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Early Summer
(1951) [G]

The Mamiya family are seeking a husband for their daughter, Noriko. But Noriko, played by the extraordinary Setsuko Hara, is a modern woman and has ideas of her own. She is not particularly enthusiastic about marrying—even mocking her married friends—but, when her brother proposes a potential...  More

Juno and the Paycock
(1930) [PG]

Set during the Irish Revolution, a family discover that a significant amount of money will be coming their way. As they start living the rich life, however, their world comes crushing down when they realise that they will not in fact receive the inheritance.  More

La Commare Secca
(1962) [PG]

A prostitute is murdered by night in a Roman park. One by one the police interview the men who were in vicinity at the time-a petty thief, a hen-pecked pimp, a soldier on leave, a waiter and a pair of awkward lads keen to impress their girlfiends. As each gives his version of events, the story of...  More

La Notte (The Night)
(1962) [PG]

LA NOTTE, one of a trilogy of films by Michaelangelo Antonioni that also includes L'AVVENTURA and L'ECLISSE, is a stand-out classic in the New Wave genre. Exploring the ennui of the Italian aristocracy, through a story of failing marriage and the rise of industrialization, LA NOTTE draws a...  More

Fury
(1936) [M]

Based on the story "Mob Rule" by Norman Krasna. Joe Wilson and Katherine Grant are in love, but he doesn't have enough money for them to get married. So Katherine moves across the country to make money. Through the course of the movie, Fritz Lang shows us how a decent and once civilized man can...  More

The Quiet Duel
(1949) [PG]

While operating on a patient during the war, army surgeon Fujisaki (Toshiro Mifune) contracts syphilis, a disease virtually incurable in 1940s Japan. Returning to the Tokyo hospital run by his obstetrician father (Takashi Shimura), he agonises over the threat the disease poses to his impending...  More

The Lower Depths
(1957) [M]

Based on Gorky's 1902 play, master director Kurosawa translates the drama from a Russian dosshouse to an Edo-era Japanese slum without losing the potency of this profile of material and spiritual poverty. Populating this underworld is social detritus-a thief, artisan, prostitute and their...  More

Going My way
(1944)

Going My Way is a heartwarming and original film that captured seven Oscars including Best Actor (Big Crosby), Best Picture and Best Director. When young Father O'Malley (Crosby) arrives to join the congregation at an old established church, things get complicated. St Dominic's Crusty old Father...  More

These Three (The Children's Hour)
(1936) [G]

This first film version of Lillian Hellman's play "The Children's Hour" uses a heterosexual triangle rather than the play's lesbian theme. The plot concerns schoolteachers Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, both of whom are in love with Dr. Joe Cardin. The malicious lie of one of their students...  More

The Woman Suffers (Silent)
(1918) [G]

This 1918 Australian feature is one of the most significant surviving treasures of a silent film heritage which is now largely extinct. The story takes the concept of primitive justice - an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth - and extends it to a sister for a sister. Ralph Manton discovers...  More