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In The Mood For Love
2000 98mins Hong Kong (PG) Romance
Directed by Wong Kar Wai Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Tony Leung, Lai Chen, Paulyn Sun

In Hong Kong of 1962, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow, a journalist, move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about ...

I Am Cuba [Soy Cuba]
1964 141mins Cuba, Soviet Union (PG) Political / Drama
Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov Starring Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo

Mikhail Kalatozov’s astonishing Soy Cuba is a stirring and unforgettable experience. Blessed with some of the most extraordinary camerawork in film history, it’s still pushing ...

Solaris (1972)
1972 167mins Soviet Union (12A) Science Fiction
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky Starring Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

Cure
1997 111mins Japan (15) Horror
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Starring Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances are sweeping Tokyo.

Seven Samurai [Shichinin no samurai]
1954 207mins Japan (PG) Western
Directed by Akira Kurosawa Starring Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Toshi, Keiko Tsushima

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

La Haine
1995 98mins France (15) Crime
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui

Hatred breeds hatred...

24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.

The Worst Person in the World
2022 128mins France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark (15) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Joachim Trier Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum

On the verge of turning thirty, Julie is faced with a series of choices that force her to pursue new perspectives on her life in contemporary Oslo. Over the course of four ...

Yi Yi
2000 173mins Taiwan (15) Drama
Directed by Edward Yang Starring Wu Nien-jen, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Hsi-Sheng Chen, Su-Yun Ko, Lawrence Ko

The extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi (A One and a Two . . .), directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the ...

Pulse [Kairo]
2001 119mins Japan (15) Supernatural / Horror
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Starring Haruhiko Katô, Koyuki , Kumiko Asô

After college student Taguchi (Kenji Mizuhashi) commits suicide, a number of young adults living in Tokyo witness terrifying visions transferred across the Internet. As more ...

As Tears Go By
1988 98mins Hong Kong (18) Romance
Directed by Wong Kar Wai Starring Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung

A low-level triad "big brother" has a hot-tempered "little brother" who can't keep out of trouble, and consequently is in constant need of being bailed out by his protector. ...

A Brighter Summer Day
1991 237mins Taiwan (15) Film
Directed by Edward Yang Starring Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Elaine Jin, Chang Kuo-Chu, Wang Chuan, Chang Han

Among the most praised and sought-after titles in all contemporary film, this singular masterpiece of Taiwanese cinema, directed by Edward Yang is finally available for US ...

Tampopo
1985 114mins Japan (15) Film
Directed by Jûzô Itami Starring Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto

The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle-shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe, this rapturous “ramen western” by Japanese ...

Le Samourai
1967 105mins France, Italy (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.

Playtime
1967 123mins Italy, France (U) Comedy Genius
Directed by Jacques Tati Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden

Clumsy Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon ...

A Prophet
2008 155mins (18) Crime / Thriller
Directed by Jacques Audiard Starring Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than ...

A Confucian Confusion
1994 125mins Taiwan (18) Comedy
Directed by Edward Yang Starring Chen Shiang-chyi, Chen Yi-wen, Danny Deng

Art versus commerce, friendship versus status, independence versus conformity—values clash and collide in Edward Yang's study of an increasingly Westernized country heading ...

Enter The Dragon [Uncut]
1973 98mins Hong Kong, USA (15) Film
Directed by Robert Clouse Starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly

Sent to an exotic island by his government, a spy (Lee) competes in a deadly tournament by day and infiltrates a ruthless crime lord's illegal drug operation by night. With ...

The Panther Women
87mins (12) Horror
Directed by René Cardona Starring Ariadna Welter, Elizabeth Campbell, Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele'

The Panther women are worshipers of Satan and perform rituals in their honor and sacrifice.  The fighters will face them up and down the ring.

​​​​​​​Screening as part of ...

Ran
1985 160mins Japan (12A) War
Directed by Akira Kurosawa Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu

At the age of seventy, after years of consolidating his empire, the Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to abdicate and divide his domain amongst his three ...

Kwaidan
1964 183mins (15) Horror
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Starring Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Rentaro Mikuni

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man ...

Mahjong
1996 121mins Taiwan (18) Crime/Comedy
Directed by Edward Yang Starring Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen, Chang Chen, Tang Tsung Sheng

Edward Yang's penultimate film is an acerbic, sprawling tragicomedy, a poison love letter to Taipei as a rising cosmopolis of big money, big dreams, and big cons. Once more ...

Stalker
1979 161mins Soviet Union (PG) Film
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky Starring Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

In an unnamed country at an unspecified time, there is a fiercely protected post-apocalyptic wasteland known as The Zone. An illegal guide (Aleksandr Kajdanovsky), whose ...

The Bat Woman
80mins (PG) Horror / Action
Directed by René Cardona Starring Maura Monti, Roberto Cañedo, Héctor Godoy

When a mad scientist begins kidnapping wrestlers and extracting their spinal fluid to create a race of Gill Men, two cops call in Batwoman to investigate. But when her mission ...

Memories of Murder [Salinui chueok]
2003 132mins South Korea (15) Film
Directed by Bong Joon Ho Starring Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim

In 1986, Park (Song Kang-ho) and Cho (Kim Roi-ha) are two simple-minded detectives assigned to a double murder investigation in a South Korean province. But when the murderer ...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
1966 180mins USA, Spain, West Germany, Italy, Germany (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 ...

Salo, Or The 120 Days of Sodom
1975 117mins France, Italy (18) Arthouse Horror
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto, Elsa De Giorgi

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

The Holy Mountain
1973 115mins Mexico (18) Mind F**k
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky Starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders

In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.

Harakiri
1962 135mins (15) Drama
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a ...

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 ...

City of God
2002 130mins Brazil (18) Crime
Directed by Fernando Meirelles|Kátia Lund Starring Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket (Phellipe Haagensen) is a budding photographer who documents the ...

Breathless [À bout de souffle]
1960 90mins France (12A) Film
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger

Petty thug Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) considers himself a suave bad guy in the manner of Humphrey Bogart, but panics and impulsively kills a policeman while driving a stolen ...

Beau Travail
1999 93mins France (15) Drama
Directed by Claire Denis Starring Denis Lavant, Gregoire Colin, Michel Subor

Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival ...