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Interstellar
2014 168mins USA (12A) Science Fiction
Directed by Christopher Nolan Starring Jessica Chastain, Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway

In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is ...

Magnolia
1999 188mins USA (18) Drama
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Tom Cruise, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Robards, William H. Macy

An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

A Clockwork Orange
1971 136mins UK, USA (18) Sci-Fi / Horror
Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates

In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

EL TOPO
1970 125mins Mexico (18) Mind F**k
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky Starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.

Amarcord
1973 123mins Italy, France (15) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Federico Fellini Starring Bruno Zanin, Magali Noël, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia

In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing ...

The Tree of Life
2011 139mins USA (12A) Family/Drama
Directed by Terrence Malick Starring Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt

In this highly philosophical film by acclaimed director Terrence Malick, young Jack is one of three brothers growing up as part of the O'Brien family in small-town Texas. Jack ...

White Material
2009 106mins France (15) Drama
Directed by Claire Denis Starring Isabelle Huppert, Christophe Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach de Bankolé

Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life.

THE TRUMAN SHOW
1998 103mins USA (PG) Documentary
Directed by Peter Weir Starring Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney

He doesn't know it, but everything in Truman Burbank's (Jim Carrey) life is part of a massive TV set. Executive producer Christof (Ed Harris) orchestrates "The Truman Show," a ...

AMELIE (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
2001 123mins France (15) Comedy
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet Starring Mathieu Kassovitz, Audrey Tautou, Rufus

Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds ...

LE CERCLE ROUGE
1970 140mins Italy, France (PG) Crime
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Starring Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè

After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.

MARIE ANTOINETTE
2006 123mins USA (12A) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Sofia Coppola Starring Jason Schwartzman, Kirsten Dunst, Rip Torn

An Austrian teenager marries the Dauphin of France and becomes that country's queen following the death of King Louis XV in 1774. Years later, after a life of luxury and ...

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
1966 180mins West Germany, Germany, Italy, USA, Spain (15) Western
Directed by Sergio Leone Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search ...

Paris nous appartient
1961 141mins France (12) Drama
Directed by Jacques Rivette Starring Betty Schneider, Giani Esposito, Françoise Prévost

2001 : A Space Odyssey
1968 170mins USA, UK (U) Science Fiction
Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

Warner Bros. Pictures present an ‘unrestored’ 70mm print of the director’s groundbreaking science fiction epic!


"For the first time since the original release, this 70mm ...

Clerks
1994 92mins USA (18) Comedy
Directed by Kevin Smith Starring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti

Dante (Brian O'Halloran) is called in to cover a shift at his New Jersey convenience store on his day off. His friend Randal (Jeff Anderson) helps him pass the time, ...

Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]
1953 135mins Japan (U) Drama
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu Starring Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, a doctor, and their ...

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Wo hu cang long)
2000 120mins USA, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan (12) Action/Adventure
Directed by Ang Lee Starring Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

LE SAMOURAI
1967 105mins Italy, France (PG) Crime
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Michel Boisrond

After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.

Barry Lyndon
1975 185mins UK, USA (12A) Family/Drama
Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Ryan O'Neal, Patrick Magee, Marisa Berenson

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.

Man Bites Dog
1992 95mins Belgium (18) Crime/Comedy
Directed by Rémy Belvaux|André Bonze|Benoit Poelvoorde Starring Benoit Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert, Jenny Drye, Malou Madou, Willy Vandenbroeck

The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active ...

BLUE VELVET
1986 121mins USA (18) Neo Noir
Directed by David Lynch Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini

Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him toward a disturbed nightclub ...

TAXI DRIVER
1976 113mins USA (18) Crime
Directed by Martin Scorsese Starring Robert De Niro, Albert Brooks, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from ...

UNDER THE SKIN (1997)
1997 82mins UK (18) Drama
Directed by Carine Adler Starring Samantha Morton, Stuart Townsend, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham, Christine Tremarco

Iris is devastated when her mother dies, and her grief becomes emotionally harmful and self-destructive. She leaves her steady boyfriend, moves into a bedsit, begins to have ...

HULK
2002 138mins USA (12) Action
Directed by Ang Lee Starring Sam Elliott, Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Josh Lucas, Paul Kersey, Cara Buono

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he ...

BRINGING OUT THE DEAD
1999 120mins USA (18) Drama
Directed by Martin Scorsese Starring Patricia Arquette, Nicolas Cage, John Goodman

Haunted by the patients he failed to save, a monumentally burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three increasingly turbulent nights.

Celine and Julie Go Boating [Céline et Julie vont en bateau]
1974 190mins France (12A) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Jacques Rivette Starring Juliet Berto, Bulle Ogier, Dominique Labourier

A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality. An ...

The Godfather
1972 175mins USA (15) Film
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard Castellano

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family ...

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
2015 134mins USA (15) Romance/Drama
Directed by Ang Lee Starring Michelle Williams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Anne Hathaway, Linda Cardellini, Randy Quaid, Anna Faris

Rodeo cowboy Jack and ranch hand Ennis are hired as sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, they spark a physical relationship. Though Ennis marries his ...

THE BEFORE TRILOGY
1995 291mins USA (15) Movie Marathons
Directed by Richard Linklater Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy

The cornerstone of director Richard Linklater's career long exploration of cinematic time, this celebrated three-part romance captures a relationship as it begins, begins ...

AMERICAN PSYCHO
2000 101mins Canada, USA (18) Horror
Directed by Mary Harron Starring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Chloe Sevigny

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous ...

Lawrence of Arabia
1962 240mins UK (PG) Epic
Directed by David Lean Starring Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness

A young, idealistic British officer in WWI, T.E. Lawrence is assigned to the camp of Prince Feisal, an Arab tribal chieftain and leader in the ongoing revolt against the ...

PERSONA
1966 85mins Sweden (15) Romance/Drama
Directed by Ingmar Bergman Starring Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook

CITIZEN KANE
1941 120mins USA (U) Film
Directed by Orson Welles Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

The Godfather : Part II
1974 212mins USA (15) Film
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire

The compelling sequel to "The Godfather," contrasting the life of Corleone father and son. Traces the problems of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in 1958 and that of a young ...

ACE VENTURA : WHEN NATURE CALLS
1995 92mins USA (PG) Comedy
Directed by Steve Oedekerk Starring Jim Carrey, Simon Callow, Ian McNeice

Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. ...

Moulin Rouge!
2001 128mins Australia, USA (12A) Musical
Directed by Baz Luhrmann Starring Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald, Jacek Koman, Matthew Whittet

A young Englishman in the Paris of 1899, becomes infatuated with Satine, a singer at the Moulin Rouge. However, she has been promised by the manager to a Duke in return for ...

TRUE STORIES
1986 90mins USA (PG) Musical / Comedy
Directed by David Byrne Starring David Byrne, John Goodman, Annie McEnroe

Talking Heads singer David Byrne plays host to this bizarre patchwork of tabloid-inspired tales, set in the fictional town of Virgil, Texas. Cruising the streets in his ...

THE STRAIGHT STORY
1999 112mins France, USA, UK (U) Drama
Directed by David Lynch Starring Sissy Spacek, Richard Farnsworth, Jane Galloway Heitz

IN LIFE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER?

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) learns one day that his distant brother Lyle ...

MULHOLLAND DR.
2001 147mins France, USA (15) Neo Noir
Directed by David Lynch Starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux

BEWARE WHAT YOU DREAM FOR...

A woman in search of stardom. A woman in search of herself - in the city of dreams. A key to a mystery lies somewhere on Mulholland Drive.