It's the early 50s in Argentina and two middle class medical students decide to make a journey across their largely unknown continent. While on this eight month travel one of the men begins his own journey from privileged ignorance to iconic revolutionary, the birth of Che Guevara has begun. The Motorcycle Diaries is a breathtakingly beautiful film, beginning as a whimsical, idiosyncratic and often humorous adventure and gradually expanding into a powerful and deeply moving drama. find out more...

This may seem like a radical change of direction for director David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet) but look closely and you'll still see signs of his trademark eccentricity in this quirky little true story. Veteran stuntman Richard Farnsworth plays crabby old bugger Alvin Straight, who, wanting to visit his ailing brother, sets off on a 300 mile journey through several American states on a lawnmower. Yes, that's right, a lawnmower. And that really is about it. There are no plot twis find out more...

Lou Jean Joplin is a young mother desperate to hold onto her son, a child the authorities want to put up for adoption. Lou's attempt to escape the law swiftly escalates out of all proportion, and with a state trooper as hostage she sets in motion a convoy of pursuing police in her race across Texas. Based on a true story, Sugarland Express was Steven Spielberg's very first feature, a sharp road movie drama that unfortunately pales in comparison to the seminal "Badlands". find out more...

Feeling estranged from the Australian urban culture, Robyn Davidson embarks on a trek over the harsh and arid landscape of the outback from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean. Accompanied only by four camels and her dog, she meets a number of people along the way including Mr. Eddy, an Aboriginal man who imparts some important local wisdom to her, and Rick Smolan an ambitious National Geographic photographer who is asked to document her journey for the magazine. A beautifully visualised dramat find out more...