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'A Summer's Tale' is the third part of Eric Rohmer's 'Four Seasons' quartet of films, which includes 'Autumn Tale', 'Tale Of Winter' and 'Tale Of Springtime'. A shy young man named Gaspard ...

This enchanting comedy of manners follows the newly formed frienship between Jeanne, a philosophy teacher, and Natasha, a music student, who meet by chance at a Paris party. Through the force of...

On holiday in Brittany, Parisian hairdresser Felicie has an idyllic romance that results in the birth of her daughter, Elise. Through a mix-up over her address, she loses touch with Elise's...

Rohmer's light-hearted comedy, set amongst the vineyards of the Rhone Valley, concludes his film cycle 'The Tales Of The Four Seasons'. Best friends Magali, a widow, and Isabelle, a happily...

'The Apple' is the haunting first feature by Samira Makhmalbaf, the daughter of the Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, made when she was just seventeen. Base on a true incident and featuring...

The latest film by internationally acclaimed young Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf is the first to be made in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban regime. Set in the ruined city of...

Romain Duris plays a twenty-eight year-old destined to follow in his sleazy slumlord father's footsteps. But a chance encounter with a friend of his late mothers reawakens hopes of a new direction.

Inspired by Herman Melville's 'Billy Budd', this is a stunning combination of literature, music, poetry and dance that explores the near mythical world of the French Foreign Legion. Denis Lavant...

A mixture of romance, crime and comedy based around a group of gypsy people. Zare loves Ida, but his father attempts to marry him off to a gangster's sister. Serbo-Croat dialogue.

Two stories which revolve around cops, drugs and dreamers. In the first a cop meets a woman in a late night bar, not realising that she's a heroin smuggler. In the second a broken-hearted cop in...

50-year-old Titta lives an almost invisible life, staying in a hotel room in Switzerland with seemingly no purpose other than to sit in the hotel bar and smoke cigarettes. He apparently has a...

A hilarious and charming road movie, Familia Rodante is the latest feature from Pablo Trapero, one of the new generation of directors currently revolutionising Argentinian cinema.

'Fanny and Alexander' is the story of two children belonging to a wealthy, extensive theatrical family in provincial Sweden in the early years of the 20th century, 10-year-old Alexander (Bertil...

Father (Andrej Shetinin) and Son (Alexei Nejmyshev) live together in a rooftop apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world, full of memories and daily rituals. Sometimes...

Filmed in the stark environs of Derek Jarman's coastal home in the shadow of Dungeness power station, 'The Garden' is a powerful and moving series of allegorical dreamscapes. The narrative...

'Good Morning, Night' is based on the dramatic true story of the kidnapping of Italy's former PM Aldo Moro in 1978, a crime which stunned the nation. Maya Sansa is superb as Chiara, a young...

Wong Kar-Wai, cult director of 'In the Mood for Love' 'Chunking Express' and 'Fallen Angels', cast two of Hong Kong's biggest male stars in his first film shot outside Hong Kong. Lai and Ho...

In Heimat: a Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings, Edgar Reitz's epic series finally reaches it's monumental conclusion, following the dramatic events of the century's tumultuous final decade,...

This utterly compelling psychological thriller from Michael Haneke - one of cinema's most daring original and controversial directors - stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges, a television presenter who...

Julien (Jerzy Radziwilowicz), a mature, unmarried watchmaker, meets the young, beautiful and vulnerable Marie (Emmanuelle Beart). The intense love sparked off between the two, leads them to...

A man leaves Mexico city for the remote countryside where he intends to end his life. There he finds lodging with an old Indian woman, Ascen, in her ramshackle home overlooking a desolate canyon....

Beautifully crafted by acclaimed director Gianni Amelio, The Keys to the House is a compassionate exploration of fatherhood and the often surprising nature of disability. The story follows...

A woman, seemingly normal and assured, conceals a massive amount of personal neuroses. The more we get to know her, the more we realise she has no idea of who she truly is - but then do any of us?

Following the death of his wife and loss of his job, a Russian engineer sets off from Moscow with his 11-year-old son for his sister’s house, in the Black Sea resort of Koktebel. With no money...

