By day Ben Manibag is an exemplary student and destined for the highest rungs of whatever life he chooses, by night however Ben fills his time with petty crime, an escape from the pressure and tedium of others' expectations. 'Better Luck Tomorrow' is an intelligent and believable diatribe against the genteel façade of middle class suburbia and the contradictions inherent within it. find out more...

4.5 - 'Beer Bad'; Buffy hits the bottle with her new classmates, but Xander is suspicious when their boozing triggers a return to their primordial roots. find out more...

Charlie has been kicked out of his expensive prep school and now finds himself adapting to life in a local school run by a stressed, alcoholic principal played by Robert Downey Jr. As the establishment's supplier of prescription anti-depressants and psychiatric counsel, Charlie gradually gains acceptance amongst his peers and even manages to embark upon a type of romance with the principal's Goth daughter. find out more...

Slacker director Linklater takes us back to the swinging 70's for his latest Generation X offering in this tale of teenage decadence. It's the last day of high school and the kids intend to party till dawn, or till they drop, whichever comes first. Fans of Reality Bites will love it. Bust out the biscuits, turn up the volume and dig those crazy, pretty kids.... find out more...

Episode 17, Woman on the Verge; Serena's doing a lot of drinking and drugs, Blair, Nate and Chuck team up to try to help Serena cope, Lily discovers the blackmail videotape made by Georgina, who is making moves on Dan, and Rufus is excited when his band is asked to support the Rolling Stones. find out more...

Adapted from the novel by George Barnanos, 'Mouchette' tells the story of the alienated teenage girl of the title. Neglected by her terminally ill mother and her abusive, alcoholic father, ostracised at school, with the insinuating glances of the villagers and her gruelling domestic duties, Mouchette's chance encounter with a local hunter sets her on a downward spiral that can only end in tragedy. An angry yet compassionate denunciation of a rural society corrupting and undoing an unorthodox ang find out more...

A new town development in the american mid west. Paradise for a new family, except that every utopia has its dark side. For the kids, the place is a waste land. Escalating confrontation leads to a violent rampage. A powerful movie, based on a true incident and banned for more than three years. find out more...

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A visually brilliant film about teenage gangs in America's urban wasteland. The leader of a small dying gang, Rusty James, lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother - The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. One of Coppola's two adaptations of S E Hinton novels, 'The Outsiders' being the other. A great performance from Dillon and an awesome soundtrack. 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...