The brothers are back with this dark tale of one man's patient struggles with the burdens of life in a very Jewish 1960s Mid-Western community.
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C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
Eight-year-old Zachary has, so far, enjoyed life as his father's favourite son, as the possessor of a gift for healing and as younger sibling to a tearaway, a jock and a bookworm, but this relatively idyllic childhood in Québec is cast under the shadow of his dad's suspicions when he is discovered wearing a dress. Seven years on it's 1975 and Zac is in thrall to Ziggy Stardust and his cousin's boyfriend, a confusing situation for him, made more complicated by a history of trying to satisfy his d
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DOUBT (2008)
Certification15 Our Rating
It's 1964, St Nicholas in the Bronx; a vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius, the authoritarian Principal. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, an example being the arrival of the school's first black student, Donald Miller. When Sister James shares with the Principal her suspicion that Father Flynn's interest in Donald may not be entirely innocent, Sister Alo
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MALCOLM X (1992)
Certification15 Our Rating
Spike Lee's mainstream take on the ex-petty crook turned Islamic preacher and leading 60s Civil Rights spokesman Malcolm X. Washington's performance is riveting in this epic.
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SIMON OF THE DESERT (1965)
Certification12 Our Rating
Simon Stylites, to be nearer to God, has perched on a pillar for years and provided an inspiration to the surrounding people and a resolute defiance to the temptations, including a very tempting Silvia Pinal, of the Devil. However the Devil gets the last laugh after transporting him to a modern-day New York night-club. Wonderfully blasphemous.
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THE MAGDALENE SISTERS (2001)
Certification18 Our Rating
The Magdalene Laundries are a peculiarly twisted Irish Catholic institution; run by nuns they provide a form of incarceration for fallen young women, whose heinous crimes range from being raped to flirting with boys. Margaret, Bernadette and Rose are three new inmates about to experience first hand woman's inhumanity to woman as they are humiliated, degraded, abused and worked to the bone, but despite the grimness of their world the three girls find solace and even humour in the company of each
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