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287 Films.
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
- A whizz–bang animated riff on BACK TO THE FUTURE that sees a young orphaned inventor travel in time to find his birth mother, but who instead…
- DVD $10
Ladies in Lavender (2005)
- During the pre–WW2 period, a handsome Polish stranger (Bruhl) is washed up on a beach in Cornwall and taken into care by two aging spinster…
- VHS $10
Fracture (2004)
- An impressively staged adaptation of Maurice Gee's novel "Crime Story", set around two equally fractured families who enter each other's orbit after…
- VHS $10
Sideways (2004)
- Reserve quality odd–couple comedy–drama from the consistent talent behind ELECTION and ABOUT SCHMIDT, about two middle–aged friends…
- VHS $7.50
Spooked (2004)
- An ambitious though uneven thriller based on the true–life NZ case of a computer expert who ended up with disc–fulls of incriminating…
- VHS $10
A Heart Elsewhere (Il Cuore Altrove) (2003)
- Seemingly a soft–centred drama set in 1930s Italy, this curious tale of blind love carries its own insinuating mood of melancholy. Marcore…
- VHS $10
Finished People, The (2003)
- Zeroing in on the plight of homeless people of the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, this award–winning drama has a cast of non–professionals…
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Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (2003)
- Peter Jackson's adaptation of J R R Tolkien's fantasy trilogy of 'Middle Earth' reaches its spectacular climax, drawing the story–threads…
- VHS $10
Monster (2003)
- Powerful dramatization of the story of female serial–killer Aileen Wournos, strong enough to support an astonishing, Oscar–winning…
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Noi Albinoi (Noi the Albino) (2003)
- Distinctive drama about a 'gifted' 17–year–old who rebels against the limits of life in a remote Icelandic town.
Brimming with…
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Normal (2003)
- Tom Wilkinson takes on the brave role of an All–American husband and family man who one day tells his wife (Lange) that he "is a woman trapped…
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Since Otar Left (2003)
- Touching and wryly comic tale set in post–Communist Georgia, in which a mother, daughter and granddaughter partly survive through a romantic…
- VHS $10
Spellbound (2003)
- Surprise hit documentary that struck a universal chord in following eight high–school hopefuls in their bid to succeed at the American National…
- VHS $10
Springtime in a Small Town (2003)
- Long–awaited followup to THE BLUE KITE for dir. Zhuangzhuang (who was banned from filmmaking for three years afterwards), constructing a…
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Sylvia (2003)
- A simply formed, yet resonant portrait of the brilliant, doomed poet Sylvia Plath (Paltrow), recounting her years of marriage to (also poet) Ted…
- VHS $10
Whale Rider (2003)
- A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
- VHS $10
Wondrous Oblivion (2003)
- A warm–hearted tale of sporting nostalgia, set in 60s London around a Jewish boy's tutoring in cricket from his Jamacian neighbour…
- VHS $10
About Schmidt (2002)
- Age becomes Jack Nicholson in a beautifully modulated comedy of late life lament that doubles as an affectionate satire of middle…
- VHS $5
Magdalene Sisters, The (2002)
- Devastatingly sober and straight–forward account of three young women who in 1965 were incarcerated in an Irish Roman Catholic centre for…
- VHS $10
Man Without a Past, The (2002)
- Another understated, double–take comedy from Finnish dir. Kaurismaki, making perhaps his most cleverly balanced work yet.
An itinerant…
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Monday Morning (Lundi Matin) (2002)
- A whimsical comic journey for a French factory worker, who uproots from his village and family in search of philosophical and liquid refreshment in…
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
- Surprise hit comedy written by its lead performer, Nia Vardalos, marries her own experience growing up a “plain Jane” in a Greek…
- VHS $5
Pianist, The (2002)
- Boldly visualised, fact–based drama concerning the Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, who evaded Poland’s Nazi authorities during WW2, living a…
- VHS $10
Respiro (Grazia's Island) (2002)
- Highly charged and mostly insightful depiction of a free–spirited woman whose near–psychotic episodes have a profound effect on her small…
- VHS $15
Spanish Apartment, The (L'Auberge Espagnole) (2002)
- Summery comedy set in a Barcelona apartment, where six international exchange students variously mingle, cavort and fall messily in love.
Although…
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Travelling Birds (Winged Migration) (2002)
- Anyone with an appreciation of natural beauty will be transfixed, and possibly transported, by this superlative documentary from the makers of…
- VHS $10
Beneath Clouds (2001)
- A standout Australian drama of recent festivals, this elevates a slimly plotted road movie concerning two Aborigine teens (one light–skinned,…
- VHS $15
Blue Planet, The (2001)
- Breathtaking footage of our planet’s largest feature – the ocean – reveals wondrous worlds within this still almost completely…
- VHS $10 (Episodes 4-6)
Crooked Earth (2001)
- Vivid action–melodrama uses the dispossession of East Coast Maori to prime its tale of tribal succession, with SAS soldier Temuera Morrison…
- VHS $15
Lagaan (2001)
- Bollywood epic that broke through to international awards and audience with its ‘test–match’ running–time, lavishness and periodic bursts…
- VHS $10
Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Monumental fantasy–epic and filmmaking accomplishment for local–boy–made–good Peter Jackson, transmutes the first part of J R…
- VHS $10
Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) (2001)
- Monumental fantasy–epic and filmmaking accomplishment for local–boy–made–good Peter Jackson, transmutes the first part of J R…
- VHS $10
Man Who Cried, The (2001)
- Typically eclectic affair from the dir. of ORLANDO and THE TANGO LESSON, composing a sweeping historical romance of early 20th century Europe with…
- VHS $15
My Wife is an Actress (Ma Femme est une Actrice) (2001)
- Obviously modelled on his own life, first time writer/director Yvan Attal tailors a project for his real–life wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg, who…
- VHS $10
No Man's Land (2001)
- Snaring the 2002 Best Foreign Film Oscar, this black comedy set in the wartime trenches of mid–1990s Bosnia plays like a satirical diagram of…
- VHS $10
Samsara (2001)
- A spiritual and visually resplendent drama based around the sexual awakening of a novice Buddhist monk in remote, mountainous Tibet.
