Taste of Cherry
(1997) [PG]

A beautiful meditation on life and existence, THE TASTE OF CHERRY follows a day in the life of Badii (Homayoun Ershadi), an affluent middle-aged man who has lost his instinct for living. Surrounded by the bustling vitality of Iranian working life, Badii approaches several people with a request to...  More

Microcosmos
(1996) [G]

Take an incredible journey with Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou through a meadow on an ordinary summer's day. By the use of Macrovision and extraordinary sound we get a bug's eye view of the world in miniature.  More

Crash (1996)
(1996) [R]

The controversial film by David Cronenberg that won the 1996 Won Jury Special Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Advertising executive James Ballard and his wife Catherine lead complex, if hollow sexual lives. However in a near fatal car crash with Dr. Helen Remington, Ballard finds himself being...  More

A Self Made Hero
(1996) [M]

A man who has yet to fight in the war makes a decision to become a hero. French dialogue with subtitles.  More

The Eighth Day
(1996) [PG]

Daniel Auteuil plays Harry, a high-flying executive who is about to come down to earth with a bump. He needs a new lease of life and finds it quite unexpectedly when he stumbles across George, who has Down's syndrome and a lot to teach. With touching comedy, Jaco Van Dormael crafts a...  More

Breaking The Waves
(1996) [R]

Lars Von Trier's challenging Breaking The Waves is set in the early 1970s. A naive young girl, Bess (Emily Watson), living in a small community on the north west of Scotland, falls in love with oil-rig worker and man-of-the-world Jan (Stellan Skarsgard). Despite local opposition they marry and...  More

Secrets And Lies
(1996) [M]

Nominated for 5 Oscars and winner of 3 BAFTA awards, Mike Leigh’s hilarious, bittersweet comedy is an unmissable and moving slice of real life. Secrets and Lies centres around Cynthia, a sad, unmarried mother who works in a factory and lives in a shabby terraced house with a confrontational...  More

Shanghai Triad
(1995) [M]

`Shanghai Triad" may be the last of the collaborations between the Chinese director Zhang Yimou and the gifted actress Gong Li. The story of a gang boss in 1930s Shanghai and his willful, troublesome mistress, it's seen through the eyes of a small boy from the country who loses his innocence in...  More

La Haine (Hate)
(1995) [MA]

La Haine is packed with sharp street humour, intense action and brutally brilliant camera work. Police viciously beat a 16-year-old housing estate kid they are questioning, leaving him almost dead. Responding to violence, teenagers from the estate turn their home into a 24 hour war zone. Among...  More

The Madness Of King George
(1994) [M]

The acclaimed Oscar and BAFTA-winning drama based on Alan Bennett's international stage phenomenon. The year is 1788. George III (Nigel Hawthorne) has been regent for the past thirty years, a kind and benevolent ruler. However, a gradual change is becoming noticeable in his demeanour. Bothered by...  More