It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

Petra Von Kant has been left deeply scarred by her recent divorce and, though a successful fashion designer, she has moved in with her assistant, a woman she dominates without pity or compassion. Enter Karin, a pretty young woman that Petra becomes obsessed by, but when their fledgling relationship collapses Petra dives into an oblivion of embittered neurosis. One of Fassbinder's most controversial films, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant is a striking piece of new wave cinema. find out more...

A spiteful child's lie has life-shattering consequences in this daring adaptation of Lillian Hellman's celebrated play. Karen (Hepburn) and Martha (MacLaine) are the headmistresses of an exclusive school for girls. When they discipline a malicious little girl, the vindictive child twists an overheard comment into slander and accuses her teachers of having a lesbian relationship. Soon the scandalous gossip engulfs the school's community, with repercussions that are heart-wrenchingly tragic. find out more...