From the 1958 Newport Jazz festival this is truly a gathering of the masters. Free-wheeling be-bop, toe tapping trad' and even a smattering of rock 'n' roll, courtesy of Chuck Berry. If you don't like jazz this could well be the tape that changes your mind. Solid Jackson! find out more...

Against a backdrop of snow and racism in the immediate post-war USA, a young ethnic Japanese is charged with murdering a fellow fisherman off the Pacific coast. By clever use of flashback a tale of love won and lost is revealed. Superb cinematography makes this enigmatic tragedy from the director of "Shine" truly memorable. find out more...

Four friends travel from Sydney for a weekend surfing trip. One is involved in a fight with a local man because he had sex with the man's daughter. The situation progressively grows darker. Everyone has to start somewhere and this was where Mel started. Plot is alright,the acting quality is variable, certainly John Jarrett, Steve Bisley (and Mel) have done better but I found the movie entertaining and watchable - just don't expect much and you won't be disappointed. find out more...

'Shin up that tree Julian and tell us what you can see!', screams Anne, snagging her loose knit cardigan on a gorse bush. 'Let me help with you that, Anne...' whispers George, softly taking Anne's arm, holding it still as she carefully uhooks Anne's caught thread. 'Crikey!' exclaims Dick, as two swarthy proles approach Kirrin Island's rickety pontoon, 'They look like they mean business, Julian. I don't want them to get their dirty, rough hands on our treasure!'. 'No' says Julian slowly, as he ca find out more...

Set during the 1950s Joe is not your average drifter, intelligent, divisive, morally lacking and lusty. When Les hires him to work on his wife's barge, he has no idea what a liability he has invited into his home. The discovery of a girl's body in the water escalates an already tense and sexually charged environment and introduces the possibility of murder. Young Adam is adapted from Alexander Trocchi's beat novel, a powerful and sharply observed story, grimly gripping and finely acted. find out more...