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	36 (Quai Des Orfevres) (15) (2006) Director: Olivier Marchel Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu, Valeria Golino, Andr? Dussollier A hugely entertaining French thriller starring two of France's greatest actors, and which has drawn favourable comparisons with Michael Mann's 'Heat'. Two department heads in the Paris police force compete to bring in a group of murderous robbers in order to obtain the position of Head Of Police, but their methods frequently border on the illegal, and the distinction between the cops and the criminals is frequently blurred. (100 Mins)
	Little Miss Sunshine (15) (2006) Director: Valerie Faris/ Jonathan Dayton Starring: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin A sharp and funny film that gained great reviews from just about everyone, Little Miss Sunshine follows an unconventional family as they trek across America to attend the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, in which the young daughter is an entrant. The dysfunctional family road movie is a fraught journey ? one wrong turn and you end up in Clich?, USA. As the eccentric Hoover clan set off for young Olive?s dream of a Californian kids? beauty pageant, credit writer Michael Arndt, debut directors (and ex-music video whizzes) Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, and a superb ensemble cast including Steve Carell and Toni Collette for not just keeping this caustic, bittersweet gem right on track, but reaching a conclusion as surprising as it is poignant. (101 Mins)
	Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Mans Chest (12) (2006) Director: Gore Verbinski Starring: Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom Johnny Depp's incredible Jack Sparrow returns for another jaunt in the Caribbean, with some great comic set pieces and marvellous make-up effects, not least on Bill Nighy's part-sea monster part-man creation, Davy Jones. (144 Mins)
	12 Angry Men (U) (1957) Director: Sydney Lumet Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J Cobb A young man is tried for murder in what appeared to be an open and shut case. Almost the whole film took place in the jury room where tempers flared after one of the jurors voted the accused as innocent after all the others quickly voted him guilty. Excellent dialogue and a well written story led to a very entertaining picture. 5 stars. (92 Mins)
	13 (Tzameti) (12) (200513) Director: Gela Babluani Starring: Georges Babluani "Written and directed by Gela Babluani, a 26-year-old Georgian now resident in France, 13 is a one of the outstanding feature debuts of recent years. The less you know about it the first time round the better, but it's the kind of picture you leave looking forward to a second viewing. Shot in a stark black and white that recalls French thrillers of the 1950s, it begins on the windswept, wintry Atlantic coast where Sebastien, an impoverished young immigrant (the director's brother, George Babluani), is mending the roof of an elderly, drug-addicted criminal. He overhears an invitation this low-life has received - a first-class ticket to Paris, a hotel room where he'll receive a message, and the promise of big money. The old guy dies, the young man gets the ticket, takes his place and goes off on a nightmare journey to the end of the night with the cops tailing him. We're as intrigued as the innocent young hero and drawn with him into a sinister world where he's handed from one ugly group to another. Ultimately, Sebastien becomes involved in a deadly game that may or may not be a metaphor for life itself. This picture has true authority, and only my resistance to hyperbole prevents me saying that 13 is nearly twice as good as Seven."- Philip French in The Guardian (93 Mins)
	16 Years of Alcohol (18) (2003) Director: Richard Jobson Starring: Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Susan Lynch, Laura Fraser An elegaic directorial debut from the versatile former lead singer of the Skids and Sky movie critic Jobson. Dedicated to the lost life of Jobson's brother, it's an impressive semi-autobiographical account of a turbulent adolescence stained by booze and violence. It's not without its faults but it's a fine start to a career and the woozy beginning is especially impressive. (96 Mins)
	2001: A Space Odyssey (U) (1968) Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood Not just a film, but rather an event, and a piece of philosophy wrapped in some of the most astonishing imagery ever filmed. The plot is disposable, the sensation is everything. If we accept Kubrick was a genius, then this is Kubrick x 100. Much imitated, profoundly inspiring and quite possibly immortal. Should belong in everyones top twenty of all cinema. (143 Mins)
	2046 (12) (2004) Director: Wong Kar-Wai Starring: Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi, Li Gong Wong Kar-Wais gorgeous loose follow-up to In the Mood For Love in which Tony Leung is the writer who has moved to a hotel to complete his science-fiction story. A familiar swoony atmosphere dominates. Both seductive and baffling, its a must-see film (129 Mins)
	21 Grams (15) (2003) Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Starring: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts Nominated for 2 Academy Awards and 5 Baftas, 21 Grams is an intense, critically acclaimed thriller with outstanding performances from Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts. When a horrific accident traumatically binds three peoples lives together, events unfold that takes them to the heights of passion, the depths of obsession and the promise of revenge. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritus follow-up to Amores Perros. (119 Mins)
	24 Hour Party People (18) (2002) Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Steve Coogan, Ralf Little, John Simm, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson From Joy Division and New Order to The Happy Mondays and beyond. A riotous semi-fictional retrospective of the story behind much of the best music of the last two decades. Winterbottom follows Tony Wilson through an amazing tale, the likes of which were unlikely to see again. Eschewing a consistent narrative thread, the film nevertheless creates a wonderful sense of events that is a testament to the filmmakers great skill. (115 Mins)
	25th Hour (15) (2002) Director: Spike Lee Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman Drug dealer Monty Brogan has just twenty four hours to make peace with his family and friends before he is sent to prison for seven years. Can he put his life in order before it is too late? (129 Mins)
	28 Days Later (18) (2002) Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Cillian Murphy A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. With genuinely eerie shots of an abandoned London this modern reappraisal of the zombie genre is unsettling and engaging. (108 Mins)
	28 Weeks Later (18) (2007) Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Starring: Robert Carlyle Sequel to the hit revisionist zombie film, 28 Days Later. This film picks up 6 months after the initial outbreak of the deadly Rage virus. Order has been restored, London is being repopulated, and the US military are in charge. What could possibly go wrong? (99 Mins)
	300 (15) (2007) Director: Zack Snyder Starring: Dominic West, Gerard Butler, Lena Headly A visually stunning adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel that recounts the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartan soldiers fought the combined armies of Xerxes' Persian Empire. Facing insurmountable odds, their valour and sacrifice inspired all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy. (111 Mins)
	39 Steps, The (U) (1935) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Peggy Ashcroft A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent, and is soon finding himself in one jam after another (82 Mins)
	5 x 2 (Five Times Two) (15) (2004) Director: Francois Ozon Starring: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stephane Freiss Aka Fives times Two. Five scenes from the failed marriage of Marion and Gilles are shown in reverse chronological order, from their divorce to their first meeting, the structure of the film allowing us uncommon insights into the strains of their relationship. 'Best French film of the year'-The Guardian (90 Mins)
	8 Mile (15) (2002) Director: Curtis Hanson Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy After being dumped by his girlfriend, Jimmy Rabbit Smith, Jr. is forced to move in with his mum and little sister in a trailer park on the poor side of the 8 Mile Road, Detroit. By day he holds down a badly-paid factory job but by night he tries to make it as a white rapper in the predominately African-American community. (115 Mins)
	8 Women (15) (2001) Director: Francois Ozon Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emanuelle Beart A large bourgeois residence in the middle of the countryside at the end of the 1950s with Christmas preparations underway. The master of the house is assassinated, eight women close to the victim are present and one of them is clearly guilty of the crime. But which one? A dazzling cast stars in this comedic murder mystery, nominated for 12 Cesars in France. (106 Mins)
	9 Songs (18) (2004) Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Margot Stilley, Kieran O Brien One of the most sexually explicit and yet least pornographic films to have been given a mainstream release, Winterbottom tells the story of an affair played out in bed and through music (the 9 songs of the title featuring Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals, Franz Ferdinand and Von Bondies among others). Highly-praised, provocative filmmaking. Winterbottom calls it his concert film (69 Mins)
	A Ma Soeur (18) (2001) Director: Catherine Breillat Starring: Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo Another feminist diatribe from the maker of Romance will not please the politically correct liberals who dictate the taste of the chattering classes. Breillat at her best is always perverse! This film's provoking and guaranteed to shatter the received ideas and illusions of all who have struggled theoretically and practically with that strange conflation of brutality and liberation which characterises sexual politics in our epoch... There's a mouthful! (82 Mins)
	A One and a Two (15) (1999) Director: Edward Yang Starring: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata This multi-award winning film offers, through a turbulent couple of weeks in the life of the Jian family, a detailed and very moving account of the ways people cope with crises and emotional setbacks. The problems, it humourously suggests, may change, but the means of coping remain the same. (173 Mins)
	A Scanner Darkly (15) (2005) Director: Richard Linklater Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder A faithful and very stylish animated adaptation of sci-fi writer Philip K.Dick's most personal work. Keanu Reeves stars as a reluctant undercover cop forced to start spying on his friends in a future where America has lost the war on drugs. Robert Downey Jr. gives a show-topping turn, and the rotoscoped animation is simply stunning. (120 Mins)
	A Zed And Two Noughts (15) (1985) Director: Peter Greenaway Starring: Joss Ackland, Brian Deacon An extraordinary tale of obsession in which the zoologist twin husbands of two women killed in a car crash start an affair with the female driver who has had a leg amputated. Tirelessly provocative, funny and stylish, the film also pays tribute to the Dutch master of light Vermeer, delves into man?s relationship with animals and explores the attraction of lists. Score by Michael Nyman. (112 Mins)
	Abigails Party (PG) (1984) Director: Mike Leigh Starring: Alison Steadman Absolute classic shot at 70s suburbia. (101 Mins)
	Acid House (18) (1999) Director: Paul McGuigan Starring: Ewen Bremner, Jemma Redgrave, Martin Clunes Three short tales from the acclaimed head of Irvine Welsh. Urban dilemmas, and, of course, trips of various kinds. With a soundtrack featuring Oasis, the Verve, Chemical brothers, Primal Scream and others. (106 Mins)
	Adaptation (15) (2002) Director: Spike Jonze Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper Director Spike Jonze delivers a stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fictional characers and situations with the lives of real people. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film. (110 Mins)
	Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (PG) (1988) Director: Terry Gilliam Starring: John Neville, Eric Idle, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Sarah Polley, Jonathan Pryce A remake of the classic story in which Baron Munchausen must prove his reputation as one of historys most remarkable adventurers, or be seen as one of the greatest liars of all time. (121 Mins)
	Adventures of Prince Achmed, The (PG) (1926) Director: Lotte Reiniger Starring: Silhouettes The first full-length animated film in the history of cinema, the making of Prince Achmed was an astonishing labour of love, taking three years and 300,000 camera shots to make. A pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reineger created all the characters and cut out every singe silhouette herself, and the frames were colour tinted by hand. The result is an enchanting film which still stands as one of the greatest classics of animation - delicate, lively, inventive, poetic and action-packed. A magical adventure taken from The Arabian Nights. (66 Mins)
	Adventures of Tintin, The (U) (1990) Director: St?phane Bernasconi Starring: Tintin, Captain Haddock, Snowy Faithful and highly enjoyable adaptations of Herges much-loved comic books - any fan of adventure stories (i.e. almost everyone) will love these Tintin Collections. Sporting 4 adventures & starring sometime-detective Tintin and sidekicks Snowy, Capt. Haddock, Calculus, Nestor and The Thomson Twins. Contains: Cigars Of The Pharaoh, The Blue Lotus, Destination Moon and Explorers On The Moon (164 Mins)
	Adventures of Tintin, The (U) (1990) Director: St?phane Bernasconi Starring: Tintin, Captain Haddock, Snowy Faithful and highly enjoyable adaptations of Herges much-loved comic books - any fan of adventure stories (i.e. almost everyone) will love these Tintin Collections. Sporting 4 adventures & starring sometime-detective Tintin and sidekicks Snowy, Capt. Haddock, Calculus, Nestor and The Thomson Twins. Contains: The Black Island, King Ottakars Sceptre, The Red Sea Sharks and Tintin In Tibet (164 Mins)
	Ages of Lulu, The (18) (1990) Director: Bigas Luna Starring: Francesca Neri, Oscar Ladoire Innocent girl marries first lover, gets fed up and flies out of the frying pan of her gilded cage into the fire of frequenting shady bars and all that involves. Some viewers seem to miss the intellectual points that Bigas Luna is trying to make as the film becomes submerged in erotic imagery. Perhaps he doesnt mind. (96 Mins)
	Aileen (18) (2003) Director: Joan Churchill / Nick Broomfield Starring: Documentary Two films about Aileen Wuornos, Americas first female serial killer that give a disturbing but humane insight into her paranoid but sympathetic mind. (89 Mins)
	Aimee & Jaguar (15) (1999) Director: Max Farberbock Starring: Maria Schrader, Juliane Kohler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch Berlin 1943/4. Two young women form a deep and intense relationship against the backdrop of the double threat of bombing raids and persecution. For one of them, married with four children, it will be a crucial experience in her life. For the other, a member of the Jewish underground, this love represents hope of life and survival. Described by the Jewish Telegraph as being as moving and as important as Schindlers List (125 Mins)
	Air: Eating, Sleeping..., (UC) (1998) Director: Mike Mills Starring: Air French clever dickies. (75 Mins)
	Akira (15) (1987) Director: Katsuhiro Otomo Starring: Animation Post-apocalyptic Tokyo. A government group try restoring an ancient force (Akira) to save their world but it proves uncontrollable. Cinemascope version with a fascinating production report video included. The stunning vision of a dystopian, futuristic city deserves honourable comparison with Blade Runner and Metropolis. (310 Mins)
	Aladdin (U) (1992) Director: Rob Clements Starring: Robin Williams (voice) Disney were at the height of their powers when they created this wonderful adaptation of the classic Arabian tale. Robin Williams provides his trademark schizophrenic comedy as the voice of the Blue Genie while the great animation and a surprisingly witty script make this a film ideal for both children and adults. (87 Mins)
	Alfie (15) (1965) Director: Lewis Gilbert Starring: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Eleanor Bron, Jane Asher The story of a Cockney lothario with no conscience and proud of his numerous conquests. Suddenly, faced with a serious illness, he finds the magic of his life has gone and he becomes a lonely, rather sad figure. Includes the cinema trailer. (109 Mins)
