Buena Vista Social Club
(1999) [G]

"The Buena Vista Social Club," guitarist Ry Cooder's celebrated album featuring the recently re-discovered talents of Cuba's foremost folk musicians, sold millions of copies and earned a Grammy Award. Now, Cooder teams up with acclaimed director Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) to reveal the...  More

The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser
(1974) [M]

Herzog's film is based upon the true and mysterious story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to speak or walk, and bearing a strange note; he later explained that he had been held captive in a dungeon of some sort for his entire life that he...  More

Joan Of Arc - The Messenger (1999)
(1999) [MA]

Starring Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway and John Malkovich, director Luc Besson brings us Joan Of Arc - The Messenger, the epic story fo a woman who followed her own path and changed the course of history. In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King...  More

Apollo 13
(1995) [PG]

It had been less than a year since man first walked on the moon, but as far as the American Public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight - until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston we have a problem." Ron Howard directs Academy Award winner Tom...  More

Breaker Morant
(1980) [PG]

Hero or villian? His exploits shook an empire... and made him a legend. South Africa, 1901: The British war against the Boers has deteriorated into bitter guerilla warfare. A unit of the Bushveldt Carbineers made up mainly of Australians is ordered by the British High Command to fight the Boer on...  More

A Man For All Seasons
(1966) [G]

The dazzling international cast featured in director Fred Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons helps bring to life one of the most thrilling dramas of intrigue and courage ever filmed. Adapted from Robert Bolt's play, Robert Shaw plays the lusty King Henry VIII who wants to divorce his wife in order...  More

The Desert Fox
(1951) [PG]

James Mason delivers a strong performance in this fascinating portrait of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. In the early 1940's, Rommel's juggernaut Afrika Korps dominated North Africa. But as the tide turned and he came to the painful realization that his Fuhrer, to whom he hd sworn allegiance, was...  More

Hitler: A Film From Germany (2 tape set)
(1977) [M]

Hitler is represented in a variety of styles including a ventriloquist's dummy and as a Mr Punch with Eva Braun as Judy. A stylised interpretation of history to examine the German psyche and the power of Hitler. No archival footage is used. German dialogue with subtitles.  More

Ivan The Terrible: Part 2 (The Boyar's Plot)
(1946) [PG]

The second part of Sergei Eisenstein's baroque chronicle of the legendary Russian czar was originally planned as a three-part epic. But Eisenstein had battles with Russian censors over the second part of his trilogy, ostensibly because of a negative depiction of Ivan's secret police force (Stalin...  More

Lawrence Of Arabia (2 Disc Set)
(1962) [PG]

An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert, then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The film recalls his life's adventures: as a young intelligence...  More

The Sound Of Music (2 Disc Set)
(1965) [G]

In the ever popular The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews plays Maria, a novice nun who becomes a governess to a widowed Baron's (Christopher Plummer) children. While romance appears to be blooming, the family is faced with more immediate danger, which results in Maria leading their transformation...  More

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969) [M]

One of the most popular screen westerns ever made, this Academy Award winning classic bleeds adventure, romance and comedy to tell the true story of the West's most likeable outlaws. No one is quicker than Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) when it comes to get rich quick schemes, and his sidekick...  More

Braveheart (2-Disc set)
(1995) [MA]

Rousing Hollywood epic about Scottish rebels fighting English oppression. Packed with idyllic scenery and brutally realistic battles. William Wallace (Mel Gibson) sets out to avenge the deaths of his Scottish relatives by raising an army and taking on the might of the English  More

Bandit Queen
(1994) [R]

The story of India's most famous and feared outlaw and how she eventually surrendered to the police. Was she really a dangerous woman who terrorized the ruling caste or an ordinary low caste woman who had been kidnapped by louts? Hindi dialogue with English subtitles.  More

An Angel At My Table
(1990) [M]

Jane Campion's An Angel At My Table is an extraordinarily moving celebration of the life of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. Based on her autobiographical trilogy, the film follows Janet through her poor childhood in the Depression and her growing fascination with literature;...  More

Gandhi
(1982) [M]

Epic and unforgettable, Gandhi swept the 1983 Oscars, winning eight awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Ben Kingsley), Best Screenplay and Best Director for Richard Attenborough. The awe-inspiring story of Mahatma Gandhi, the diminutive lawyer who stood up to the British in India and...  More

Cry Freedom
(1987) [PG]

The unforgettable friendship of two unforgettable men. The tension and terror that is present-day South Africa is powerfully portrayed in director Richard Attenborough's sweeping story of black activist Stephen Biko (Denzel Washington) and a liberal white newspaper editor who risks his own life...  More

Before Night Falls
(2000) [MA]

Julian Schnabel's Before Night Falls spans the whole of the brilliant Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas' life, from his poverty-stricken childhood to his persecution, torture and exile from Fidel Castro's Cuba. It is a vivid portrait of a remarkably talented and responsive man and a piercing account...  More

Escape From Alcatraz
(1979) [M]

Clint Eastwood and director Don (Dirty Harry) Siegel reteamed for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary was only broken once - by three...  More

The Hunter
(1980) [M]

In order to track down bail jumpers, Ralph 'Papa' Thorson goes on a series of routine and not-so-routine searches. Sometimes he takes down his quarry easily. At other times, he's forced to extreme measures which result in the injury or death of a lawbreaker. And then again, there are other...  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

Imagine: John Lennon (2 disc set)
(1972) [M]

Imagine: John Lennon was created with the cooperation of Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and produced by multi-award winning producer David L. Wolper and critically-acclaimed documentarian Andrew Solt (partners on This is Elvis). Backed by a monumental 36-tune sound track, the film draws from a treasure...  More

Reversal Of Fortune
(1990) [M]

Did European aristocrat Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons) try to murder his wife Sunny (Glenn Close) at their luxurious Newport mansion in 1980? Tabloids of the day had their opinions. "You have one thing in your favour," defence attorney Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) told von Bulow. "Everybody hates...  More

Postcards From The Edge
(1990) [M]

Suzanne Yale (Meryl Streep) struggles with her drug addictions as she attempts to build an acting career that doesn't lie in the shadow of a famous show-business mother (Shirley MacLaine) in this wicked comedy adapted by Carrie Fisher from her semi-autobiographical novel.  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

The Childhood Of Maxim Gorky (The Maxim Gorky Trilogy I)
(1938) [PG]

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (Detstvo Gorkovo) was the first of Russian director Mark Donskoi's trilogy based upon Gorky's memoirs. Alexei Lyarsky plays the young Maxim, who grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather,...  More

Picasso: 1881-1973
(1985) [G]

A documentary on the painter's work. Includes archival footage of George Braque, Henri Matisse as well as Pablo Picasso himself. Bob Peck narrates. This appraisal of Picasso's work is directed by acclaimed art film director Didier Baussy with the close cooperation of the Musee Picasso.  More

The Glenn Miller Story
(1953) [G]

It was a time that changed the world. And one man put it to music. Glen Miller is playing his terrific big band hits again in this stunning musical biography. The great Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson star in this vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Miller's rise...  More

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
(1991) [E]

This sparkling documentary lets us see and hear the miracle that was Billie Holiday. Featured are rare TV and movie clips. Along with commentary by a stellar group of jazz instrumentalists and singers who knew her well. Among those recalling Lady Day are the vocalists Carmen McRae and Annie...  More

The Three Of Us
(1984) [PG]

Drama based on the life of fourteen year old musician Amadeus Mozart, as he spends his summer holidays studying for an exam at the Bologna Philharmonic Academy.  More