1560, Peru. In a beautiful poetic opening scene the conquistadors cross an Andes pass, situated between the peaks and the valleys, between conquered land and unexplored forests, between 'heaven' and 'earth', shrouded in mists, they make their way down a narrow path. Aguirre's meglomania grows as around him his comrades mutiny and die in his search for the lost city of El Dorado. Herzog's best film, an unforgetable tour de force. Made before the director himself gave in to meglomania on a later t find out more...

Let's be honest, you either love or hate cinema's infamous enfant terrible, Lars von Trier. Those of you who love him you will find ‘Antichrist' his most entertaining and beautifully orchestrated work to date. Layered, witty and wryly tongue-in-cheek at every turn, ‘Antichrist' is brutal, honest and intelligent in both its observation of human emotion and in its exploration of a life riddled with love, loss and psychosis. Those of you who hate him however (and for newcomers who aren't familiar w find out more...

A very weird little Aussie number, winner of the Grand Jury Special Prize at Venice. Bubby is 35-years-old but has never been outside the squalid flat where he lives incestuously with his grotesque mother... until the day his Pa returns to the nest. Tasteless and disturbing, but compulsive viewing. find out more...

A young woman smuggling marijuana crash-lands her plane in Jamaica, but a local named Countryman rescues her and leads her away from the pursuing authorities. Features a fantastic soundtrack with the likes of Bob Marley 'Natural Mystic', Wally Badarou 'Obeah Man Dub' and Human Cargo with 'Carry Us Beyond'. find out more...

Oscar is a small time drugs dealer and imbiber residing in downtown Tokyo. After he's betrayed and shot his disembodied spirit hangs around viewing his past and the consequences of his premature death, particularly on his friend Alex and sister Linda.
Loved and hated by cinephiles in equal part this overlong work of hallucinatory 'art' is best recommended to those who know what they're letting themselves in for. find out more...

Brilliant Monty Python skit on the life of Christ which also takes a few swipes at the sectarian nature of British left wing political parties. Brian never wanted to be a messiah but fame is thrust upon him. Caused a huge outcry when it was released. Still banned in the Republic of Ireland!! find out more...

A 'Leatherface' type murderer who wears other people's faces, kills at an all-night horror-thon at an old theatre put on by a bunch of film students. Maggie, the lead character, believes it's really Lanyard Gates, a crazed film maker who killed his family live on stage fifteen years ago. And now he's back to kill his daughter, Sara, who is believed to really be Maggie. 

 

Superlative horror that blends great diy special effects, cinephilia and frights with aplomb. AN find out more...

A Trenchtown variant on Robin Hood with Rasta drummer Horsemouth taking on the local minor league Mafia - but that's not what this cult Jamaican classic's about. It's Rastas, ganja and reggae, and it's still cool after all these years. With a soundtrack including Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Third World, Jacob Miller and The Inner Circle, The Heptones, Gregory Isaacs, Junior Murvin and the Abyssinians. find out more...

A genre defying little oddity from writer/director Mitchell Lichtenstein that follows the story of Dawn, the teenage spokesperson of a high school chastity league, whose burgeoning sexuality reveals a unique (and voracious!) anatomical anomaly. find out more...

A puritanical Scots detective goes to a Western Scottish island to investigate the alleged disappearance of a young schoolgirl. An outsider in a pagan Celtic world he gradually begins to uncover a web of medieval superstition and pagan worship. A highly recommended gothic horror film. Give it a go !!!!!! find out more...