	All Quiet On The Western Front (PG) (1979) Director: Delbert Mann Starring: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm Based on Erich Remarques pacifist novel, this renowned, still highly impressive, moving and powerful anti-war classic depicts the horrors of World War I from the point of view, significantly, of the German soldiers. Academy Award winner, Best Film. Newly restored version. (123 Mins)
	All That Mighty Heart (UC) (1962) Director: British Transport Films Starring: Documentary In 1962 British Transport Films released All That Mighty Heart, a day in the life of London and London Transport. It follows the course of the day by reference to radio and televison programmes of the time. This colour film was originally started in 1953 as BTF production no 121 with a working title Operating London. For some unkown reason the project was abandoned. Some shots found their way into All That Mighty Heart, the rest were discarded. Now, over fifty years later some of the material salvaged from the cutting room floor has been complied for this DVD. It features buses at Fords works, STLs on route 101, Trolleybuses in Woolwich, at Hampton Court and in the Commercial Road, trams in South East London ( originally shot in 1952), Golders Green signal box, standard and 38 tube stock, and many central London scenes. Also shot in 1953 is Children's Coronation the story of how London Transport ferried school children from all over London to the big event of the year. Contains an audio extra. Elgar - Cockaigne Overtureplayed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eduard van Beinum. Recorded in the Kingsway Hall, London in 1949. Black and white and colour. 66 mins. (58 Mins)
	Almost Famous (15) (2000) Director: Cameron Crowe Starring: Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson Affectionate, accurate look at 70s rock scene. (118 Mins)
	Amadeus (PG) (1984) Director: Milos Forman Starring: F Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow Wonderful portrayal of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart scripted by Peter Schaffer. He was coarse, bawdy, drunk, screeched like a child and was also one of the greatest composers who ever lived. (153 Mins)
	Amelie (15) (2001) Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Dominique Pinon Innocent young Amelie discovers that her true vocation in life is to right wrongs and to help others find love and happiness. However, something is missing from her own heart, and when a mysterious photo album land at her feet, it sets her on a delightfully twisted path through Parisian streets to meet its handsome, mysterious owner and her own destiny. "Watching this movie is like being frogmarched into Maxim's in Paris and forced to eat up the entire sweet trolley in 60 seconds, while Maurice Chevalier stands behind you, singing a 78rpm version of: "Zank Evans feur leedle gairrls, ceurz leedle gairrls gait beegaire ev-reh deh." - Peter Bradshaw. "Delightfully quaint and sweet, Amelie is the titular character who finds her course in life pretty uneventful, that is until she finds a tin box belonging to someone and becomes intent on returning it to its rightful owner. This occurrence sets of a chain of events that set her along a path of securing many peoples happiness. When Amelie herself, falls in love, she goes t?te ? t?te with her feelings to win the man of her dreams and live a life that is full of romance. A beautifully subtitled French film, Amelie is a full 116 minutes worth watching." Meggan Edmeades Clinch (116 Mins)
	American Graffiti (PG) (1973) Director: George Lucas Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ronny Howard, Paul Le Mat A Californian night in 1962 finds four young men leaving high school and beginning to party. A love letter from Lucas to the vanished world of his youth. Ron Howard is the nominal hero, though Ford scores in the showy role that was to lead ultimately to Star Wars, but this is really an ensemble piece; young love, the future, and a realisation that something a little wonderful is disappearing, all flow seamlessly to the accompaniment of a great, rock and roll soundtrack. And if its all a little idealistic, why not? (108 Mins)
	American Splendour (15) (2003) Director: Shari Springer Berman / Robert Pulcini Starring: Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar Part documentary and part drama, American Splendor by Shari Berman and Robert Pulcini chronicles the life of underground comic-strip writer Harvey Pekar, brilliantly played by Paul Giamatti. (90 Mins)
	Amores Perros (18) (2000) Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo, Emilio Echevarria Voted best film by the critics at Cannes 2000. Amores Perros explodes onto the screen with a bone-crunching car crash. The lives of its three victims are then imaginatively interwoven in this visceral eulogy to life and loss on Mexico's mean streets. (147 Mins)
	An American Werewolf in London (18) (1981) Director: John Landis Starring: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffen Dunne Best known for ground breaking transformation scenes. Mixes comedy with early eighties ultra violence, and interesting cross atlantic social observations. One of the great early VHS rental industry builders. (93 Mins)
	An Inconvenient Truth (UC) (2006) Director: Davis Guggenheim Starring: Al Gore An astonishingly compelling and gripping film that follows Al Gore's campaign to make people aware of the dangers of global warming. An optimistic film that shows that humanity has the power to quell the potential diaster, An Inconvenient Truth is one of the best documentaries of the year. (100 Mins)
	Angel Heart (18) (1987) Director: Alan Parker Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro An adaptation of William Hjortsbergs Faustian detective novel Falling Angel with Rourke as private eye Harry Angel, hired by mysterious, menacing client Louis Cyphre (De Niro) to track down a missing singer who dabbled in the occult. But the leads in the case keep ending up dead in a series of nasty, ritualistic murders. Parker slaps on the ominous imagery, a potent combination of film noir darkness with supernatural undertones in this visually powerful and unsettling thriller (108 Mins)
	Angel-A (12) (2005) Director: Luc Besson Starring: Jamel Debbouza, Rie Rasmussen Swindler Andre is looking to end it all by jumping off a bridge. Before he does so he sees a girl about to do the same thing. She jumps, he jumps after her and saves her from drowning. As a way of showing her thanks, she offers to do anything he wants while constantly remaining at his side. A romantic comedy with strikingly atmospheric black & white-photography. (85 Mins)
	Animatrix (15) (2003) Director: Various Starring: Animation 9 short films exploring the world of The Matrix. A fusion of CG-animation and Japanese anime from some of the best directors working in the field. Features Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance Parts 1 & 2, Kids Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story, Matriculated (89 Mins)
	Apocalypse Now (Redux) (18) (2000) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Sheen hunts down a renegade Colonel in Coppola's legendary drug-soaked, hallucinatory journey upriver. This is the Vietnam war as mad napalm-scented Wagnerian opera. From its eight nominations the film won Oscars for Best Sound and for Vittorio Storaro's majestic cinematography. Delirious, explosive, brilliant - an unforgettable 70s monster. (202 Mins)
	Apocalypto (18) (2006) Director: Mel Gibson Starring: Dalia Hernandez, Marya Serbulo, Raoul Trujillo Mel Gibson tackles the downfall of Mayan civilization in his latest turn as writer/director. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) and his fellow villagers lead a peaceful life in the forest until a savage, unprovoked attack turns their world upside down. After hiding his pregnant wife and young son from the invaders, Jaguar Paw joins in the fight, only to be taken prisoner with the rest of the survivors. Uncertain of what the future holds and taken from his home to a thriving metropolis that might as well be a foreign country, Jaguar Paw has just one goal - to return to his wife and child. Jaguar Paw's journey is a coming-of-age saga running the gamut of love, loss, courage, and redemption. (132 Mins)
	Aristocrats, The (18) (2005) Director: Paul Provenza Starring: Billy Connolly, Eric Idle, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Izzard One hundred comedians tell the same dirty joke, 'The Aristocrats', which for may years has served as the bare bones for improv routines that go way beyond the boundaries of such things as taste. Comedians attempt to outdo each other in just how far they will go with the material, reinterpreting it according to their own style and whim. (92 Mins)
	Assassination Of Richard Nixon, The (15) (2004) Director: Niels Mueller Starring: Jack Thompson, Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Naomi Watts A drama exposing the dark side of the American Dream, this is based on the tragic true story of Sam Bicke, a disillusioned everyman who, in 1974, was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th president of the United States. In a society worn down by political corruption and the Vietnam War, Sam sees Nixon - "the greatest salesman of them all" as the person responsible for his, and America's problems. (92 Mins)
	At The Circus (U) (1939) Director: Edward Buzzell Starring: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Kenny Baker, Florence Baker The 3-ring circus that is Groucho, Harpo and Chico provide big top bedlam. (83 Mins)
	At the Height of Summer (PG) (2000) Director: Tran Anh Hung Starring: Tran Nu Yen-Khe, Nguyen Nhu Quynh, Le Khanh This is a sensual and poignant drama from Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hung, the director of ?Cyclo? and ?The Scent of Green Papya?. On the anniversary of their mother?s death, three sisters Li?n, Hai & Khanh meet up to honour her memory; intensely close, they seemingly share everything and seek one another?s advice on every subject - and yet, each of them has a secret. One month later, following a turbulent period of temptations, disappointments, suspicions, separations and misunderstandings, each of them has revealed what the tact and discretion of familial relationships has always kept hidden. Exquisitely acted and gorgeously photographed by Mark Lee, who shot ?In the Mood for Love?, The stunning visuals are perfectly complemented by an eclectic soundtrack including tracks by Lou reed, the Velvet Underground and Arab Strap. (112 Mins)
	Atlantis: The Lost Empire (U) (2001) Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise Starring: Michael J. Fox, James Garner The Disney Studio was built on innovation in animation, so it seems ironic that Atlantis is both a bold departure and highly derivative, borrowing heavily from anime, video games and graphic novels. Instead of songs and fuzzy little animals, the artists offer an action-adventure set in 1914: nerdy linguist Milo Thatch (Michael J Fox) believes hes found the location of the legendary Lost Continent. (92 Mins)
	Audition (18) (2001) Director: Mike Takashi Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Kuremura Film director and widower Aoyama feels lonely and in need of love. To find the ideal woman, he holds an audition and chooses the attractive but enigmatic Asami. While he is looking for romance, she has rather different plans for the relationship. A disturbing film that will leave you reeling. (111 Mins)
	Autofocus (18) (2002) Director: Paul Schrader Starring: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe Auto Focus" is a biopic/drama which explores the career and life of Bob Crane, sexaholic and star of the late 60s sitcom "Hogans Heros". A highly sanitized drama with a la-de-da milieu and the look and feel of a sitcom, "Auto Focus" deals only superficially with the neurotic protags preoccupation with sex while failing to dig deep into his aberrant psychodynamics and the seedy subculture he inhabited by night. A solid production in all respects, "Auto Focus" will most likely be of interest to those who remember Crane while younger viewers may find the film somewhat unsatisfying. (B-) (101 Mins)
	Avalon (12) (2001) Director: Oshii Mamoru Starring: Malgorzata Foremniak, Bartek Swinderski Young people are increasingly addicted to an illegal virtual reality game called Avalon. Ash, a star player of the game, learns of a rumoured advanced level of the game and puts her life at risk in order to find the gateway there and experience it. (166 Mins)
	Babe, Pig in the City (U) (1998) Director: George Miller Starring: Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary SteinF Surreal, multi faceted, family film. Allegories abound in this testament to "human" nature. (92 Mins)
	Babel (15) (2006) Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett An intelligent, impressive work directed with ambition and sensitivity, Babel is undoubtedly one of the best films of last year. Other far-reaching dramas that tackle big themes often seem portentous and self-important, yet Babel aims for a trenchant study of humanity?s failure to communicate and hits its target. (138 Mins)
	Back To The Future Trilogy (PG) (1985) Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Michael J. Fox The hugely entertaining Back to The Future Trilogy is a ground-breaking mix of slapstick, nostalgia and sheer directorial bravura. The deceptively complex plot involves Michael J Fox hurtling backwards and forwards in time to fix the problems he has un-knowingly caused. With Spielberg involved it couldnt fail, and it subsequently joins Star Wars and Indiana Jones as one of the great blockbuster trilogies. (328 Mins)
	Bad Education (15) (2003) Director: Pedro Almodovar Starring: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Fele Martinez, Gael Garcia Bernal This semi-autobiographical offering from Almodovar tells the story of aspiring film-maker Fele Mart?nez, who gets involved with a childhood love who is not all he appears to be. Also serving as a tribute to the classic Hollywood melodrama, Bad Education is awash with film references. (101 Mins)
	Bad Santa (15) (2003) Director: Terry Zwigoff Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Lauren Graham Billy Bob Thornton is terrific as a lowlife department store Santa in Terry Zwigoff's outrageous black-comedic follow-up to his offbeat hit 'Ghost World'. Every year, Stokes takes a job as Santa in a different place in order to rob the store he's working in. Lewd, crude and very funny, and most definitely not for children! (95 Mins)
	Bagdad Cafe (12) (1988) Director: Percy Adlon Starring: Jack Palance, Marianne Sagebrecht, Monica Calhoun, C C H Pounder An overweight German tourist staggers out of the Arizona desert. Reaching the Bagdad Caf?, she is transformed when she meets a black truckstop owner and a crazy artist. With a poignant sense of place, rich colours, and nicely developed characterizations, Bagdad Caf? turns raw experience into rich fantasy. (87 Mins)
	Baise Moi (18) (2000) Director: Coralie Trinh Thi / Virginie Despentes Starring: Raffaela Anderson, Karen Lancaume This is edgy, daring, sexually explicit and controversial cinema. Two women exact an uncompromising assault on their position in society and become the sexual aggressors with guns. Porn stars in leading roles, graphic violence and real sex. Extreme in every sense. (74 Mins)
	Bangkok Dangerous (18) (2002) Director: Oxide Pang Starring: Pavarit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee RatanasophaF Kong is an cold-hearted assassin whos been deaf and mute since childhood. His silence has helped him accept his assignments without any remorse or guilt. However, when he meets and befriends the beautiful Fon, he experiences humanity, warmth and tenderness for the first time. Stylish, inspired direction coupled with a compelling story knocks this above most in its genre. (102 Mins)
	Baraka (PG) (1992) Director: Ron Frick Starring: The World We Live In An award-winning film which tells of the tumultuous interaction of earth and man. Filmed in 24 countries including Tanzania, China, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait, Cambodia, Iran and Nepal. No dialogue. Visuals plus stimulating music. Widescreen. Includes a "Making Of" featurette, crew interviews, "Behind the Scenes" clips & the original theatrical trailer (92 Mins)
	Barbarella (15) (1968) Director: Roger Vadim Starring: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings Based on a comic strip character, the story involves a beautiful space age heroine who vanquishes robots and monsters on the planet Lythion.... (94 Mins)
