The Dancer Upstairs
(2002) [MA]

John Malkovich made an explosive directorial debut with this taut political thriller about an honest man caught in a tantalising web of intrigue, power and passion. Javier Bardem stars as lawyer-turned-policeman Agustin Rej, who must catch the mysterious guerilla leader "Ezequiel" before his...  More

Remember Me
(2003) [M]

Following the phenomenally successful The Last Kiss, Italian director Gabriele Muccino's most recent film offers a blistering assessment of the frustrations of two generations of an Italian middle-class family. Dad (Fabrizio Bentivoglio), a frustrated novelist, takes up with an old flame (Monica...  More

Orchestra Seats (Fauteuils d'orchestre)
(2006) [M]

When Jessica (rising star Cecile de France), decides to leave rural France in favour of the capital, her grandmother's words ring in her ear: "I always loved luxury, but I could not afford to live in it. I decided to work in it." A lovely bubbly young thing, Jessica charms her way into a job at...  More

Private Fears in Public Places (Coeurs)
(2006)

Seven lonely lives in Paris: a middle-aged estate agent who thinks a colleague is sending messages in video tapes she loans him; his co-worker whose Bible is close at hand in times of stress; her late-night charge, who's an angry, nasty bedridden old man; his son, a patient bartender; the...  More

Moliere
(2007) [PG]

Beginning in Paris the 22-year-old Jean Baptiste Poquelin, also known as Moliere, is not yet the writer that history recognises as the father and true master of comic satire. Far from it. He is, in fact, a failed actor.

Director Laurent Tirard roots the story in an intriguing fact...  More