Harold And Maude
on DVD
(1971) Starring:Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles Director:Hal Ashby Certificate:
Hal Ashby's cult black-comedy. Harold (Bud Cort) is a death-obsessed teenager who hangs around in cemeteries and drives a hearse. When he attends a funeral and meets his polar opposite Maude (Ruth Gordon), a life-loving 79-year-old, a strange love affair ensues. However, the offbeat nature of their ..read more »
Buffalo 66
on DVD
(1998) Starring:Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara Director:Vincent Gallo Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) is released from prison after serving five years for a crime he didn't commit. Desperate to impress his parents, who are unaware that he has been inside, he tells them that he has been working for the CIA, taking along dance instructor Layla (Christina Ricci) to pose as ..read more »
The film version of Jean Cocteau's classic stroy, reminds me of The Royal Tenenbaums
Les Enfants Terribles
on DVD
(1949) Starring:Edouard Dhermitte, Nicole Stephane, Renee Cosima Director:Jean-Pierre Melville Certificate:
Elisabeth (Nicole Stéphane) and Paul (Edouard Dhermitte) are a brother and sister who live together in a single room. The siblings are unusually close, and develop an unhealthy obsession with each other which takes a tragic turn when outsiders intrude on their closeted existence.
Waking Life
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Julie Delpy, Steven Soderbergh, Wiley Wiggins Director:Richard Linklater Certificate:
Writer-director Richard Linklater returns to the terrain of his debut feature, 'Slacker', with another series of loose meditations on various philosophical topics voiced by a disparate series of young Americans. Shot on digital video and then processed using a technique known as rotoscoping, which ..read more »
The Science Of Sleep
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Emma De Caunes Director:Michel Gondry Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
The Science of Sleep, a playful romantic fantasy set inside the topsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux (Gael Garcia Bernal) an eccentric young man whose dreams constantly invade his waking life. Stephane pines for next-door neighbor, Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), but she becomes confused by his ..read more »
An obvious choice but for me, it's the perfect teen movie
Ghost World
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Thora Birch, Bob Balaban, Steve Buscemi Director:Terry Zwigoff Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
Best friends and teen-cynics Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) have just finished High School and are spending the summer hanging around together. One day the permanently underwhelmed pair use a personal ad to play a cruel prank on lonely middle-aged record collector Seymour (..read more »
Mystery Train
on DVD
(1989) Starring:Youki Kudoh, Nicoletta Braschi, Masatoshi Nagase Director:Jim Jarmusch Certificate:
Written and directed by the ever-unpredictable Jim Jarmusch, Mystery Train is comprised of three short anecdotes involving foreign tourists in Tennessee. Each story is set in a fleabag Memphis hotel which has been redressed as a tribute to Elvis Presley. Story #1 involves two Japanese tourists ..read more »
The Idiots
on DVD
(1998) Starring:Papr, Jens Albinus, Louise Hassing Director:Lars Von Trier Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
The second of the controversial Dogma 95 films. Set in present-day Denmark, it begins with a chance encounter between the timid Karen and a group of drop-outs engaged in a strange, informal experiment where they pretend to be mentally disabled. Initially shocked, Karen finds herself compelled to ..read more »
Fellini's Roma
on DVD
(1972) Starring:Elisa Mainardi, Peter Gonzales, Pia De Doses Director:Federico Fellini Certificate:
Fellini's Roma is a virtually plotless autobiographical tribute to Rome, Italy, featuring narration by Fellini himself and a mixture of real-life footage and fictional set pieces. It flows from episode to episode, beginning with the director's early years arriving in Rome in 1931 during the time of ..read more »
The Red Squirrel
on DVD
(1993) Starring:Emma Suarez, Nancho Novo, Maria Barranco Director:Julio Medem Certificate:
When he sees a motorcycle go over the side of the boardwalk at San Sebastian, crashing onto the beach, Jota goes to see what happened. He discovers that the vehicle was being driven by an attractive young woman. He calls an ambulance and gets onto it with her. When the emergency medical staff ..read more »