	Barbarian Invasions, The (18) (2003) Director: Denys Arcand Starring: Remy Girard, Dorothee Berryman, Stephane Rousseau An engaging and humane exploration of personal, political and sexual mores, Arcands Oscar-winning comedy drama features many of the same characters from his earlier Decline of the American Empire. Here, Remy being diagnosed with cancer prompts reconciliations and reunions, whilst his son calls upon his fathers old friends and mistresses to make his life comfortable. (99 Mins)
	Barefoot Contessa (PG) (1954) Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner Starting with a rain-drenched funeral, this moves into flashback with the torrid and scandalous tale of a movie beauty queen told from three differing perspectives by those who knew and discovered her. Mankiewiczs customarily sharp script oozes high-voltage dialogue, whilst Jack Cardiffs superb cinematography lends visual distinction to this witty expose of Hollywood morals. (125 Mins)
	Barry Lyndon (PG) (1975) Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Ryan ONeal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger A visually stunning adaptation of Thackeray. Kubricks constant theme, of the coming apart of well laid plans, and the spiralling control of obsession, are well laid out, Production design, score, photography and costumes all won Oscars, and Kubrick, whose outsider status would always deny him that award, won Bafta for Best Director. (178 Mins)
	Basquiat (15) (1996) Director: Julian Schnarbel Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Courtney Love, David Bowie Life story of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, written and directed by a fellow artist, featuring an outstanding supporting cast and a soundtrack that includes music from The Pogues, Iggie Pop and John Cale. (106 Mins)
	Batman (15) (1989) Director: Tim Burton Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton The first installation of Burtons gothic take on the cartoon strip character sees Batman confront the evil Joker. (121 Mins)
	Batman Begins (12) (2005) Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Katie Holmes, Lucy Russell, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe A prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series. An attitude of grave seriousness elevates Batman Begins above the more cartoon-oriented Batman movies, as Nolan crafts a dark drama that thrives on sci-fi intrigue. Bale strides into the role with grace, and while the action scenes explode with high-tech glitz and fast-moving thrills, they are evenly placed among sequences of plot and character development, making for a complex and satisfying viewing experience (135 Mins)
	Battle In Heaven (18) (2005) Director: Carlos Reygadas Starring: Marcus Hermandez Reygadas' controversial hit from Cannes has drawn plaudits and derision in equal measure and occasioned much debate over the sexually explicit pre-credits sequence. Using non-professional actors, Reygadas gives a poignant insight into the actions and thoughts of a kidnapper in Mexico, who tries to live with the consequences of his actions as well as his infatuation with his employer's daughter. (98 Mins)
	Battle Of Algiers (15) (1966) Director: Gillo Pontecorvo Starring: Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin and the People Of Algiers. The Asian Dub Foundation performed a live soundtrack to this film at the Dome during the '04 Brighton Festival. The parrallels between the conflicts of 50 years ago and those of today were painfully obvious and moving. Powerful, dispassionate account of the Algerian war of Independence which generated huge political and aesthetic ripples. With its gripping documentary-style realism providing a very believable immediacy, it?s a compelling indictment of colonialism. (116 Mins)
	Battle Royale (18) (2001) Director: Fukasaku Kinji Starring: Fujiwara Tatsuya, Maeda Aki, Yamamoto Taro Based on the cult book which became a gigantic success in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku brings a view of the future to the fore - teenage rebellion has become so crippling that the government implements some fairly radical policies to cope. (109 Mins)
	Battle Royale 2: Requiem (18) (2003) Director: Kinji Fukasaku Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara Much-awaited sequel to the ballistic 2000 hit. Three years on, one of the survivors, Shuya Nanahara, has become a notorious anti-government terrorist. Leading the group Wild Seven he has declared war on the adults who enforce the BR Act (133 Mins)
	Battleship Potemkin, The (PG) (1925) Director: Sergei M Eisenstein Starring: Alexander Antonov, Grigori Alexandrov Voted the greatest film of all time by an international panel of critics, this fictionalised account of one of the most tragic events of the 1905 Russian Revolution contains the single most celebrated sequence in film history - the massacre on the Odessa steps. In the age of MTV, its hard to imagine the impact of the cutting in this account of a sailors mutiny during the Revolution of 1905. Atomised consumers of anything which catches our eye, to the original audiences, it must have seemed like witnessing the birth pangs of cinema itself. (74 Mins)
	Beast, The (La Bete) (18) (1975) Director: Walerian Borowczyk Starring: Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Pierre Benedetti Controversial, shocking and frequently very funny, this is also filmed with Borowczyks painterly eye to the fore. An American heiress discovers the hidden history of the family she is marrying into on the eve of her wedding. The graphic scenes of the beasts couplings with its human prey are blatantly allegorical - emphasising the similarities between human sexuality and animalistic behaviour but proved too much for the arbiters of taste and decency, with the complete film only surfacing after a hiatus of 25 years. Although the numerous sequences of the beast chasing corseted ladies through the undergrowth invoke the spirit of Benny Hill rather than any more profound social commentary, this still remains one of the most bizarre filmic experiences that you could ever imagine. By thoroughly entertaining the cineaste it fully justifies its unique position within the pantheon of perverse arthouse cinema in which it resides. Approach with caution but enjoy with abandon!! (94 Mins)
	Beat That My Heart Skipped, The (15) (2005) Director: Jacques Audiard Starring: Romain Duris Audiard's remake of James Toback's classic 1978 film, Fingers, presents a memorable character study about a young man torn between a life of crime and classical music. 28 year-old Tom seems destined to follow in his father's footsteps as a Parisian property shark. However, a chance encounter with his late mother's music agent rekindles a desire for a musical career and hope for a better life. (102 Mins)
	Beautiful Thing (15) (1996) Director: Hettie MacDonald Starring: Glen Berry, Linda Henry A touching portrait of blossoming love between two teenage boys during a long hot summer on a housing estate in South London. Acclaimed for its sincerity and non-exploitative stance towards a controversial subject. (85 Mins)
	Beetlejuice (15) (1988) Director: Tim Burton Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton A couple of home-loving ghosts need to be rid of a group of pretentious, trendsetting humans, who have taken over their house and made living extremely difficult. They enlist the aid of a bio-exorcist in the hope that he can frighten the unwanted guests away. (92 Mins)
	Before Sunrise (15) (2004) Director: Richard Linklater Starring: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke An entrancing watch. As in Rohmer's films, conversation is integral and essential as Hawke and Delpy reveal themselves and discover each other as they wander round Vienna. An intelligent romance built round a core of fantasy. (97 Mins)
	Before Sunset (15) (2004) Director: Richard Linklater Starring: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke Linklater's companion piece to 'Before Sunrise' is set nine years after the first encounter. On the last stop of a book tour, Jesse sees Celine watching from the back of the room. She lives in Paris now, he lives in New York. He's flying out that evening and they utilise every moment, finding their human connection no less vital, inspiring or real than it was in nine years ago in Vienna. (77 Mins)
	Behind the Sun (12) (2001) Director: Walter Salles Starring: Jose Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro From the director of the highly-regarded Central Station comes a tale of honour and revenge in the sun-baked badlands of Brazil in 1910. A family blood feud gives meaning to a life of relentless toil until two travelling performers offer a chance of escape. (88 Mins)
	Being John Malkovich (15) (2000) Director: Spike Jonze Starring: John Cusak, John Malkovich, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener Theres a portal that goes straight into John Malkovichs head. Youre there for fifteen minutes and then youre spat out on the New Jersey turnpike. Puppeteer Craig finds the way in and manages to turn it into a money-maker. What on earth could go wrong? Truly strange and very good. (108 Mins)
	Believer, The (15) (2000) Director: Henry Bean Starring: Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Theresa Russell A young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic worldview. Based on the true story of an American Nazi Party leader in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish. (98 Mins)
	Belle Et La Bete, La (PG) (1946) Director: Jean Cocteau Starring: Josette Day, Jean Marais Relentlessly romantic, beautifully mounted and flawlessly acted, his re-telling of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" is addressed to what remains of the child in all of us, but, by avoiding all sentimentality, its appeal is universal. The film for which he is probably best known (90 Mins)
	Belleville-Rendezvous (PG) (2003) Director: Sylvain Chomet Starring: Animation Aka Les Triplettes de Belleville. Superb, creative and original animation. The attention to detail is amazing, and there are plenty of film references to keep spotters happy. In the end though, this is in entirely its own film world and it leads you from one unexpected place to another. Youll be grinning from beginning to end. Unmissable and great fun. (78 Mins)
	Bent (18) (1996) Director: Sean Mathias Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger Bent is the powerful and moving film adaptation of Martin Shermans award winning stage play. For almost 20 years Bent has stunned audiences around the world. Now adapted for the big screen by the author himself, this inspiring tale of love over oppression has even greater power and poignancy. (100 Mins)
	Best in Show (12) (2000) Director: Christopher Guest Starring: Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael From the creators of "This is Spinal Tap" comes a mockumentary about dog owners, perhaps the most eccentric breed on the planet. Charting the fortunes of a bunch of canine-loving fruitcakes from arrival to showtime, this is a riotous send-up of the doggie community. Lynch is positively dangerous... "...a nimble, agile little film: quick-witted, intelligent, responsive to the directors whistles and beckonings." Guardian. (87 Mins)
	Better Than Chocolate (15) (1999) Director: Anne Wheeler Starring: Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox Maggie meets Kim, the woman of her dreams, only hours before her mother and brother pay a surprise visit! Winner of the London Lesbian and Gay Festival Audience Award 1999 (95 Mins)
	Better Tomorrow, A (18) (1986) Director: John Woo Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break (94 Mins)
	Betty Blue (18) (1986) Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix Starring: Beatrice Dalle Jean-Hugues Anglade Zorg is a handyman working in France, maintaining and looking after a collection of beach bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life. One day Betty walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. Bettys wild manners start to get out of control, and Zorg sees the woman he loves going slowly insane. Erotic, hypnotic and heartbreaking. And with that fantastic soundtrack.. (178 Mins)
	Betty Fisher & Other Stories (15) (2001) Director: Claude Miller Starring: Nicole Garcia, Sandrine Kiberlain, Mathilde Seigner Betty Fisher et autres histoires. A dark compelling thriller - an intricate tale of kidnap and fraud that interweaves the lives of its three disparate female protagonists, Clever, taut and compelling - a very French adaptation of Ruth Rendells novel The Tree of Hands. (103 Mins)
	Big Blue, The (15) (1988) Director: Luc Besson Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno The timeless magical mysterious sea. A place on earth as untouched as the far reaches of space. For two men, its unknown depths will become the ultimate test of their courage. "The spectacular diving scenes are mesmerising." Today (163 Mins)
	Big Fish (PG) (2003) Director: Tim Burton Starring: Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup After the disappointment of Planet of the Apes, Big Fish sees Burton make a triumphant return to form. Though some scenes in the film echo the gothic mood of his earlier work, The developing relationship between son and father is beautifully depicted, and it is undoubtedly Burton?s most moving film to date. (120 Mins)
	Big Sleep, The (PG) (1946) Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone, Charles Waldron Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired to investigate an extortion mystery, affecting wealthy General Sternwood and his two daughters. Brilliant essential 40s Noir: an unmissable chance to wallow in the Bogie - Bacall magic, the electric (Raymond Chandler and William Faulkner!) dialogue, fizzing sexual chemistry, labyrinthine plot and marvellous direction. Hawkss greatest film. (110 Mins)
	Big Store, The (U) (1941) Director: Charles Reisner Starring: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont. The brothers go east in The Big Store, becoming detectives-cum-bodyguards for a department store. (80 Mins)
	Big Wednesday (PG) (1978) Director: John Milius Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, Gary Busey, William Katt The mother of all surfing movies. Three old surfing friends of the 1960s reunite after the Vietnam War to face the challenge of the giant ocean swell for one last time. (115 Mins)
	Biggie & Tupac (15) (2002) Director: Nick Broomfield Starring: Nick Broomfield, Voletta Wallace Documentary on the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls and the East Coast/West Coast, hip-hop/rap rivalry that culminated in late 1996 and early 1997 (107 Mins)
	Bill And Teds Excellent Adventure (PG) (1989) Director: Stephen Hereck Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter wont graduate if they don,t do well in their history presentation. This would both be bogus and uncool ! Time travelling,back- to- the -futurish, generally excellent cultish kids film. (87 Mins)
	Billabong Odyssey (PG) (2003) Director: Philip Boston Starring: Mike Parsons etc Following a three-year quest for the worlds biggest waves, this documentary features quite astonishing footage of big wave surfing with the worlds best surfers, at the same time delving into just why they do it and how they overcome the deaths of fellow surfers. Triumph comes when star surfer Mike Parsons comes back from nearly drowning to surf a giant 70ft wave (88 Mins)
	Birdman Of Alcatraz (PG) (1962) Director: John Frankenheimer Starring: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden Moving study of long term imprisonment (147 Mins)
	Birds, The (15) (1963) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor The Birds Is Coming! screeched the advance posters ungrammatically for one of Hitchcocks most complex, richly rewarding works. Technically a tour de force requiring some 370 trick shots and Bernard Herrmanns unique sound design (there is no music score), the deliberately slow pace of the opening scenes in the sleepy town of Bodega Bay thrillingly gives way to natures attack on mankind in a series of brilliantly conceived and executed set pieces. The underlying theme of the breakdown in human communications is superbly visualised throughout. (115 Mins)
	Black Book (15) (2006) Director: Paul Verhoeven Starring: Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman Dutch director Paul Verhoeven made his career combining art house sensibility and Old World perversion with all the colour and excess of the Hollywood blockbuster. After a string of B-movie misses, WWII Dutch resistance thriller Black Book is a barnstorming return to form. Reunited with scriptwriter Gerard Soeteman, with whom he made Turkish Delight, Spetters and The Fourth Man, Verhoeven is back in his element. At home in his native Holland, freed from Hollywood sensibilities, he is free to cut loose and have fun. The result is a triumph: a mix of rip-roaring action and intrigue, dastardly villains, gorgeous dames, desperate rescues, savage murders, betrayal, lust, lasciviousness and greed. (145 Mins)
