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EUROPA (1991)

Certification15 Our Rating

An American-German returns to the FDR in 1945 to work as a waiter on a new train, the previous one having been derailed but finds the changes superficial and the new consumerism cloaks sinister unbroken threads from the past. Haunting and hypnotic, literally. An art-house must-see.

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FRIDA (2002)

Certification15 Our Rating

A visually stunning and passionate potted history of one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century, the Mexican, Frida Kahlo. This film deals primarily with Frida's private life, the enduring relationship with her husband and fellow artist, Diego Rivera, and her many scandalising affairs. Frida is a dramatic and affectionate portrait of a remarkable woman. find out more...
GANDHI (1982)

Certification12 Our Rating

The object of this massive tribute died as he had always lived, without wealth, without property, without official title or office. Mahatma Gandhi was not the commander of armies, nor the ruler of vast lands, he could not boast any scientific achievement or artistic gift, yet men, governments, dignitaries from all over the world, have joined hands today to pay homage to the little brown man in the loin cloth who led his country to freedom. This quote is from his funeral, one of the greatest s find out more...


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In the Western Desert of 1942, a battle-weary army officer is driving an ambulance to the safety of Alexandria. One of his passengers, a stray South African, saves the group from enemy capture, but an uneasy feeling begins to grow that he may in fact be a German spy. Superb war movie with a Stella cast - sorry couldn't help the pun! find out more...

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An awesome film that probes the conflicts between morality and the law. When is a man merely following orders and when does he become responsible for the consequences of his actions? Using the post-war trials of four German judges accused of legalising Nazi atrocities Kramer creates a fasinating exploration of human responsibility.

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Certification15 Our Rating

Sing and his dim witted friend never fail to miss an opportunity, small time con men doomed to failure they trawl the streets hoping one day to be allowed into the infamous Axe Gang and when the Pig Sty Alley slum and its eccentric residence get involved it would seem their prayers have finally been answered. Styled like a bizarre re-imagining of Bugsy Malone, directed by and starring the same man responsible for Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle is a mesmerising mixture of comedy, fly by wire chor find out more...

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Roberto Benigni stars and directs this award littered Chaplinesque comic fable. In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido, an imaginative man, turns to humour, pretending that the Holocaust is a game and tha find out more...

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The lack of accuracy in the calculation of longitude had caused the death of countless sailors. In 1714 Parliament, worried by the loss of British ships and mindful to the military advantage of knowing where one was at sea, offered a £20,000 prize to anyone who could accurately measure longitude. This is the story of John Harrison, a brilliant carpenter, whose timepieces solved the problem that had long defeated the scientists, it was a hard fought victory and Harrison was forced to endure pover find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

George Bernard Shaw's satiric comedy about wealth and poverty is brought to the screen with wonderful performances by Rex Harrison and Wendy Hiller. Hiller, who took the title role at Bernard Shaw's insistence, plays Major Barbara Undershaft, a major in the Salvation Army.
Barbara, who champions the downtrodden with an idealistic fervor,  that  is seen as naive by her armaments  pedaling father (Robert Morley).
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Cracking little comedy which captures perfectly those painful, prepubescent feelings we all remember so well. "QuackQuack" Duckworth has two passions in life - cricket and the cute girl in his class. Sadly, he stands little chance of success with either of them. You'll laugh till you cry! find out more...