Casim is a second generation Pakistani living in Glasgow, and while he may have fully embraced the culture into which he was born, his parents still have certain expectations of him. Casim is due to marry his cousin, Jasmine; a wedding expected and condoned by his Muslim family. But their son has fallen in love with a white Glaswegian Catholic, Roisin, and as their relationship develops so the inevitability of their discovery looms. Ken Loach's film is a thoughtful and, as always, uncompromising find out more...

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...

Tobe is a teenage girl in a dysfunctional American family, but one that appears both realistically normal and deeply embedded in suburbia. This is the landscape of Spielberg, but the family, inadequate father, rebellious daughter and quasi-autistic stepson, seems alienated and distant from the world around it. Into this milieu drifts Harlan, a young man whose roots are at least partially fantasised, part cowboy part movie cliche, and whose reality remains unclear. The pair embark on a romance th find out more...

A group of Smith College alumnae get together to celebrate the birth of the son of a pair of their friends. Katie and Victoria are trying to reconcile their former radical politics with their new bourgeois lifestyle, Luce, a buff stunt actress, brings along her girl-toy, Josie and Maria haven't seen each other since Maria went straight and Gina's making the money but not the ladies. This is a well-written, honestly acted movie making it a refreshing change and a joy for the cadre of female actor find out more...

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...

Life is crazy. You're crazy, I'm crazy, we're all crazy. We're all a little bit Minnie, and a little bit Moskowitz. Sometimes it does seem best to be sensible...but then what might you be missing out on? You gotta be you. You don't have to park cars and semi-randomly yell at people, but you can't hide yourself behind a veil (or dark sunglasses) and pretend and act like ever 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...

Hwei-Lan Gao, a 48 year old widow, is rudely ejected from the family home when her father discovers she's pregnant. In desperation Hwei-Lan seeks refuge with her grown up daughter, Wil; but Wil is less than keen to have her pregnant mum kipping in her one bedroom flat, particularly when she's just met the beautiful Viv. Saving Face is a good natured comedy drama that gently subverts the mother daughter relationship in the worthy cause of love. 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...