John Nash is a brilliant, though socially awkward, mathematician and with his latest work he has achieved the acclaim that he so needed, but John is also prone to delusional behaviour, and when a mysterious stranger asks him for his help to thwart a conspiracy against the Stars and Stripes, John becomes increasingly obsessive, a state of mind that begins to push away all those he holds dear, even his loving wife. Very loosely adapted from a true story "Beautiful Mind" is the bog standard slickly find out more...

Set between 1962 and 1974 this traces the story of three buddies from adolescent surfing champs to post-Vietnam trauma. As the times change they find their youth is lost until one vital Wednesday in 1974 when there is a Big Swell and they hit the waves again, superb. find out more...

A number of unrelated people from different social and ethnic backgrounds are observed in their lives leading up to, and their reactions in the aftermath of, a tragedy, in this case the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Directed by Emilio Estevez with an awesome cast at his disposal, Bobby is a fascinating and intelligent observation of the impact events in history have on the common people who both create it and are influenced by it. An intriguing premise. find out more...

Ennis and Jack are two young men working as herders on a vast sheep ranch in the heart of Wyoming. It is the 1960s but the sexual revolution is in no rush to reach this wilderness and when their relationship spills over into consummated love the two boys are ill equipped to handle what they feel. Over the next twenty years Ennis and Jack settle into conventional lives, dictated by their strict social environment, both get married and both have children but neither can escape the true love they s find out more...

Since 1959 Fidel Castro has been both pariah and paragon, an icon for young 'revolutionaries' and fashion victims, a committed leader of his people, a symbol of evil and distrust to the American government and his legacy has been made as much by myth as by fact. In this documentary politico/filmmaker Oliver Stone chose 95 minutes from 30 hours of footage that he filmed while spending time with Castro. The film opens with a placard stating that any time during the shooting Castro was able to say find out more...

Based on Peter Biskind's revelationary book, Easy Riders Raging Bulls is a gobsmacking and addictive insight into the cocaine fuelled genius of Hollywood's movers, shakers and makers during a period of cinema noted not just for its success but it's willingness to take risks and embrace originality. Though considering the hedonistic behaviour of most involved, it's a miracle they even knew who they were. find out more...

Based on a true story we follow the fortunes of Susanna who has been dubiously diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, trapped in a state of self-loathing she rebels against the authorities within her psychiatric hospital and finds solace with her fellow inmates, in particular the hypnotically charismatic Lisa, a grade 'A' sociopath. Girl Interrupted is a cracking drama, with all the ingredients of a fine story; humour, pathos and passion, sensitively directed and with an absolutely com find out more...

Valerie Solanas was a nutter cum radical feminist who tried to hang around with the Warhol crowd, became the sole member of SCUM, the Society for Cutting Up Men, and became famous for more than 15 minutes for firing the bullets from which Andy Warhol never recovered. Right on sister, that's art. This is a fab little pic from the Killer Films troupe. Laced with psychedelia, trimmed with gritty realism, first person narratives and cameos, this is a must watch if only for Taylor's brilliant protray find out more...

A brilliant "reconstruction" of events surrounding the assasssination of JFK based on the book by New Orleans DA Jim Garrison. find out more...

A fascinating biopic of Francis Bacon, concentrating on his relationship with George Dyer, a burglar whom he caught in his house and promptly seduced, whose amorality and innocence he found attractive and whom he introduced to his Soho pals. Dyer's bouts with depression, his drinking, pill popping and nightmares strain the relationship in this clash between the arty, boozy Soho set and the East End criminal fraternity, as does his pain with Bacon's casual infidelities. Bacon paints and talks wit find out more...