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1 Jan 0001

Only Angels Have WingsOnly Angels Have Wings (1939)Recommended
Quintessential Hawks fare in which men are men and women have to be equally tough. At a South American outpost, mail pilot Cary Grant becomes…
1 Jan 0001
PattonPatton (1970)Recommended
George C. Scott is unnervingly convincing as the real life WW2 General with whose military convictions were indeed unnerving. Co–written by…
1 Jan 0001
Burlesque On CarmenBurlesque On Carmen (1916)
A twist ending highlights Chaplin's second 'feature' in which his forlorn soldier is loved and left by a gypsy girl.
1 Jan 0001
Henry VHenry V (1989)Recommended
A remarkable achievement from Kenneth Branagh both as actor and first–time director, he brings a new vitality to Shakespeare's most energetic…
1 Jan 0001
DreamchildDreamchild (1985)
The real–life Alice who inspired Lewis Carroll's stories, reflects upon her life and offers some insight into his eccentric and fantasiacal…
1 Jan 0001
ChocolatChocolat (1988)
Quietly rewarding autobiographical work follows a young woman to West Africa where she reminisces her childhood. Early work by the director of BEAU…
1 Jan 0001
Life and Nothing ButLife and Nothing But (1990)
Philippe Noiret plays a Missing–in–Action chief officer whose obsession to account for the anonymous casualties of WW1 draws him to a…
1 Jan 0001
Olivier OlivierOlivier Olivier (1991)
After disappearing from his country home six years earlier, a boy's mysterious return brings with it a mix of salvation and suspicion to his…
1 Jan 0001
Day of the BeastDay of the Beast (1996)Recommended
If Almodovar made a horror movie it might look like this – beautifully shot and designed, funny and exciting. Though he can't quite sustain the…
1 Jan 0001
Adventures of Marco Polo, TheAdventures of Marco Polo, The (1938)
Chronicles the numerous exploits of the famed explorer, played by Gary Cooper. More light–hearted than the usual swashbuckler.
1 Jan 0001
Dambusters, TheDambusters, The (Dam Busters, The) (1954)Recommended
British inventor Barnes Wallis's ingenious attempts to destroy German dams during WWII forms the basis of this splendid thriller. Michael Redgrave…
1 Jan 0001
Menace II SocietyMenace II Society (1993)Recommended
A ghetto drama about young men on a no–win cycle of guns and drugs in south central L.A., this covers simlar geographical and philosophical…
1 Jan 0001
Love and Other CatastrophesLove and Other Catastrophes (1996)
The indie success story of '96 was made by 23–year–old Croghan on a shoestring with her Melbourne film school buddies. Love is a…
1 Jan 0001
Love SerenadeLove Serenade (1996)Aro Favourite
Two sisters fall for a middle–aged, schmoozing radio–jock in this perfectly measured Australian comedy set in a tinpot outback town.…
1 Jan 0001
Les MiserablesLes Miserables (1995)Recommended
Widely considered the definitive screen version of this granddaddy of French literary staples. Few concessions have been allowed in staging a…
1 Jan 0001
Reap the Wild WindReap the Wild Wind (1942)
Rugged ships captain John Wayne conducts hair–raising salvages off the 19th century Florida coast, in this spectacular sea–adventure,…
1 Jan 0001
GuantanameraGuantanamera (1996)
A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…
1 Jan 0001
Pillow Book, ThePillow Book, The (1997)
Peter Greenaway's further explores the perimeters of cinema with this lush, seductive tale that intertwines the delights of the flesh and literature.…
1 Jan 0001
I Went DownI Went Down (1997)
Irish filmmakers lift a few steps from the TRAINSPOTTING lads and the Coen Bros for this deadpan skid into misadventure, amongst a crew of criminal…
1 Jan 0001
Like Grains of SandLike Grains of Sand (1995)
Remarkable, intense Japanese high school romance is centrally about a gay relationship, though it essentially captures the universal,…
1 Jan 0001
Deep ImpactDeep Impact (1998)
Contrasting the gung–ho cartoonery of the other meteor–disaster–pic, ARMAGEDDON, this chooses to show the 'human side' of an…
1 Jan 0001
Love and Death On Long IslandLove and Death On Long Island (1997)Aro Favourite
Delightful central conceit sees John Hurt fall in love with flaky teen–movie actor Jason Priestley in this decidedly genre and…
1 Jan 0001
ModulationsModulations (1998)Recommended
Sub–captioned "Cinema for the Ear", this is an enlightening exposition of electronic music – a marginalised yet broadly significant music…
1 Jan 0001
Bedrooms and HallwaysBedrooms and Hallways (1999)Aro Favourite
Utterly delightful relationship comedy about men, and gay men in particular, but appealing to human beings of any of the three sexual orientations…
1 Jan 0001
PraisePraise (1999)Recommended
Sex, beer and co–dependency dominate this brazen, bleakly comic study of a doomed relationship between two afflicted souls (he with asthma, she…
1 Jan 0001
Post CoitumPost Coitum (1997)
The director herself plays a 40–year–old wife, mother and book editor who has her respectable life devastated after a whirlwind affair…
1 Jan 0001
CharacterCharacter (1997)
A murderous confrontation bookends an elegantly told story of class, oppression and perseverance in 1920s Rotterdam, in which a young…
1 Jan 0001
Soft FruitSoft Fruit (1999)
From NZ short film dir. Christina Andreef comes this ripely entertaining comic drama about the ties that separate and bind as four Aussie siblings…
1 Jan 0001
Lip Gloss (1993)
The lives of transvestites, drag queens and female impersonators are chronicled in this revealing portrait that takes you behind the scenes as they…
1 Jan 0001
L.A. Without a MapL.A. Without a Map (1999)
A young Scottish undertaker (Tennant) follows an aspiring American actress back to La–la land, where he competes with the shallow excesses and…
1 Jan 0001

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