Ray Winstone makes a mesmerising anti-hero in Gary Oldman's grim portrait of routine domestic violence in working-class Britain. Set in the grim surroundings of a South London tower block, Kathy Burke is heartbreakingly brilliant as the abused and battered wife of Winstone's volatile middle-aged loser. Hard-going but well worth it. find out more...

Secrets And Lies; time bombs that can shatter a family's respectable suburban veneer. But painful memories between an estranged mother and daughter slowly lead to a powerful friendship and healing force within their fractured family. Very funny, truthful and involving. Brilliantly acted and directed. find out more...

A strange and highly acclaimed story of two women, born at the same time, in Paris and Prague. Despite being of different parents and backgrounds, their lives develop in eerily similar ways, culminating in their gradual subconscious realisation of each others existence. Cryptic and absorbing. find out more...

This is a beautifully drawn comic drama about a man 'M' who loses his memory after a near fatal beating from some Helsinki thugs. 'M' wakes up unable to remember where he lives or where he came from. A surreal series of events unfold as he begins to rebuild his life (and brings rock and roll to a small community of salvation army river dwellers). The stark visual style, comedic dead pan dialogue and the film makers delicate compassion for the dispossessed, make this a truly original and heart wa find out more...

Jane Campion's outstanding and acclaimed dramatic masterpiece. Hunter turns in an incredible performance as the mute Ada, sold into a marriage with Neill. Her piano is her voice and she must earn it back from Baines, key by key, in a moving emotional bargain. Stunning - the best film of the year. find out more...

Three sisters are visited by their deceased mother, a return that doesn't seem to faze them unduly, and her reason for returning? To put right a past deed that has continued to blight the family and, in the process, provide some peace for her troubled children. "Volver" is a witty yet emotionally charged journey of discovery and, while still distinctly an Almodovar film, this is a delightful and beautifully performed pleasure. find out more...