After the death of his father, Paul Prior reluctantly returns to the remote New Zealand community of his birth, a place he had hoped to never clap eyes on again. The only bright spot is Celia, a sixteen year old besotted by Paul's life as a war photographer, but when the young girl goes missing Paul's best forgotten past comes crowding back in and the locals begin baying for blood. In My Father's Den is a powerful, gritty film that relentlessly builds on the tension to become as much a thriller find out more...

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A chillingly effective study of mental breakdown and neurosis. Terrified by everything, but especially sex, a Belgian girl in London murders her boyfriend, and her landlord when they try to break through her barriers and help her. A grim journey into the depths of a deranged mind. Riveting. find out more...

The classic gangster movie from the thirties, not featuring Edward G Robinson or Cagney but Paul Muni, is a taught and violent (for the time) tale of Tony Carmonte - ruthless gangster, who will stop at nothing to be the boss. Unflawed classic. find out more...

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Alan Hakman is a 'cutter', in a world where you can have your whole life recorded onto an implanted microchip it is his job to edit together a fitting memorial for your loved ones upon your death. Alan is no stranger to secrets, both those he works with and his own, and it is those secrets that threaten his life when he discovers something too shattering to conceal. The Final Cut is a gently simmering sci-fi thriller with some original and thought-provoking ideas, suitably dour performances and find out more...

'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' (skillfully adapted from the book of the same name) is a modest but thoroughly engaging thriller. Set in a gloomy modern Sweden, the atmosphere is tense, the characters authentic, whilst the mood is sombre and slightly dreamlike. Don't be fooled though, this is a psychologically brutal film addressing themes such as incest, sadism and violence, particularly against women.
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An investigative journalist and a ruthlessly sharp but damaged young woman join forces to uncover a murderous past amongst the Swedish aristocracy. The first English language adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy of dark thrillers, this is a classy if largely pointless retread of the very good Swedish film.

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After the death of their parents the Hamilton children try to make a new life for themselves in Northern California. The eldest, David, takes on the responsibility of keeping his orphaned family together, but the task is an arduous and thankless one, the twins, Wendall and Darlene, are increasing hostile and rebellious, while the youngest, Francis, struggles with teenage angst and familial antipathy. The Hamiltons are just your ordinary, common or garden family trying to get by and find a place find out more...

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