The owner of an IT company has pretended for years that there is a far distant über-boss, enabling him to blame all the unpopular decisions on this fictional character while taking credit for all the popular ones. Now a prospective buyer wants to meet the big boss in person so the owner hires a failed, hammy actor, who proceeds to improvise all over the place to the consternation of all involved. A return to lighter themes for von Trier after ‘Dogville' and ‘Manderlay'. A Brechtian comedy for th find out more...

A family reunion is the setting for this dark and inventive film from Denmark. When the eldest son gives a speech for his father, Helge's sixtieth birthday, Helge and the guests are taken aback by what they hear. There's also a missing daughter and a party of revellers keen to pretend the speech never happened! The fantastic cinematography from Lars von Triers as well as the richly textured plot makes this a unique film. Highly recommended. find out more...

When young Romany Czech refugee Tasha comes into the life of working-class British housewife Helen they are instantly drawn to one another, but this is a story that weaves three narratives through the same events and while there is connection and understanding there is also hate and suspicion. Gypo is an intimate, impassioned and gritty observation of our ever changing society. find out more...

Anna takes a post as prison chaplain in a woman’s ward, unaware of the momentous effect it will have on her previously cloistered life. Inside Anna meets Kate, a woman without faith but with a gift that defies secular logic. As the relationship grows between the two women so anger and resentment builds within the ward and events move inevitably towards a shattering denouement. In Your Hands is the latest in a long line of Dogme films and proves that the concept that originally inspired the manif find out more...

A group of Danish misfits all meet at an Italian class and from this unlikely focal point blossoms love, friendship and a sense of belonging. Italian For Beginners is a delightful comedy, beautifully and understatedly performed with a genuine and unaffected charm that's infectious in its warmth. find out more...

Julien is a schizophrenic who resides in a monstrously dysfunctional family, neither his sister or brother have any realistic hope for the future and his father is a disciple of discipline through brutality. From the creator of 'Kids' and 'Gummo', Julien Donkey-Boy is a powerful, disturbing and fascinating observation of a world we hope to never find ourselves in. find out more...

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Life is crazy. You're crazy, I'm crazy, we're all crazy. We're all a little bit Minnie, and a little bit Moskowitz. Sometimes it does seem best to be sensible...but then what might you be missing out on? You gotta be you. You don't have to park cars and semi-randomly yell at people, but you can't hide yourself behind a veil (or dark sunglasses) and pretend and act like ever find out more...

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