Winner of four Oscars, this film is shot with the most beautifully scenic backgrounds and with great attention to costume detail. An Irish adventurer, Barry Lyndon, crosses Europe from woman to job, but in the end returns to Britain seeking a wealthy marriage. 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...

After meeting at a nightclub in a Mediterranean resort, seven lithe young girls and boys decide to continue partying aboard a luxury yacht in the middle of the ocean. But when one of them dies in a freak sexual accident the genders turn on each other in what becomes a gruesome and murderous fight for survival. An original twist on the ‘teens in peril' horror flick in that at least this time they're doing away with each other. Late night 'Hollyoaks' special anyone? find out more...

A three generation epic that starts in the present day with a reunion that is preceded by a tragedy. With regular flashbacks we follow this somewhat melodramatic family saga; the conflicts created by an overbearing father figure, resentful teens, saccharine tots, hidden affairs etc. find out more...

Meet Terry and Dean; lifelong friends, shotgunning their first beers, forming their first garage band and growing the great Canadian mullet known as 'hockey hair'. The lives of these Alberta-everymen are captured on film in a rock'n'roll exploration of the depths of friendship, growing up gracefully, and the art and science of drinking beer like a man. An affectionate, indeed respectful, satirical ‘mockumentary' on the musical sub-species known as ‘headbanger'. find out more...

The first film adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel. The result is ... mixed. Some will enjoy the familiarly obfuscating noir-style dialogue and convoluted twists and turns of the crime caper narrative. Others will find its old school indulgence in stylish sexism and character-driven plot tiresome around the two hour mark (if not before). An impressive ensemble cast and a well made film, PTA's latest is entertaining enough.

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A dark comedy about a bi-polar Mall security officer who dreams both of the most beautiful girl in the shopping complex and of being a cop, but whose ambitions seem limited by his own ineptitude - he's not so smart and he's not that handsome. When he gets his chance at glory, catching the local flasher, he finds himself quickly thrust aside and is unable to resolve a series of thefts. However, he is likeable, in an honest Joe sort of way, and he has one strange ability: he can swing an object, t find out more...

A wonderful portrait of Ian Dury - he the polio crippled lyricist and front man for punk icons The Blockheads and a self-pitying, class conscious, angry, supremely talented loud mouth - struggling to relate to his pre-teen son and familial duties.
'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' is a top notch drama about a real life person, warts, foul language and all, and you neither need to love his music, punk generally nor, indeed, any form of music to appreciate this gem of a film. find out more...

Miles is a 30-something failed writer: embittered, frustrated and emotionally impotent. His one love is wine and though his fondness long ago crossed into alcoholism he is nonetheless a genuine connoisseur. Mile's best friend, Jack, is a hormonal teenager disguised as a man approaching middle age. Together this mismatched pair set off on a road trip through the vineyards of California, a last shout before Jack's financially advantageous marriage. Two unlikable, stunted characters and a lot of a find out more...

Spider is a man whose mental state has been stretched to the limit and found wanting. Finally released from medical care Spider finds himself in a half way house where his reclusive nature and the grim surroundings find him reverting to his original malaise, haunted by images from his past that he can not yet fathom. Spider is a hypnotic mixture of direction and acting, dripping in visual atmosphere and ominous revelation, Cronenberg spins an intricate web around a complicated psyche. I haven't find out more...