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As the AIDS epidemic tears through their community, the members of ACT UP Paris are fighting for survival. One day, as outspoken radical Sean (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) strikes up a conversation with shy newcomer Nathan (Arnaud Valois), they have no idea that their lives are about to change forever. From the writer of Palme d'Or winner The Class, Robin Campillo, and based on his own experiences, this vibrant and deeply emotional drama rus..
As the AIDS epidemic tears through their community, the members of ACT UP Paris are fighting for survival. One day, as outspoken radical Sean (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) strikes up a conversation with shy newcomer Nathan (Arnaud Valois), they have no idea that their lives are about to change forever. From the writer of Palme d'Or winner The Class, Robin Campillo, and based on his own experiences, this vibrant and deeply emotional drama rus..
Special FeaturesIn Shogun-era Japan, the powerful and sadistic Lord Naritsugu threatens to shatter the country’s fragile peace and plunge it once more into war. Determined to stop him at all costs, an elite group of renegade samurai – each with their own deadly skill – plot his downfall. Massively outnumbered, the thirteen fearless warriors must face Naritsugu’s lethal army in a monumental and bloodily violent showdown. Featuring stun..
In Shogun-era Japan, the powerful and sadistic Lord Naritsugu threatens to shatter the country’s fragile peace and plunge it once more into war. Determined to stop him at all costs, an elite group of renegade samurai – each with their own deadly skill – plot his downfall. Massively outnumbered, the thirteen fearless warriors must face Naritsugu’s lethal army in a monumental and bloodily violent showdown. Featuring stunning action sequ..
The friendship between two girls is tested to its absolute limits in this utterly compelling drama set in the twilight years of Communist-era Romania. Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), young and naive, is pregnant. She turns to her more pragmatic room mate Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) for help and a meeting is arranged in a downtown hotel with the shady Mr Bebe (Vlad Ivanov). Entering a dangerous and illegal underworld where the stakes are high and ..
The friendship between two girls is tested to its absolute limits in this utterly compelling drama set in the twilight years of Communist-era Romania. Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), young and naive, is pregnant. She turns to her more pragmatic room mate Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) for help and a meeting is arranged in a downtown hotel with the shady Mr Bebe (Vlad Ivanov). Entering a dangerous and illegal underworld where the stakes are high and ..
Kate Mercer (Charlotte Rampling) is planning a party to celebrate her 45th wedding anniversary. One week before the celebration, however, a letter arrives for her husband, Geoff (Tom Courtenay), containing news that reawakens troubling and long-hidden memories. Though Kate continues to prepare for the anniversary, she becomes increasingly concerned by Geoff's preoccupation with the letter and the ensuing revelations about his past. By t..
Kate Mercer (Charlotte Rampling) is planning a party to celebrate her 45th wedding anniversary. One week before the celebration, however, a letter arrives for her husband, Geoff (Tom Courtenay), containing news that reawakens troubling and long-hidden memories. Though Kate continues to prepare for the anniversary, she becomes increasingly concerned by Geoff's preoccupation with the letter and the ensuing revelations about his past. By t..
Marina Vidal's life is thrown into turmoil following the sudden death of her partner, Orlando. Met with suspicion from the police and contempt from her lover's relatives. As tensions rise between her and Orland's family, she is evicted from their shared home and banned from attending his funeral. But faced with the threat of losing everything, Marina finds the strength to fight back. Sebastian Lelio returns with a groundbreaking, deeply..
Chilean drama co-written and directed by Sebastián Lelio. The film follows transgender waitress Marina Vidal (Daniela Vega) in the devastating aftermath of her 57-year-old husband Orlando (Francisco Reyes)'s sudden death. Moonlighting as a nightclub singer, Marina soon finds herself having to process her grief whilst becoming the focus of everyone's suspicions surrounding her husband's untimely death. Looked upon as a murderer by the in..
Out of StockBased on the true story of Resistance fighter Andre Devigny, who was imprisoned and sentenced to death by the Nazis during the Second World War, the film reconstructs his actual cell at the Lyons fortress of Montluc, and follows his meticulous plan to escape. This totally involving and thrilling tale of courage and faith is all the more authentic for his use of non-professional actors and Bresson's spare style. A key film of Bresson's i..
Based on the true story of Resistance fighter Andre Devigny, who was imprisoned and sentenced to death by the Nazis during the Second World War, the film reconstructs his actual cell at the Lyons fortress of Montluc, and follows his meticulous plans for escape. This totally involving and thrilling tale of courage and faith is all the more authentic for its use of non-professional actors and Bresson's spare style.Special Features Rober..
The final part of his highly acclaimed 'Living' trilogy, Roy Andersson's A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence takes another sly, humorous and wholly original look at the absurdity of life. Two travelling salesman who trade novelty items traipse glumly from one joke shop to another failing to make a living, teacher-student relationships repeatedly become inappropriate at a flamenco dance lesson, and King Charles XII of Sweden..
The final part of his highly acclaimed 'Living' trilogy, Roy Anderson's A Piegon Sat On A Branch Reflecting Upon Existence takes another sly, humourous and wholly original look at the absurdity of life. Two travelling salesman who trade novelty items traipse glumly from one joke shop to another failing to make a living, teacher-student relationships repeatedly become inappropriate at a flamenco dance lesson, and King Charles XII of Swed..
In the mid-18th century, English princess Caroline Mathilda is due to be married to King Christian VII of Denmark. Keen to be a dutiful wife and Queen, Caroline's hopes are soon dashed when she discovers the King's true madness, but she soon finds herself enraptured by the King's physician who also happens to be a radical libertarian. They embark upon a passionate love affair that would not only shake their own lives but bring the kingd..
This highly acclaimed Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning film is a suspenseful and intelligent drama that details the manipulations and confrontations brought into play when a couple's marriage painfully breaks down. Boasting a range of superb performances from the ensemble cast, writer/director Asghar Farhadi's finely observed film not only highlights the fractures and tensions at the heart of Iranian society but transcends its set..
This highly acclaimed Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning film is a suspenseful and intelligent drama that details the manipulations and confrontations brought into play when a couple's marriage painfully breaks down. Boasting a range of superb performances from the ensemble cast, writer/director Asghar Farhadi's finely observed film not only highlights the fractures and tensions at the heart of Iranian society but transcends its set..
Krzystof Kieslowski's full-length feature A Short Film About Killing is expanded from an episode of his acclaimed cycle of short films based on the Ten Commandments, Dekalog. A Short Film About Killing is based on the Fifth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill, and is a psychological vivisection of the brutal and senseless murder of a taxi driver by a young drifter, with no explanation offered, and no extenuating circumstances given. Kieslo..
Krysztof Kieslowski’s A Short Film About Love was expanded from one of the most lyrical episodes in Dekalog, his celebrated cycle of short films based on the Ten Commandments. A young man falls in love with an older woman who lives across the courtyard in the same Warsaw apartment block. He watches her and her succession of lovers until she becomes aware of his spying and confronts him with a sexual invitation.Special Features Present..
Gaspard (Melvil Poupard), a bored young man on holiday in Brittany, is invited to a party by Margot while he is waiting for his classmate Lena, with whom he believes he is in love. At Margot's party Gaspard meets another girl, Solène, who is also attracted to him. When Lena arrives too, Gaspard is forced to choose between the three girls...
Two adolescents meet and cautiously fall in love in beautiful surrounds during the peak of an idyllic Swedish summer. Oblivious to social boundaries, they innocently create their own milieu un contrast to the distorted relationships, disillusionment, and world-weariness of adult life around them. Andersson's feature debut is a sunny, optimistic work that has drawn comparison to the early films of Ingmar Bergman...
Joachim Lafosse co-writes and directs this French family drama starring Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn. The film follows married couple Marie and Boris (Bejo and Kahn) as they decide to separate and get a divorce after 15 years together. But Boris can't afford to move out so he is forced to remain living with his wife and their twin girls. Although Marie owns the house, Boris believes he is entitled to his share of its value due to all o..
The deadpan wit of Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki has made him a cult sensation. This collector's edition features digitally remastered presentation of three of his most acclaimed features.Drifting Clouds: Among Kaurismaki's finest films, 'Drifting Clouds' follows the dwindling fortunes of restaurant hostess Ilona and her tram driver husband Lauri, who find themselves unemployed at the same time. Embarking on an unforgiving search ..
Steve Hoover directs this documentary following the activities of Ukrainian Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko, or 'Crocodile Gennadiy'. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the independent Ukraine devastated much of what infrastructure and political and social services existed previously. As a result of a rise in poverty and child homelessness many children became addicted to injecting a mixture of cold medicine and alcohol..
Yorgos Lanthimos' eagerly anticipated follow-up to the Oscar nominated, cult smash Dogtooth is another bizarre and breathtaking exploration of the human psyche's murkiest deapths. Revolving around a group calling themselves the Alps - a service providing stand-ins in for the recently deceased, hired by relatives, friends or colleagues to aid the grieving process – the film bounds from one uncanny set-piece to the next in a dazzling mix ..
