Set during the cultural revolution in China we follow two urbane young men after they are dismissed to a remote, but beautiful, mountainous corner of the country to re-learn the basic tenets of Chairman Mao's communist ideology. At first depressed by their predicament, the two lads soon perk up when they come across a hidden selection of western literature, a find they eagerly share with the curious and beguiling local seamstress. They also survive by telling stories, making music and pulling te find out more...

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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Liverpool. 1978. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening), and her young lover. British actor Peter Turner (Jamie Bell), quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control.

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Stone's third, after Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, Vietnam War offering, this time seen through the eyes of a young Vietnamese girl caught up in the horror. Tommy Lee Jones gives a sensitive performance as the soldier trying to save both her and himself. Well crafted human drama and a moving love story. find out more...

Life in 1970s Argentina could be a dangerous place if you felt compelled to voice your ideals. When an Argentinean writer's wife is abducted by the military junta, he finds his psychic gift for locating missing loved ones is of no use when it comes to helping him in his own quest, though he refuses to give up his search. Based on a true story, Imagining Argentina is a finely shot and occasionally powerful drama. find out more...

An intelligent, thoughtful, highly engaging biopic of Harvey Milk, the San Francisco based idealist, who became the first openly gay activist to run for political office in the US. Before his assassination Milk was a leading cog in the battle for civil rights for the gay community, as in the 1978 fight against Proposition 6, which could have banned gay and lesbian individuals from teaching in schools. The story may have been a terriby tragedy, but the tone of the movie is upbeat and vibrant, Gus find out more...

A wonderful tale of a girl's passage from childhood to adulthood, a time that coincided with the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and his replacement by the tyranny of a fundamentalist theocracy. find out more...

It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

Sid Vicious was the self-destrutive icon of the punk era, the genuine "no future" kid who took his two years of fame with a two-fingered salute to the society that spawned him. A beautifully crafted tale of his relationship with Nancy and their tragic tailspin to death. Not just for old punks! find out more...

In 1973 Chile, a young stewardess (Emma Watson) is horrified to learn that her boyfriend, a leftist photographer (Daniel Brühl), has been captured by Augusto Pinochet's forces and sent to a religious colony where dissidents are tortured and killed. She applies to work at the colony, and she and her lover soon plan a clandestine escape. find out more...