the world’s population lived under it’s...  More

West of Memphis
(2012) [MA]

West of Memphis is an examination of a failure of justice in Arkansas. The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the...  More

The Impossible (Blu-Ray)
(2012) [M]

A powerful story based on one family's survival of the 2004 tsunami, THE IMPOSSIBLE stars Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor and is directed by J.A. Bayona (THE ORPHANAGE). Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand, looking forward to a few...  More

The Impossible
(2012) [M]

A powerful story based on one family's survival of the 2004 tsunami, THE IMPOSSIBLE stars Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor and is directed by J.A. Bayona (THE ORPHANAGE). Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand, looking forward to a few...  More

The Iron Lady (Blu-Ray)
(2011) [M]

London, 2008. In her well-appointed apartment, the elderly former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher prepares breakfast for her husband Denis, as she has every morning of their married life. It's not until Margaret's personal aide bustles in that we see that Margaret sits at the table alone. Denis...  More

The Iron Lady
[M]

London, 2008. In her well-appointed apartment, the elderly former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher prepares breakfast for her husband Denis, as she has every morning of their married life. It's not until Margaret's personal aide bustles in that we see that Margaret sits at the table alone. Denis...  More

Peter Ustinov on the Orient Express
(1991) [G]

The pinnacle of luxury train travel, the Orient Express is renowned for its history, exuberance, class, beauty and mystery. Crime writer Agatha Christie brought the mystique of the journey to millions across the globe with her thrilling novel Murder on the Orient Express, and Peter Ustinov...  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Joy of Learning (Le Gai Savoir)
(1969) [M]

Patricia and Emile meet nightly on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse and the path to revolution. Scenes of Paris' 1968 student riots, the Vietnam War, and other big events of the late '60s, posters, books, photographs and cartoons, serve as a backdrop to their discourse. Words...  More

North Face
(2008) [M]

Journey to the death-defying heart of danger and suspense and relive 48 white-knuckle hours that would go down in history. This is the incredible story behind the first ever attempted scaling of the North Face of the infamous Eiger Mountain that has claimed over 60 lives.

Summer, 1936....  More

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
(1989) [PG]

This film recounts the lives and deaths of various victims of AIDS who are commemorated in the AIDS quilt. It is a massive cloth collecting each piece as a memorial for each victim of the disease to both show the death toll and to show the humanity of the victims to those who would rather...  More

Liberal Rule : The politics that changed Australia
(2009)

Liberal Rule is an inside look at the Howard Government and its impact on Australia after more than 11 years in power. This landmark three-part series gathers the stories of the key participants, from the former PM down. The nation's foremost thinkers are also tapped to add meaning to the...  More

The 10 Conditions of Love
(2009)

The 10 Conditions of Love is the story of a woman, a family, a people and a homeland. It is the story of Rebiya Kadeer, the exiled leader of the Uyghur people and her campaign for her people's human rights.

It is also the story of the "other Tibet", the country its Muslim people call...  More

Sand and Sorrow: The tragic story of Darfur
(2007) [MA]

Offered exclusive and unparalleled access to the situation on the ground inside Darfur, Peabody award-winning filmmaker, Paul Freedman ("Rwanda - Do Scars Ever Fade?"), joins a contingent of African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur while a tragic and disturbing chapter in human history...  More

Cadillac Records
(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