Quirky comedy thriller directed by Hal Hartley. Isabelle Huppert plays a nyphomaniac ex-nun pornographer who's never had sex but falls in love with Thomas (Martin Donovan), an amnesiac pornographer who is on the run from Holland after ripping off some corporate clients. Meanwhile his wife Sofia (Elina Lowensöhn) is in New York escaping from her husband and seeking help from a homicidal accountant...
Examining the close bond shared by an elderly couple when one of them begins to suffer from an illness, Amour tells a heart-rending story of sacrifice, devotion and the limits that love can drive us to. Featuring breath-taking, award-winning performances from its two leads, Amour is one of the most honest, intimate and deeply affecting portraits of love ever committed to film. The second film to win Michael Haneke (director of Hidden an..
Examining the close bond shared by an elderly couple when one of them begins to suffer from an illness, Amour tells a heart-rending story of sacrifice, devotion and the limits that love can drive us to. Featuring breath-taking, award-winning performances from its two leads, Amour is one of the most honest, intimate and deeply affecting portraits of love ever committed to film. The second film to win Michael Haneke (director of Hidden an..
1960: Rachel (Virginie Efira) is working as a secretary when she begins a passionate but stormy affair with the callous Philippe (Niels Schneider). When their liaison results in the birth of a daughter, Philippe refuses to acknowledge her. While Rachel’s love for her daughter is unconditional, Phillipe’s presence in their daughter’s life has dangerous consequences that echo to the present day. A heartbreaking story of a toxic love affai..
A sweeping tale of ill-fated romance and cross-channel relationships, Anne & Muriel is the second Truffaut adaptation of a Pierre Roche novel (after Jules & Jim). Jean-Pierre Leeaud plays Claude, a young Parisian who meets two English girls – Anne, a sculptress, and Muriel, a schoolteacher – on a turn-of-the-century trip to Wales. This meeting will spark a menage-a-trois spanning over 20 years, during which time alliances will be formed..
Michael Stone (David Thewlis), a husband, father and successful motivational speaker, is crippled by the mundanity of his life. On yet another business trip he checks into a clinically commonplace hotel once more. But this time a chance meeting with Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), an unassuming, small-town sales rep, throws the dullness into dissaray and Michael feels he may have actually met someone who can make a change. From the mind of..
Michael Stone (David Thewlis), a husband, father and successful motivational speaker, is crippled by the mundanity of his life. On yet another business trip he checks into a clinically commonplace hotel once more. But this time a chance meeting with Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), an unassuming, small-town sales rep, throws the dullness into dissaray and Michael feels he may have actually met someone who can make a change. From the mind of..
Grieving for the loss of their infant son, a couple(Willem Dafoe - Inside Man, Spider-Man 3 and Charlotte Gainsbourg - I'm Not There, The Science of Sleep) retreat to the solace of their remote woodland cabin to repair their troubled marriage. But once there, nature itself turns against them and a terrifying journey into violence and chaos begins. From the extreme imagination of acclaimed director Lars von Trier (Dogville, Manderlay), ‘..
Grieving for the loss of their infant son, a couple (Willem Dafoe – Inside Man, Spider-Man 3) and Charlotte Gainsbourg – (Melancholia, The Tree) retreat to the solace of their remote woodland cabin to repair their troubled marriage. But once there, nature itself turns against them and a terrifying journey into violence and chaos begins. From the extreme imagination of acclaimed director Lars von Trier (Dogville, Manderlay), ‘Antichrist’..
As devout Jehova's Witnesses, sisters Alex (Molly Wright) and Luisa (Sacha Parkinson) and their mother, Ivanna (Siobhan Finneran), are united in The Truth. When Luisa starts to question the advice of the Elders, she makes a life-altering transgression that threatens to expel her from the congregation. Unless Ivanna and Alex can persuade her to return, they must shun her completely. The challenge becomes more painful when their family is..
Debut film-maker Dan Kokotajlo writes and directs this British drama focusing on a community of Jehovah's Witnesses in north-west England. In Oldham, middle-aged single mother Ivanna (Siobhan Finneran)'s worst fears are realised when her eldest teenage daughter Luisa (Sacha Parkinson) begins to question her faith and then gets pregnant after starting college. If her mother and sister cannot convince her to return to The Truth, they face..
After the unanimous acclaim received from her debut feature (Unrelated), director Joanne Hogg returns to similar themes in this sharply observed and often comical exposure of a middle class family at breaking point. With her son Edward (Tom Hiddleston - Unrelated) about to embark on a volunteer trip to Africa, his mother gathers the family together for a getaway in their holiday home on idyllic Tresco, one of the Isles of Scilly. Howeve..