	Blade II (18) (2002) Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Wesley Snipes Aptly described by critic Roger Ebert as "a vomitorium of viscera", Blade II takes the express route to sequel success. (117 Mins)
	Blade Runner (15) (1982) Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Rutger Hauer, Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah One of those films that reshapes more than genre, altering film culture forever. Also a work of towering imagination and extraordinary beauty. Its terrifying central thesis is that although the defining characteristic of humanity is empathy, the future will be so soulless that only machines can experience genuine feelings. On another level, a hell of a return to form for the film noir thriller. So good for so many reasons (112 Mins)
	Blair Witch 2 - Book of Shadows (15) (2000) Director: Joe Berlinger Starring: Jeffrey Donovan, Kim Director. More hysterical horror from irritating, snot blowing group of "research students". Shut up, blow your nose and watch Cannibal Holocaust ! (90 Mins)
	Blithe Spirit (U) (1945) Director: David Lean Starring: Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Hammond A happily married author writing a novel on mediums invites one to supper one evening. After holding a seance the husbands first wife appears and begins to cause chaos. Fine performances throughout bring Cowards dialogue to life. (91 Mins)
	Blood Simple (18) (1983) Director: Joel Coen Starring: Frances McDormand, M Emmet Walsh, John Getz The Coen Brothers? auspicious debut, a stunningly assured, stylish neo-noir set dead in the heart of Texas. A bar owner hires a private eye to spy on his wife and her lover and then have them killed but the Eye has his own ideas and performs a variation on the contract which goes horribly wrong, leading to a twisted web of guilt, misunderstandings and deceptions. Plotted and paced with skill and precision and with a clutch of intense, sweaty performances (M Emmet Walsh as the hilariously sleazy P.I. is especially noteworthy) this gripping thriller was a calling card that announced the arrival of American cinema?s finest genre film makers. (95 Mins)
	Bloody Sunday (15) (2001) Director: Paul Greengrass Starring: James Nesbit, Tim Pigott-Smith An acclaimed and controversial film that tells the story of Bloody Sunday in one day from dawn to dusk. (105 Mins)
	Blow Up (15) (1966) Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Starring: David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Vanessa Redgrave Not just a cinematic close-up of mid-60s London based around the life of a fashion photographer but a brilliantly-written snapshot of an emerging rootless generation. Filled with dead-ends, false leads, non sequiturs and hanging conversations, the attraction of the here and now has an insistence that clouds any wider search for meaning or solid ground. Oscar-nominated first English language picture for Antonioni. Brilliant (106 Mins)
	Blue Juice (15) (1995) Director: Carl Prechezer Starring: Sean Pertwee, Catherine Zeta Jones, Ewan McGregor Set among the macho, Americanised surfing community of Cornwall, a story of hedonistic working-class Londoners worrying where their lives are taking them. (96 Mins)
	Blue Planet, The (12) (2001) Director: BBC Starring: Documentary Fantastic underwater documentary. (488 Mins)
	Blue Velvet (18) (1986) Director: David Lynch Starring: Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rosselini, Kyle MacLachlen A severed ear embroils clean-cut MacLachlan in a nightmarish underside to respectable suburban America. With Hopper deliciously terrifying, Lynchs direction inventive and assured, this sensual and voyeuristic mystery-thriller is among the 80s most acclaimed films: the sheer wealth of imagination virtually unequalled in recent cinema (116 Mins)
	Bobby (15) (2007) Director: Emilio Estevez Starring: Ensemble Cast! There was a time in recent history when young people had leaders that they could look up to and who inspired them to think of politics as a potentially noble profession. Emilio Estevez? film Bobby reminds us of one such man, Bobby Kennedy, who, with all his warts and contradictions, became the spokesman for a generation in revolt, and whose assassination left a gaping hole in our collective soul that has not been filled. Bobby tells the fictionalized stories of 22 people who gathered at the Ambassador Hotel Ballroom on June 4, 1968, the night Kennedy was shot in the pantry after winning the Democratic primary and concluding his acceptance speech to a cheering crowd. Shown only through newsreel clips taken from his campaign for the presidency, we see the Bobby that stirred the nation with his progressive speeches. The film is unabashedly dedicated to celebrating Bobby?s memory and contrasting what he stood for with the emptiness of our present leaders. (111 Mins)
	Bodysong (18) (2002) Director: Simon Pummell Starring: Score by Jonny Greenwood From birth to death, rebirth, hopes and dreams. Filled with challenging, thought-provoking images from the work of unnamed medical photographers, war correspondents, news cameramen, amateur enthusiasts and feature film cinematographers this is truly a celebration of our corporeal selves. Score by Radioheads Jonny Greenwood. (78 Mins)
	Bomb?n El Perro (15) (2004) Director: Carlos Sorin Starring: Juan Villegas, Bombon In a staggering outburst of sentimentality, we dedicate this recommendation to Piggi, our little French Bulldog. Moviestogogo mascot, super trooper and all round madam conked out at 12.15 on 06/12. When a middle-aged mechanic made redundant after 20 years helps a stranded motorist he is paid with a purebred Dogo Argentino named Bomb?n, a dog almost twice his size. He begins to dream of a different life after his dog wins first prize at a local dog show and, aided by a trainer, he discovers the world of dog shows, where he reclaims his dignity and discovers a new calling (93 Mins)
	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (15) (2006) Director: Larry Charles Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Baron Cohen's outrageously funny comedy creation is a loveable, racist, homophobic, bigoted, anti-Semitic Kazakh who travels to America to make a documentary, talking to TV broadcasters, etiquette teachers and Christian fundamentalists along the way. (83 Mins)
	Bound (18) (1996) Director: Andy WachowskiLarry Wachowski Starring: Jennifer Tilly From the directors of The Matrix, a superbly confident debut. A stylish, suspenseful and sexy thriller with a lesbian twist, in which Gershon and Tilly (a very likeable couple) plot to steal 2 million dollars from the latters gangster boyfriend. Hugely enjoyable. (108 Mins)
	Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, The (UC) (2004) Director: Phil Grabsky Starring: Documentary In march 2001, the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistans foremost tourist attraction, the Buddhas of Bamiyan, for 1600 years the worlds highest stone statues. Less well known are the hundreds of refugees that live in the caves alongside the ruins. Over the course of a year, this film follows the story of one of those refugees, an eight year old boy named Mir. (96 Mins)
	Boys Dont Cry (18) (1999) Director: Kimberly Peirce Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Hilary Swank Nebraska, the early-90s. A young woman cuts her hair, binds her breasts and arrives at a small town passing as a boy. Relaxed and oddly gentle, he makes friends quickly. Then he meets Lana. Like the best films about love, Pierces debut is both visionary and brutal, in short a revelation. (118 Mins)
	Brass Eye (Series & Special) (18) (2001) Director: Michel Cumming Starring: Chris Morris Chris Morris is God. Disc contains first six episodes, plus the paedophile special report that really got them rattled. (167 Mins)
	Brazil (15) (1985) Director: Terry Gilliam Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Bob Hoskins, Robert DeNiro The Orwellian world of Sam Lowry, a man seeking escape through fabulous dreams from grey, soul-destroying bureaucracy, begins to fragment when he meets the very real, and very rebellious, woman of his fantasies. With freedom fighting engineers, direct debit state torture, and a woman who melts from too much plastic surgery, this is Gilliams finest hour, perfectly complemented by a script co-written with Tom Stoppard. Compassionate lunacy, with images of startling power and perhaps most incredibly, a thoroughly evil Michael Palin. (136 Mins)
	Breakfast at Tiffanys (PG) (1961) Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney One of the last of the great romantic comedies, Hepburn is Holly Golightly ? escort, consort, friend ? whose happy-go-lucky lifestyle is about to go off the rails. Includes the priceless Moon River. (110 Mins)
	Brick (12) (2005) Director: Rian Johnson Starring: Nora Zehetner, Joseph Gordon-Levitt A witty, concise and thrilling blend of genres, this savvy take on traditional Film Noir conventions bristles with sharp Raymond Chandler-esque dialogue. A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. His forceful approach attracts a lot of attention, uncovering a complex web of deceit, drugs and murder. (106 Mins)
	Bridget Jones-The Edge Of Reason (15) (2004) Director: Beeban Kidron Starring: Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Renee Zellweger Bridget remains torn between two lovers: Daniel Cleaver, the charming womaniser, and Mark Darcy, the handsome but somewhat stern lawyer. When Bridget sets off to Thailand for a working holiday, she is unaware of the repercussions that the trip will have on her life, including the realisation of who she really wants to be with.. (108 Mins)
	Brief Encounter (PG) (1945) Director: David Lean Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard Celia Watson is Laurie Jesson, a housewife, who against her better judgment, falls in love with Dr. Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard). David Lean directs this like a film noir, which adds to great effect, to the film. Watson and Howard are amazing in their roles, and completely convincing. And Ill never hear Rachmaninoff without thinking of this movie. A masterpiece in every sense of the word. (107 Mins)
	Bright Young Things (15) (2003) Director: Stephen Fry Starring: Jim Broadbent, Simon Callow, Stephen Campbell Moore Actor Stephen Frys directorial debut, Bright Young Things is a faithful and effective adpatation of Evelyn Waughs Vile Bodies. As one might expect, the films comic moments are the most memorable (102 Mins)
	Brighton Rock (PG) (1947) Director: John Boulting Starring: Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Carol Marsh In one of the best British films noir, Dickie Attenborough?s deceptively innocent looks hide a violent and temperamental maniac. Pinkie will not tolerate drinking and smoking, but condones the occasional murder. The seediness of the seaside town is almost palpable; the sleazy nightlife, the greasy fish and chips (and hairstyles) ? the great underbelly of B&B Brighton. Expressionistic studio shots and night-time locations ? down alleyways and streets ? give the seaside town a nightmarish look never seen before. Arguably the best film made by the talented Boulting brothers, it competes with the best of the underworld films made in Hollywood. (89 Mins)
	Brokeback Mountain (15) (2005) Director: Ang Lee Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams Undoubtedly one of the great films of the new millennium, Ang Lee's western is an astonishing achievement. Its incredibly moving depiction of the homosexual love between two cowboys (Ledger and a BAFTA-winning Gyllenhaal), and a poetic, frequently enigmatic script helped it win just about every award going, including the Golden Lion in Venice and the Best Picture BAFTA. A masterpiece. (134 Mins)
	Broken Flowers (15) (2005) Director: Jim Jarmusch Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Tilda Swinton, Sharon Stone One of Jarmusch's most pleasing, accessible pictures, and also a winner of the 2005 Grand Prix at Cannes. Bill Murray plays a man overflowing with wealth but void of emotion. On the day that his most recent girlfriend has given up on him, he learns, through an anonymous letter, that he might be the father of a 19-year-old boy. Spurned into action by his wannabe private eye neighbour, he sets off on a personal journey to visit the former partners who may or may not have mothered his child. A wry, bittersweet portrait of a man who is drifting aimlessly through life. (103 Mins)
	Bronco Bullfrog (12) (1970) Director: Barney Platts-Mills Starring: Del Walker, Ann Gooding, Sam Shepherd A welcome re-release of Platts-Mills unique independent film. Antithetical to the frothy irrelevance of late period Swinging Sixties movies, Bronco Bullfrog explores the disenchantment of young working class lives in the East End, but still exudes an endearing sense of humour. (112 Mins)
	Brown Bunny (18) (2004) Director: Vincent Gallo Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Vincent Gallo Vincent Gallo shocked and divided the 2003 Cannes Film Festival with this highly personal and sexually explicit film that he wrote, directed, produced, edited, photographed and stars in. Gallo plays Bud Clay, a motorcycle racer on his way from New Hampshire to California in a van. He meets a number of women during the trip, but cant let go of his past, which centres around Daisy (Chloe Sevigny), whom he hopes to find when he returns home to Los Angeles (109 Mins)
	Bubba Ho-Tep (15) (2004) Director: Don Coscarelli Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis Elvis (Campbell) isn?t dead. He merely swapped places with an impersonator in secret, and is now lying decrepit in a rest home in Texas. But when an Egyptian mummy is revived on the premises, The King teams up with a black resident who thinks he?s JFK (Davis) to give the evil one some burning hell? With that storyline, that director (the guiding light behind the Phantasm franchise) and, most pertinently, that leading man ? Evil Dead vet Campbell is perhaps the most popular actor you?ve never heard of ? you?d be forgiven for thinking that Bubba Ho-Tep had been grown in some special cult-movie Petri dish. If ever a flick was set up to be an instant underground classic, filled with ker-azy gags and stunts, it?s this one. Yet, surprisingly, Bubba Ho-Tep never takes the easy road. The action is low-key and the laughs of the black, rather than broad, kind. This is a tale principally concerned with death, and as such is cloaked in a funereal gloom, moving at a snail?s pace. When we meet our hero, The King is cantankerous and clapped-out, obsessed with a growth on his penis. The encounter with the mummy gives him a shot at being a contender once more. It would have been easy to pitch his performance into caricature, but like the movie itself Campbell defies expectations, getting not only the voice and mannerisms down pat, but infusing Elvis with self-loathing, regret and an unexpected dignity. Diehards might be disappointed at the lack of chainsaw wielding, but this is Campbell?s finest hour since you-know-what. (89 Mins)
	Buffalo Soldiers (15) (2003) Director: Gregor Jordan Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris The black-market blossoms in a US army camp in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Joaquin Phoenix is Hawkeye for the 80s selling everything from firearms to heroin, in this instantly likeable black-comedy. (94 Mins)
	Buffolo 66 (15) (1998) Director: Vincent Gallo Starring: Anjelica Huston, Rosanna Arquette, Christina Ricci, Mickey Rourke, Vincent Gallo After serving a five year sentence for a crime he didnt commit, a bitter, violence-prone Billy Brown is released from prison. He goes to extreme lengths to convince his parents that he has spent the time doing secret CIA work, including the kidnap of a woman who is forced to pose as his girlfriend. Bizarrely, she becomes his willing accomplice as he takes revenge on those he blames for his incarceration. (105 Mins)
	Bullet In The Head (18) (1990) Director: John Woo Starring: Tony Leung Chi-wai, Jackie Cheung, Waise Lee Ben and Paul go to Vietnam to profit from the war. Then they are captured by a Vietcong patrol... "...a substantial movie all but consumed in the flames of its own madness. (126 Mins)
	Bulletproof Monk (12) (2003) Director: Paul Hunter Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Seann William Scott Bulletproof Monk is a cheerful, tightly edited, unpretentious action flick with flashes of humour, good for a mindless evenings entertainment. (99 Mins)
	Bully (18) (2001) Director: Larry Clark Starring: Brad Renfro, Bijou Phillips, Rachel Miner A typically gritty and unglamorous view of a Jim Schutze book (itself based on a true story). A group of aimless teens convince themselves to murder their abusive best-friend. Clarks direction is again successfully uncompromising. A difficult but great film. Interviews, on location and trailer (107 Mins)