After…
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Son's Room, The (La Stanza del Figlio) (2001)
- A Palme d’Or–winning journey into grief by Nanni Morretti (acting and directing), playing a psychotherapist whose teenage son dies in a…
- VHS $10
Very Annie-Mary (2001)
- Set in the tiny Welsh village of Ogw and embracing the national obsession with singing, this doggedly eccentric comedy is not for all tastes yet has…
- VHS $10
Wind Will Carry Us, The (2001)
- Carried by the dir.’s deadpan comic instincts and more minimally poetic, this quasi–fable concerns (what seems to be) a documentary crew who…
- VHS $10
Beijing Bicycle (2000)
- Set in the milieu of urban cycle–couriers, this retells De Sica’s BICYCLE THIEF on the teeming streets of Beijing where country–boy Lin…
- VHS $10
Brother (2000)
- Dir. Kitano’s first US film fuses his touch for wincingly intense violence with a ironical, comic streak that plays off the dynamics of the…
- VHS $10
Dinner Rush (2000)
- An appetizing New York ‘food movie’ sprinkled over lightly with mobster melodrama set in the bustling, upmarket Italian restaurant of the…
- VHS $10
Exposure (2000)
- Moody thriller about a former war photographer, now washed up doing nude shots in New Zealand, who becomes embroiled in a murder…
- VHS $10
Gormenghast (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Immaculately designed – if somewhat overstated – BBC rendition of Mervyn Peake's cult novel set in an immense castle where the…
- VHS $20
Into the Arms of Strangers - Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
- Sombre journey into one of the dark corridors of the Holocaust, revealing the stories of Jewish children rescued in the months before WWII from Nazi…
- VHS $20
Liam (2000)
- Exploring an Irish childhood made grim by Roman Catholicism, this is like a more intimate ANGELA’S ASHES, governed as it is by the point of view of…
- VHS $10
Magik and Rose (2000)
- Uplifting comic melodrama set during the Hokitika Wild Food Festival that rises above its familiar story of two women who, in different ways, have…
- VHS $10
Price of Milk, The (2000)
- For young–marrieds Danielle Cormack and Karl Urban, the cost of farming their 117 cows is a strange exile in the NZ backblocks...
Milking…
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Savage Honeymoon (2000)
- Uncomplicated domestic comedy about a family of 'Westies' – leather clad, bike–straddling, booze–swilling fun–lovers living…
- VHS $10
Save the Last Dance (2000)
- Unhappy with her move from mid–west to a black area of Chicago, Julia Stiles seeks dance–stage salvation. Her saviour arrives in the form…
- VHS $5
Shadow Magic (2000)
- The 'shadow magic' in question is the early cinema, which is brought to Beijing in 1902 by a travelling promoter (Harris), who, along with a local…
- VHS $20
Songcatcher (2000)
- In the dappled, secluded backwoods of 1900s Appalachia, music scholar Janet McTeer makes the exciting discovery of a set of unknown Scots–Irish…
- VHS $15
Space (TV Series) (2000)
- Sam Neill conducts a tour of Outer Space and some of the phenomenon of this vast (indeed possibly infinite) region.
Broadly examines galactic and…
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Stickmen (2000)
- A crowd–pleasing and assured sports–fetish movie, this doesn't shy from being dubbed 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Pool Cues', with its…
- VHS $5
Straight Story, The (2000)
- Far from wild at heart, this soft–peddle road movie from the infamous David Lynch is a serene, supremely dignified fable (though based on a…
- VHS $10
Waiting Place, The (2000)
- A carefully made 'DV–feature' about two unstable prison–escapers who traverse an overgrown rural landscape towards a rendezvous at an…
- VHS $10
42 Up (1999)
- The sixth part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of different…
- VHS $10
A Map of the World (1999)
- A somewhat overlooked drama with Weaver giving a tour–de–force performance as a slightly prickly woman, uncomfortable with her life, who…
- VHS $15
Jesus' Son (1999)
- Flashback to the scungy perimeter of 70s America in the company of various rootless druggies, mainly on–again–off–again couple…
- VHS $10
Pornographic Affair, A (An Affair Of Love) (1999)
- A decidedly unpornographic meditation upon the mutability of human desires and emotions, with Nathalie Baye and Sergi Lopez as a nameless couple who…
- VHS $15
Scarfies (1999)
- Kiwi icons – Dunedin, rugby, Flying Nun music, student life – upholster a formula but well–executed crime plot in which five…
- VHS $10
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
- Possibly Woody Allen's most critically appreciated film since BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, this mock–u–drama concerns the life, loves and music…
- VHS $10 (rare)
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (1999)
- A quietly impressive portmanteau film, portraying the interior lives of five Los Angeles women in crisis, this was unfairly shelved after its…
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Time Regained (Le Temps Retrouve) (1999)
- Legendary surrealist Chilean director Ruiz takes a break from his schedule or runaway obscurities (most sadly unavailable in NZ) for this legit…
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Boys, The (1998)
- Released from prison, prodigal brother David Wenham casually worms his way back into the fold – a cramped family 'castle' in the depths of some…
- VHS $10
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
- The acclaimed stageplay by Brian Friel is given a top notch cast (Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon and Catherine McCormack) to embody the passionate…
- VHS $10
Kundun (1998)
- Not to be accused this time of repeating himself, the venerable Martin Scorsese clambers the Tibetan plateau for this unique biopic of the Dalai…
- VHS $10
Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot, The (1998)
- When King Arthur's sword Excalibur disappears, teenage tearaway Kayley and her squire Garrett pursue the culprits through an animated fantasy world…
- VHS $10
X-Files Movie, The (1998)
- Following the STAR TREK model, the '90s TV phenomenon, featuring terminally–perturbed FBI agents Mulder and Scully, beams up onto the big…
- VHS $5
A Thousand Acres (1997)
- Daughters of rancher Jason Robards are an embattled trio, in this adaption of Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. Story attempts to…
- VHS $10
Artemisia (1997)
- Study of the first significant female painter, Artemisia Gentileschi, the daughter of Caravaggio's one–time assistant in 17th Century…
- VHS $15
Hamlet (1997)
- A flash and vigorous reading of Shakespeare's tragedy of the melancholy Dane, hatched by Kenneth Branagh and a bevy of incongruous thesps.
