XXY
on DVD
(2007) Starring:Jean Pierre Reguerraz, Germán Palacios, Guillermo Angelelli Director:Lucia Puenzo Certificate:
Drama from first-time Argentinian director Lucia Puenzo. Alex (Ines Efron) is a 15-year old hermaphrodite who's more female than male. Her family have moved to a relatively uninhabited, remote island in an effort to keep her out of trouble, but when the first boy who takes a liking to her discovers ..read more »
Pan's Labyrinth
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Sergi Lopez, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones Director:Guillermo del Toro Certificate:
Spanish fantasy story directed by Guillermo del Torro ('Cronos') with stunning sets, shocking scenes and effects - set in the mind's eye of a lonely young girl. Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) is a young girl in a remote mountain village in Spain in 1944 after Franco's ascension to power. To escape the ..read more »
Disgrace
on DVD
(2008) Starring:Eriq Ebouaney, Paula Arundell, John Malkovich Director:Steve Jacobs Certificate:
John Malkovich stars in this drama based on the novel by South African author J.M Coetzee. David Lurie (Malkovich) is a self-absorbed, twice-divorced literary professor at a South African university who is forced to resign after having an affair with one of his students, Melanie (Antoinette Engel). ..read more »
I've Loved You So Long
on DVD
(2008) Starring:Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius Director:Philippe Claudel Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
This powerful story of familial struggles and redemption follows a shell-shocked Juliette (Scott-Thomas), who returns to live with her young sister Lea (Zylberstein) after being banished from the family for 15 years. An enormous critical and box office success in France, Scott-Thomas' phenomenal ..read more »
Nine Queens
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Gaston Pauls, Tomas Fonzi, Graciela Tenembaun Director:Fabian Bielinsky Certificate:
Early one morning Juan is pulling a bill-switching scheme in an all-night deli when Marcos, an apparently innocent bystander, pretends to whisk him off to the police. But Marcos is a con artist, just helping out a new recruit, and he enlists Juan in a plot that he claims will set them up for early ..read more »
Lady Vengeance
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Yeong-Ae Lee, Lee Young-Ae, Si-Hu Kim Director:Park Chan-Wook Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
Violent revenge drama from director Chan-wook Park. Geum-ja Lee (Yeong-ae Lee) is a young woman who works for underworld crime boss Mr Baek (Min-sik Choi). Taking the fall for the abduction and murder of a child, Geum-ja is sent to prison at the age of 19. When she realises that she has been framed ..read more »
Dogtooth
on DVD
(2009) Starring:Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia Director:Giorgos Lanthimos Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence '..read more »
Shortbus
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish Director:John Cameron Mitchell Certificate:
A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
Beautiful Thing
on DVD
(1996) Starring:Tameka Empson, Glen Berry, Ben Daniels Director:Hettie Macdonald Certificate:
In this alternately somber and witty coming-of-age drama, a pair of teenage boys growing up in a working-class neighborhood become aware of their homosexuality. Introspective Jamie (Glen Berry) is the son of Sandra (Linda Henry), a tough but warm-hearted barmaid who lives in a public housing block ..read more »
Outside the Law
on DVD
(2010) Starring:Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila Director:Rachid Bouchareb Certificate: Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Director Rachid Bouchareb (Days of Glory) brings another Oscar®-nominated film, OUTSIDE THE LAW, a thrilling post-World War II story of three brothers who become separated after losing their family home in Algeria. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of ..read more »