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Redbelt (2008): Upright and mature David Mamet offering examines the principles behind jujitsu through a small–time, but respected martial arts instructor…; DVD $29.95
We're Here to Help (2007): Hearty bureaucratic broadside with Australian Erik Thomson well cast as Kiwi property developer Dave Henderson, who became hounded and eventually…; DVD $39.95
Failure to Launch (2006): Amiable and clever enough to pass muster, this romantic comedy finds a thirty–something slacker, who still lives with his parents…; DVD $29.95
TV Junkie (2006): An excruciating, warts–and–all video confession exposing Rick Kirkam’s decade–long cocaine addiction from behind the face of a…; DVD $29.95
49 Up (2005): The seventh part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britons of different…; DVD $19.95
Down in the Valley (2005): Slow–burn yet layered and intense drama has Edward Norton in fine form as a delusional 'cowboy' who charms his way into trouble via the heart…; DVD $29.95
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005): Cautionary documentary about the stellar rise and unseemly 2001 collapse of one of America's largest corporations – Enron – which…; DVD $34.95
Loop Select 007 (We Are Here) (2005): The third of the hugely popular "showcase" for New Zealand music, music videos and short filmmaking. This edition also includes motion graphics…; DVD $39.95 (DVD & CD)
Missing In America (2005): Set around a "bush vet", a reclusive Vietnam veteran (Glover) who lives in the lonely pine forests of Washington State, this solid drama takes an…; DVD $19.95
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha (2005): An inspired contemporary rendition of George Bizet's classic opera, with events relocated to the rich cultural hotbed of modern day South Africa.…; DVD $19.95
5x2 (Five Times Two) (2004): Simple and powerful 'deconstruction' of modern marriage, which offers five widely–spaced scenes from the relationship of an average French…; DVD $19.95
A Home at the End of the World (2004): A strange dramatic creation from the writer of THE HOURS, concerns an unusual orphan manchild (Farrell) with a desire to make 'everyone happy' who…; DVD $19.95
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004): Documentary–mockumentary comedy about the notoriously hedonistic dance DJ Frankie Wilde (Kaye), who rode the wave of 1990s Ibiza club culture…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $29.95
Capturing the Friedmans (2003): Not an easy watch but as compelling as they come, this is a uniquely close–up portrait of a middle–class Jewish family who are ripped…; DVD $34.95
Last Life in the Universe (2003): With a cool command of the aloof, this strange, seductive noir–romance merges the soulless existence of a suicidal librarian (Asano), a…; DVD $29.95
Perfect Strangers (2003): Thriller of possessive love, set effectively on the rugged coastline of New Zealand’s West Coast, that changes tack mid–way into blackly comic…; DVD $34.95
Story of Marie and Julien, The (Histoire de Marie et Julien) (2003): Meandering and hypnotic tale of the supernatural from French master Jacques Rivette, which begins in the apparently nondescript world of a Parisian…; DVD $34.95
9 Dead Gay Guys (Nine Dead Gay Guys) (2002): Irreverent, often damned funny, crime comedy in which two lads stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $19.95
Morvern Callar (2002): Enigmatic drama from the dir. of RATCATCHER that unreels a woman's journey into the unknown after her boyfriend commits suicide and she purloins his…; DVD $34.95
Secretary (2002): A spanking good black comedy detailing the bizarre relationship between a peculiar, ill–tempered lawyer and the meek secretary he…; DVD $39.95
Spun (2002): A cinematically exhilarating depiction of existence among a group of methamphetamine (P) addicts in Los Angeles, that is sure to divide audiences as…; DVD $29.95
Three...Extremes 2 (Three) (2002): Dubbed the second entry in the THREE...EXTREMES horror series, this pan–asian omnibus actually precedes said anthology, offering a trio of…; DVD $29.95
Festival in Cannes (2001): Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…; DVD $29.95
