The true story of Karen Silkwood, a worker at the Kerr-McGee nuclear plant in Cimarron, Oklahoma, who becomes aware of cover-ups about the dangers to her and her fellow workers and gets immersed in fighting her bosses for safety rights. The film very effectively mixes her personal life, ex-hubby, boyfriend, lesbian mate, child custody, heart to hearts, and her political struggle. Eventually she discovers she has a highly radioactive fridge and they are out to get her. Meryl Streep is again brill 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...

"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...

Samantha Morton plays Liverpool lass Iris, whose life starts going downhill when her mother's given just weeks to live. Unable to cope with her grief and the growing distance between her and her happily married, pregnant and "normal" sister, Iris reacts by shedding her boyfriend, job, and self-respect. Dark, emotionally charged and excellently played. find out more...

Vera Drake, is one of the kindest, most selfless individuals any right thinking person could hope to meet, the mother of two grown up children, the wife of a loving husband, she works as a cleaner and is the epitome of a warm hearted decency. Vera is not just devoted to her family however, in the little spare time available to her she helps young girls terminate unwanted pregnancies and, though she takes no payment, this is 1950s Britain and the consequences for her actions, should she be discov 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...