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Yella
(2007) [M]

Yella is an East German businesswoman whose life is ruled by her explosive relationship with her ex-husband. In a bid to escape his haunting presence, Yella searches for a job in the West.

With the help of Philipp, a handsome venture capitalist, Yella rekindles her passion for...  More

After Him
(2007) [M]

Camille (Catherine Deneuve), a divorced owner of a bookshop, is the loving mother of 20 year-old Mathieu. Vivacious and independent, Camille's life is shaken to the very core after Mathieu is killed in a car crash, a horrible accident which occurred at the hand of Mathieu's best friend, Franck....  More

Martha (Fassbinder on Melodrama)
(1974) [M]

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, drew much of his inspiration from the work of his idol, the German-born king of Hollywood melodrama, Douglas Sirk. Each of these three films is centred on a woman who is under pressure from those around her to conform, and...  More

Fear of Fear (Fassbinder on Melodrama)
[M]

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, drew much of his inspiration from the work of his idol, the German-born king of Hollywood melodrama, Douglas Sirk. Each of these three films is centred on a woman who is under pressure from those around her to conform, and...  More

The American Soldier (RW Fassbinder: The Gangster Films)
(1970) [R]

Three of RW Fassbinder's early works united together in a single release. Each reworking the gangster noir genre, a la the French New Wave, these three Fassbinder films are some of the most interesting and intriguing of the New German Cinema movement. The loose trilogy of Love is Colder Than...  More

The Merchant of Four Seasons
(1972) [MA]

Hans is a born loser. After returning from a year in the Foreign Legion, his aspirations of becoming an engineer cave in to his reality as a humble street fruit peddler, a career choice which upsets both his domineering wife and his middle-class family. Due to his family's lack of respect and...  More

Son of a Lion
(2007) [PG]

In the tribal areas of Pakistan lies a town where the local industry is the handcrafting of firearms. It has been this way since long before the "War on Terror". Eleven-year-old Niaz Alfridi works with his father Sher Alam, learning how to make and test weapons. Sher Alam expects his only son to...  More

Shotgun Stories
(2007) [M]

Son Hayes never speaks of the scars on his back. The shotgun pellets left under his skin are a sporadic pattern of blue-black dots. The men he works with take bets on how he got them, but his brothers, Boy and Kid Hayes, don?t discuss it. His past, just like these scars, is never far behind him....  More

Restraint
(2008) [M]

Two fugitive lovers seek refuge in an abandoned mansion after a series of brutal crimes have been committed. However what they believe is a deserted estate actually belongs to a rich agoraphobic, an eccentric loner who becomes their hostage - or is it the other way around? As time passes, the...  More

Monkey Puzzle
(2008) [M]

Monkey Puzzle follows five intrepid twenty-somethings who set off on an adventure into New South Wales' Blue Mountains in search of the world's rarest tree, the wollemi pine or 'monkey puzzle' tree.

After abseiling down into the rainforest gorges, a series of mishaps delay their...  More