In ancient China, on the edge of a vast desert, swordsman Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) lives the life of a vagabond, controlling a network of deadly assassins. Pitiless and cynical, his heart has long been wounded by a love he neglected then lost. But as seasons, friends and enemies come and go, he begins to reflect back upon the origin of his solitude. Action-packed and visually dazzling, with an all-star cast of Hong Kong cinema greats..
In ancient China, on the edge of a vast desert, swordsman Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) lives the life of a vagabond, controlling a network of deadly assassins. Pitiless and cynical, his heart has long been wounded by a love he neglected then lost. But as seasons, friends and enemies come and go, he begins to reflect back upon the origin of his solitude. Action-packed and visually dazzling, with an all-star cast of Hong Kong cinema greats..
Earning him a Best Actor Oscar nomination, Willem Dafoe gives a mesmerising performance as legendary painter Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity’s Gate. Covering his time in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, we find a complex, troubled soul who is seeking a new visual language, while also struggling to make sense of himself and his connection to those around him, including friend and fellow artist Paul Gaugain (Oscar Isaac) and a confiding priest ..
Earning him an Oscar® nomination, Willem Dafoe is mesmerising as Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity’s Gate. Covering his time in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, we find a complex, troubled soul who is seeking a new visual language, while also struggling to make sense of himself and his connection to those around him, including Paul Gaugain (Oscar Isaac) and a confiding priest (Mads Mikkelsen). Shot with a painter’s eye, Julian Schnabel’s once a..
From the creative team that produced Dogtooth, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s acclaimed film tells the strange tales of Marina, a withdrawn young woman who lives with her ailing father in a Greek factory town. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance, choosing to observe life through Sir David Attenborough’s nature documentaries and the sexual education lessons she receives from her only friend, Bella. A fascina..
In a dark, claustrophobic apartment a sick elderly woman is accompanied by her son, her nurse and her lover and a former teacher who is now unemployed. She relies on them, as they do on her, for a place to live. None are able to leave whilst finding no solace in remaining in the apartment and scheme to find ways of manipulating the others to get some kind of personal gain. In the process everyone's darkest secrets are revealed. A landma..
When Babette, a beautiful and mysterious French refugee, arrives in a remote Danish town the tight-knit, puritanical community begrudgingly let her in, providing her with shelter and work. But after the town patriarch passes away and Babette insists on preparing a feast in his honour, a magical world of sensory revelations is thrown open to the villagers, changing their lives forever... Evoking the work of other great Scandinavian direc..
When Babette, a beautiful and mysterious French refugee, arrives in a remote Danish town the tight-knit, puritanical community begrudgingly let her in, providing her with shelter and work. But after the town patriarch passes away and Babette insists on preparing a feast in his honour, a magical world of sensory revelations is thrown open to the villagers, changing their lives forever... Evoking the work of other great Scandinavian direc..
Shipping captain Marco (Vincent Lindon, Anything For Her) receives a phone call from his sister, urgently calling him back to Paris. Her husband has committed suicide, her daughter is missing and the family business has gone under. She holds her husband's business partner, Edouard Laporte, accountable and Marco sets out to expose his treachery. But, as he begins to scratch under the surface, Marco discovers a dangerous underworld of vio..
Following The 400 Blows, Antoine & Colette (a 32-minute short also included on this disk) and Stolen Kisses, Bed & Board is the fourth installment in the ‘Antoine Doinel Series’. Here, Antoine is entering into full adulthood, now that he has married and is expecting a child. However his life is far from stable, as steady employment remains at arm’s length and an affair with a beautiful Japanese woman threatens to destroy his marriage. D..
Adopted by his grandmother, Madame Souza, Champion is a lonely little boy. Noticing that the lad is never happier than on a bicycle, Madame Souza puts him through a rigorous training process. Years go by and Champion becomes worthy of his name. Now he is ready to enter a world- famous cycling race, the Tour de France. However during this cycling contest, two mysterious men in black kidnap Champion. Madame Souza and her dog Bruno set out..
Adopted by his grandmother, Madame Souza, Champion is a lonely little boy. Noticing that the lad is never happier than on a bicycle, Madame Souza puts him through a rigorous training process. Years go by and Champion becomes worthy of his name. Now he is ready to enter a world- famous cycling race, the Tour de France. However during this cycling contest, two mysterious men in black kidnap Champion. Madame Souza and her dog Bruno set out..
1976: A timid sound engineer (Toby Jones) arrives in Italy to work on a mysterious horror film, mixing bloodcurdling screams with the grotesque sounds of hacked vegetables. But as the onscreen violence seeps into his consciousness reality and fantasy become blurred and a nightmare starts to awake… Daringly original and masterfully constructed, this inspired homage to 70s Giallo horror is a devastating assault on the eyes, ears and brain..
