The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. This is a film that doesn't leave you: the images of gigantic waves and ice bergs and superhuman levels of courage and endurance are hard to process. If it were a work of fiction you would dismiss it as Hollywood hype: but it's not, find out more...

Great doco about the early days of NY hip hop and life on the projects. One of the best features of this film is that it examines the political trajectory of Nas' career through his lyrics as well as the environment and familial situation that gave rise to his stardom. Must see for fans of his music. And anyone interested in the political side of rap music.

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In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance that no rider has repeated since. He was a hero to millions, the saviour of professional cycling following the doping scandals which threatened to destroy the sport. However, less than six years later, aged just 34, he died alone, in a cheap Italian hotel room.

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This 2-disc DVD set celebrates the work of the amazing master craftsmen and identical twin animators The Quay Brothers, who have produced a unique body of work and made a major contribution towards establishing the puppet film as a serious adult art form. find out more...

A humorous, twisted philosophical dialogue between Lars Van Trier and Jorgen Leth, the former daring the legendary renaissance man and director, producer, novelist, poet and television commentator to remake his own seminal 1967 short documentary 'The Perfect Human', a cocktail-chic, tongue-in-cheek meditation on human behaviour that Von Trier greatly admires. It's a challenge with a difference, for Leth has to re-produce the film five times, each under fiendish conditions imposed by the frankly find out more...

A piece of cultural history as Malcom McLaren spills the beans on how he created The Sex Pistols and took the record industry for a fortune and the band for a ride! A tale of depravity and wickedness told with humour and imagination. find out more...

Six short films by one of the most leftfield directors of modern American cinema, all introduced by the man himself (although don't expect that to make things any clearer!). find out more...