	Burnt By The Sun (15) (1994) Director: Nikita Mikhalkov Starring: Oleg Menchikov Set on a beautiful summers day in 1936, a moving and poignant story set against the corrupt politics of the Stalinist Era. Colonel Kotov, military hero of the 1917 revolution is relaxing at his dacha surrounded by family and friends. Into this idyll bursts the ruthless Dimitri, a man with an evil mission who had mysteriously left 10 years before. A film full of humanity, humour and stunning pictures. Winner Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film 1995. (130 Mins)
	Bus 174 (15) (2004) Director: Jose Padilha Starring: Sandro Award-winning documentary recounting the fateful day in Rio De Janeiro in June 2000 when a disenfranchised young man held a busload of passengers hostage. For more than four hours, a tense stand-off played out between the police and what was thought to be merely a drugged up street kid. (132 Mins)
	Bus Stop (U) (1956) Director: Joshua Logan Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Betty Field, Don Murray An ever-engaging Monroe in this comedy-drama about a naive cowboy and a cafe singer. (96 Mins)
	Business, The (18) (2005) Director: Nick Love Starring: Tamar Hassan, Danny Dyer A superior British gangster flick from the director of The Football Factory, starring up-and-coming new talent Danny Dyer as a young criminal seduced by the glamorous lifestyle of drug-dealers on the Costa Del Sol. Set during Thatcher's tenure, this has a fantastic 80s soundtrack and some great one-liners (96 Mins)
	C.R.A.Z.Y (15) (2005) Director: Jean-Marc Vall Starring: Michel C?t?, Marc-Andr? Grondin, Danielle Proulx. Though it is about coming out, C.R.A.Z.Y. is more about being different in a conformist society and the struggle for self-awareness rather than just about being gay. As Vall?e explains it, "the theme of the film is personal acceptance. It's about this struggle to express yourself and being honest in the moment". Canada's nominee for Best Foreign Film at the 2005 Oscars, C.R.A.Z.Y. just may become the first gay-themed film to attract a mainstream audience. (127 Mins)
	Cabaret (15) (1972) Director: Bob Fosse Starring: Liza Minelli, Marisa Berenson, Joel Grey, Michael York, Helmut Griem A subversive and thought-provoking musical in the hands of the legendary Bob Fosse. Cabaret explores the uprising of the Third Reich, and its effect upon both Jewish society and the pervading atmosphere of Weimar decadence. Featuring electrifying performances from Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey, and brilliantly staged musical numbers, this movie justifiably succeeded in denying The Godfather a clean sweep of the 1972 Oscars (119 Mins)
	Cabin Fever (15) (2002) Director: Eli Roth Starring: Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, A sneaky and surprisingly smart horror flick, Cabin Fever sets up all the clich?s of its particular subgenre (what might be called the "sexy young people go into the woods" horror movie, featuring hostile redneck locals, dead animals on hooks, cars that suddenly stop running, and so on) and by the end has played a clever twist on every standard element, often to darkly comic effect. (88 Mins)
	Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The (U) (1920) Director: Robert Wiene Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt One of the most inspired and exciting horror movies ever made. A hypnotist uses a somnambulist to carry out his murders. Admirable use of painted light, and the finest flowering of the Expressionist impulse ever captured on film. Deliberately opposing melodramatic realism, it was intended as an attack on the political leaders who had led Germany into the war, sending people out to kill and die, but the prologue and epilogue, originally suggested by Fritz Lang, and added by the producer, completely inverted this theme. Veidt, who would become one of cinemas most charismatic and cherished bad guys, is outstanding as the unwilling killer. (52 Mins)
	Cable Guy, The (12) (1996) Director: Ben Stiller Starring: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, George Segal Jim Carreys psychotic tour-de-force. Uncomfortable and hilarious. (92 Mins)
	Capturing the Friedmans (15) (2003) Director: Andrew Jarecki Starring: The Friedmans Powerful documentary about a middle-class Long Island family ruptured by allegations of child abuse. Incredibly, their entire ordeal is captured on videotape. The film has the capacity to amaze and appal in equal measure. (103 Mins)
	Carlitos Way (18) (1993) Director: Brian De Palma Starring: Sean Penn, Al Pacino Carlito is sick of the rackets and wants out, but his friends won?t let him. Terrific set pieces and a big-time performance from Pacino. (120 Mins)
	Carnages (15) (2004) Director: Delphine Gleize Starring: Angela Molina, Chiara Mastroianni A bullfighter is gored, the bull is killed. Overnight, the creature is dismembered, parcelled up and dispatched to various destinations throughout Europe. These are the stories of what becomes of the bull - a dish of Toro en Rioja, a supermarket promotion, a bone for the dog, and the interconnected lives of the people it links. An elegant debut feature that questions whether some guiding principle connects us all beneath the chaos of our lives. (128 Mins)
	Carousel (U) (1956) Director: Henry King Starring: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones A sombre addition to the musical genre as the ghost of a wastrel, killed during his attempted robbery, returns to earth to try to improve the lives of the family he left behind. Vivid colours, effective staging, and some enduring (and appropriately haunting) refrains bring this to life. (123 Mins)
	Carrie (18) (1976) Director: Brian DePalma Starring: Sissy Spacek, John Travolta, Piper Laurie Alientated and humiliated by her classmates, Carrie uses her telekinetic powers to exact an horrific vengeance. Despite the hackneyed plot, this is a surprisingly tender, occasionally gentle film, but with enough blood, fire and death to ensure you end up rooting for Carrie at the end. (94 Mins)
	Carry On At Your Convenience (PG) (1971) Director: Peter Rogers Starring: Hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey, Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Its business as usual at the family toiletware factory. (90 Mins)
	Casablanca (U) (1942) Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, THE original cult classic movie. The dialogue, characters and Ricks Caf? Americain setting have passed into revered Hollywood history and the English language. Over 60 years on all the cinematic elements that make this an unbeatable classic are just as seductive and entertaining as they always were (98 Mins)
	Casino Royale (12) (2006) Director: Martin Campbell Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green Bond is back - and how, with Daniel Craig being lauded as the best incarnation of the role since Sean Connery. Filled with outrageous action set-pieces, including a jaw-dropping free-running opener, featuring credible villains, a delectable and intelligent 'Bond girl' in Eva Green and an ironic good humour, this adaptation of Ian Fleming's first 007 novel is simply the best Bond film in years. (138 Mins)
	Casshern (15) (2004) Director: Kazuaki Kiriya Starring: Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso A visually stunning science fiction epic based on a popular anime series from 1973. With the planet ravaged by chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and the human race exhausted and dispirited, the only hope for long term survival lies with geneticist Dr Azuma and his breakthrough 'neo-cell' treatment. His experiments go wrong however and a race of mutant androids is unleashed. Only Azuma's dead son, reincarnated as the legendary hero Casshern has the power to battle against them. (142 Mins)
	Castle In The Sky (PG) (1986) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Animated This is Miyazaki at his best. The breathtaking story of a young boy and a girl who must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. Extraordinary inventive animation. (120 Mins)
	Castle Of Cagliostro, The (PG) (1979) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Anime The grand debut of one of the masters of anime. Lupin, a master thief travels to the European city of Cagliostro where he intends to uncover the mysterious secrets of the castle. Full of action, adventure and romance, this is a must for all Miyazaki fans (92 Mins)
	Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (15) (1958) Director: Richard Brooks Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives A screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams steamy Southern melodrama. All the usual ingredients: greed, lust, sexuality, plus two of the most memorable performances of the 1950s; Paul Newman as the sexually conflicted Brick, and Elizabeth Taylor as his wife, Maggie the Cat. (108 Mins)
	Catch 22 (15) (1970) Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Anthony Perkins, Buck Henry, Orson Welles From a fantastic opening sequence, this satire after the novel by Joseph Heller takes the lid off war and US imperialism. Intelligent and very, very funny. (116 Mins)
	Cecil B.Demented (18) (2000) Director: John Waters Starring: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt John Waters madcap comedy is an insane tale of a young lunatic filmmaker (Dorff) and his gang of film fanatics, the Sprocket Holes. Their goal is to kidnap A-list Hollywood movie goddess Honey Whitlock (Griffith) and force her to perform in their own underground movie. (84 Mins)
	Charge of the Light Brigade, The (PG) (1968) Director: Tony Richardson Starring: David Hemmings, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave Lavish, comic and remorseless exposure of the idiocy behind the famous military rout. With innovative animation sequences and brilliantly choreographed battle scenes, its a poignant and blistering anti-class, anti-war vision. (125 Mins)
	Chariots Of fire (U) (1981) Director: Hugh Hudson Starring: Cheryl Campbell, Ian Holm, Nigel Havers, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson The film that prompted Oscar winning scriptwriter Colin Welland to acclaim at the awards that The British are Coming proved something of another false dawn for Brit cinema in Hollywood, but nevertheless it remains an absorbing achievement that tackles many issues amidst the true story of two men who strive and train to compete in the 1924 Olympics. Produced by David Puttnam, cinematography by David Watkin and a memorable, Oscar winning score by Vangelis. (118 Mins)
	Charley Says... Public Information Films (UC) (1970) Director: TV Starring: Alvin Stardust, Kevin Keega , Joe Bugnar etc A collection of public information films from the Central Office Of Information. Includes classics such as Charley, the safety conscious ginger cat, Tufty the Squirrel, Kevin Keegan, Jimmy Saville and many more (150 Mins)
	Charlies Angels (15) (2000) Director: McG Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray Big-budgeted, action packed yet dim-witted big screen extravaganza adaptation of the classic 70s jiggle detective tv series. (94 Mins)
	Charlotte Gray (15) (2001) Director: Gillian Armstrong Starring: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France. (116 Mins)
	Chasing Amy (18) (1996) Director: Kevin Smith Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams When Alyssa meets comic book writers Banky and Holden, the scene is set for an exploration of feelings and what we think about them which is searching and very modern. Nicely scripted, with Smith regulars Jay and Silent Bob in tow. (108 Mins)
	Children Of Men (15) (2006) Director: Alfonso Cuaron Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine Brilliant but rather worrying vision of Britain in the future. Based around the world?s first pregnancy for years, Children Of Men is a rollercoaster ride of emotion, mixing action, drama, and humour the way it should be done. Lead role Owen is fantastic as the broody yet unlikely hero, with good support from all of the other parties. Look out in particular for the Saving Private Ryan esque scene towards the films end, which can be described as nothing else, but jaw dropping. And any film that casts Michael Caine as a weed-smoking hippy is one not to be missed.(AB) (100 Mins)
	Chinatown (15) (1974) Director: Roman Polanski Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston One of the darkest of the retro private dick movies, Polanskis odyssey through corridors of corrupt city fathers, damaged women, and dirty water was the perfect project for Nicholson in all his disaffected glory. (125 Mins)
	Chinese Ghost Story, A (15) (1987) Director: Ching Siu-tung Starring: Joey Wong, Leslie Cheung, Lau Siu-ming A tax collector arrives in town to do his work but nobody will put him up for the night. He ends up sleeping in the local temple where he meets a young lady with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately shes a ghost. (92 Mins)
	Chocolat (12) (2000) Director: Lasse Hallstrom Starring: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina Mouthwatering colourful French drama concerning an attractive single mother opens a chocolate shop in the small village of Lansquenet encountering fierce opposition from the local mayor who fears corruption of the local population (117 Mins)
	Chopper (18) (2000) Director: Andrew Dominik Starring: Eric Bana A man dreams of being remembered as a legendary crime figure, yet he cant seem to get off the path of failure. (90 Mins)
	Chopper Chicks In Zombie Town (15) (1989) Director: Dan Hoskins Starring: Billy Bob Thornton The Cycle Sluts roll into a small town to stop and get refuelled before hitting the road. Not only do they find that one of their number has a husband in the town (and was a home-coming queen in her day) but they also find that something is going on in the mine. A man has discovered valuable radioactive material in the mine and has been using zombies to harvest it. However when the zombies escape the Cycle Sluts might be the only ones able to stop them. (83 Mins)
	Chorus, The (12) (2004) Director: Christophe Barratier Starring: Gerard Jugnot Aka Les Choristes. Set in 1949, an unemployed music teacher is hired as supervisor in a strict boarding school for troubled children. The severe school's director has trouble keeping the pupils in line but by introducing them to the magic of singing, the new teacher changes their lives forever. (92 Mins)
	Chris Cunningham, The Work Of Director... (15) (2003) Director: Chris Cunningham Starring: Aphex Twin, Portishead Features a collection of music videos, short films, video installations and commercials directed by Chris Cunningham. With the music videos: Autechre - Second Bad Vibel, Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy, Portishead - Only You, Madonna - Frozen, Leftfield featuring Afrika Bambaataa - Afrika Shox, Bjork - All Is Full Of Love and more. (180 Mins)
	Chungking Express (15) (1994) Director: Wong Kar-Waihiro Starring: Tony Leung, Bridget Lin, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro A real delight and a beautiful film created out of love and loneliness. Scene after scene impress themselves upon the memory. (100 Mins)
	Cinema 16-British Short Films (UC) (2001) Director: Various Starring: Various An excellent collection of short films and early outings from some of Britains finest directors. (201 Mins)
	Cinema 16-European Short Films (UC) (2003) Director: Various Starring: Various A marvellous selection of 16 films including many unseen early works from some of Europes greatest directors. (210 Mins)
	Circus (18) (2000) Director: Rob Walker Starring: John Hannah, Eddie Izard Twisty, turny, darkly humerous and violent. Anyway, its set in Brighton and we know the bloke wot writ it ! (95 Mins)
	Citizen Kane (U) (1941) Director: Orson Welles Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Agnes Moorhead Citizen Kane, created by a twenty-six-year-old Orson Welles, is one of the most durable and praiseworthy films in the history of the medium. And quite rightfully so. With its incredible deep-focus photography, fractured narrative, fluid camerawork, and many other superlative aspects of filmmaking, Citizen Kane moved both the industry and the art form into previously uncharted territory. A colossal achievement, the film richly deserves its place among the most revered and respected works of cinema. In much of the critical writing on Kane, Welles often receives the lions share of credit, but I cannot imagine the film without the contributions of Toland, Mankiewicz, Herrmann, Cotten, Sloane, and so on. Even after multiple viewings, it is easy to discover new, previously overlooked details that are completely astonishing. (119 Mins)
	City Of God (18) (2002) Director: Fernando Meirelles Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Jonathan Haagensen, Douglas Silva Perhaps the most exhilirating film of 2003, and one which takes street crime in the shantytowns of Rio as its subject. The slum is the battleground between rival gangs and corrupt cops. It's a story served up with passion and energy but which is also full of social and political insights. (124 Mins)