While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photographer, Clare (Terrsa Palmer, Hacksaw Ridge) meets Andi (Max Riemelt, Sense8), a charismatic local man and there is an instant attraction between them. But what initially appears to be the start of a romance, takes an unexpected and sinister turn when Clare wakes up the following morning to discover Andi has left for work and locked her in his apartment. An easy mistake to make, of course, ex..
Australian thriller directed by Cate Shortland. While backpacking around Germany, Australian photojournalist Clare (Teresa Palmer) finds herself wandering the streets of Berlin looking for adventure when she meets local English teacher Andi (Max Riemelt). A passionate, whirlwind romance ensues between the pair but Clare begins to wonder what she's let herself in for when she awakens one morning to find herself imprisoned in Andi's apart..
Two best friends who grew up together in an orphanage are emotionally reunited after years apart. Voichita has taken religious orders while Alina wants them to both relocate to a new life of freedom in Germany. While staying together in Voichita’s remote and austere nunnery their relationship and sexuality begin to tear apart the tight-knit fabric of the sect, resulting in a terrifying act that would send a shockwave through the church...
Madec (Oscar winner Michael Douglas) is a rich, ruthless and extremely successful businessman who is also an avid game hunter. Searching for a new trophy to add to his collection, he hires young tracker Ben (Jeremy Irvin, War Horse, The Railway Man) as his guide through the Reach, a vast and hostile basin in the Mojave Desert. But when the excursion takes a tragic turn for the worse, Madec knows his money and reputation are at stake and..
From the filmmakers behind the Oscar nominated Embrace Of The Serpent comes their latest epic, Birds Of Passage, a tale about indigenous traditions and the corrupting forces of wealth and power, set against the backdrop of the Colombian marijuana boom of the 1970s. A film of both gangsters and spirits, corruption and fratricidal war, this is a thrilling depiction of the origins of the drug trade told through the story of an indigenous W..
A hilarious comedy from the director of 'Life is a Miracle', Emir Kusturica's 'Black Cat White Cat' is a riotous mix of farce, romance and crime. Set within a community of gypsies, it tells a story of dodgy deals, family ties, young love and magical occurrences. Zare is a young man in love with the beautiful Ida, but his crooked father, having botched up a black market deal, intends to marry him off to the sister of a powerful gangster ..
15-year-old Adele (a spine-tingling performance from Adele Exarchopoulos) feels like an average teenager, with school, friends, parents and boys taking up most of her time and thoughts. That is until a chance encounter with a beguiling blue-haired girl (a luminescent Lea Seydoux) turns her world upside down, forcing her to question her desires and assert herself as a woman and as an adult. Jaw-droppingly frank in its sexual content, mes..
15-year-old Adele (a spine-tingling debut performance from Adele Exarchopoulos) feels like an average teenager, with school, friends, parents and boys taking up most of her time and thoughts. That is until a chance encounter with a beguiling blue-haired girl ( a luminescent Lea Seydoux) turns her world upside down, forcing her to question her desires and assert herself as a woman and as an adult. Jaw-droppingly frank in its sexual conte..
This collection from the acclaimed South Korean director tracks the trajectory of his impressive and successful career. It includes his first feature Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), which garnered a cult following before achieving critical acclaim and commercial success with his subsequent three films, also included in the boxset: the subversive and darkly comic crime thriller Memories of Murder (2003), his breakout monster film The Hos..
1980. Bjorn Borg is the number one ranked tennis player in the world, dominating the sport both on and off the court. A powerful and rigorously disciplined player, there is only one obstacle in his pursuit of a record-breaking fifth Wimbledon championship; the highly talented but ferociously abrasive young American, John McEnroe. Featuring two blistering performances by the brilliantly cast leads, Sverrir Gudnason as Bjorn "the iceberg"..
1980. Bjorn Borg is the number one ranked tennis player in the world, dominating the sport both on and off the court. A powerful and rigorously disciplined player, there is only one obstacle in his pursuit of a record-breaking fifth Wimbledon championship; the highly talented but ferociously abrasive young American, John McEnroe. Featuring two blistering performances by the brilliantly cast leads, Sverrir Gudnason as Bjorn "the iceberg"..
Leos Carax's brilliant feature debut, fully restored and remastered, follows the faltering relationship of an aspiring filmmaker (Denis Lavant - Holy Motors) and a suicidal young woman (Mireille Perrier). Using bold, mesmeric black-and-white imagery to stunning effect, Boy Meets Girl is a blend of black humour and gentle romance that heralded Carax's luminous career.Special Features Introduction By Denis lavant, On Set 'In The Kitchen..
