Shoot the Piano Player
(1959) [PG]

Francois Truffaut's second feature is the tender but tragic story of a man embroiled in past betrayals. Charlie, a once-renowned concert pianist, is unable to forgive or forget his former wife’s infidelity and now plays background music in a run-down bar. Having rejected the love of a waitress,...  More

Le Testament D'Orphee
(1960) [PG]

The third and concluding episode of surrealist Jean Cocteau's renowned Orphic trilogy is a panegyric to life as an artist. Returning to the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Cocteau looks back over his career as a poet, painter, playwright, novelist, designer and filmmaker, and at the...  More

Ararat
(2002) [MA]

Directed by Atom Egoyan, Ararat explores how history, both personal and political, can inpsire a legacy of uncertainty and insecurity. Seamlessly shifting through time, Egoyan's film examines the quest for personal, sexual and cultural identity through the intimate moments shared by lovers,...  More

The Blockhouse
(1973) [PG]

A group of slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of the light parallels their increasing boredom,...  More