Running On Empty
on DVD
(1988) Starring:River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Martha Plimpton Director:Sidney Lumet Certificate:
In 1971, Arthur and Annie Pope blew up a napalm lab to protest the war... Ever since then they have been on the run from the FBI. They chose their lives. Now their son must choose his.
Red Road
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Kate Dickie, Natalie Press, Tony Curran Director:Andrea Arnold Certificate:
Jackie works a job that many would find dull; she is a CCTV operator but one that gets a perverse kick out of watching others going about their everyday business; that is until a day in which a man appears on her monitor: A man from her past and one that she never wanted to see again. Now she has ..read more »
Paris, Texas
on DVD
(1984) Starring:Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton Director:Wim Wenders Certificate:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, Wim Wenders's PARIS, TEXAS tells the haunting story of an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) and his struggle to rebuild his shattered life. Featuring a story by Sam Shepard and a renowned score by Ry Cooder, the film also stars Nastassja ..read more »
Pi(1999) Starring:Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman Director:Darren Aronofsky Certificate:
Low-budget film that won Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his ..read more »
Requiem For A Dream
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly Director:Darren Aronofsky Certificate:
For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction. However, in Aronofsky's frenetic, visionary, unique, ..read more »
Moonlight Mile
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Jake Gyllenhaal Director:Brad Silberling Certificate:
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Susan Sarandon, MOONLIGHT MILE is a romantic drama set in 1966. Joe (Gyllenhaal) is grieving over the death of his fiancee, Diana, and is living with her parents, Ben (Hoffman) and JoJo (Sarandon). Though Joe just wants to do what's right, he openly ..read more »
Shooting Dogs
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Claire-Hope Ashitey, John Hurt, Hugh Dancy Director:Michael Caton-Jones Certificate:
Based on a true story. An exhausted Catholic priest (Hurt) and a young idealistic English teacher (Dancy) find themselves caught in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. They must now choose whether to stay with the thousands of Tutsis about to be massacred or to flee for safety.
Bloody Sunday
on DVD
(2002) Starring:James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell Director:Paul Greengrass Certificate: Watch now:Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
In documentary style, Paul Greengrass' BLOODY SUNDAY, which chronicles the events of January 30, 1972 in Derry, Ireland, is filmed with gritty gray realness. Surrounding a peaceful protest march staged in contest to British laws that permitted internment without trial, the film charts the progress ..read more »
Happiness
on DVD
(1998) Starring:Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson Director:Todd Solondz Certificate:
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky ..read more »