An…
- VHS $15 (Edited Version) , $25 (Full Length Version)
Shall We Dance? (Shall We Dansu?) (1997)
- Happiness eludes a successful Japanese salaryman, so he plucks up the courage to attend dance lessons. Hugely popular home and international hit got…
- VHS $20
Sound of One Hand Clapping, The (1997)
- Sombre and intense story unfolds in the chilly, dank beauty of the 1950s Tasmania, where a Yugoslavian immigrant couple and their daughter find a…
- VHS $10
Starship Troopers (1997)
- ROBOCOP man Verhoeven's 'ironic' take on Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel about a totalitarian future society whose perfectly toned young 'citizens' wage…
- VHS $10
Tango Lesson, The (1997)
- Uninspired by her latest script, film–maker Sally Potter becomes obsessed with the tango, and soon strikes a deal with an Argentine dancer she…
- VHS $20 (rare)
Beautiful Thing (1996)
- An effervescent take on first love between two teenage boys living in the un–secluded environ of a London council tenement block. Their…
- VHS $10
Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
- A beguiling comedy transpires when a penniless woman of society is forced to live with her yokel cousins. Full of eccentric dialogue and characters,…
- VHS $10
Devil in a Blue Dress (1996)
- The director's follow–up to ONE FALSE MOVE is a black man's noir, some fifty years overdue! We're in 40s LA, where reluctant gumshoe Denzel…
- VHS $10
Horseman on the Roof (1996)
- Strapping melodrama in the old–fashioned Errol Flynn milieu set during the cholera epidemic of 1800s France. A tale of chivalry, loyalty and…
- VHS $20
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
- Cher, Demi Moore and Sissy Spacek examine issues and attitudes surrounding abortion in three separate stories spread over 40 years. Strong…
- VHS $10
Paradise Lost (1996)
- A ‘tour de force’ crime documentary, courtroom saga and true life horror show, this is a bare witness account of the trial of three…
- VHS $20
Phenomenon (1996)
- John Travolta is aptly cast a genial mechanic who, after being struck by lightening, acquires super–intelligence that gradually ostracises him…
- VHS $10
Angel Baby (1995)
- Searing tragicomedy in which two schizophrenics fall in love and for better and worse navigate a path to independence and happiness.
The…
- VHS $10
Babe (1995)
- Clever, funny, original pig movie, with a hoard of farmyard animals more convincingly dubbed than their human co–stars. Seen through the eyes…
- VHS $10
Before the Rain (1995)
- The impotence of violence is the uniting theme of this masterful triptych that traverses the ravaged terrain of both Macedonia and modern London. An…
- VHS $10
Cyclo (1995)
- Brooding expose of corruption, poverty and violence in contemporary Vietnam follows the ill fortunes of a young taxi–cyclist.
Has potent…
- VHS $15
Now and Then (1995)
- Pleasant enough stroll down memory lane – estranged childhood chums reunite after 25 years for tears and celebration of their lives, er, now…
- VHS $10
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1995)
- Exotic tale of forbidden passion set among the labyrinthine traditions of Chinese society. Like the work of Zhang Yimou, the immaculate imagery does…
- VHS $20
Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
- Returning from exile in America, Yugoslavian filmmaker Harvey Keitel quests after rare film footage in the wartorn Balkans. Shot under conditions…
- VHS $10
Barcelona (1994)
- The director's METROPOLITAN was an acquired taste with its esoteric subject and unusual tone, and this will just as likely delight or infuriate.…
- VHS $10
Black Beauty (1994)
- The screenwriter of THE SECRET GARDEN and EDWARD SCISSORHANDS brings this century–old tale to the modern screen with Sean Bean and David…
- VHS $10
Nell (1994)
- Small–town doctor Liam Neeson discovers a young woman untouched by twentieth century developments who has even developed her own language.…
- VHS $10
Once Were Warriors (1994)
- As sensational as it is important, this managed to transform a relentlessly down–beat novel into a slick, highly digestible commodity without…
- VHS $10
Bhaji On the Beach (1993)
- Warm and energetic comedy joins a mini–bus full of Indian women on a day–trip to Blackpool. The first Asian woman to helm a Brit feature…
- VHS $10
Deadly Advice (1993)
- A wicked little black comedy about murder in small, genteel provincial town on the Welsh borders. The twist is to have the bickering ghosts of…
- VHS $10
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
- Lavish, episodic journey through 20th Century Chinese history, encompassing more revolutions than a 45. Joint winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes is…
- VHS $15
Fear of a Black Hat (1993)
- Mock documentary about rap music plunders SPINAL TAP to an even greater extent than the similar themed CB4, though its low budget verve and…
- VHS $10
House of the Spirits (1993)
- Alternately ponderous and fascinating screen version of Isabel Allende's acclaimed saga charting the turbulent history of a South American family…
- VHS $10
Latcho Drom (1993)
- A moving testament to the plight of inter–continental gypsy culture and to the redemptive and communicative power of music, Tony Gatlif's…
- VHS $10
Life & Times of Allen Ginsberg (1993)
- This resonant film double–acts as a nostalgic looking–glass into bohemian culture and as a showcase of the New York beat poet/political…
- VHS $20
Little Buddha (1993)
- In truest Bertolucci fashion, this is a spiritual chronicle by way of history and spectacle. Time–frame is split between modern LA and 600 B.C.…
- VHS $10
Music of Chance, The (1993)
- Impressively cast against type, James Spader's slimy card shark entices broken family man Mandy Patinkin to accept a poker challenge by two eccentric…
- VHS $10
Sommersby (1993)
- Previously filmed in its native French as THE RETURN OF MARTIN GUERRE. An atypically down–beat Hollywood remake.