Bess McNeill (Emily Watson) lives a calm and quaint Christian life amongst the Scottish Highlands. Despite the unease of her local community and church, she marries the love of her life, a Norwegian oilrig worker, Jan (Stellan Skarsgaard), who is often away working for long periods of time. Lonely and besotted, Bess prays for his quick return. A wish that is granted when an accident occurs on the rig paralysing Jan. He is flown back to ..
Out of StockBess McNeill (Emily Watson) lives a calm and quaint Christian life amongst the Scottish Highlands. Despite the unease of her local community and church, she marries the love of her life, a Norwegian oilrig worker, Jan (Stellan Skarsgaard), who is often away working for long periods of time. Lonely and besotted, Bess prays for his quick return. A wish that is granted when an accident occurs on the rig paralysing Jan. He is flown back to ..
Award-winning satirical comedy set against the backdrop of the Kosovan war of 1999. A Nato train loaded with weapons is brought to a halt by Doiaru (Razvan Vasilescu), the local, corrupt chief of a Romanian train station, after it trundles through his sleepy hamlet. Having no official documents, and with only a verbal understanding from the Romanian authorities, the train soon becomes the target for locals intent on exploiting the situa..
From acclaimed director Abbis Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us) comes the story of a couple's apparent chance meeting in beautiful Tusccany. He (William Shimell) is a British author in town to talk about his new book. She (Juliette Binoche) is a French gallery owner in search of originality. Together they tour the local galleries, cafes and museums and discover that nothing is quite what it seems and truth, like art, ..
This tear-jerking classic was Chaplin's first feature, and launched the 'kid' of the title, Jackie Coogan, into child stardom. Chaplin plays a tramp who raises an abandoned child among the slums, always fighting the police and other agencies who want to take the boy into care...
Agnes Varda's classic Cleo from 5 to 7 from 1962 manages to successfully capture Paris at the height of the sixties in this intriguing tale expertly presented in real time about a singer (played to perfection by Corinne Marchand) whose life is in turmoil as she awaits a biopsy test result. As well as featuring memorable cameos from director Jean-Luc Godard and actress Anna Karina, it also includes an appearance and an impressive score f..
Drama written and directed by Oliver Assayas starring Juliette Binoche. In the middle of a divorce, veteran actress Maria Enders (Binoche) is asked to star in a new adaptation of 'Maloja Snake' by Wilhelm Melchior, the play that launched her career two decades earlier. This time, however, Maria is not asked to reprise the role that she portrayed when she was 16, and instead is required to play middle-aged businesswoman Helena who is man..
On a busy Paris boulevard, a youth scornfully tosses a crumpled paper bag into the outstretched hands of a beggar woman. This is the bond which, for an instant, links several very different characters: Anne (Binoche), an actress; her war photographer boyfriend Georges; his farmer father and younger brother Jean, who, contrary to his father's wishes, has no interest in inheriting the farm; Amadou, a music teacher for deaf-mute children, ..
In the ruins of post-war Poland, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) fall deeply, obsessively and destructively in love. As performing musicians forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine, they dream of escaping to the creative freedom of the West. But one day, as they spot their chance to make a break for Paris, both make a split decision that will mark their lives forever. Paweł Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning Ida..
In the ruins of post-war Poland, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) fall deeply, obsessively and destructively in love. As performing musicians forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine, they dream of escaping to the creative freedom of the West. But one day, as they spot their chance to make a break for Paris, both make a split decision that will mark their lives forever. Paweł Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning Ida..
Set within a Catholic community deep in the south of Italy, Corpo Celeste is the story of 13 year-old Marta and her struggle to settle in an unfamiliar city after ten years growing up in Switzerland. Bright-eyed, restless and feeling very much an outsider, she clashes with her family and Sunday School teacher as she begins to question the catechism of the Catholic Church and shape her own life for the first time. Marta's journey is trac..
Once-great actor Serge Tanneur (Fabrice Luchini) spends his days alone, painting second-rate portraits and cycling through the windblown landscape of France’s Ile de Re. One day his old friend Gauthier (Lambert Wilson), a famous TV star, arrives unexpectedly to coax him into a return to the stage, promising him a role in Moliere’s classic play, The Misanthrope. At first Serge dismisses the idea but slowly, as the pair’s relationship beg..
Out of StockHungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr directs this bleak, brooding meditation on inner conflict and existential angst, filmed entirely in black and white and replete with Tarr's trademark long takes and lingering camerawork. Miklos B. Szekely stars as Karrer, a listless, introspective man who plods his way through his colourless life in quiet desperation. The only light in his life is the bar he frequents, and the beautiful singer (Vali Kerekes..
