Contemporary World Cinema
	24 Hour Party People	More...
	Michael Winterbottom, UK 2001, DV. R16 violence, offensive language, drug use, sex scenes
	Winterbottom chronicles the Madchester music scene through the eyes of Factory records founder Tony Wilson, from a Sex Pistols concert in 1976 to the end of Wilson’s recording and club-owning career in the early ’90s. “One of the sharpest and funniest movies about the music business ever made.” – New York
	A Mao e a luva - The Story of a Book Trafficker	More...
	Roberto Orazi, Brazil/Italy 2010, DV
	The story of poet and musician Ricardo Gomes Ferraz, better known as Kcal, who has turned his house in the favela Pina in Recife, Brazil into a library for the children of his community by scrounging and collecting books for over 15 years.
	Ae Fond Kiss	More...
	Ken Loach, UK 2004, DV. M sex scenes, offensive language
	Pakistani DJ woos an Irish music teacher in the third film and most hopeful of Ken Loach’s Glasgow trilogy (Sweet Sixteen, My Name Is Joe). “All of Loach’s formidable strengths, which include a sense of humor, come together in the wrenching A Fond Kiss.” – LA Times
	Ashes of Time Redux	More...
	Dung che sai duk, Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong 1994/2008, HD & DV. M violence
	A new, streamlined version of the hugely costly and ambitious martial arts epic released to widespread incomprehension in 1994. “The changes – a reworked score, less murky colouring – serve to bring out more lustrously than ever the yearning wondrousness of this star-laden treasure.” – Daily Telegraph
	Blindsight	More...
	Lucy Walker, UK 2006, DV. PG cert
	When the first blind man to climb Mt Everest, Erik Weihenmayer, challenges six blind Tibetan school children to climb its neighbour, Lhakpa Ri, failure is not an option. “A strikingly photographed doc that unfolds into a story of human achievement and a study of the East-West culture clash.” – The Times
	Buddha's Lost Children	More...
	Mark Verkerk, The Netherlands 2006, DV. PG violence
	“An exquisite and tranquil documentary about a Thai monk and the homeless boys to whom he gives a brand new life, Buddha’s Lost Children is richly affecting on many levels… This is a beautiful and uplifting film that leaves us with a genuine sense of harmony.” – Urban Cinefile
	The Cat's Meow	More...
	Peter Bogdanovich, USA 2001, DV. M low level violence
	An elegant and funny whodunit about a famously unsolved Hollywood murder, involving Charlie Chaplin, actress Marion Davies and media mogul William Randolph Hearst. “Peter Bogdanovich taps deep into the Hearst mystique, entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal.” – Entertainment Weekly
	Coffee and Cigarettes	More...
	Jim Jarmusch, USA 2003, DV.M offensive language
	Bill Murray, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, the Wu-Tang Clan, Cate Blanchett, Steve Coogan and the White Stripes celebrate twin hipster addictions in a series of deadpan vignettes. “Way cool – and funny – in ways that more expensive comedies trying harder rarely are.” – Time
	Farewell	More...
	L'affaire farewell, Christian Carion, France 2009, 35mm & DV. M low level offensive language
	This tense, atmospheric, true Cold War spy movie centres on a disillusioned KGB colonel who risked everything in the early 80s to let the West know just how thoroughly Soviet spies had infiltrated American security. “Stunningly intelligent… frightening and, finally, very moving.” – New Yorker
	Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra	More...
	Barbara Willis Sweete, Canada 2005, DV. G cert
	The Toronto Symphony Orchestra gets a new lease on life when new music director Peter Oundjian steps on board, and music lovers get to see a firsthand account of the creative firestorm that follows in this documentary from filmmaker Barbara Willis Sweete. “Absolutely first rate.” – Variety
	Mid-August Lunch	More...
	Pranzo di ferragosto, Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy 2008, DV. PG violence
	In this delicate Italian comedy a happily retired bachelor is stuck looking after his aged mother and three other old ladies while Rome empties for a long weekend. “Charming and gently hilarious featuring an extraordinary cast of elderly characters…” – Hollywood Reporter
	Monsieur Batignole	More...
	Gérard Jugnot, France 2002, DV. M adult themes
	Paris 1942: A butcher moves into an apartment vacated by a deported Jewish family, but when a young Jewish boy shows up on his doorstep, he decides to help the boy escape to Switzerland. “Zips along with an entertaining and witty blend of close calls and despicable behavior counteracted by human resourcefulness.” – Variety
	My Brother Is an Only Child	More...
	Mio fratello è figlio unico, Daniele Luchetti, Italy 2007, DV. M violence, sexual references, offensive language
	Two brothers grow up outside Rome in the sixties. One follows family tradition and becomes a Communist, the other rebels and becomes a neofascist. “Sweet and soft as a slice of panetone, My Brother Is an Only Child is exemplary family melodrama of the kind the Italians do so effortlessly.” – Time Out
	Paradise Now	More...
	Hany Abu-Assas, The Netherlands/Israel 2004, DV. M adult themes
	Two seemingly ordinary Palestinians are recruited as suicide bombers. “The clammy, chilly, fatal realism of this film is something you could never reproduce in another setting – Saïd and Khaled’s video testimonials were shot in a building where real bombers have documented themselves for posterity.” – Salon.com
	Red Like the Sky	More...
	Rosso come il cielo, Cristiano Bortano, Italy 2006, DV. M offensive language, sexual references
	“A nearly sightless boy’s discovery of the possibilities of recorded sound gives director Cristiano Bortone both a cinematic and emotional basis for his heart-tugger… The film juggles crowd-pleasing sentiments about the love of movies with anti-authoritarian views that make the film classically Italian.” – Variety