Tim Robbins wrote, directed and stars in a film that exposes very cleverly the underbelly of US politics. He plays the charismatic Roberts, a right-wing "protest" singer, whose views begin to capture the nation's interest. Sinister machinations abound behind the scenes, and the documentary style works well. Funny too!

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A landmark in the history of the cinema; it was ranked Number 1 in the American Film Institute's 100 greatest films of all time in two polls (1998 and 2007) of more than 1,500 film industry movers and shakers and again by UK directors in a BFI poll. "Citizen Kane" narrates the rise and fall of a newspaper tycoon driven by a childhood obssession and is loosely based round the life of William Randolph Hurst, who tried to have it banned, but incorporates elements from the lives of other fat cats il find out more...

At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...

Part poetry, part journalism, part philosophy, master filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's 'Notre Musique' is a lyrical reflection on war through the ages. The film is structured into three Dantean Kingdoms: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. The journey begins in Hell, modern warfare represented by images of battle and devastation gleaned from movies, TV and newsreels. Purgatory consists largely of discussions between writers and journalists drawn to Sarajevo for a literary conference. Finally, Paradise is con find out more...

For the first time in years, when he learns that his estranged son is gravely ill, ageing fisherman Takata boards the train to Tokyo. When his son refuses to see him daughter-in-law Rie urges Takata to watch the videotape of a documentary his son was filming in rural Yunnan about the local traditional 'nuo opera'. Moved by what he sees, Takata vows to complete his son's work. Though laden with obstacles, his odyssey into rural China, the kinship he develops with a fatherless boy and the villager find out more...

Filmmaker Viktor Taransky is close to the end of his tether, he's tired of the media obsessed world he inhabits and when the star of his latest film walks off in a huff he resorts to an act of desperation and digitally creates a new leading actress. Taransky's creation creates a media frenzy and the man soon finds himself at the mercy of his own deception. Simone is written by Andrew Niccol who was responsible for the ‘Truman Show' and though they both satirise a similar topic Simone plays less find out more...

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Beryl Reid plays Sister George, an ageing soap star, who loses her part in a long-running series, then loses her lover Alice. George's composure vanishes as her previously ordered life begins to crumble around her. A moving and powerful story given real weight by Reid's energetic performance. find out more...

The Prisoner; Ryan Reynolds plays Gary, the star of a television cop show whose life is spiralling out of control. After one particularly riotous evening he finds himself placed under the watchful eye of his publicist, the cheery and tough-minded Margaret, who moves him into the vacated house of another of her clients. Here he meets an attractive and seemingly willing neighbour, Sarah, but strange things begin to happen; he finds notes he doesn't remember writing, he hears noises and he seems to find out more...

When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.

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