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...

Against a backdrop of the 1953 Anglo-American plot to overthrow democracy in Iran and reduce it to an autocratic police state, four women meet in a beautiful orchard to discuss life. They are the wife of a right-wing general, a prostitute, a compliant woman eager to wear the chador and marry and, the focal point of the movie, a liberal, politically aware 30-year-old with a devout Muslim brother.
Adapted from the book by Shahrnush Parsipur there is a touch of magical realism to 'Women Wit find out more...