	City of Lost Children, The (15) (1995) Director: Jeunet & Caro Starring: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork Visually stunning fantasy follow up to Delicatessen. The evil Krank ages prematurely due to his inability to dream. To regain his youth he kidnaps children to steal their dreams. A former harpooner and Miette the orphan, set off in a quest to rescue little them. Meet the sinister Octopus twins, Irvin the brain that floats in an aquarium, and the fleas that are trained to kill. "One of the most stunning pieces of cinema you will ever see." (108 Mins)
	Claires Knee (PG) (1970) Director: Eric Rohmer Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Beatrice Romand A middle-aged man on the verge of marriage encounters two young girls whilst summering in the beautiful French lakeside resort of Annecy. The fifth and most accessible of Rohmers Moral Tales. (101 Mins)
	Clockers (15) (1995) Director: Spike Lee Starring: Delroy Lindo, Harvey Keitel, John Turturro Klein and Mazilli are Brooklyn cops faced with the everyday despair of tenement life. When a killing occurs, they disagree over the guilty party. Terrific acting makes for a realist minor masterpiece. (129 Mins)
	Clockwork Orange (18) (1971) Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri Kubrick's controversial screen version of the novel by Anthony Burgess remains a shockingly violent vision of a dystopian society. A clinical directorial technique creates a disturbingly prophetic world with its aimless ultra-violent youths, emotionless sex, drug-induced kicks and its bleak and lawless city centres. (131 Mins)
	Closer (15) (2004) Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman Bitter and frequently brilliant study of relationships with a topnotch cast (Clive Owen is particularly impressive) and a blistering screenplay from former Steve Coogan collaborator Patrick Marber, based on his own stage-play. The scene between Owen and Natalie Portman in the strip-club is modern drama at its most electrifying. (100 Mins)
	Cock And Bull Story, A (15) (2005) Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Gillian Anderson A frequently hilarious comedy from the breathtakingly versatile Winterbottom. He has made a film about making a film adaptation of the famously unfilmable The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, with droll performances from Coogan and Brydon as two of the key players. Nominated for five British Independent Film Awards (109 Mins)
	Cockettes, The (15) (2002) Director: David Weissman / Bill Weber Starring: Cockettes Members, John Waters An affectionate tribute to The Cockettes, a theatrical troupe of assorted hippies, drag queens and gay men who embraced the counterculture in San Francisco and performed improvised musicals. Their popularity and the extravagance of their events grew and after they drifted apart, their legacy remained in the emergence of glam rock. (100 Mins)
	Code 46 (15) (2003) Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Samantha Morton, Tim Robbins A speculative fiction set in a world in which control is omnipresent for the good of the populace and genetics forms the basis of laws. Robbins is the laconic government investigator sent to get to the bottom of a counterfeiting ring which is producing fake papelles - compulsory travel permits, and who falls in love with the woman behind the forgeries. Morton is just right as the forger. (90 Mins)
	Code Unknown (15) (2000) Director: Michael Haneke Starring: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Ona Lu Yenke An actress meets a man on a Paris street and is forced to embark on a journey with grave consequences for her, for others, and for us. "...the most intellectually stimulating and emotionally provocative piece of European cinema of recent times." (112 Mins)
	Coffee And Cigarettes (15) (2004) Director: Jim Jarmusch Starring: Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Tom Waits, Steve Coogan A host of Jarmuschs friends and acquaintances, from Iggy Pop and the White Stripes to Cate Blanchett and Steve Buscemi, sit down and chat in this series of short comic vignettes, all conversations over coffee and cigarettes. Discussions take in caffeine popsicles, Paris in the 1920s and nicotine as an insecticide (amongst other things), while plumbing the neuroses and obsessions of the characters. (93 Mins)
	Cold Mountain (15) (2003) Director: Anthony Minghella Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Renee Zellweger Epic, multi Oscar-nominated saga from director Minghella. Like his English Patient, this pitches an intense love story against an epic historical and geographical backdrop with a visual and narrative reach rarely found in modern Hollywood cinema. (148 Mins)
	Collateral (15) (2004) Director: Michael Mann Starring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx During the course of one long night, Vincent, a ruthless hitman holds a taxi driver, Max, hostage while they drive around to complete his hit list before dawn. Evocative of his early work and shot mostly on High Definition Digital cameras, Michael Mann returns to the darkness of LA, creating a stylish, intense thriller out of the simplest of plots (115 Mins)
	Come And See (15) (1985) Director: Elem Klimov Starring: Alexei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova Hailed as one of the greatest war films ever made, this is a hallucinatory cinematic experience that does for World War II what Apocalypse Now did for the Vietnamese conflict. The film also includes some of the most frighteningly realistic battle scenes ever committed to celluloid, thanks to Klimov's insistence on using live ammunition during filming to ensure maximum authenticity. (137 Mins)
	Coming of Sin, The (18) (1977) Director: Jose Ramon Larraz Starring: Patricia Granada, Lydia Zuaso, Rafael Machado A tale of lust and seduction. Triana, a gypsy girl, goes to stay with Lorna and they soon become lovers. It becomes clear that Triana has a dark secret which may soon come to light.... (82 Mins)
	Complete Willo The Wisp, The (U) (2000) Director: Nicholas Spargo Starring: Kenneth Williams Feast for "Wisp" fans. All 26 episodes on one disc! (123 Mins)
	Constant Gardener, The (15) (2005) Director: Fernando Meirelles Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Weisz Based on John Le Carre's bestselling novel, this is an exciting mix of romance and spy thriller. After his radicalised wife is killed, British diplomat Justin Quayle becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. The powerful screenplay alternates between flashbacks of Justin and Tessa's relationship and Justin's hunt for the truth, which makes him a target - although he doesn't know who is after him. The film switches effortlessly between political intrigue, action adventure, and love story and Fiennes and Weisz give strong performances playing complex characters that will continually surprise the audience. (129 Mins)
	Conversation, The (12) (1974) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Gene Hackman One of Coppolas greatest films, this dark and unsettling conspiracy thriller about surveillance and paranoia was released prior to the Watergate scandal breaking but must have seemed chillingly prescient. Hackmans astonishing performance as the obsessive, haunted Harry Caul is one of his very best. (113 Mins)
	Cool and Crazy (15) (2001) Director: Knut Erik Jensen Starring: Odd Marino Frantzen Arctic Buena Vista. (102 Mins)
	Cooler, The (15) (2004) Director: Wayne Kramer Starring: Alec Baldwin, William H. Macy, Maria Bello A great, offbeat noir-ish vehicle for the quirkily reliable character actor William H. Macy, which sees him as a Jonah figure employed by a Las Vegas casino to bring winning streaks to an end just by his unlucky presence. The arrangement starts to go awry however when he falls in love. (100 Mins)
	Corporation, The (12) (2003) Director: Mark Achbar / Jennifer Abbott Starring: Naomi Klein, Michael Moore etc Taking the American legal decision that a business corporation is a person quite literally, the filmmakers make an in-depth psychological examination and find that business typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without a conscience. Given the global domination of mega-corp business at the moment, this is not good news. A smart, thoughtful and worrying piece of filmmaking (144 Mins)
	Corpse Bride (PG) (2005) Director: Tim Burton Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Johnny Depp More imaginative neo-Gothicism from Tim Burton. Set in a 19th century European village, Burton's stop-motion animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colourful than his strict Victorian upbringing, he learns that nothing can keep him away from his one true love. (90 Mins)
	Crank (12) (2006) Director: Jason Statham Starring: Jason Statham, Dwight Yoakam, Amy smart Crank?s premise might not be original ? 1950 noir D.O.A. gave Edmond O?Brien a week to hunt down the villains who have poisoned him ? but it gives the idea such punch and urgency that it feels entirely fresh. The pedal is on the metal right from the off, with Jason Statham?s recently retired hit man, the awesomely named Chev Chelios, learning that a deadly Chinese toxin is pumping through his veins. If he doesn?t keep upping his adrenaline, his heart will freeze; from that point on, there?s barely a moment devoid of action until the final bone-crunching stunt 87 minutes later. (90 Mins)
	Crash (2004) (15) (2004) Director: Paul Haggis Starring: Matt Dillon, Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock Highly-acclaimed ensemble piece in which several characters' paths cross in the racial melting pot of LA. Underrated actors such as Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock and Thandie Newton excel in complex roles, and the examination of racial tensions and emotions makes for provocative viewing. (109 Mins)
	Cremaster 3 - The Order (15) (2003) Director: Matthew Barney Starring: Richard Serra, Aimee Mullens, Matthew Barney Barneys unclassifiable but undeniably epic Cremaster cycle finally makes it to the small screen. The race is on to the top of the Guggenheim museum with Barney himself as the tartan-clad apprentice who has to get past a troupe of tap-dancing girlscouts, a pair of duelling hardcore bands, a woman who is half-model, half-cheetah and caber toss a flayed ram before he can encounter a hot vaseline throwing Richard Serra. (31 Mins)
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (12) (2000) Director: Ang Lee Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh Hong Kong action spectacle hits the mainstream! Basically, it?s a story about the relationships between 3 characters - a pair of weary warriors and a promising young, but wild, apprentice. The fight scenes are jaw droppingly exhilarating, the cinematography is stunning, sumptous and exotic. The story is as epic as you can get for under two hours and it?s even better the second time you see it (which you must). (115 Mins)
	Crumb (18) (1994) Director: Terry Zwigoff Starring: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb An off-centre award-winning portrait of cartoonist Robert Crumb (Angelfood McSpade, Mr Natural, Zap & Snatch comics etc) and his fecund imaginary world. (120 Mins)
	Curb Your Enthusiasm (18) (2003) Director: Larry David Starring: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines Co-creator of Sienfeld, Larry David plays himself in this excellent, semi-improvised HBO comedy series. Without the hindrance of an annoying laugh track, Curb your Enthusiasm features a host of talented comedy performers playing themselves to great comic effect. A successful comedy experiment that could only be produced by the consistently progressive HBO (240 Mins)
	Daddy-O (PG) (1958) Director: Lou Place Starring: Phil Sandifer, Sandra Giles A truck driver, Phil, meets a platinum blonde, when she nearly forces him off the road. They decide to meet up and she challenges him to a drag race. When Sonny, Phil's friend, dies in a car crash, Phil is arrested for reckless driving, accused of killing Sonny and has his licence revoked. (71 Mins)
	Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (U) (1966) Director: Gordon Fleming Starring: Peter Cushing Behind the sofa ! NaNaNaNa, NaNaNaNa, NaNaNaNa, NaNaNaNa???.. (81 Mins)
	Dark City (15) (1998) Director: Alex Proyas Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, William Hurt, Rufus Sewell Part gothic thriller, part conspiracy movie, part alien invasion, this is a stylish, genuinely disturbing tale of a man who discovers he is a part of a gigantic experiment, a dweller in a nightmarish city where everyone, save him, has their memory completely wiped each night. From the director of The Crow. (97 Mins)
	Dark Days (18) (2000) Director: Marc Singer Starring: Marc Singer A fascinating and moving documentary about a long-established and thriving community of homeless people living beneath a New York train tunnel. The young director moved in with his subjects, used them as crew and sold his possessions to pay for the film (84 Mins)
	Dark Star (PG) (1974) Director: John Carpenter Starring: Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm Carpenters wonderful feature debut, a hilarious, slacker sci-fi movie shot over three years is an inspiration to any aspiring film maker. Gently mocking the sterile professionalism in 2001, here both crew and ship are falling apart. The psychotic pet beachball alien and a commander who, though dead, still insists on chatting about baseball, hardly help. Dan O Bannon, inspired as the whining Pinback, went on to write Alien and a first draft of Blade Runner. Quite simply, a classic comedy, irrespective of genre. (83 Mins)
	Dark Water (15) (2002) Director: Hideo Nakata Starring: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno Japanese king of horror Hideo Nakata delivers another bone-chiller. Gripping and terrifying, nothing is taken for granted and like Ringu certain scenes will leave you quivering. Dark Water takes the places you feel safe and turns them into your worst nightmare. Indispensable inventive horror (98 Mins)
	Das Boot (15) (1981) Director: Wolfgang Petersen Starring: Jurgen Prochnow The bleakest and best submarine film ever made. Petersens dark and gloomy tale won six Oscar nominations. (200 Mins)
	Dawn of the Dead (2004) (18) (2004) Director: Zack Snyder Starring: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames Surprisingly good hi-octane update of the Romero zombie classic (95 Mins)
	Dawn of the Dead - Directors Cut (18) (1978) Director: George A Romero Starring: David Emge, Hen Foree Aka Zombies...Dawn Of The Dead. A bunch of zombies take over a shopping mall and terrorise four people who are forced into taking refuge there. Sequel to Night Of The Living Dead. One of the key movies of the seventies in its examination of the breakdown of family and the social order, and also a quite spectacularly, even hilariously, gruesome satire on middle American consumerism. You are what you eat. (139 Mins)
	Day After Tomorrow, The (12) (2004) Director: Roland Emmerich Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal A great example of a big, dumb blockbuster done right ? great effects, surprisingly high-quality actors and all the requisite genre staples (including the doctor who refuses to flee the city in order to stay with a sick child) combine to create a highly-enjoyable piece of escapist hokum. (113 Mins)
	Day at the Races (U) (1937) Director: Sam Wood Starring: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Allan Jones, Maureen OSullivan Chico, Harpo and favourite foil Margaret Dumont join the fun of this thoroughly thoroughbred comedy. Wall-to wall hilarity. (105 Mins)
	Day The Earth Stood Still, The (U) (1951) Director: Robert Wise Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal Wise is that most valuable and rarest of directors, one who lets the material dictate style rather than trying to impose his signature upon it. Here an alien lands on postwar Earth, wanting to persuade us to live peacefully. (88 Mins)
	Day The World Ended, The (PG) (1958) Director: Roger Corman Starring: Richard Denning, Lori Nelson Originally released in the fifties during the atomic decade, Day The World Ended tells the story of what happened when man finally destroys himself in a nuclear holocaust. (80 Mins)
	Day Today, The (15) (1995) Director: Chris Morris Starring: Chris Morris, Steve Coogan Coruscating, razor-sharp satire on the inane conventions of news reporting and the artificiality of presentation to which we have become inured. Jaundiced, cynical and very funny. (180 Mins)
