Sales Gallery: Recent Releases
1 Nov 0001
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- Brilliant satire of labour and class relations, makes a glorious mockery of unions and management alike as upperclass twit Ian Carmichael joins the…
- 1 Nov 0001
Postman, The (1998)
- The postie, Kevin Costner, delivers another clutch of post–apocalyptic improbabilities a la WATERWORLD. Again playing Man From Nowhere, here he…
- 1 Nov 0001
Faculty, The (1999)
- The writer of SCREAM gives post–modern surgery to INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, setting it on a high–school campus, of…
- 1 Nov 0001
Chariots of Fire (1981)
- Despite all the Oscar glory, this tale of athletic derring–do in Edwardian England is a mostly lame–footed attempt to dramatise the…
- 1 Nov 0001
Two Fat Ladies (TV Series) (1999)
- The commanding humour, presence and culinary skills of Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Wright are served up in this cuddly cooking series.
- 1 Nov 0001
Earth (1998)
- The director of FIRE takes on another controversial element of modern India with the second in her (proposed) trilogy – a humanistic view of…
- 1 Nov 0001
Darling Buds of May, The (TV Series) (1989-1991)
- Top–rating TV comedy based on the H. E. Bates books, set in a not–so–innocent rural England.
The complete three series, plus two…
- 9 Jul 2020
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) (1982- 1983)
- Fondly remembered British television series of self–contained stories – each with a twist – inspired by the adult macabre of Roald…
- 1 Nov 0001
Lantana (2001)
- Quiet desperation in suburbia and mis–communication in marriage interlink the lives of four Sydney–side couples, who become further…
- 1 Nov 0001
Red Curtain Trilogy (Strictly Ballroom; Romeo and Juliet; Moulin Rouge) (1992-2001)
- Australian dir. Baz Luhrmann's three visionary modern musicals given a lavish box–set presentation.
- 1 Nov 0001
Miss Marple (TV Series) [Joan Hickson] (1984-2002)
- Best–loved BBC series featuring Agatha Christie's 'Miss Marple', played definitively by the great Joan Hickson. Set in the sleepy, yet…
- 1 Nov 0001
Mother, The (2003)
- An unforgettable British drama about an aging widow, alienated from her ambitious son and neurotic daughter, who confronts the vacuum of her life…
- 1 Nov 0001
Fog of War, The (2003)
- A perfectly–formed, Oscar–winning documentary about the life and career of Robert S McNamara, who served as Secretary of Defense under…
- 1 Nov 0001
I'm Not Scared (Io Non Ho Paura) (2003)
- Atmospheric thriller from dir. Gabriele Salvatores that deftly conveys a foreboding childhood experience during a long, hot summer in the country,…
- 1 Nov 0001
Barking Dogs Never Bite (Flandersui gae) (2000)
- An accomplished black comedy from Korea, which follows an unemployed lecturer's annoyance with the barking of neighbourhood dogs through to its…
- 1 Nov 0001
Michael Palin: Full Circle (TV Series) (1997)
- The intrepid Michael Palin completes another quasi–anthropological circumlocution of the globe, with a 15000 mile journey around the Pacific…
- 1 Nov 0001
Doctor Who (TV Series) [Tom Baker] (Dr. Who) (1975-1981)
- Probably the most popular 'Doctor' of the BBC sci–fi series, Tom Baker cut a memorable figure as the woolly–scarfed and energetic…
- 1 Nov 0001
Nick Cave - The Abattoir Blues Tour (2006)
- A maturing Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds captured live at the height of their powers on the celebrated 'Abattoir Blues' tour at London's Brixton…
- 1 Nov 0001
Out of the Blue (Aramoana) (2006)
- A moving, uncomfortably harrowing account of New Zealand’s worst mass murder, bringing the trauma of 1990’s Aramoana massacre to the screen with…
- 1 Nov 0001
Kissy Kissy (2007)
- Aro Valley–made DV drama concerns the intersecting lives of a cast and crew on a low budget movie, and the all–too–familiar…
- 1 Nov 0001
Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - 2008 (2008)
- Towering tribute to the late, great Sir Ed. Includes the documentary ‘Remembering Sir Ed: A Tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary’, an overview of the…
- 1 Nov 0001
Forbidden Lie$ (Forbidden Lies) (2007)
- Thoroughly engrossing docudrama investigates the truth behind disgraced bestselling author Norma Khouri, who claimed to be a Jordanian campaigner…
- 1 Nov 0001
Universe of Keith Haring, The (2008)
- Celebratory portrait of the darling of the 80s New York art scene Haring revels in the accessibility of the artist as a public figure, more than…
- 1 Nov 0001
Wallander (TV Series, UK) (2008)
- UK adaptation of Henning Mankell’s crime novels sees Branagh take on the titular role of the grizzled Nordic detective, solving gristly crimes in…
- 1 Nov 0001
P'Tang Yang Kipperbang (1982)
- A cricket–obsessed 14–year–old courts the girl of his dreams, only for painful shyness and the terror of playing opposite her in…
- 1 Nov 0001
Trio at the Top (2001)
- Playful Kiwi doco telling the story of the 'golden age' of New Zealand motor sport in the 60s, when Bruce McLauren, Denny Hulme and Chris Amon were…
- 1 Nov 0001
Lillie (TV Mini-Series) (1978)
- Fascinating costume drama about the life and loves of scandalous British actress Lillie Langtry, who's numerous admirers included the Prince Of Wales…
- 1 Nov 0001
What Really Happened: Votes for Women (2012)
- Another edifying take on a key turning point in New Zealand history (following What Really Happened: Waitangi), this Sunday Theatre commission…
- 1 Nov 0001
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
- Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both won Oscars for their performances in this dramatization of the story of Ron Woodroof, an AIDS–afflicted…
- 1 Nov 0001
Ground We Won, The (2015)
- A revealing portrait of contemporary manhood as observed through the rites and rituals of a rural New Zealand rugby club made up of…
- 1 Nov 0001