- VHS $10
Swing Kids (1993)
- Affecting drama about the young sub–culture of pre–war Germany, who traded Nazi–ism for American jazz culture. A rare insight into…
- VHS $25
Three Colours: Blue (1993)
- Immaculate, introspective meditation on grief, redemption and liberty, Kieslowski's masterpiece borders on the pretentious. This redefines ART…
- VHS $10
Wedding Banquet, The (1993)
- A simple white lie gets way out of hand for a gay Chinese–New Yorker when his excited parents fly in from Taiwan to celebrate his 'straight'…
- VHS $10
Wittgenstein (1993)
- A fittingly unorthodox tribute to the life of the gay millionaire's son turned philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Unmistakably Jarmanesque, it probes…
- VHS $10
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
- A high–spirited, unpatronising portrait of senior citizenship, with consummate performances from two old pro's, Robert Duvall and Richard…
- VHS $10
35 Up (1992)
- The fifth part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of different…
- VHS $15
Absent Without Leave (1992)
- Craig McLauchlan from Neighbours stars as a love–struck newly–wed on the run from the army during WW2. Slight nostalgia with lots of…
- VHS $25
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
- Perry, Paul 'Pee Wee' Reubens, Sutherland, Hauer and Swanson bring to life this bubbly froth about an adolescent bimbo who finds herself chosen to…
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Crush (1992)
- A downbeat analysis of female personal politics, with Marcia Gay Harden, an American vixen in Rotorua who neglects her dear friend recently paralysed…
- VHS $15
Crying Game, The (1992)
- An IRA terrorist attempts to shrug off his past but becomes involved with the chantreuse sister of the man he was obliged to murder. Surprise hit…
- VHS $15
Incident at Oglala (1992)
- A compelling case is made for the innocence of a native American accused of murdering two FBI agents in 1976, though it's sense of social injustice…
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Joe Leahy's Neighbours (1992)
- Part Two of the 'Highlands Trilogy' by the makers of RATS IN THE RANKS, this gingerly investigates the tensions between a Papua New Guinea tribe and…
- VHS $10
League of Their Own, A (1992)
- Good–natured comedy centres around the female baseball league that formed while the men were off fighting in WW2.
- VHS $5
Man Bites Dog (1992)
- Disturbing black comedy unravels itself as a media satire but its barbaric humour won't tickle everyone's funnybone. Staged as a documentary, a film…
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Visions of Light (1992)
- Illuminating film about the unsung heroes of the film industry – the humble cinematographer – that person responsible for the 'look' of a…
- VHS $10
White Men Can't Jump (1992)
- Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson team for this pacey comedy–thriller as a pair of hot–shot basketball hustlers whose scam relies on the…
- VHS $10
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
- Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter return as a couple of crazed teenagers who are sent on a Bogus Journey through a round trip to heaven and hell in this…
- VHS $10
Dead Again (1991)
- Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson go Stateside for this askewed whodunnit about a P.I. who is hired to help an amnesia victim, seemingly haunted by…
- VHS $10
Defending Your Life (1991)
- Albert Brooks plays a high–flying executive who dies in a car accident, then is shifted off to 'Judgement City' – an otherworldly halfway…
- VHS $10
Indian Runner, The (1991)
- Sean Penn's interesting directing debut is a sly throwback to '70s road movies, even using a Springsteen ditty as the basis for its plot.
- VHS $5
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
- Gong Li is unforgettable as an educated woman who bitterly serves as the fourth arranged wife of a feudal nobleman. A magnificent tragedy, enriched…
- VHS $15
Tatie Danielle (1991)
- Brilliantly absurd black comedy about an elderly widow who does her best to make life miserable for her relatives. Tsilla Chelton is irresistible as…
- VHS $10
Te Rua (1991)
- Dir. Barry Barclay's second feature film concerns a group of Maori who travel to Germany to reclaim sacred 'taonga' from a museum, a century after…
- VHS $8
Toy Soldiers (1991)
- An elite boarding school comes under siege from the son of an extradited Columbian drug king. Shamelessly well executed.
- VHS $10
An Angel at My Table (1990)
- Multi–award winning adaptation of Janet Frame's three autobiographies, deserving of its big reputation through compassionate storytelling and…
- VHS $10
Company of Strangers (1990)
- A special film created from a script that was inspired by the real lives of the seven elderly women who play the roles. Relationships are forged and…
- VHS $20
Hamlet (1990)
- A traditional stage version of Shakespeare's classic, essentially filming Joseph Papp's 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production. Kline is…
- VHS $10
Wild Orchid (1990)
- Brazilian–flavoured slice of Mickey Rourke erotica. Yup, it's that bad.
- VHS $10
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- Oscar–winning adaptation of Albert Uhry's stage play charting the 25–year relationship between a crotchety Southern woman and her black…
- VHS $10
Eight Men Out (1989)
- True story of the Chicago White Sox baseball team who conspired with gamblers to lose the World Series in 1919. Finely detailed topical drama with an…
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Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree (1989)
- A Western Samoan youth finds himself caught between traditionalism and the freedoms of Western culture. Albert Wendt's novel is given the…
- VHS $10
Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
- Palm d'or winning exploration of modern sexuality concerns an enigmatic drifter who affects the dysfunctional lives of an old college pal, his wife…
- VHS $10
Sweetie (1989)
- An unsettling account of a young woman's uncomfortable relationship with her boyfriend and disturbed sister who makes an unexpected visit. Askewed…
- VHS $10
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (TV Series) (1988)
- Highlights from Alexei Sayle's fab TV show including sketches “The Art of Verbal Abuse” and “Crapbags Holiday Tours”.
