Don Johnston is a man with nothing, apart from money that is, when he receives an anonymous letter from one of his many ex-loves informing him that he is the father of her teenage son. At the urging of his neighbour, Don is forced from his lethargy and sent on a journey of discovery. Each unannounced visit to his former girlfriends is a fascinating insight into these women's present and an intriguing observation of Don's past, a man who seems to have long ago dispensed with the need for any demo find out more...

Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin Dmitri from Moscow, who charms the women and little Nadia with his games and pianistic bravura. For most of its running time, the film seems to follow suit: it's a placid, languorous country-house comedy far removed from the realities of the Stalinist te find out more...

Winner of numerous awards including the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. This is the story of a young boy's love affair with the local cinema, where he regularly sneaks into the village priest's weekly preview and censorship session. Years later now a successful film director he returns to his native town. Stunning and beautiful. find out more...

A highly acclaimed costume drama that proves slightly different from Rohmer's more contemporary work. Typical of French films set in the 19th Century it is an examination of the moral corruption and hypocrisy that formulated the mores of the time. Rohmer's direction adds sparkle as always. find out more...

Flanders tells the story of a group of young men, including local farmer Demster, from rural northern France, who go to fight, with brutal consequences, in a war in an unnamed Middle Eastern country. Juxtaposing rural images of their home village against the savage and unrelenting landscape of battle, the film charts familiar Dumont territory offering a unique vision against the backdrop of an unconventional love story between Demester and his fragile, sometime girlfriend, Barbe. find out more...

The idea is simple: A married woman and a single man meet. They love, they argue, fists fly. A dog strays between town and country. The seasons pass. The man and woman meet again. The dog finds itself between them. The other is in one, the one is in the other and they are three. The former husband shatters everything. A second film begins: the same as the first, and yet not. From the human race we pass to metaphor. This ends in barking and a baby's cries.

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The last in Pasolini's trilogy, after 'The Decameron' and 'The Canterbury Tales', is a series of interlinked tales from the ancient Middle Eastern classic. 'Arabian Nights' is a truly lush and lusty version of the original folk stories revolving around slaves, kings, demons, love, betrayal, loss and appeasement. find out more...

A young American soldier is wounded by a shell in WWI, losing his arms, legs and eyes as well as his ability to hear, speak or smell. Lying in hospital he is barely able to distinguish if he is awake or dreaming and he relives his story in strange dreams and memories. One day Joe finds a way to communicate with the doctors ... find out more...

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Rivette's own cut of the 4 hour original was highly acclaimed at Cannes in 1991. It is the gripping and moving story of an artist who returns to an unfinished and abandoned canvas when he discovers an electrifying new model. Soon, however the reasons for his initial rejection resurface. Tense! find out more...