The dark, brutal and apocalyptic spawn of the cheesy original 80's TV series is back for its third season, and shows little sign of flagging. There is no letting up on the beleaguered remnants of humanity as they struggle to survive the onslaught of the Cylons and find a way to earth, but they're frequently in as much danger from each other as they are from their robotic nemeses and, as the Cylons discover compassion, so the humans begin to lose it. Occupation; find out more...

The Netherlands towards the end of WWII and Jewess Rachel Stein must abandon her hiding place and make a break for freedom. After escaping the massacre of a boat load of refugees fleeing toward Allied lines, Rachel, alone, bereft and terrified, joins the Resistance and, using her feminine wiles and intelligence, infiltrates the lair of those responsible for her grief. Black Book is a cracking thriller; tense, gripping, and full of irony, Dutch resistance heroes aren't all models of virtue and we find out more...

An excellent black comedy, handsome thriller and a tall story that keeps you guessing as it unwinds. The genuinely ridiculous plot (a man pays a couple of goons to 'pretend' to kidnap his wife in order to get his paws on his in-laws' 'ransom' money) is completely credible as mighty plans fall apart, spiralling ever more beyond the protagonist's control and leaving us marvelling at the complex stupidity of human nature. A modern classic.

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A family reunion is the setting for this dark and inventive film from Denmark. When the eldest son gives a speech for his father, Helge's sixtieth birthday, Helge and the guests are taken aback by what they hear. There's also a missing daughter and a party of revellers keen to pretend the speech never happened! The fantastic cinematography from Lars von Triers as well as the richly textured plot makes this a unique film. Highly recommended. find out more...

When low budget indie Jewish Deep South melodrama ‘Home For Purim' gets the potential Oscar nod the cast and crew, some of them blindly naïve in the glare of the fickle empire that is ‘Hollywood', are swept along by the resulting hype and frenzy. Christopher Guest gets the gang back together for another gently satirical mocumentary side swipe; clever, witty and beautifully performed ‘For Your Consideration' is a typically charming and understated gem from the people who brought you, and for the find out more...

In 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda long simmering resentment between the 2 largest ethnic groups erupted into one of history's worst ever bloodbaths. In the midst of this emerged a hero, the manager of Rwanda's only four-star hotel, who, armed with little more than his wit and tremendous courage, succeeds in keeping the fascist killing hordes from slaughtering him, his family, and the over 1,000 refugees sheltering in his hotel. An awesome indictment of racism, mass murder and the poli find out more...

Playing against time, like Memento, this is a gut wrenching exploration of an horrific act of indiscriminate brutality and the vicious revenge that is its consequence. Irreversible is an exceptionally powerful movie and one of the most disturbing pieces of cinema I've ever seen (the tortuously protracted rape scene would have Ghandi screaming for the death penalty). Awesome....but you have been warned. find out more...

Five builders enter the desolate and ominous Danvers state mental hospital on a two week contract. Though the hospital has long closed it still holds tormented memories and the men, each of whom have a dark secret of their own, are entering the merciless jaws of hell. "Session 9" is a class psychological horror, dripping in atmosphere, well acted, originally plotted and relentlessly unnerving. find out more...

Harold Crick is a lonely, anal and routine bound tax man, but gee, when it rains for Harold it sure does pour. First he becomes smitten with one of his reluctant clients and then he discovers that he's a fictional character, in reclusive author Karen Eiffel's new novel, and she's struggling to find a satisfactory way to kill him off. Harold's going to have to get seriously proactive, like getting a life, rescue it from tragedy, then find the author and plead his case pretty damn quick or else al find out more...

A disenchanted Vietnam vet becomes a New York taxi driver and lets the violence and squalor around him explode in his mind. One of the most atmospheric films ever made about urban alienation. Foster's first film and the one which almost resulted in Ronald Reagan's assassination when he was President - it must be good! find out more...