- VHS $10
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
- Brave, earnest film controversial for its assumption that Christ suffered from mortal doubt when chosen to carry God's message. Willem Dafoe plays…
- VHS $10
Music Teacher, The (1988)
- Sterling voiced Jose Van Dam plays an opera star who retires to train an aspiring nymphette and her wayward peer. Like the superlative operatic…
- VHS $10
Ngati (1988)
- A moving and powerful drama about an Australian immigrant who encounters the spiritual home of the local 'Ngati' or tribe, which triggers his own…
- VHS $10
Patty Hearst (1988)
- Intense depiction of Patty Hearst's kidnapping, confinement and brain–washing by 'urban guerillas' the SLA, from that specialist in American…
- VHS $10
Short Takes: Dark Tales (1988-1994)
- A choice selection of short and shady New Zealand films:
Game With No Rules (Dir. Scott Reynolds) 17m.
Eau De La Vie (Dir. Simon Bare) 13m.
The…
- VHS $25
Bad Taste (1987)
- New Zealand's entry into the splatter comedy genre, shot on consecutive Sundays over a four year period, is among the best ever made. Outrageously…
- VHS $15
Chinese Ghost Story, A (1987)
- The first of a marvellous trilogy of outrageous fantasies set in Ming Dynasty–era China, in which student Leslie Cheung falls in love with an…
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Dead, The (1987)
- James Joyce's novella adapted as personal, fascinating vignettes of family life in Ireland, 1904. Anjelica Huston stars in her father's final film.
- VHS $15
Footrot Flats - A Dog's Tale (1987)
- Murray Ball brings his indigenous comic strip to animated life – Dog, Wal, Jess, Horse and the villainous Murphys provide corka entertainment…
- VHS $10
No Way Out (1987)
- Hollywood success for expat Kiwi Donaldson. Well–executed conspiracy thriller stars Kevin Costner.
- VHS $10
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
- Gary Oldman portrays Joe Orton, the infamous gay playwright whose scandalous personal life ended at the bloodied hand of his jealous lover. The title…
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
- Frank sexuality has rarely been as squarely depicted as in this tale of two naive schoolgirls growing up in working class Liverpool. Bleak and darkly…
- VHS $10
Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
- Snappy comic spinoff of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.
- VHS $10
Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh (1987)
- Engrossing and expressive documentary of the famous artist, using his own written letters and paintings as clues to his tortured personality. John…
- VHS $20
Wolf at the Door, The (1987)
- Thoughtful biopic of painter Paul Gauguin’s middle–years, with Donald Sutherland contending with the philistines of Paris upon his return from…
- VHS $30 (rare)
About Last Night (1986)
- Hollywood adaptation of David Mamet's play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago".
- VHS $10
Jean De Florette (1986)
- A modern classic of love, greed and revenge set against the beauty of 1920s French Provence, superbly performed by three of France's biggest…
- VHS $10
Manon Des Sources (1986)
- Indispensible sequel to JEAN DE FLORETTE concludes Marcel Pagnol's story of innocence, greed, envy and revenge in 1920s Provence.
At the time the…
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She's Gotta Have It (1986)
- Spike Lee's stylish debut accounts the love–lives of Nola Darling, a black siren with three boyfriends all demanding her fidelity. A remarkably…
- VHS $20
Short Circuit (1986)
- A family adopts an alien–robot which develops a personality of its own. Good family fodder. SHORT CIRCUIT 2 also available on tape.
- VHS $7.50
28 Up (1985)
- The fourth part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of…
- VHS $15
Came a Hot Friday (1985)
- Billy T. James stars in this comic yarn about a pair of inept bookmakers whose greed leads them to losing (and trying to recoup) their…
- VHS $10
Dario Argento's World of Horror (1985)
- A compendium of scenes and images from the work of Italian horror maestro Dario Argento, including an indepth interview with the maestro.
Covering…
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Sylvia (1985)
- Eleanor David plays Sylvia Ashton–Warner, educational cruasader and best–selling author in the 1940s.
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That Was Then, This Is Now (1985)
- Emilio Estevez plays juvenile delinquent, in this version of the S E Hinton book.
- VHS $5
Comic Strip Presents: Bad News Tour (1983) / A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984)
- Excellent 'Comic Strip' double bill that teams up Adrian Edmonson's classic headbanger's satire with the cult repertory's memorable…
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Neverending Story, The (1984)
- A boy escapes the neighbourhood bullies by retreating into a mysterious book, where fantasical and exhilirating adventures take flight. Visually…
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Repo Man (1984)
- Young punk Emilio Estevez unwittingly becomes involved in the car re–possession business in this curious cocktail of action, sci–fi and…
- VHS $10
Trial Run (1984)
- Eerie occurences manifest into the worst nightmare for a wildlife photographer posted at an isolated cottage. Annie Whittle gives it heck as the…
- VHS $5
Local Hero (1983)
- Peter Riegert plays an American oil executive assigned to buy out a small Scottish community, but not everyone takes the bait. Fitting that this…
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National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
- Inaugurating a series that would yield two more vacations/sequels, this moderately amusing gagfest follows the travails of Chevy Chase and family as…
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Phar Lap (1983)
- Legendary racehorse reared in New Zealand (though Australian makes claims), who died under mysterious circumstances in America. Good period piece,…
- VHS $10
Carry Me Back (1982)
- Spirited silliness ensues when plans for a trio of South Island farmers go awry when one of them carks it en route to a Wellington rugby match. Worth…
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
- Martin's most clever vehicle has him interacting with vintage film footage of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Lauren Bacall, to dazzling effect. A…
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Querelle (1982)
- Fassbinder's parting shot is a fittingly bleak, ultra–stylised adaptation of Jean Genet's writings about the (bi)sexual escapades of a…
- VHS $10
Robin Williams - An Evening With (1982)
- The unique lunacy of Robin Williams is captured live in concert on his home turf – The Great American Music Hall in San…
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Eye of the Needle (1981)
- Donald Sutherland plays a German agent with a deadly secret in this above–average WW2 suspense yarn that builds to an impressive,…
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Mad Max II - The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) (1981)
- Studio–backed sequel retains the integrity of the first while sprucing up the artillery, pyrotechnics and going for a more futuristic style.…
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Mephisto (1981)
- An astonishing portrait of the seductive allure of pre–war fascism, faced by a talented actor, aptly played by fine thesp, Klaus Maria…
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Woman Next Door, The (1981)
- Emotional chaos ensues for a happily married man when his old flame, now also married, becomes his immediate neighbour. Taut, intimate melodrama…
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
- Probing account of events surrounding the much–publicised Crew murders that put an innocent farmer, Arthur Allan Thomas, behind bars for ten…
- VHS $15
Dressed to Kill (1980)
- A slick video nasty involving a murderer, a prostitute, a psychiatrist, a bored housewife and her resourceful son. In reworking PSYCHO, De Palma…
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Inferno (1980)
- Occult forces cause a few problems for young women on both sides of the Atlantic in one of Italian stylist Dario Argento’s best – and arguably…
- VHS $10
Ordinary People (1980)
- Mary Tyler Moore contends with familial troubles of the well–heeled in Robert Redford's directing debut.