When her estranged rabbi father suddenly passes away, Ronit (played by Oscar-winner and co-producer Rachel Weisz) returns from New York to the north London Orthodox Jewish community that rejected her years previously after a scandalous transgression. Ronit’s presence immediately courts further controversy when she runs into Esti (Rachel McAdams), the wife of her strictly religious cousin Dovid (Alessandro Nivola) and the woman for whom ..
When her estranged rabbi father suddenly passes away, Ronit (played by Oscar-winner and co-producer Rachel Weisz) returns from New York to the north London Orthodox Jewish community that rejected her years previously after a scandalous transgression. Ronit’s presence immediately courts further controversy when she runs into Esti (Rachel McAdams), the wife of her strictly religious cousin Dovid (Alessandro Nivola) and the woman for whom ..
Marcello is a small and gentle dog groomer who wants two things, to look after his dogs and take his daughter on exotic holidays. But to fund this lifestyle he runs a side business which has more unsavoury clientele and he soon finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorises the entire neighbourhood. When Simone exploits him too much Marcello must make a crucial and po..
Marcello is a small and gentle dog groomer who wants two things, to look after his dogs and take his daughter on exotic holidays. But to fund this lifestyle he runs a side business which has more unsavoury clientele and he soon finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorises the entire neighbourhood. When Simone exploits him too much Marcello must make a crucial and po..
In Malgoska Szumowska's frank and sexually explicit drama, Academy Award winning actress Juliette Binoche plays Anne, a well-off, Paris based mother of two and journalist for Elle, who is collating testimonials for an article about student prostitution. Her meeting with two fiercely independent young women, Alicja (Joanna Kulig) and Charlotte (Anais Demoustier), are profound and unsettling, moving her to question her most intimate convi..
Autobiographical drama written and directed by Chilean film-maker Alejandro Jodorowsky. The film follows Jodorowsky (Adan Jodorowsky/Jeremías Herskovits) from his teenage years, where he longs to become a poet despite the objections of his oppressive father (Brontis Jodorowsky), to ingratiating himself into Chile's artistic scene at the bohemian Café Iris in downtown Santiago in the 1940s. It's there that he befriends fellow poets inclu..
Triple bill of early work from celebrated French arthouse director Eric Rohmer. 'Le Signe Du Lion' (1962) is Rohmer's directorial debut - a cautionary tale of an American in Paris (Jess Hahn) who believes himself astrologically privileged. On the promise of a possible upcoming inheritance from a dead aunt, he starts spending money he doesn't have and has to reap the whirlwind when it fails to materialise. 'Le Boulangerie De Monceau' (19..
Rohmer's delightful film explores the highs and lows of a trio of twenty-something love affairs in the French capital. With a fine cast of exceptional young actors, each story uses as a backdrop a variety of stunningly photographed locations, among them Montparnasse, the Marais and the city's many parks and gardens. This triptych combines all those themes cherished by Rohmer aficionados: seduction, elegant language and love for a city c..
A former editor of the groundbreaking magazine Cahiers du Cinema, Eric Rohmer (1910-2010) became one of the leading figures of the French New Wave. Working well into his eighties, his hugely influential body of work is celebrated for its originality, economical visual style and witty and articulate dialogue. Rohmer's reputation was established with his ambitious 'Moral Tales' series of films, each based around a common theme - in his wo..
Vincent Gallo (Tetro, Buffalo '66) stars as a Middle-Eastern insurgent captured by US forces and transported to a secret detention centre somewhere in Europe. When the vehicle he is riding in crashes, he escapes into a snowy wilderness, a world way from the desert home he knew. Forced into extreme survival mode, and relentlessly pursued by an army that does not officially exist, he must confront the necessity to kill in order to survive..
The new film from acclaimed British director Joanna Hogg (Archipelago, Unrelated), Exhibition is an bold, honest and engrossing portrayal of a relationship and a complex, revealing investigation into communication, memory, architecture and the artistic process. When artists D (Viv Albertine) and H (Liam Gillick) decide to sell the home that they have loved and lived in for two decades, they begin a difficult process of saying goodbye. T..
The new film from acclaimed British director Joanna Hogg (Archipelago, Unrelated), Exhibition is a bold, honest and engrossing portrayal of a relationship and a complex, revealing investigation into communication, memory, architecture and the artistic process. When artists D (Viv Albertine) and H (Liam Gillick) decide to sell the home that they have loved and lived in for two decades, they begin a difficult process of saying goodbye. Th..