Her Majesty (2001): A little–known, but sincerely crafted tale is set in 1950s New Zealand around a young girl's (Andrews) infatuation with Queen Elizabeth II,…; DVD $39.95
Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Limited Edition) (2001): Special limited edition re–release of Peter Jackson's first installment of the monumental J.R.R. Tolkien novel. Features both the theatrical…; DVD $59.95
One Night the Moon (2001): A unique short feature, which tells the story of a true 1930s mystery using the songs of Paul Kelly, who also stars. A young girl disappears one…; DVD $29.95
Almost Famous (2000): The best music drama yet committed to film (SPINAL TAP was a comedy), this is a vibrant and bracingly assured portrait of rock music fanaticism in…; DVD $39.95
Room for Romeo Brass, A (1999): This extraordinary coming–of–age story places two twelve–year–old boys in the company of a well–meaning but…; DVD $29.95
My Son The Fanatic (1997): Penned by Hanif Kureishi (MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE), this Brit drama conflates various issues of British–Asian culture as a family is polarised…; DVD $19.95
Twentyfour Seven (1997): The cockney director of low–budget miracle SMALL TIME, enters the ring with a few more bob and a larger cast, delivering a warm, yet…; DVD $19.95
Looking for Richard (1996): Al Pacino's pet project, and his directing debut, explores the American actor's paradoxical obsessions with Shakespeare, debunking some of the…; DVD $34.95
Shine (1996): Geoffrey Rush's upset win of the Best Actor Oscar was the jewel in the crown of this little Oz movie's incredibly charmed life. A moving recital…; DVD $19.95 (2-disc Spec. Ed.)
Circle of Friends (1995): Catholicism and blossoming sexuality come into conflict when ugly–duckling Minnie Driver goes gooey over preppie Chris O'Donnell and chooses to…; DVD $24.95
Player, The (1992): Magnificent Tinseltown satire that manages to be an intricate, clever, surprising and entertaining thriller all at the same time, with a cast of over…; DVD $34.95
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Tune in Tomorrow) (1990): A sophisticated cocktail of fantasy and bent reality in which Keanu Reeves and Barbara Hershey meet an endearing yet shrewd scriptwriter (Peter Falk)…; DVD $29.95
Texasville (1990): The director reassembles the youthful cast from his THE LAST PICTURE SHOW to illustrate the effect that thirty years has had on a group of school…; DVD $29.95
House of Games (1987): Psychiatrist Lindsay Crouse is lured into the world of charming con–racketeer Joe Mantegna, where trust is a fragile concept. David Mamet…; DVD $19.95
All of Me (1984): Martin gives a career–best turn when, through a little hocus–pocus, is forced to share his body with a crotchety millionairess.; DVD $19.95
Racing with the Moon (1984): A well–observed and resonant drama, about the last few days of boyhood for a couple of inductees into the US Marines in 1942. The cast all…; DVD $19.95
Return of Martin Guerre (1982): A legendary French tale with Gerard Depardieu as the 16th century peasant who returns to his family after an eight year absense but is suspected of…; DVD $29.95
Tender Mercies (1982): Robert Duvall gives an Oscar winning performance as a down–out–his–luck country singer who paves the slow road back to sobriety.…; DVD $19.95
Body Heat (1981): Loose remake of DOUBLE INDEMNITY is a noir classic in itself. William Hurt and Kathleen Turner embark on a torrid affair and conspire to murder her…; DVD $14.95
Das Boot (The Boat) (1981): Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…; DVD $39.95
Jubilee (1978): Jarman's uncompromising stamp is all over this cult curio which, steeped in the punk ethos, aims at shaking up conventional complacency. A random…; DVD $19.95
Bugsy Malone (1976): Alan Parker's directing debut was this startlingly original feature debut reinvents the gangster movie as a musical pastiche cast entirely with…; DVD $39.95
American Film Theatre - The Man in the Glass Booth (1975): Another intense, performance based entrant in the American Film Theatre series, with Schell playing a wealthy Jewish industrialist who survived the…; DVD $19.95