- VHS $10
Time Bandits (1980)
- John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall and others star in this breathlessly inventive fantasy in which a young boy journeys through history to…
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Brood, The (1979)
- Oliver Reed stars in this disturbing tale about genetic experiments and the reaches of parental anger. Though violent and often surreal, the story…
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Cuba (1979)
- Political adventure set at the end of the Batista regime concerning a mercenary mixing business with pleasure in the revolution–torn state.
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- Well–acted, gripping portrayal of a bitter divorce and custody battle, for which Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep both won Oscars. Also garnered…
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Tree of Wooden Clogs, The (1978)
- Portrayal of early 20th century peasantry in Lombardy, this un–melodramatic alternative to Bertolucci’s NOVACENTO, examines with quiet…
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Wiz, The (1978)
- Much maligned 'black musical' version of L. Frank Baum's classic fairytale (best known through the Judy Garland version).
Here, New York City was…
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21 Up (1977)
- The third part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of different…
- VHS $15
Abigail's Party (1977)
- A cult classic of British TV, this is an outrageously funny send up–of social etiquette in the suburbs, with fashions to match. Squirm as buxom…
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Valentino (1977)
- Rudolph Nureyev portrays his promiscous namesake for Ken Russell's typically irreverent screen biography of the randy one.
- VHS $15
In the Realm of the Senses (Ai No Corrida) (1976)
- Hailed as an erotic masterpiece in some quarters and condemned as mere sexually explicit exploitation in others, Oshima’s indisputably elegant…
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- Simply one of the best Australian films ever, this elegant mystery, based on the novel by Joan Lindsay, centres around the disappearance of several…
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Black Windmill, The (1974)
- Michael Caine is in second–hand Harry Palmer–mode as a lone British espionage agent whose son is kidnapped and ransomed for diamonds by a…
- VHS $10
Case of the Smiling Stiffs, The (1974)
- Amusing exploitation vampire flick in which a hungry vampress sates her appetite in a uniquely memorable fashion.
- VHS $10
Great Gatsby, The (1974)
- Accomplished adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald "Jazz Age" classic set among the upper classes of the roaring 20's, with a script by Francis Ford…
- VHS $10
Mirror (Zerkalo) (1974)
- Appropriately titled autobiography of Tarkovsky's childhood, impressioned by the volatile cultural environment. Unique in both form and vision, this…
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Woman Under the Influence, A (1974)
- Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands pull out the stops as a dysfunctional working– class couple. Though the drama (and running time) are left…
- VHS $10
Four Musketeers, The (1973)
- Similarly irreverant follow–up to dir. Lester's THREE MUSKETEERS with the same cast continuing in the swashbuckling vein. Excellent cast with a…
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Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
- A screen adaptation of Lloyd–Webber's stage musical which retains the original score but adds an extra sheen of kitsch to the much maligned…
- VHS $10
Long Goodbye, The (1973)
- Elliot Gould portrays a '70s Philip Marlowe, a wildly unkempt version of Chandler's legendary detective. Altman's film noir pastiche is equally…
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Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
- Married couple Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson undergo a lengthy emotional ordeal as their marriage disintegrates. Shot in a sparse functional…
- VHS $15
Three Musketeers, The (1973)
- Splendidly cheeky version of Alexandre Dumas' enduring classic with dashing gents clearly enjoying the romp. It's Raquel Welch, however, who's the…
- VHS $10
Heat (1972)
- A great trash drama, this is the most polished production of all the Warhol–esqe features, with a bravura performance from Sylvia Miles. It's…
- VHS $10
Last Picture Show, The (1971)
- Much admired film about the problems of adolescence in a roadside town in '50s Texas. Launched the careers of Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris…
- VHS $10
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
- Bizarre love triangle develops when a couple find themselves having an affair with the same man. A mature and provocative drama.
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Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
- James Garner again plays a con–man, this time mistaken for a notorious gunfighter. Good natured, entertaining satire.
- VHS $10
Vanishing Point (1971)
- A loner accepts a challenge to drive his Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours, with the fuzz in pursuit and help from blind DJ,…
- VHS $15
Women in Revolt (1971)
- Aspiring 'stars' Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn try their hand at breaking into Hollywood, but end up joining a womens' rights group. Warhol…
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Little Big Man (1970)
- Life–story of 121–yr old 'white' Indian Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) at first lightly sketches his progress from Cheyenne brave to…
- VHS $10
One Plus One (Sympathy for the Devil) (1970)
- Controversial work from dir. Godard's 'Mao–ist' period intercuts a fascinating, disorganised recording session by the Rolling Stones…
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Burn! (Queimada!) (1968)
- An anti–American political allegory veiled as a striking historical chronicle, Marlon Brando plays British colonialist William Walker who…
- VHS $10
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
- American GI Lee Marvin encounters lone Japanese soldier Toshiro Mifune on a remote Pacific island. A series of tense confrontations unfolds, expertly…
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Lion in Winter, The (1968)
- An acting feast for Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn (who won an Oscar) as tempestuous King Henry II and his estranged wife who fiercely…
- VHS $10
Accident (1967)
- The second classic Joseph Losey / Harold Pinter collaboration takes place in a deceptively placid Oxford University setting, that conceals…
- VHS $10
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy become perplexed parents of son–in–law Sidney Poitier, in this agreeable mixed–marriage comedy.
