Ivan The Terrible: Part 1 (New digital restoration) (2 disc set)
(1944) [PG]

Sergei Eisenstein's operatic saga of the 16th-century Russian hero Czar Ivan IV is given a charismatic performance by Nikolai Cherkasov and a brilliant score by Sergei Prokofiev. Part One deals with Czar Ivan's beginnings as the ruler of Russia, Ivan's coronation, and his marriage to Anastasia...  More

Ballet Russes
(2005) [G]

A dazzlingly entrancing ode to the revolutionary twentieth-century dance troupe known as the Ballets Russes. What began as a group of Russian refugees and became two rival dance troupes who fought the infamous ‘ballet battles’ that consumed London society before World War II. Ballets Russes...  More

The World's Fastest Indian
(2005) [PG]

Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Munro, a man who never let the dreams of youth fade. Set in the late 1960's, after a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian Motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world, Invercargill, New Zealand, to clock his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah....  More

The Kieslowski Collection, Disc 5 : I'm So So
(1995) [M]

This Danish documentary surveys the life of Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski. He is best known for his Three Colors Trilogy that is comprised of the films Blue, White and Red. In conversations filmed just a few months before his death, documentary director Krzysztof Wierzbicki attempts to...  More

Fellini's Magic (The Magic of Fellini)
(2005) [PG]

Celebrating the Genius of Fellini! This cinematic valentine to the great Federico Fellini features clips from his greatest films, and reminisces about il dirretoro from Fellini’s collaborators and biggest fans, including Anthony Quinn, discussing La Strada, Claudia Cardinale on 8 1/2 and the...  More

Good Night and Good Luck
(2005) [PG]

Written, directed by and starring George Clooney. With impeccable ensemble acting and moody jazz riffs for a soundtrack, "Good Night, and Good Luck." provides a snapshot of the moment in history in which a major American television personality named Edward R. Murrow took on the malevolent power...  More

The Killing of Angel Street
(1981) [MA]

Inspired by the controversial events surrounding the death of Greens activist Juanita Neilsen and her fight to save homes from destruction by property developers in Sydney’s Kings Cross in the early 1970s.Jessica Simmonds (Liz Alexander) returns home from London and is shocked to find the...  More

Domino
(2005) [MA]

The daughter of respected actor and matinee idol Lawrence Harvey and model turned socialite Sophie Wynn (Jacqueline Bisset), Domino Harvey (Keira Knightly) was born into a life of wealth and privilege – a lifestyle that did not interest her. Even from her earliest years, Domino rebelled against...  More

Mangal Pandey (The Rising)
(2005) [M]

India, 1857. British Colonial rulers are plundering the country for all its worth, treating the locals unjustly and causing widespread resentment. Worst of all they are using the Indians as sepoys, the infantry of the army, to control and regulate the population. After a hundred years of...  More

Bang-Rajan (2 disc set)
(2000) [MA]

Inspired by an amazing true story from the Siamese War, Bang Rajan is an epic cinematic masterpiece, which celebrates the legendary courage, sacrifice and ingenuity of a single group of village warriors who stood up to the imperial might of the invading Burmese army in 1765. Simultaneously heart...  More

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
(2005) [M]

Based on a true story – the case of Michel is well known among those who study exorcisms. In 1976, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of an 19-year-old German college freshman. During her exorcism, the young woman died, and the priest stood trial for causing her...  More

Modigliani
(2004) [M]

A gifted artist wages a personal war against his demons as well as a world that refuses to accept his creative vision in this biographical drama based on the true story of Amedeo Modigliani. Modigliani (Andy Garcia) was an Italian Jew who was living in Paris in the 1910s, when the city's bohemian...  More

Cinderella Man
(2005) [M]

During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock--a.k.a. the Cinderella Man--was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the...  More

Lords of Dogtown
(2004) [M]

When three young friends Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta and Jay Adams started trying out new skateboard tricks in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting neighbours they had no idea they were creating moves that would take the extreme sports world by storm and become the basis for the whole skate...  More