Boy and His Dog, A (1975): Intriguingly subversive film about a youth and his telepathic canine friend who scour the post–holocaust landscape in search of civilisation.…; DVD $39.95
Double Agent 73 (1974): Outrageous detective spoof custom–built for its stars, Chesty Morgan and her 73" upper torso. The genius here is that Chesty works undercover…; DVD $24.95
Frightmare (1974): 'Reformed’ husband and wife cannibals, Edmund and Dorothy Yates, rejoin society after 18 years in an institution, only to return to their flesh…; DVD $29.95
Badlands (1973): Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek are a knock–out as deluded teenage fugitives who chalk up a hefty body count as they flee across country. Based…; DVD $39.95
Fellini's Roma (1972): The Italian master's eclectic home town portrait blends reconstructed memoirs and contemporary images (incl. a stunning traffic jam sequence) into a…; DVD $29.95
Play It Again, Sam (1972): Probably Woody Allen's funniest film is this tale of a nerdish film critic who is aided by the ghost of Bogart to find love after his wife divorces…; DVD $34.95
Tristana (1971): Catherine Deneuve plays a beautiful young heroine burdened with a vulgar husband and a knee ailment that will require her leg to be amputated!…; DVD $29.95
Fellini Satyricon (1970): Freely adapted from the Roman author Petronious, this follows the adventures of two bisexual youths through the decadent, fragmented age of Rome's…; DVD $29.95
Barbarella (1968): Camp fantasy film starring Jane Fonda as an innocent space vixen who adventures through lands of drooling men and phallic spaceships. Funny, crazy…; DVD $39.95 (one only)
Danger Diabolik (1968): Cat–burgling cool from the pop–art 1960's, outfitted in futuristic chic and the effortless glamour of John Phillip Law and blonde…; DVD $29.95
Producers, The (1968): Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel cavort in Mel Brooks' first (and best?) film, a Broadway–musical satire highlighted by the classic 'Springtime for…; DVD $29.95
Targets (1967): The influential first feature from a young Peter Bogdanovich, that effectively contrasts the story of a retiring horror actor (played by Boris…; DVD $19.95
Fortune Cookie, The (1966): Comical cynicism by the experts: the magical trio of Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau (who won an Oscar), and dir. Wilder. When Lemmon suffers a football…; DVD $14.95
Knack and How to Get It, The (1965): Under–rated moddish mid–60s item with a slightly mixed reputation, concerning a youthful Crawford's attempts to learn how to have a "way…; DVD $29.95
Topkapi (1964): A classy comic–romantic spin on the director’s RIFIFI shot on location in Turkey and Greece, that climaxes with another brilliantly exacted…; DVD $19.95
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1959): Godard's landmark first film pulls out all the stops in the style department – with Jean–Paul Belmondo as the romantic fugitive,…; DVD $34.95
A King in New York (1957): Mild satire, in which Chaplin plays the leader of 'Estrovia' whose visit to NYC is beset by witchhunts, noise, and 1950s conservatism. Has often…; DVD $34.95
I am a Camera (1955): Dreary drama is the original "Cabaret". Julie Harris gives a somewhat overheated portrayal of Sally Bowles, the bawdy nightclub entertainer in…; DVD $19.95
Casque d'Or (Golden Marie) (1952): A gangster’s moll falls in love with a reformed criminal, igniting underworld violence, in this lush, overwhelming tragi–romance set in Paris…; DVD $29.95
Forbidden Games (Jeux Interdits) (1952): After her parents are killed in an air raid during WWII, a small girl makes friends with a peasant boy, and the pair gradually come to terms with the…; DVD $29.95
Les Enfants Du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945): This resplendent evocation of nineteeth century Paris street theatre follows the love of mime Jean–Louis Barrault for the highly–strung…; DVD $29.95
Mummy, The (1932): Boris Karloff gives a famously restrained performance, in one the great Universal Studios horrors. Story of the bandage–man's rise from the…; DVD $24.95

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