Out of StockWelcome to Club Exotica, a place where fantasies can become reality but where illusion runs amuck. Here, in a murky underworld of lust and longing, a lonely accountant named Francis falls for Christina, one of the dancers. Although Christina is already involved with someone, the club owner pushes her towards Francis and a dangerous game of deceit and duplicity begins… A multi-layered and mysterious portrayal of lives shaped by desire an..
Welcome to Club Exotica, a place where fantasies can become reality but where illusion runs amuck. Here, in a murky underworld of lust and longing, a lonely accountant named Francis falls for Christina, one of the dancers. Although Christina is already involved with someone, the club owner pushes her towards Francis and a dangerous game of deceit and duplicity begins… A multi-layered and mysterious portrayal of lives shaped by desire an..
Iconic film maker Agnes Varda and photographer JR share a passion for images and how they're created, displayed and shared; Varda through cinema. JR through his emotionally arrested outdoor installations. Inspired by this connection, they set out in JR's photo booth-enhanced truck, exploring the villages and small towns of rural France and meeting its humble residents - all the while creating large-scale portraits plastered across uncon..
Iconic film maker Agnes Varda and photographer JR share a passion for images and how they're created, displayed and shared; Varda through cinema. JR through his emotionally arrested outdoor installations. Inspired by this connection, they set out in JR's photo booth-enhanced truck, exploring the villages and small towns of rural France and meeting its humble residents - all the while creating large-scale portraits plastered across uncon..
Italian family drama about a rotten loan shark horning his way into a young couple's wedding. This critically beloved third film by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is said by many to be his best work to date. Geremia De Geremei (Giacomo Rizzo) is sleazy and thoroughly disagreeable old loan shark who lives with his bedridden harridan of a mum. Friendless and socially inept, he horns in on a young couple whose parents are forced to borr..
Bittersweet family portrait by French director Mia Hansen-Love. Gregoire Canvel (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is an independent film producer who balances the never-ending demands of his professional life with a full and happy private life, spending his weekends at his country house with his wife Sylvia (Chiara Caselli) and three young daughters. But as his company spirals towards bankruptcy, he loses his grip and, feeling utterly trapped,..
Eighteen-year-old Shira, an Orthodox Hassid living in Tel Aviv, is looking forward to marrying a handsome, promising boy of her own age. But when her elder sister dies in childbirth and the father considers leaving Israel to re-marry, Shira’s mother proposes a union between her daughter and son-in-law to keep her only grandchild in the country. Shira must then make the terrible choice between her heart’s desire and her family duty. As t..
When a man is murdered all the clues point to Julien Vercel as the prime suspect. He knew him, his fingerprints are on his car and, as the police eventually discover, he was having an affair with Julien's wife. However, Julien’s secretary Barbara Becker is sure something is not quite right with this state of affairs and begins her own investigation into the matter. The last film that Truffaut ever made, Finally, Sunday is an inspired di..
Francois Truffaut's final film is comedy thriller with a Hitchcockian theme. Shot in the style of a classic American thriller - in crisp black and white - a company boss is accused of murdering his wife and her lover, and the evidence seems to support this. Whilst he is hiding from the police, his secretary takes on the role of detective and she uncovers illicit love affairs, prostitution rings and skeletons in everyone's closets before..
The acclaimed new film from Academy Award winning director Andrea Arnold tells the startlingly original and brutally honest story of 15 year-old Mia, brilliantly played by British Independent Film Award winner Katie Jarvis. A feisty and fiercely independent outsider, Mia is ostracised from her friends and lives uneasily with her volatile mother (Kierston Wareing - The Take) in a tough Essex estate from which she longs to escape. But the..
The acclaimed new film from Academy Award winning director Andrea Arnold tells the startlingly original and brutally honest story of 15 year-old Mia, brilliantly played by British Independent Film Award winner Katie Jarvis. A feisty and fiercely independent outside, Mia is ostracised from her friends and lives uneasily with her volatile mother (Kierston Wareing - The Taken) in a tough Essex estate from which she longs to escape. But the..
The sun is beaming and the ski slopes are spectacular for Thomas, his wife Ebba and their two children. However, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant an avalanche suddenly bears down upon the happy diners. As the wall of snow gets ever closer, Tomas makes a split-second decision in a moment of panic that will engulf and shake his relationship with his wife and children and leave him struggling to reclaim his role as the family pa..
The sun is beaming and the ski slopes are spectacular for Thomas, his wife Ebba and their two children. However, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant an avalanche suddenly bears down upon the happy diners. As the wall of snow gets ever closer, Tomas makes a split-second decision in a moment of panic that will engulf and shake his relationship with his wife and children and leave him struggling to reclaim his role as the family pa..