The Sea Inside
(2004) [M]

Alejandro Amenabar's The Sea Inside won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2005. Former ship's mechanic Ramon Sampedro (Javier Bardem) has been paralysed and bedridden for thirty years. Tenderly cared for by his family, Ramon remains upbeat; yet his sole wish has been to bring his life to...  More

Helter Skelter
(2004) [MA]

How did it happen? How did young people who had so much right going for them turn out so wrong? How could they become willing participants in a murder spree that still shocks the nation? Based on the book co-written by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi (also the source for a 1976 film centered on the...  More

I Can Jump Puddles: (Disc 1 of 3)
(1981) [PG]

The autobiography of Alan Marshall who was struck down by Polio as a child and fought to overcome the crippling effects of the disease. It traces his life from childhood into early adulthood. Based upon his trilogy of autobiographical books I Can Jump Puddles, This Is The Grass and How Beautiful...  More

Alexander
(2004) [MA]

Oliver Stone's Alexander is based on the true story of one of history's most luminous and influential leaders, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) - a man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of 27. Alexander led his virtually invincible Greek and Macedonian armies through 22,000...  More

Mario Bava : Maestro of the Macabre
(2000) [MA]

Superb introduction to "the Italian Hitchcock" Mario Bava, a strong contender for the most underrated director of all time!  More

My Best Fiend
(1999) [PG]

In the 1950s, when Werner Herzog was 13, he was sharing an apartment with Klaus Kinski, an ego-maniacal live-wire. In an unabated, 48 hour fit of rage, Kinski destroyed every piece of furniture in sight. From this chaos, a beautiful albeit volatile partnership was born. In 1972, Herzog cast...  More

Luther
(1973) [PG]

This adaptation of John Osborne's Luther was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Stacy Keach stars as Martin Luther, the German priest who, during the 16th...  More

The Outlaw / Mad Wednesday / Howard Hughes: The Great Aviator (Doco) / (2 disc set )
(2004) [PG]

Includes the full length Hughes films, The Outlaw, which made Jane Russell a star and The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (Mad Wednesday) starring the comedic genius, Harold Lloyd. As a young man, Howard Hughes was unstoppable. His wealth, power and ambition attracted business associates. His...  More

Madame Sata
(2002) [MA]

Born to slaves in the arid wasteland of Northern Brazil and sold by his mother at the age of seven, Joao Francisco pursued his freedom on the mean streets of Lapa, Rio de Janeiro. Jet-black, six feet tall, with solid muscle bursting through a silk shirt and tight pants - a cut throat razor in his...  More

Baadasssss!
(2003) [M]

Critics and audiences alike have gotten behind Mario Van Peebles' candid portrait of his father Melvin's struggle as a young, black director during the society-shifting early '70s. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin (played by son Mario) deals with two-faced backers, a rag tag crew,...  More

Bodyline: 3 part TV mini-series (Disc 1 of 3)
(1984) [PG]

Dramatisation of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This...  More

Ray (2 Disc Set)
(2004) [M]

Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) went blind at the age of seven, shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Ray found his calling and his gift at a piano...  More

The Aviator (2 Disc Set)
(2004) [M]

The Aviator tells the story of the emotional life of aviation pioneer, Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) between the late 1920s to the 1940s. During this time, he turned a small fortune into a massive one, was test flying innovative aircraft that he had designed, directing or producing movies...  More

Finding Neverland
(2004) [PG]

In Finding Neverland, Johnny Depp stars as J M Barrie, the author of the classic story, Peter Pan. Set in London in 1904, this is a fictional account of the writer’s creative journey to bring his classic to life. Barrie’s encounter with a recently widowed mother (Kate Winslet) and her four...  More

Kinsey
(2004) [MA]

Academy Award®-winner Bill Condon turns the microscope on Alfred Kinsey in a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What began for Kinsey (Liam Neeson) as a scientific endeavour soon took on an intensely personal relevance - and ultimately an unexpected journey...  More

De-Lovely
(2004) [PG]

"De-lovely" is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through...  More