At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...

Hailed as the best film debut since Eraserhead, Donnie Darko's instant cult status and mainstream success are well deserved. find out more...

How far does macho male bonding go? Well take 'the laidback, stunted heroes of a Judd Apatow comedy and strand them in the too-cool-for-school environs of a zero-budget mumblecore romance? And then got them to have sex on camera?'. That's about as far as it goes... Artist Andrew has been living a spirited life so when he turns up at old college mate Ben's gaff, he derides him for his white picket fence life-style.To save Ben from marital castration Andrew drags him off to meet some bohemian fr find out more...

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Absolutely amazing film from the master of confusion. One girl is amnesiac after a traffic accident she walked away from, the other is a too good to be true little Miss Perfect recently arrived in LA from Canada, and the two set out, against the background of a corrupt film industry, to discover the former's identity, and in doing so open a Pandora's Box. Professionally made, brilliantly scripted, great cameo characters, some amazing scenes, (and containing one of the most erotic lesbian scenes find out more...

The true story of champion boxer Jake La Motta brought to the screen by De Niro and Scorcese - probably the greatest partnership of the 1980s. De Niro watched innumerable boxing videos and gained 2 stone to put in a performance that won him an Oscar. Voted Best Film of the '80s by the critics. find out more...

A hit-man is sent to Spain where he hangs around drinking expressos and getting cryptic messages, before heading off to complete an assassination. Very Jim Jarmusch, visually stunning, full of cinematic references and enigmaticisms, very slow and probably only recommendable to cineastes, wannabes and the merely curious. find out more...

From the director of Rushmore comes the story of Royal Tenenbaum and his idiosyncratic family. Having separated from his wife ten years ago, Royal has been estranged from his strange children and wants to make up for some lost time. A little white lie gets Royal back into his family home but all will not go as he plans. Richie used to play tennis professionally until a breakdown on the court; Margot, a chain-smoking playwright has an unseemly marital past and an even dimmer present, while widowe 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...