Forget that this is a Scorsese movie, 'cos there's not a gangster or a grifter in sight. Stunningly shot, this is the visually breathtaking account of the early life of the 14th Dalai Lama, starting with his discovery by Buddhist monks in the northern Tibet of 1935. Meticulously detailed but well-paced, it's a rich, riveting movie with a powerfully haunting soundtrack from Philip Glass. find out more...

Grace has left behind the horrors of Dogville and after a chance meeting with a young black girl in Alabama she and her father come across the curious historical aberration of Manderlay, a plantation still running under the age old workings of slavery. Grace is appalled by the workers' lack of freedom and becomes determined to initiate their freedom regardless of what the people, who know the value of simple survival, want. find out more...

1918 and The First World War has just come to an end, Max has only just escaped the trenches with his life but the loss of an arm has left his dreams of continuing as an artist in tatters. While in Munich, Max meets another young veteran of the war, Adolph Hitler, an aspiring painter unfortunately devoid of artistic imagination. The two men strike up an unlikely friendship, but while Max's wealthy middle class Jewish background leaves a number of options open to him, poverty stricken and increas find out more...

An actor most famous for his portrayl of Mephisto, the man who sold his soul to the devil, sells out to the Nazi regime. His ambition over-rides all other concerns as he climbs his way to the top. A brilliantly made study of ruthless egotism. find out more...

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...

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new regime. The transition from democracy to dictatorship is dramatized through the lives of the family with such characters as the Baron, a child molester, a Nazi Storm Trooper, an innocent man framed for murder, and a Captain in the German SS. "Damned" shows how the German upper classes first resented Adolf Hitler, then accepted him, and at last embraced him. Made in English. find out more...

Churchill is considered by many to have been a visionary and was certainly one of the most charismatic wartime leaders in history, often controversial, frequently antagonistic, and a great orator. find out more...

The year is 1938 and Spain is being torn apart by civil war. As one of several cordial collaborations between General Franco and Adolph Hitler, a small Spanish film crew is invited to Berlin's prestigious UFA Studios to shoot two versions of a popular Andalucian musical, one in Spanish and one in German. Initially, the group is more than happy to have escaped the misery of their war-torn country, however they soon begin to doubt the fortune of their predicament when the German Minister for Propa find out more...

1939; Edward Wilson starts a career in intelligence and covert operations as a consequence of his silver spoon background and American military involvement in WW2. 1961; now Wilson ruthlessly organises programmes that involve the deaths of many, seems incapable of having a relationship with a woman that doesn't involve destroying her, his marriage is a career enhancing loveless and hollow affair, he betrays most who know him, including his family, and this sale of his soul - all in the name of p find out more...

After the 11th September 2001 the War Against Terror is preparing to move on to Iraq. The UN have sent in the weapons inspectors to find if Saddam has indeed Weapons of Mass Destruction and the political machines in both the UK and US are working to present the strongest possible case for war in the face of (in the UK) very vocal opposition from the public. With the dossiers released and the threat established the "need for war" is set and, on the 19th March 2003, th find out more...