Based on Crowe's own adventures as a teenage music journalist, Almost Famous tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who is complacently hired by Rolling Stone magazine to write an article on the fictional band Stillwater. As the band hits the road so does Rolling Stone's youngest reporter. find out more...

Nerdy musicologist Will has moved to a new high school in New Jersey and finds himself being recruited to manage 'it' girl Charlotte's band in an inter-school rock band competition.

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If you ever doubted it's grim up North, here's the proof! T' pit's about to close and the brass band needs a flugelhorn player. But then Grimley girl made good Gloria comes back to her roots, and eeh bah gum, the lass may just be able to turn the troubled town around. One of the best films to come out of Britain in recent years! 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...

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Great doco about the early days of NY hip hop and life on the projects. One of the best features of this film is that it examines the political trajectory of Nas' career through his lyrics as well as the environment and familial situation that gave rise to his stardom. Must see for fans of his music. And anyone interested in the political side of rap music.

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Nick, a high-school senior, is still infatuated with his fickle ex (he thinks it's love, but believe me it ain't) when, at a gig he and his band played, he meets Norah. Over the course of the next eight or nine hours boy and girl embark on an increasingly bizarre and ineffectual urban road trip that cements their common bonds and increasing mutual affection, but hey it's easy to screw up at any age so what are the chances these two teens are going to make smooth progress? Witty, gentle, warm find out more...

Ulysses, Delmar and Pete have just escaped a chain gang and are high tailing it across the country to recover a fortune in hidden treasure. There is only one flaw in this otherwise faultless plan......they're clueless. 'O Brother Where Art Thou' is loosely based on Homer's Odyssey (when I say loose I mean like the jumper that you don't know whether to wear, or peg out as a tent) and is a rip-roaring comedy adventure, with all the quirky charm that you expect from the Coen brothers. The sound tra find out more...

When a gifted but unconfident Dublin street musician meets a young mother lost and alone in a new town, the two immediately relate to one another; pushing and encouraging each to reach for their dreams and perhaps even accidentally stumble into love. "Once" is a gentle joy, an understated musical drama, original and refreshingly simple, infused with wit and heart. find out more...

Fiona and Dom are teachers at a rural school. They share a passion for Latin dance and they re deeply in love. On weekends, they enter dance competitions around the country and their house is crammed with trophies. One night, as they are driving back from a competition, they encounter a man on a clumsy suicide mission, standing in the middle of the road. They swerve to avoid him and crash, throwing their lives into turmoil...

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