The Wind That Shakes The Barley
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham Director:Ken Loach Certificate:
A gripping drama from Ken Loach, The Wind That Shakes The Barley is the story of the Irish Civil War in the 1920's - a fight for freedom which saw the Irish Republican Army up against the occupying British forces.
Workers from field and country unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face ..read more »
The Child
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Jeremie Renier, Deborah Francois, Jeremie Segard Director:Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Certificate: Watch now:Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
The Child stars Jeremie Renier as Bruno, a young petty thief who has just fathered a baby with his 18 year-old girlfriend Sonia. When the temptation of easy moeny leads him to commit an act of shocking recklessness, its grave repercussions force a remorseful Bruno into a desperate and dangerous ..read more »
Fahrenheit 9/11
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Michael Moore Director:Michael Moore Certificate:
Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore examines the Bush administration's financial ties to Saudi Arabia and the bin Laden family in FAHRENHEIT 9/11, a well-researched, fast-paced, highly controversial, and important documentary that won the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Using ..read more »
Elephant
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Alex Frost, John Robinson, Eric Deulen Director:Gus Van Sant Certificate:
Gus Van Sant's drifty, eloquent, and effortlessly poignant ELEPHANT is loosely based on the massacre at Columbine High School. (On April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado two 17-year-old boys fired semi-automatic weapons on their high school classmates, killing 13, injuring 25, and then taking their ..read more »
The Pianist
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay Director:Roman Polanski Certificate:
Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jewish gifted classical pianist living in Poland during the Nazi occupation manages to escape deportation to a concentration camp and goes into hiding. For the next few years Wladyslaw eludes capture and lives in the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto.
The Son's Room
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca Director:Nanni Moretti Certificate:
Nanni Moretti's extraordinary drama THE SON'S ROOM, which won the Palme D'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, tells the harrowing story of a once tight-knit, happy family having to come to terms with a devastating loss and get on with their lives. Nanni Moretti, the writer-director of the charming ..read more »
Dancer In The Dark
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse Director:Lars Von Trier Certificate:
The final installment in Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy (which includes BREAKING THE WAVES and THE IDIOTS), DANCER IN THE DARK takes the director's original blend of heightened pseudorealism and fabricated melodrama to a dangerously intense level. The story concerns Selma (Bjork), a Czech ..read more »
Eternity and a Day(1998) Starring:Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Fabrizio Bentivoglio Director:Theo Angelopoulos Certificate:
Alexander, a great author beset with failing health and facing the prospect of his own death, despairingly prepares to leave forever his family home. However, following the discovery of an old letter from his late wife, evoking memories of happier times and a chance encounter with a young Albanian ..read more »