Fanis, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics, recalls his childhood growing up as a Greek boy in Istanbul and the time spent with his shopkeeper grandfather learning about life and, in particular, the art of cooking. And it was here, in his grandfather's store, that he first fell in love, with Saime. After political tensions over Cyprus in 1963 Fanis's family were deported, but his grandfather stayed in Istanbul, and it is decades later that they meet again as Fanis returns 'home', after yea find out more...

An easy going tale of a 1960s eye-opening affair between 16-year-old middle class and Oxford bound smart aleck Jenny and flash 30-something working class Jack set in the glorious suburb of Twickenham. find out more...

Australia in the 1960s; four orphaned boys, all close friends, go on holiday to a beach resort, but their friendship is tested to the limit, and in some cases beyond, when they find themselves competing to be taken in by a single couple who are looking to adopt one of them. Adapted from Michael Noonan's novel, ‘December Boys' garnered most attention for starring Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe, but is a nicely understated drama in its own right. find out more...

Bernardo Bertolucci paints another ravishing (if slightly too lush) portrait of adolescent awakenings and youthful exuberance. Set in Paris, 1968, amid the social turmoil and student protests, the film charts the relationship of three characters: Isabelle and Theo (sister and brother) and American student Matthew. Their mutual obsession for film of all forms and periods brings them together, and a lot of the films pleasure (for movie fans, anyway) derives from find out more...