	Dead Man's Shoes (18) (2004) Director: Shane Meadows Starring: Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell Considine gives a forceful performance in this Derbyshire-set revenge drama. He plays Richard, an enigmatic anti-hero who returns to his hometown after years away. His arrival immediately provokes panic and paranoia in a group of drug dealers who soon regret a horrific mistake they made years earlier. Toby Kebbell makes a terrific debut in the key role of Richard?s retarded brother. (86 Mins)
	Death In Venice (12) (1971) Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Dirk Bogarde One man becomes so obsessed by the beauty of a young boy in Venice that he cannot bear to leave, even when the city is affected by a plague. Based on the novel by Thomas Mann. (125 Mins)
	Death To Smoochy (15) (2002) Director: Danny DeVito Starring: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Danny DeVito Fired in disgrace, kids show host Randolph Smiley finds himself out on the street, slowly turning insane with his only thoughts focusing on killing his replacement...Smoochy. Cult black comedy. (105 Mins)
	Decade Under The Influence (15) (2003) Director: Richard LaGravenese / Ted Demme Starring: Clint Eastwood, Dennis Hopper, Julie Christie, Robert Altman Exhilirating, energetic and insightful documentary charting Hollywoods second Golden Age - the 1970s - with contributions from the major players of the era (Altman, Coppola, Bogdanovich, Friedkin etc) and excerpts aplenty. (143 Mins)
	Decasia (U) (2002) Director: Bill Morrison Starring: Various Composed entirely of decaying nitrate-based archival footage drawn from nearly a thousand sources, this is a mysterious testament to the beauty of decomposition, with a fascinating dialogue between the images and their own disintegration. Accompanied by a soundtrack composed by Michael Gordon. (66 Mins)
	Decline Of The American Empire,The (18) (1986) Director: Denys Arcand Starring: Remy Girard, Stephane Rousseau, Marie-Josee Croze One of the Arthouse hits of 1986, Arcands supremely enjoyable, witty portrait of a group of self-obsessed thirtysomethings is a French-Canadian riposte to Kasdans The Big Chill, only funnier and sexier. (97 Mins)
	Deer Hunter, The (18) (1978) Director: Michael Cimino Starring: Robert De Niro, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken Few films have ever found a more dramatic, incisive and ultimately iconic metaphor for the experience of men in war than the famous Russian roulette scene. Touching on many themes - individuals and communities shattered and scarred by the horrors of war, rite-of-passage myths, chance and destiny, blue collar Americas loss of innocence, The Deer Hunter remains above all an intensely detailed and touching portrayal of individuals - their friendships, and the trials that not all are able to endure. (176 Mins)
	Deja Vu (12) (2006) Director: Tony Scott Starring: Denzel Washington A tense, time-travelling action spectacular with the flashy direction you'd expect from Scott. (122 Mins)
	Dekalog (Parts 1-5) (15) (1988) Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski Starring: Various The first five in Kieslowski's series of hour-long films originally conceived for Polish TV, loosely based on the Ten Commandments and exploring the lives of ordinary people living in the same modern Warsaw appartment block. The themes are universal - love, marriage, infidelity, parenthood, guilt, faith and compassion, some are profoundly moving, others delicately shaded; all touched by Kieslowski's masterly direction and resonant imagery. (277 Mins)
	Dekalog (Parts 6-10) (15) (1988) Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski Starring: Various Ten hour long films originally conceived for Polish TV, loosely based on the Ten Commandments,exploring the lives of ordinary people living in the same modern Warsaw appartment block and focussing on the complexities of human relationships. The themes are universal: love, marriage, infidelity, parenthood, guilt, faith and compassion, some profoundly moving, others delicately shaded; all touched by Kieslowskis masterly direction and resonant imagery. Exclusive interview with director filmed shortly before his death (282 Mins)
	Delicatessen (15) (1991) Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro Starring: Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac This smash hit futuristic comedy is a fresh and sublimely entertaining tale about a butcher in a starving, post holocaust France, who keeps his customers supplied by his cannabilistic tendencies; and an underground band of vegetarian freedom fighters. Widescreen. Includes directors commentary, a Making of doc, Multi-soundtrack/subtitle options. (95 Mins)
	Deliverence (18) (1972) Director: John Boorman Starring: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox "If you go down to the woods today..!" Four city guys on a camping and canoeing trip in the Appalachian wilds appreciate the local banjo-playing but find the hospitality, sexual practices and dental features leave something to be desired. A thrilling, heart pounding (and hard to forget) adventure. (105 Mins)
	Descent, The (18) (2005) Director: Neil Marshall Starring: MyAnna Buring, Natalia Jackson Mendoza A group of girls seek adventure on a caving expedition but things go horribly wrong when they find themselves cut off deep inside an underground cave complex. Battling to get back to the surface they realise with horror that they are being hunted by an unknown cannibalistic predatory force. One of the best of the recent British horror movies. (90 Mins)
	Devdas (PG) (2002) Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya, Jackie Shroff A tale of love and emotional anguish which finds a man loved by two women - one he could never love and one he can never stop loving but cannot have. (184 Mins)
	Devils Backbone, The (15) (2001) Director: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Federico Luppi, Marisa Paredes Set during the final days of the Spanish Civil War in an isolated orphanage, a group of adults and children hide away from the wars brutal realities. But they are haunted by the spirit of a dead boy, who will not allow them to forget their own crimes. A terrific gothic drama - full of ominous atmosphere rather than the usual exploitative horror devices. (103 Mins)
	DIG! (UC) (2004) Director: Ondi Timoner Starring: The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre An award-winning dissection of friendship and rivalry in the rock world. The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre both sought the same dream. When one of the groups is given a lucky break they turn into bitter enemies as record deals and inner demons take control. (107 Mins)
	Dinosaur (PG) (2000) Director: Eric Leighton Starring: Alfre Woodard (Voice), Joan Plowright (Voice) A group of lemurs, living on Earth over sixty-five million years ago, discover an egg which hatches into an Iguanodon dinosaur. They name him Aladar and raise him as one of their own. Sometime later when Aladar reaches adulthood, a meteor shower hits the Earth and the group decide that they must escape to the mainland, then the adventure begins. (79 Mins)
	Dirty Harry (18) (1971) Director: Don Siegal Starring: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, rene Santoni Exciting and provocative viewing with Eastwood redefining the laconic, close-mouthed hard man for the permissive 1970s. Inspector Callahan tracks the killer Scorpio through San Francisco. The direction is taut, the locations striking and the electronic score jazzy. The film set a template for future cop thrillers to live up to. (98 Mins)
	District 13 (15) (2004) Director: Pierre Morel Starring: Cyril Raffaelli Paris, 2013. With the authorities unable to keep control, the city has been sectioned off into crime-infested ghettos, the worst of which is known as District 13. The police stay out, and crime stays in. However, when the district's most feared gang steals and threatens to detonate a nuclear bomb in the city centre, an undercover cop must join forces with a young rebel from the slums to diffuse the situation. This adrenaline-pumped thriller features stunning stunt work from David Belle, the founder of the free-running movement. (83 Mins)
	Do The Right Thing (15) (1989) Director: Spike Lee Starring: Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis An explosive mix of laughter, violence and mindless destruction set on a hot summer day in Brooklyn. (120 Mins)
	Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (15) (2004) Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn Underachiever Peter La Fleur owns a run-down gym which has a clientele to be ashamed of. White Goodman decides to take over the place and sends in an attorney to finalise the deal. Unfortunately for White, Peters charms win the attorney over and she helps him try to beat the odds and save the Average Joes - Moviemail Laugh! Youll pee your pants, its bloody funny - Total Film (88 Mins)
	Dog Soldiers (15) (2002) Director: Neil Marshall Starring: Sean Pertwee Six Soldiers. Full Moon. No chance. Great low budget, visceral slice of film-making. If you enjoyed 28 days Later, watch this. (101 Mins)
	Dogma (15) (1999) Director: Kevin Smith Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino In this comedy parable, a couple of fallen angels attempt to re-jig the entire cosmological system. (123 Mins)
	Dogtown & Z-Boys (15) (2001) Director: Stacy Peralta Starring: Stacy Peralta & the notorious Z-Boys Documentary on the birth of skateboarding, following the Zephyr team from the Californian surf community of Dogtown, Santa Monica. (91 Mins)
	Dolce Vita, La (15) (1960) Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee, Anita Ekberg Of course, the title is ironic since life is anything but sweet. Mastroianni is a journalist disillusioned by the paparazzi life-style and jaded by a relationship grown stifling. A helicopter lifts Christs statue out of Rome. Perhaps the entire film lives in the opening shot. (166 Mins)
	Don Juan de Marco (15) (1995) Director: Jeremy Leven Starring: Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway Its a quirky romantic comedy about a mental patient (Johnny Depp) who claims to be Don Juan, the worlds greatest lover, and he gets quite a few women to believe its true. Brando plays the psychiatrist who tries to analyze his patients apparent delusion, and Dunaway plays Brandos wife, who wants to inject some Don Juan-ish romance into their marital routine. Walking a fine line between precious comedy, wistful drama, and delicate fantasy, the movie gets a big dose of charm from its esteemed cast, with Depp delivering dialogue that would have sounded ludicrous from a lesser actor. (93 Mins)
	Don?t Bother To Knock (PG) (1953) Director: Roy Ward Baker Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Richard Widmark, Jim Backus, Elisha Cook Jr. A deranged young lady lands a baby-sitting job in a hotel and soon terrifies people by threatening to kill her charge. (76 Mins)
	Donnie Darko (15) (2001) Director: Richard Kelly Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze The great cult film of the last few years remains a fascinating puzzle. When Donnie is told by an a sinister giant rabbit that the world will end in a few weeks, an alternately amusing, intriguing and occasionally terrifying chain of events is sparked off. Unconventional films can often appear forced in their attempts to appear eccentric, but this, like the best work of David Lynch, succeeds in exerting a deep emotional impact on the viewer. Great acting, great script, great direction, great film. (108 Mins)
	Dont Look Now (15) (1973) Director: Nicolas Roeg Starring: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland Roegs best film, and arguably the best film ever made, "Dont Look Now" is a stunningly well crafted analysis of a married couple who, devastated by the loss of their young daughter, go to Venice to try to reconstruct their lives. Perfect performances by Sutherland and Christie as the leads, a chilling screenplay rife with forboding and exquisite photgraphy of an Italian winter combine to immerse the viewer in a story that spirals town to a terrible conclusion. (106 Mins)
	Down In The Valley (15) (2005) Director: David Jacobson Starring: Edward Norton, Rory Culkin Like Midnight Cowboy (1969), Down in the Valley explores America's loss of innocence by transposing the iconic character of the cowboy into a contemporary setting. In present-day San Fernando Valley, Harlan, a man convinced he is a cowboy (Edward Norton), is drawn into the lives of a young woman and her troubled son (a great performance from Rory Culkin). (112 Mins)
	Downfall (15) (2004) Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Starring: Bruno Ganz Aka Der Untergang. Hirschbiegel's film about Hitler's final days in his Berlin bunker caused a measure of controversy by humanising the Fuhrer but this is an effectively claustrophobic look at how he and his followers react to the imminent defeat of National Socialism. Bruno Ganz is outstanding in portraying the broken leader's descent into madness. (155 Mins)
	Downtown 81 (UC) (1981) Director: Edo Bertoglio Starring: Eszter Balin, Jean Michel Basquiat, Victor Bockris "An extraordinary real-life snapshot of hip, arty,clubland Manhattan in the post-punk era"-Variety This is a Region 1 film available to club members only. (72 Mins)
	Dr Strangelove (PG) (1964) Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Peter Sellers, George C.Scott, Sterling Hayden Also known as: How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb. A Cold War satire that still manages to amuse and terrify. The defining account of 20th Century brinkmanship becomes ever more uncomfortable viewing at the beginning of the 21st. A wicked satire. (90 Mins)
	Dr Who - Resurrection of the Daleks (PG) (1984) Director: Matthew Robinson Starring: Peter Davison NANANANA NANANANA NANANANA NANANANA?? (100 Mins)
	Dr Who and the Daleks (U) (1965) Director: Gordon Flemyng Starring: Peter Cushing Behind the sofa ! NaNaNaNa, NaNaNaNa, NaNaNaNa, NaNaNaNa???.. (79 Mins)
	Dreamers, The (18) (2003) Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Starring: Eva Green, Louis Gerral, Michael Pitt Bertoluccis controversial return to Last Tango territory, The Dreamers is a heady brew of sex and politics for cineastes. Set in Paris during the revolutionary spring of 1968, twins Louis Garrel and Eva Green invite American student Michael Pitt to stay at their parents apartment, where their indulgence in art, cinema and sex is taken to extremes. (110 Mins)
	Drugstore Cowboy (18) (1989) Director: Gus Van Sant Starring: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch One of the truest, most compelling dissections of the drug habit on celluloid. Avoiding lessons on life, this comes closest to explaining what makes an addict an addict. Terrific performances. (98 Mins)
	Duellists, The (PG) (1977) Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the compelling story of the violent confrontations between two officers. Audio commentary with Ridley Scott; Isolated score with Howard Blake commentary; (96 Mins)
	Dune (15) (1984) Director: David Lynch Starring: Kyle MacLachlen, Sting, Max Von Sydow Epic film based on Frank Herberts best-selling novel, with special effects from triple Oscar Winner Carlo Rambaldi. (131 Mins)
	E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (PG) (1982) Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace Not a dry leg in the house?.. (115 Mins)
	East Is East (15) (1999) Director: Damien O Donnell Starring: Om Puri, Linda Bassett Salford, 1971. An Indian family stand up to their father's insistence on arranged marriages. Funny, cheerfully observed, beautifully acted. (92 Mins)
	Easy Rider (18) (1969) Director: Dennis Hopper Starring: Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda Three dudes go in search of America and find bigotry, sadness and fabulous landscapes. This legendary road movie was one of the most stylish experiments of the New Hollywood era. Exhaustively chronicled in Biskinds "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls.Two discs; Directors commentary, 65min documentary: Shaking the Cage; Easy Riders, Raging Bulls DVD (incl. 90mins of deleted scenes and extra footage) (91 Mins)
	Edukators, The (18) (2004) Director: Hans Weingartner Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg The Edukators are a protest group who break into the homes of the rich, move around the furniture and leave protest messages. When they break into the house of a man one of them owes money to, they are discovered. They kidnap him and discover that he was also a radical in his youth (127 Mins)
	Edward Scissorhands (PG) (1990) Director: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Vincent Price Burtons marvellous modern fairytale is one of this singular directors finest films. The use of colour and design is simply stunning and Depp is perfectly cast as the innocent, uniquely talented hero of the title. Underneath the surface charm, however, Burton constructs a scathing attack on suburban America whilst visually there continue to be the homages to German Expressionism that have recurred throughout his work. A great film. (103 Mins)
