Frontiersman Vern Haskell (Arthur Kennedy) wanders the West obsessed with finding the culprits responsible for murdering his fiancee. His quest leads him to Chuck-a-Luck - the film's original title - a combination horse ranch and criminal hideout overseen by saloon chanteuse Altar Keane (Marlene Dietrich). Posing as an escaped criminal Haskell falls in with murderous gunslinger Frenchy Fairmont (Mel Ferrer) and gradually becomes indistinguishable from the men he is hunting. find out more...

All time classic wonderfully filmed by Wilder, featuring great performances from Holden, as a bankrupt screenwriter seeking refuge, and Swanson, a faded star in a crumbling mansion, who pins her hopeless hopes of a comeback on the writer. Deliriously dark and nightmarish masterpiece. find out more...

Petra Von Kant has been left deeply scarred by her recent divorce and, though a successful fashion designer, she has moved in with her assistant, a woman she dominates without pity or compassion. Enter Karin, a pretty young woman that Petra becomes obsessed by, but when their fledgling relationship collapses Petra dives into an oblivion of embittered neurosis. One of Fassbinder's most controversial films, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant is a striking piece of new wave cinema. find out more...

A spiteful child's lie has life-shattering consequences in this daring adaptation of Lillian Hellman's celebrated play. Karen (Hepburn) and Martha (MacLaine) are the headmistresses of an exclusive school for girls. When they discipline a malicious little girl, the vindictive child twists an overheard comment into slander and accuses her teachers of having a lesbian relationship. Soon the scandalous gossip engulfs the school's community, with repercussions that are heart-wrenchingly tragic. find out more...

"Josephine Decker has created a new style of thriller that employs allegory, incorporates touches of David Lynch as well as Magritte -esque imagery. Decker's setting of a remote farm feels like a metaphor for what turns out to be hell. The raw and emotional (and yes, sometimes funny) dialog tells a story that can seem familiar at points but really is meant to keep you guessing and off balance. I really enjoyed how the undertones of this film came to life through her very deft contrast of the find out more...

Nana is a provincial girl working as a shop assistant who, after separating from her husband, decides to embark on a career as an actress. She watches the silent classic 'The Passion Of Joan Of Arc' and, with tears streaming down her face, abandons her ambition and instead drifts into a life of prostitution. The film is presented in twelve episodes which navigate us through Nana's sad life climaxing with a shocking and poignant finale. Jean-Luc Godard expertly directs his then wife, Anna Karina, find out more...

'Waiting Women' is an episodic work composed of three segments, the third of which represents Bergman's first foray into comedy, later honed in the erotic farce 'A Lesson In Love'. Three sisters-in-law talk about their marital problems while waiting for their husbands at a summer cottage. The first story concerns Rakel and an adulterous episode that changed her marriage forever. In the next, Marta tells of her difficult relationship with an artist, her future husband, in Paris. In the acclaimed find out more...

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse's finest hour, a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko, played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine, who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo's very modern post-war Ginza district. Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society. A profoundly moving masterpiece. find out more...