- VHS $10
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
- Robert Bresson's immediately recognisable minimalist style is here lent to one of the few films whose central character is a donkey.
- VHS $10
Hombre (1966)
- Paul Newman portrays the sombre hombre, a white man brought up by the Apache, who helps the red–neck passengers of an ambushed stagecoach.…
- VHS $10
Lost Command (1966)
- Atypical war movie follows Anthony Quinn's realpoliticking officer through French colonial defeats from Dien Bien Phu to Algeria. Tough action film…
- VHS $10
Alphaville (1965)
- A private eye is sent to a futuristic city run by a computer to rescue a trapped scientist. Amalgam of film noir and science fiction illustrates the…
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Collector, The (1965)
- Terence Stamp plays a disturbed butterfly collector who kidnaps a girl in the hope that she will grow to love him. Truly memorable chiller maintains…
- VHS $20
Darling (1965)
- Oscar–winning, watershed film of British sexual mores is a fashionably flashy and cynical moral fable. Julie Christie social climbs to a…
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Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
- Perhaps the female flipside of Fellini's 8 1/2, he again infuses stylised flashbacks and fantasies into the real world of a gregarious housewife who…
- VHS $5
Othello (1965)
- Laurence Olivier transposes his stage performance of Othello for the screen with able supporting cast.
- VHS $20
7 Up / 14 Up (Seven Plus Seven) (1964-1970)
- The first two parts of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of…
- VHS $15
Fail Safe (1964)
- Henry Fonda plays the American president struggling to avert an imminent nuclear holocaust, due to a computer malfunction. A nailbiting Cold War…
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Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- Acted entirely by non–professionals, this is a startlingly visual rendering of the biblical text, blending breath–taking photography with…
- VHS $15
Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
- A spoof of the Robin Hood legend set in '20s gangland Chicago.
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Servant, The (1963)
- First collaboration between playwright Harold Pinter and dir. Losey is an elegant diagram of English class cruelties, with man–servant Dirk…
- VHS $15
Exterminating Angel, The (1962)
- A psychic 'disaster movie', in which guests become trapped at a dinner party by a mysterious forcefield. As the days go by, dinner–table…
- VHS $10
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
- Rebellious borstal–boy Tom Courtenay finds self–discovery while cross–country training. An emotionally powerful critique of class…
- VHS $10
Winter Light (1962)
- The second in Bergman's faith trilogy, in which a village priest finds himself drawn towards atheism after the death of his wife. Crisp, reflective…
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Birdman of Alcatraz (1961)
- A thought–provoking, true–life story of a man sentenced to 60 years in solitary who became a world authority on birdlife. A compelling…
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Femme Est Une Femme, Une (A Woman is a Woman) (1961)
- Godard flirts with the Hollywood musical, and any other idea that takes his fancy to tell his buoyant tale of a free–spirited stripper who…
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Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
- Jeanne Moreau stars in this famous New Wave melodrama caught up in the spirit of its swinging times. A twenty–year love triangle, lightening…
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King of Kings (1961)
- Faithful, intelligent telling of the life of Christ, with Jeffrey Hunter in the robes of JC, benefits from a lesser–known cast. Orson Welles…
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Victim (1961)
- As an English barrister blackmailed over his homosexual past, Dirk Bogarde gives a keynote performance, the first in what was to become a long line…
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Elmer Gantry (1960)
- The Sinclair Lewis novel set in the American Midwest of the 20s, is splashed across the screen in true barnstorming style, with a big–canvas of…
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Testament of Orpheus (Testament D'orphee) (1960)
- Cocteau's swansong is an intensely personal odyssey, with the director himself immersed in a world of his cumulative creation. Like a moving…
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Unforgiven, The (1960)
- Audrey Hepburn plays an adopted ranchers daughter who becomes the focus of a racist furore when her Indian roots are discovered.
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Wasp Woman, The (1960)
- A glamorous but ageing cosmetic executive develops an age–retarding serum, but her lust for youth and wealth is besieged by ugly…
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On the Beach (1959)
- 50's cold war paranoia piece set in post–WW2 Melbourne, the only place in the world yet untouched by creeping radiation. Based on Nevil Shute's…
- VHS $15
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
- A kitsch classic in which Elizabeth Taylor is in finest neurotic form as a young woman trying to fight her vindictive aunt's will to have her…
- VHS $5
Umberto D. (1959)
- A pensioner struggles to make ends meet in post–war Italy. Gloomy neo–realist piece wrenches the heart through a compassionate lead…
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Defiant Ones, The (1958)
- That well known image of race–hatred – escaped black and white prisoners unwillingly handcuffed together – originated here, with…
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Hidden Fortress (1958)
- Toshiro Mifune displays astounding skill with horse and sword as the ultimate warrior in this innovative amalgam of fairy–tale and Samurai…
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I Bury the Living (1958)
- Weird, imaginatively designed graveyard chiller with Richard Boone as a cemetery curator who thinks he has power over life and death by shifting…
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Indiscreet (1958)
- Snappy comedy in which sophisticates Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman indulge in a whirlwind romance that cools off smartly when she finds his claim of…
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Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The (1958)
- Biopic of English maid, Gladys Aylward (Ingrid Bergman) who realised her dream of becoming a missionary to China in the 1930s. Despite its…
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Mon Oncle (1958)
- Monsieur Hulot returns in another gag–laden adventure. His whimsical ways endear him to his nephew, but leave the boy's trendy parents cold.…
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Court Jester, The (1956)
- Much–loved comedy thrives off the charms of Danny Kaye as a bogus jester entangled in spoofed up royal intrigues from the Middle Ages. Basil…
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Elvis '56 (1956)
- Fascinating early footage of Elvis, in the year he became a star, including rare recordings and the TV performances that first caught America's eye.
