Brandon Teena is a new face in the isolated community of Falls City and it's not long before he has charmed the locals, in particular the women, who find his boyish good looks and gentle charm magnetic. Brandon has a secret though, and while in itself the truth is neither dark nor malevolent, in a place such as Falls City, the revelation of his true identity will have disturbing and destructive consequences. Boys Don't Cry is an incredibly powerful and at times horrifying drama, with some superb 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...

Grace is on the run, and in the small backwater town of Dogville it would seem she has found some safety. But the town's inhabitants are not so understanding when the Mob turn up looking for the errant outsider and as Grace's former saviours begin to turn against her she sets in motion a string of events that may leave the townsfolk of Dogville rueing the day she ever entered their lives. Dogville is the latest from the master of mainstream experimental, Lars Von Trier, a dark, hypnotic, visuall find out more...

A junior doctor and his fiancee move to his home town of LA so he can take up a medical post. Reluctantly the anally retentive young couple move in with his mother, a free living, free thinking record producer. Along with the resident band she's nurturing, both professionally and personally, the scene is set for an unravelling of family relationships and the addictive discovery of doing first, thinking later. Laurel Canyon is an intelligent and gripping drama, nicely observed and shot through wi find out more...

This latest offering from John Duigan ("Sirens", "Flirting") is arguably his most substantial effort to date. A sardonic study of the friendship between an 11-year-old girl and a handyman (Sam Rockwell) more than twice her age, the film skilfully avoids degenerating into low-budget Lolita-ism. Indeed, Mischa Barton's emotionally starved schoolgirl, Devon, seems to be the only character oblivious to Rockwell's not unconsiderable physical attractions. An intelligent, engaging insight into small to find out more...

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Finally! A popular 'indie' movie written and directed by a woman! This film shines with wit and warmth and brains, interesting people, beautiful dialogue and dark, dark humour. find out more...

A visually brilliant film about teenage gangs in America's urban wasteland. The leader of a small dying gang, Rusty James, lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother - The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. One of Coppola's two adaptations of S E Hinton novels, 'The Outsiders' being the other. A great performance from Dillon and an awesome soundtrack. find out more...

A quirky, clever and charming movie from rookie director Anderson, who flies in the face of convention by making the hero of this high school-based comedy a slightly geeky academic who's anything but the all-American kid. Max Fischer is a brilliant but mixed-up scholarship kid at the Rushmore Academy, with a frenzied timetable and an uncanny knack of baffling both students and teachers alike. He attracts the attention of Blume (the superb Bill Murray), a rich, bored, middle-aged parent, apparen find out more...

Lee has a tendency towards self-harm, but she's a sweet natured if kooky lass, and upon her release from the asylum she decides to find gainful employment. Edward Gray is a lawyer and Lee's new employer, a man who gets through his secretaries at an alarming rate. Though not immediately apparent the two are made for each other, their repressed psychological, physical and sexual fetishes providing them with a common and mutually attractive bond. The Secretary is a disturbed, quirky and often very find out more...