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Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
(1991) [PG]

After being captured by Turks during the Crusades, Robin of Locksley and a Moor, Azeem, escape back to England where Azeem vows to remain until he repays Robin for saving his life. Meanwhile, Robin's father has been murdered by the Sheriff of Nottingham and when Robin returns home he vows to...  More

My Mother's Castle (Le Chateau De Ma Mere)
(1990) [G]

Part 2 of the popular French classics based on author Marcel Pagnol's childhood memoirs. In 'La Gloire De Mon Pere' Marcel looks back at a perfect summer spent as a child in a cottage at the foot of the Provence Mountains. In 'Le Chateau De Ma Mere' Marcel remembers his family's trip to the...  More

Vincent And Theo
(1990) [M]

The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.  More

A Room With A View
(1985) [PG]

A Room With A View features an incomparable cast which includes Denholm Elliott, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Daniel Day – Lewis, Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands. A Room With A View tells of Lucy Honeychurch, a beautiful young English girl abroad, whose emotions are rocked when she witnesses...  More

Les Grandes Manoeuvres
(1955) [G]

An army lieutenant takes a bet from his comrades that he can make love to any woman in the town, but the bet backfires on him. French with subtitles.  More

A Passage To India
(1984) [PG]

Oscar-winning story of the social friction between the British and Indian communities, which clash dramatically when an Indian befriended by two visiting English women is accused of raping one during a trip to the remote Marabar caves.  More

Dangerous Liaisons
(1988) [M]

Set in France around 1760-1770. The Marquise de Merteuil needs a favour from her ex-lover, Vicomte de Valmont. One Marquise de Merteuil's ex-lover, Gercourt, is planning on marrying a young, virtuos, woman called Cecile de Volanges. The Marquise would like Valmont to seduce Cecile before her...  More

The Night Heaven Fell
(1957) [PG]

Ursula leaves the convent where she was educated, to start living with her uncle, the count Ribera, and her aunt Florentine. When she arrives, a young man from the village, Lambert, whose sister took her own life, accuses the count of being responsible for his sister's death, for having sexually...  More

Oliver Twist
(1948) [G]

David Lean's atmospheric production remains the definitive version of the Charles Dickens' masterpiece. Orphan Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) is expelled from the work house where he lives by the miserly Mr.Bumble (Francis L.Sullivan) for daring to ask for more. After an unhappy apprenticeship...  More

Chinatown
(1974) [M]

A landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her...  More