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Miracle In Milan
(1950) [G]

Vittorio DeSica's follow-up to The Bicycle Thief documents the lives of the poverty-stricken in post-war Italy. Francesco Golisano is Good Toto, an orphan boy who begins living with a cluster of beggars. His organizational efforts bring some structure to the colony and engenders a sense of faint...  More

The Blue Angel
(1930) [PG]

The film that made Marlene Dietrich a star is an icon of Weimar cinema. Filmed simultaneously in German and English, Directors Suite presents both versions in their original, different forms. Dietrich stars as cabaret star Lola Lola, the resident attraction at The Blue Angel. When the upright,...  More

Pandora's Box
(1928) [PG]

G.W. Pabst's film that catapulted Louise Brooks to international acclaim and made her 'the' icon of the Jazz Age tells the tragic story of Lulu, the hedonistic dancer and prostitute. Based on the plays of F. Wedekind. Music by Mahler.  More

Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)
(1958) [PG]

From the moment it first appeared at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959 - where it won the Palme d'Or - it was clear Black Orpheus was a very special film. Adapted from the ancient Greek myth, Orpheus and Eurydice, we are transported to modern day Rio de Janeiro in Camus’ stunning interpretation...  More

The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) - Les Mistons (short feature)
(1959) [PG]

Praised by film-makers (Akira Kurosawa called it "One of the most beautiful films that I have ever seen.") and critics the world over, Truffaut's 400 Blows launched the Nouvelle Vague and paved the way for some of cinema's most important and influential directors. Twelve-year-old Antoine Doinel...  More

La Grande Illusion
(1937) [G]

The setting is World War I where three French Army prisoners of war from widely differing backgrounds, share a common interest in an escape. An internationally acclaimed production which highlights the senselessness of war. French dialogue.  More

The Rules Of The Game (La Regle Du Jeu)
(1939)

Denigrated by the public, vilified by the critics, re-cut at the insistence of its producers, and finally banned by the French government as 'demoralising', La Regle de Jeu was an utter disaster at the time of its original release. Now hailed as one of Renoir's greatest masterpieces it frequently...  More

Orpheus (Orphee)
(1949) [PG]

Cocteau's retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus - the musician whose virtuoso gifts charmed all who heard his music; animals and gods - is among the most breathtaking films ever made. Translated to Paris' Left Bank in the 1950s, Jean Marais' Orpheus is now a renowned poet. To retrieve his dead...  More

Beauty & The Beast (La Belle Et La Bete)
(1946) [PG]

Jean Cocteau's interpretation of the classic fairy tale story of the beautiful young girl who sees the true loneliness of the disfigured beast is much more than a children's story. Illustrating the tale with live-action and fantastic prosthetics for Jean Marais as the Beast, Cocteau's vision is...  More

Caddie
(1976) [M]

Joan Long's screenplay tells of a fiercely independent young mother who when confronted with her husband's infidelity, takes her children and leaves their comfortable middle class surroundings behind, to fend for herself. Without skills, and faced with the responsibility of housing and feeding...  More