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13 Conversations About One Thing  Certified 15
Director Jill Sprecher's critically acclaimed film assembles an all-star, ensemble cast in a fresh and whimsical look at the invisible, everyday and destiny shaping miracles that we've come to call "fate." In five distinct New York tales, the lives
A Clockwork Orange  Certified 18
Stomping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap-dancing, violating. Derby-topped teddy-boy hooligan Alex (Malcolm McDowell) has his own way of having a good time. He has it at the tragic expense of others. Alex’s journey from amoral punk to brainwashed
A Ma Soeur  Certified 18
Anais is twelve and seems to be carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. Her large body acts as a protective shield from which she processes the world and her own douleur. Either forced to hide behind the scenes or sometimes simply made an outcast
A Short Film About Killing  Certified 15
'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
A Short Film About Love  Certified 15
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
Affliction  Certified 15
Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is at a turning point in his life. People order him around everywhere he turns, from his demanding boss, to his ex-wife who won't let him see his daughter, to his ageing, violent alcoholic father (Academy Award winner James
After Midnight  Certified 15
In After Midnight, the magical Mole Antonelliana (the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy) is the setting and inspiration for a very unlikely love story. One fateful evening, Martino, an avid cinephile and the museum's timid night watchman,
Alice Et Martin  Certified 15
A love story betweem two emotionally damaged outsiders, Alice et Martin marks auteur Andre Techine's return to the haunting and intense territory of The Wild Reeds and reunites him with Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche. Following the death
All About My Mother  Certified 18
From acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, a stunning valentine to femininity in all its disguises motherhood in all its glory and to classic Hollywood melodramas and their diva actresses. A birthday treat turns into heart-rending tragedy
American Splendor  Certified 15
Harvey is a file clerk at the local hospital and a music enthusiast in his spare time. He has thousands of books and LPs and scours the markets for additions to his collection. At one of these sales he meets a fellow enthusiast who years later is to find
Amores Perros  Certified 18
Three lives become inextricably linked in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned
An Angel At My Table  Certified 15
This sprawling, detailed film by Jane Campion tells the true story of Janet Frame, a painfully sensitive girl who managed to escape a dreary rural upbringing and eight years in a mental hospital to become New Zealand's premier poet. The film unfolds as
Apocalypse Now  Certified 18
Francis Ford Coppola\'s stunning vision of man\'s heart of darkness revealed through the madness of the Vietnam War. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando).
Ararat  Certified 15
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
At The Height Of Summer  Certified PG
Set in Hanoi, Vietnam, 'At The Height Of Summer' is a rich visual banquet overflowing with lush, artful images that unfold with the same languorous slowness with which the the film's enigmatic characters and relationships develop. Three sisters, Lien
Atash  Certified 15
A family of five, their two goats and donkey live in the middle of nowhere far from their village home. They earn meager living by producing and selling charcoal, made from the surrounding trees. The father and son are the only ones who ever return to
Bagdad Cafe  Certified 12
German writer-director Percy Adlon makes a "remarkable" (Boxoffice) American debut with his "charming" (Vogue) Bagdad Café starring CCH Pounder (Face/Off) and Jack Palance (City Slickers). Injecting his bold and unique style into a sweet story about the
Battle Royale  Certified 18
At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of near-collapse. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and violence amongst the nation's youth is spiralling out of control. With school children boycotting their lessons and physically abusing their
Beau Travail  Certified 15
Inspired by Herman Melville’s ‘Billy Budd’, filmmaker Claire Denis’ ‘Beau Travail’ is a stunning combination of literature, music and dance that explores the near-mythical world of the French Foreign Legion. Dennis Lavant stars as Galoup, a sergeant-major
Before Night Falls  Certified 15
One of the most universally acclaimed films of the year, Before Night Falls appeared on over 75 "Ten Best" lists and features Academy Award® nominee Javier Bardem in a "mesmerizing and inspired performance!" (Rex Reed, The New York Observer) Julian
    






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