Bresson's classic film, adapted from a story by Tolstoy, tells of the tragic chain of events which ensue when two schoolboys pass a forged banknote in a photography shop. The note is transferred...

Jacques Rivette's award-winning, critically acclaimed film stars Michel Piccoli in one of his finest performances as an artist who, ten years previously, abandoned his masterpiece entitled 'La...

Lucrecia Martel's outstanding new film is an enegmatic and absorbing tale about the temptation of good and the evil it causes. Sixteen year old schoolgirl Amalia (Maria Alché) lives with her...

An unforgettable celebration of love, loss and new beginnings, Les Chansons d'Amour is a fantastic tribute to the French New Wave classic The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Ismael finds himself at the...

The riotous new film from Emir Kusturica, the award winning director of Black Cat White Cat and Underground, is an irresistible blend of bawdy humour and love story, set against the turbulent...

Two children from different ends of the social spectrum become friends and witness the events that unfold in Chile under Pinochet.

Ousmane Sembene's heart-rending drama, an examination of the effects on 6 young Senegalese girls in a clash between entrenched cultural and religious tradition and modern secular society over the...

Sally Potter's dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel is the tale of the apparently immortal Orlando, who begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I as a...

On the hottest day of the year Antoine and Helene hit the road, destined for the south of France. The oppressive heat and traffic gridlock take their toll on Antoine's frazzled nerves and, as he...

In their first film since the Palme d'Or-winning 'Rosetta', brothers Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne present a subtle and disquieting study of a man whose life has been devastated by tragedy. Olivier...

In their first film since the Palme d'Or winning 'Rosetta', brothers Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne present a subtle and disquieting study of a man whose life has been devastated by tragedy. Olivier...

From the director of Russian Ark comes this mesmerising and controversial look at Emperor Hirohito's last days before his country's surrender to the Allied forces.

Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's film is a philosophical tale of a man so tired of life that he wants to commit suicide. Cruising...

In the twilight of his life, Jean-Baptiste, a painter who has always lived in Paris, says he wants to be buried in Limoges. So begins a sad, wild, and marvellous journey which unites all the...

Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy, which explores the French Revolutionary ideals of Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood, are landmarks of world cinema. 'Three Colours Blue' was an...

The third and final part of Kieslowski's outstanding trilogy has been acclaimed as his masterpiece. Immaculately played by an extraordinary cast, Red masterfully plays on Kieslowski's...

'Three Colours White', a very funny and ironic black comedy, is the second in Krzysztof Kieslowski's acclaimed trilogy based on the ideals of the French Revolution. Karol (Zamachowski), a...

French cinema master Robert Bresson brings his trademark cinematic minimalism to this powerful re-telling of the story of Joan of Arc. Adapted from historical records of the trial and featuring a...

The Weeping Meadow is the first film in Theo Angelopoulos' 'Trilogy', that tells of the fate of the Greek people through the relationship between two refugees - a relationship that spans the 20th...

Based on true events, veteran French filmmaker Eric Rohmer presents a compelling tale of intrigue set against the political turmoil of pre-World War 2 Europe. With Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany...

When happily married English lecturer, Marie, loses her husband - vanished without trace whilst swimming in the sea - she carries on her with her life as if he were still alive. An honest...

Pialat's stunningly beautiful portrait of Van Gogh's last days - widely acclaimed as the best film about the artist ever made - stars Jaques Dutronc, whose powerful performance earned him a Cesar...

A compelling documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which filmmaker Simone Bitton documents the construction of the massive separation barrier that is destroying one of the most...

A wry and comic look at the shifting power in sexual relationships, François Ozon's film is adapted from a play written but never staged by the celebrated German filmmaker Rainer Werner...

Dorky Dawn Weiner, New Jersey seventh-grader, couldn't get a break if you sent it FedEx. Sometimes hated, often reviled, seldom understood, Dawn tries in vain to put on a happy face as she...

On the return of his long lost brother, Jacobo is desperate to prove that his life has amounted to something. Turning to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, he asks her to pose as his wife...

Experience the excitement of Takeshi Kitano's thrilling action adventure with this special collector's edition box set. "Beat" Takeshi stars as the blind swordsman Zatoichi, who must defend the...