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Ossessione (PG) 1943
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Restless wife Giovanna meets Gino, a rough and handsome drifter. Their passionate affair leads to the murder of Giovanna’s boorish husband. Adapted from James M Cain’s novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, a suggestion made to Visconti by Jean Renoir, Ossessione is an electrifying tale of the seduct...
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Lars and the Real Girl (PG) 2008
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The search for true love begins outside the box. Written by Six Feet Under scribe Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl is a heartfelt comedy starring Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom, an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and ...
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Zhou Yu's Train (M) 2002
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Twice a week Zhou Yu (Gong Li from 2046 and The Emperor and the Assassin), a beautiful artisan, takes a train to a far away town where she indulges in a torrid affair with Chen (Tony Leung Ka-Fai from 20/30/40 ), her poet lover. United by their intense passion for each other, their romantic id...
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Factory Girl (MA15+) 2006
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A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 and heads to New York to become Holly Golightly.
When she meets a hungry young artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova she explodes on the New York scene only to ...
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Facing Windows (Finestra di Fronte, La) (M) 2003
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A young working-class wife and mother, Giovanna, has no time for the senile elderly man her husband has rescued from the streets. But as she uncovers the stranger's secrets, it unlocks a freedom within her heart that she never expected; a freedom that will lead her to the arms of a neighbor she secr...
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Love on the Run (M) 1979
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1979 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear - Francois Truffaut In Truffaut's fifth and final film of his semi-autobiographical "Antoine Doinel" series, we see Doinel in his 30's and newly divorced. Still ambivalent about relationships, the wrath of Doinel's mother forces him to confront his insecu...
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Facing Windows (Finestra di Fronte, La) (M) 2003
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A young working-class wife and mother, Giovanna, has no time for the senile elderly man her husband has rescued from the streets. But as she uncovers the stranger's secrets, it unlocks a freedom within her heart that she never expected; a freedom that will lead her to the arms of a neighbor she secr...
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Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le Pianiste) (PG) 1960
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François Truffaut's second feature is the tender but tragic story of a man embroiled in past betrayals. Charlie, a once-renowned concert pianist, is unable to forgive or forget his former wife’s infidelity and now plays background music in a run-down bar. Having rejected the love of a waitress, his ...
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Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le Pianiste) (PG) 1960
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François Truffaut's second feature is the tender but tragic story of a man embroiled in past betrayals. Charlie, a once-renowned concert pianist, is unable to forgive or forget his former wife’s infidelity and now plays background music in a run-down bar. Having rejected the love of a waitress, his ...
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Story of Marie and Julien (M) 2003
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Jacques Rivette’s latest masterpiece Story Of Marie And Julien, creates a brooding, melancholic atmosphere within a sublime, enrapturing narrative to tell the story of Julien, a reclusive antique clock restorer and the beautiful, enigmatic Marie, with whom he once shared an intense, passionate love ...
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Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le Pianiste) (PG) 1960
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François Truffaut's second feature is the tender but tragic story of a man embroiled in past betrayals. Charlie, a once-renowned concert pianist, is unable to forgive or forget his former wife’s infidelity and now plays background music in a run-down bar. Having rejected the love of a waitress, his ...
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Away From Her (M) 2007
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Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. Now, in the oncoming twilight of their years, they are forced to face the fact that Fiona's "forgetfulness" actually is Alzheimer's Disease. After Fiona wanders away and is found after being lost, they agree she must go i...
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Nathalie (Nathalie X) (MA15+) 2003
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Catherine (Fanny Ardant) is an attractive woman with a great career and a seemingly solid marriage to Bernard (Gérard Depardieu), her husband of 25 years. Their lives seem to be going well until Catherine discovers that Bernard is having an affair. Realising that she does not really know her husband...
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Stroll, The (Progulka) (M) 2003
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Olya steps out of a luxurious car and begins a stroll through the streets of St Petersburg, striking up an acquaintance with Alyosha and, later, best friend Petya. Whilst feeding them increasingly fanciful stories, she plays them against one another as they traverse and explore the beautiful and bus...
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Steal Me (PG) 2005
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Steal Me is a rare independent picture made in a rural setting that captures an authentic feel and rhythmof the locale without self consciousness, awkwardness or sentimentality. Chasing his wayward mother to Montana, fifteen year old Jake finds the picture perfect Tucker family instead who photo sho...
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