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Girl Can't Help It, The (1956)
- This ebullient comedy is not only the best showcase for what one Jayne Mansfield had to offer, but also for many of the rock 'n' roll talent of the…
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Killing, The (1956)
- Brilliantly observed caper movie from the early career of Mr. Kubrick about an ex–con who organises a heist from a racetrack. You'll be glued…
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French Can Can (French Cancan, Only the French Can) (1955)
- Jean Renoir returned to France after 15 years absence to make this vibrant tribute to the Parisian world of his father, the Impressionist painter…
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
- Ralph Meeker is Mike Hammer in this high–octane film noir, shamelessly blood–soaked in B–movie / pulp novel tradition. The…
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Ordet (1955)
- Hailed by many critics as dir. Dreyer's masterpiece, this deep exploration of the true meaning of Christianity, set in rural Denmark, will repay the…
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Them! (1954)
- Mutated giant ants run amok after a nuclear test in the New Mexico desert. Atomic parable is a major studio '50s creature feature that benefits from…
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War of the Worlds (1954)
- Atomic–age adaptation of H.G. Wells frightening novel about the Martian invasion is excitingly paced with special–effects that were then…
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Madame De... (Earrings Of Madame De..., The) (1953)
- Widely considered one of the dir.'s peak achievements, this gracefully and ironically traces a doomed menage–a–trois in 18th century…
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Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) (1953)
- Jacques Tati fine–tunes the virtues of JOUR DE FETE to create his most eponymous character. The first of four Hulot features follows the…
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Tokyo Story (1953)
- The master of Japanese cinema, this is Ozu's masterpiece. An emotional tour–de–force is drawn from an elderly couple's ill–fated…
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Red Badge of Courage, The (1951)
- A classic film version of the classic American Civil War novel by Stephen Crane, which depicts the line between courage and cowardice in the Yankee…
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Broken Arrow (1950)
- This influenced a trend in offering a more sympathetic view of Indian culture. James Stewart is amiable as always as an army scout who arbitrates…
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La Ronde (1950)
- A witty chronicle of circular love–affairs and seductions in 19th century Vienna. Lavish sets and extravagent spiralling camerawork complement…
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Fountainhead, The (1949)
- A touchstone movie for architects, idealists, and geniuses of any profession modelled on the career of architectural wunderkind Frank Lloyd Wright.…
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Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) (1948)
- The film that made Toshiro Mifune a star – playing a petty gangster with TB, who turns to an alcoholic doctor for help after a shoot–out.…
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Key Largo (1948)
- Moody, suspenseful melodrama in which war vet Humphrey Bogart is confronted with gangster nastiness on the Florida Keys. Lauren Bacall looks on.
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Odd Man Out (1947)
- James Mason, in one of his best roles, plays a wounded IRA–gunman hunted by police through a nightmare city–scape that clearly…
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Big Sleep, The (1946)
- This adaptation of Raymond Chandler's mystery novel has perhaps become the greatest film noir of all time. Humphrey Bogart as detective Marlowe falls…
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Rome: Open City (1945)
- Neo–realist war drama about resistance fighters in fascist Italy places the action right inside the everyday and humanises the heroic.…
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Seventh Veil, The (1945)
- Renowned film serves up psychiatry in bite sized chunks as a concert pianist is cured of her complexes by a shrink intent on fixing her up with the…
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Since You Went Away (1944)
- While husband Joseph Cotton is away at WWII, Claudette Colbert must hold home and family together. A lengthy dose of home–front stoicism, that…
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In Which We Serve (1942)
- WW2 drama contrasts the service lives of a destroyer crew with their memories of back home. Powerful film won an Oscar for writer, director and star…
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Saboteur (1942)
- Robert Cummings dodges shady conspirators and skeptical patriots as the wrong man thought to be responsible for some anti–American sabotage.…
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Great Dictator, The (1940)
- Chaplin's brave subversive satire in which he inhabits dual roles – dictator Adenoid Hynkle and a Jewish barber – for his damning…
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Roaring Twenties, The (1939)
- Seminal gangster drama, paired screen–tough Cagney with a then lesser–known Bogart. Becoming buddies during WWI, they later enter and…
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Wuthering Heights (1939)
- Emily Bronte's passionate romantic classic is immortalised in celluloid with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon unforgettable as doomed lovers Kathy…
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A Star Is Born (1937)
- The first version of this since twice–remade tale of Hollywood tragedy is non–musical, developing a more critical edge to accompany the…
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Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)
- Charles Laughton (as Capt. Bligh) and Clark Gable spar memorably in this, the classic version. Winner of the Best Picture Oscar in 1935.
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Phantom Empire, The (1935)
- Oddball children's serial from the thirties has singing cowboy Autry discovering the last remaining inhabitants of the lost continent of Mu living…
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90 Degrees South (1933)
- Awe–inspiring footage from Robert Falcon Scott's disastrous expedition to the South Pole in 1910, covering the ship–voyage and…
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King Kong (1933)
- An iconic classic of cinema that literally smashed new ground in terms of special effects, and must have had unwitting audiences of the day…
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Grand Hotel (1932)
- The granddaddy of extravagent soap–opera, this pre–eminent, Oscar–winning Hollywood affair glitters with stars. Weekend guests' …
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City Lights (1931)
- Chaplin's most melancholy and beautiful film revolves around his love for a blind flower girl and his on–off relationship with a drunkard…
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Gold Rush, The (1925)
- Immortal comedy with Charlie Chaplin at his clownish best. The Little Tramp is a lone gold prospector who through a series of adventures, strikes it…
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South (1919)
- Documentary portrait of the most epic survival story of our time, Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to the South Pole, in which their ship became…
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