	El Topo (15) (1971) Director: Alexandro Jodorowsky Starring: Alejandro Jordowsky,Jaqueline Luis, Mara Lorenzio Definitive cult spaghetti western. El Topo, a leather-clad gun slinger riding through the desert with his young son, finds a dying man at the scene of a massacre. Assuming the guise of a god he tracks down the murderers and wreaks revenge. "Jodorowskys performance is hypnotic" Sight & Sound. (119 Mins)
	Element of Crime (15) (1984) Director: Lars Van Trier Starring: Michael Elphick, Me Me Lei, Jerold Wells His feature debut and in English language, is a post-apocalyptic detective story where former cop Fisher (Elphick) is asked to help solve a series of murders of lottery ticket sellers. Shot in dazzling shades of sepia and blue, Von Trier employs all kinds of cinematic techniques from German Expressionism to Film Noir which won it the Technical Grand Prize at Cannes. A hypnotic film which showed Trier?s great promise. (100 Mins)
	Elephant (15) (2003) Director: Gus Van Sant Starring: American High School students A fictional companion piece to Michael Moores Bowling for Columbine, Gus Van Sants film depicts a high school massacre at the hands of two detached, gun-toting students. Loosely structured and heavily improvised, it is a typically offbeat comment from Van Sant on what seems a peculiarly American crisis. (78 Mins)
	Eloge de LAmour (PG) (2001) Director: Jean Luc Goddard Starring: Bruno Putzulu, Cecile Camp AKA In Praise Of Love. Godard?s first film to find UK distribution since 1987 is a veritable feast for eye and mind. Shot on glistening black-and-white stock and multicoloured videotape, the love story of Edgar and Berthe is an intensely moving meditation on the nature of love, memories and their representation. (94 Mins)
	Endless Summer (UC) (1964) Director: Bruce Brown Starring: Mike Hynson, Robert August Surf film/ documentary. Early 70s search for the perfect wave. Fantastic. (95 Mins)
	Enduring Love (18) (2004) Director: Roger Michell Starring: Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton An adaptation of Ian McEwan's unsettling novel in which a freak ballooning accident leads to Joe and Claire's lives being disrupted by the obsessive Jed Parry, who believes himself in love with Joe. They try to dismiss him but his attentions grow more threatening. (96 Mins)
	Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (15) (2003) Director: Michel Gondry Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst Michel Gondrys visually stunning, surrealist romantic comedy draws wonderful performances from a subdued Jim Carrey and a vibrant Kate Winslet. Charlie Kaufmans story wittily explores the consequences of erasing the memories of a failed relationship and Gondry has fun using Carreys mind as a labyrinthine playground, while a brilliant supporting cast play out an emotional crisis of their own. One of the best films of 2004. (103 Mins)
	Etr? et Avoir (PG) (2003) Director: Nicolas Philbert Starring: Documentary The documentary sensation that follows a year in the life of a rural French village school, its children and their teacher. This is filmmaking of both heart and humanity with poetry in its vision and restraint and care in its telling. (100 Mins)
	Eureka (18) (1984) Director: Nicolas Roeg Starring: Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke, Theresa Russell An immensely rich man who made his fortune prospecting becomes the target of a ruthless gangster. A dark tale of obsession, full of Roegish images to astonish, and sometimes shock. Based on a true story. (124 Mins)
	Europa (15) (1991) Director: Lars Von trier Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier Ingenious tale of intrigue and invention set in postwar Germany. Leopold is a pacifist who finds work at the giant railway complex Zentropa. He falls for the owners daughter who lures him into taking part in a Nazi scheme.One of Lars von Trier?s masterpieces that will make you sink in surreal world that suggests no escape. The problem that is skilfully disguised under the problem of German post war crisis remains unsolved. It is everlasting problem of choice, saving your own self and surviving in original state of soul and mind through hateful circumstances Unique and mesmerising, utilising colour and B/W footage to great effect. (108 Mins)
	Everything Is Illuminated (12) (2005) Director: Liev Schrieber Starring: Elijah Wood Acclaimed actor Liev Schrieber makes his directorial debut in this adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's best-selling novel about a young Jewish-American writer of the same name. Mixing equal parts black comedy and poignant drama, the film follows Jonathan as he travels to the Ukraine to solve a family secret. As Jonathan closes in on his goal to find the story behind the woman who saved his grandfather during the Holocaust, it becomes clear that Alex's grandfather has a dark secret of his own that needs to be illuminated. (105 Mins)
	Evil Dead 2 (18) (1987) Director: Sam Raimi Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks Manic sequel. (82 Mins)
	Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (15) (1993) Director: Sam Raimi Starring: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz Another battle against the Dead with plenty of comedy and special effects. (96 Mins)
	Evil Dead, The (18) (1981) Director: Sam Raimi Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss Earning the memorable Stephen King eulogy of being "the most ferociously original horror film", Sam Raimis The Evil Dead is an exhilarating rollercoaster debut. The plot -five college kids terrorised by demons in a remote log cabin is perfunctory, but the dizzying "shaky-cam" shots representing the demons raging through the woods and the cartoonish, grand guignol possession scenes stay forever etched into the memory - the ultimate accolade for any film. (85 Mins)
	Existenz (15) (1999) Director: David Cronenberg Starring: Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ian Holm A mainstream Cronenberg film? Almost. Very accessible and enjoyable, partly due to the fine acting jobs performed by by the two leads. A failed assassination attempt sends top computer games designer (Leigh) on the run with marketing geek (Law). They delve into her damaged revolutionary game system - eXistenZ - in a hope to save it. As you?d hope from a Cronenberg film, there are great ideas, good visuals and an unsettling ending (93 Mins)
	Exorcism Of Emily Rose, The (15) (2005) Director: Scott Derrickson Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Laura Linney A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl. (117 Mins)
	Extreme Animation (18) (1991) Director: Phil Mulloy Starring: Phil Mulloys Drawing A definitive compilation consisting of 24 films. Included are the 6 films in the Cowboys series, all of the Ten Commandments, The Sound Of Music and The Sex Life Of A Chair. An antidote to all that is kitsch and sentimental in animation. Witty and acerbic fables that comment on human nature and contemporary values. Definitely not for the easily offended. (153 Mins)
	Eyes Wide Shut (18) (1999) Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack Unbalanced by Nicoles challenging admission of imagined infidelity (and scene-stealing performance), doctor Tom cruises a surreal night in search of new erotic experiences. Forget the mixed response from sensation-hungry media and public: intriguingly mysterious and visually resplendent, Kubricks long-awaited final film is a mature masterpiece, a fitting testament likened by one distinguished French critic to late Rembrandt. (153 Mins)
	Fahrenheit 9/11 (15) (2004) Director: Michael Moore Starring: Michael Moore Moores shamelessly partisan expos? of how the Bush administration used the events of September 11, 2001 to forward its own agenda. A controversial and necessary watch. (122 Mins)
	Family Guy (Series1) (15) (1999) Director: Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman Starring: The Griffins Darker than the Simpsons, an inspired cult animation of dysfunctional family life . (312 Mins)
	Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (Animated) (15) (2005) Director: Pete Michels Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green The hilariously irreverent and enormously popular animated series 'The Family Guy' expands to a feature-length movie in order to explore the true origins of maniacal baby genius Stewie Griffin. Seth MacFarlane's family of losers and misfits, headed up by bumbling dad Peter, was deemed too controversial by FOX and ended after an all-too-brief run, only to return to the channel by popular demand. It all starts out with Stewie's near-death experience, after which, shaken and questioning his life, the baby goes on a drinking binge. He resurfaces only when he sees on TV a man who looks just like him, and it dawns on him that this is his real father. Stewie embarks upon a road trip, intending to get to the bottom of it all, while meanwhile Peter is fired from his job for being a bad parent. (88 Mins)
	Family Guy Season 2 (15) (2000) Director: Animation Starring: The Griffins Darker than the Simpsons, an inspired cult animation of dysfunctional family life . (333 Mins)
	Family Guy Season 3 [disc 1] (15) (2001) Director: Animation Starring: The Griffins Darker than the Simpsons, an inspired cult animation of dysfunctional family life (150 Mins)
	Family Guy Season 3 [disc 2] (15) (2001) Director: Animation Starring: The Griffins Darker than the Simpsons, an inspired cult animation of dysfunctional family life (151 Mins)
	Family Guy Season 3 [disc 3] (15) (2001) Director: Animation Starring: The Griffins Darker than the Simpsons, an inspired cult animation of dysfunctional family life (151 Mins)
	Fantasia 2000 (U) (2000) Director: Roy Disney Starring: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse etc Seven new animated sequences plus The Sorcerers Apprentice. (71 Mins)
	Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas (18) (1998) Director: Terry Gilliam Starring: Cameron Diaz, Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Gary Busey Capturing the drug-fuelled madness of Hunter S Thompsons book about a crazy road trip round America (113 Mins)
	Ferris Buellers Day Off (15) (1986) Director: John Hughes Starring: Matthew Broderick Ferris, his girl and best friend skive school and head into Chicago in Hughes finest film and the best archetypal 80s film ever. Affectionate, wonderful, brilliant and more fun than fun itself. (99 Mins)
	Festival (18) (2005) Director: Annie Griffin Starring: Amelia Bulmore, Daniela Nardini, Billy Carter Set during Festival time in Edinburgh where the lives of a dozen people intersect in a blackly comic account of their hopes, dreams and fears. This ensemble tale captures a peculiarly personal image of Edinburgh at a unique time of year and is a comedy that shows there is often more drama in surviving the festival than there is in the actual shows. (107 Mins)
	Fifth Element, The (PG) (1997) Director: Luc Besson Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovitch Once again our world is threatened with destruction. Salvation lies in a washed out taxi driver, unwillingly teamed with a beautiful alien, and who together must outwit the machinations of the obligatory evil mastermind (121 Mins)
	Fight Club (18) (1999) Director: David Fincher Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter A disillusioned young man meets a charismatic stranger and together they form The Fight Club, an underground society in which men congregate to relieve their inner tension through violence. This catharsis soon evolves into underground terrorism, culminating in an explosive plot twist. Directed with immense visual flair by Fincher, it offers an intelligent view of underground culture and male emasculation. (133 Mins)
	Filth And The Fury (15) (2000) Director: Julien Temple Starring: Sex Pistols Irreverent and shocking portrait of The Sex Pistols, charting their rise and ultimate implosion on tour in America. Culled primarily from the bands own archive of never before seen footage. (103 Mins)
	Finding Nemo (12) (2003) Director: Lee Unkrich Starring: Animation Wonderful Pixar film which became the first animated film to receive a Best Screenplay Oscar nomination. On the way to his first day at school a little clown fish called Nemo is taken from the ocean by a scuba diver. He is placed in an aquarium in a dentist's office with lots of other fish. Marlin his over-protective father, sets out to find him. The simple plot concerning a clown fish's desperate search for his son features more wit here than in most adult-orientated comedies, whilst the groundbreaking animation is breathtaking (96 Mins)
	Finding Neverland (PG) (2004) Director: Marc Foster Starring: Kate Winslet, Johnny Depp Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet give extraordinary performances in this critically acclaimed adaptation of JM Barries life and the genesis of his timeless classic Peter Pan. Funny, tragic and touching. (97 Mins)
	Firm, The (18) (1986) Director: Alan Clarke Starring: Gary Oldman Philip Davis Meet Bex: estate agent, loving husband and father, and full-time football hooligan. Clarke identifies a new breed of affluent thugs who wear suits, rather than synthetic shirts, to the game. If the scenes of public house disorder dont get you, the baby cleaning its teeth with a Stanley knife will. (67 Mins)
	Fistful of Dollars, A (15) (1964) Director: Sergio Leone Starring: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, John wels, W. Lukschy Per Un Pugno Di Dollari. The story of the man with no name, who tries to turn a gang feud to his own advantage. Morricones first film score, and the start of the whole spaghetti western genre. Just as The Magnificent Seven was Kurosawa Americanized, so is this an unofficial reworking of Yojimbo, but none the worse for that. Eastwoods stardom officially began here. (97 Mins)
	Fog of War, The (PG) (2003) Director: Errol Morris Starring: Robert McNamara A brilliant, Oscar-winning documentary in which renowned film-maker Errol Morris interviews and challenges Robert S. McNamara, the former US Secretary of Defence who oversaw the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. One of the very best documentaries ever made, not least because of the startling honesty and articulacy of McNamara (103 Mins)
	Football Factory (18) (2004) Director: Nick Love Starring: Danny Dyer, Frank Harper, Tamar Hassan Fast paced, controversial UK drama about organised football hooliganism in the tradition of I.D. and The Firm and based on the novel by John King. An energy and vibrancy comes from its use of hand-held camera. (87 Mins)
	For a Few Dollars More (15) (1965) Director: Sergio Leone Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte Director Leone and composer Ennio Morricone hit their stride perfectly in this more accomplished sequel to A Fistful of Dollars. Better production values, effective snake-like menace from Van Cleef and a catalogue of musical and visual flourishes make For a Few Dollars More the ne plus ultra of popular Italian filmmaking. (126 Mins)
	Forrest Gump (12) (1994) Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Gary Sinise, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn Oscar-winning, sentimental yarn about a lovabe simpleton who finds himself at the centre of key moments of US history (136 Mins)
	Four Muskateers, The (PG) (1974) Director: Richard Lester Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michel York All for one and one for all ! Classic Sunday afternoon stuff, elevated by stunning cinematography. (103 Mins)
	French Connection II, The (18) (1975) Director: John Frankenheimer Starring: Gene Hackman Popeye Doyle traces the French Connection narcotics ring to its source in Marseilles. Considered by many as the superior film to the first. (119 Mins)
	French Connection, The (18) (1971) Director: William Friedkin Starring: Gene Hackman Unjustly neglected by critics in recent years (probably because it won Oscars) the legendary car chase and the bleak, ambiguous ending remain amongst the greatest sequences in American movies of the 70s (104 Mins)
	Frida (15) (2002) Director: Julie Taymor Starring: Edward Norton, Antonio Banderas, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Salma Hayek Colourful, vibrant and beautiful to look at, this is a dramatised account of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It was the role Hayek had been wanting for years. (118 Mins)
	Frivolous Lola (18) (1998) Director: Tinto Brass Starring: Serena Grandi, Andrea Occhipinti Lola is bored with her fiances straight laced attitude to sex. Her mothers boyfriend, on the other hand, looks a lot more interesting... Widescreen. Dubbed (90 Mins)
	From Dusk Till Dawn (18) (1996) Director: Robert Rodriguez Starring: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis A film of two halves. The first is by Tarantino, who plays one of two brothers who take Harvey Keitel and his two children hostage. They end up at a roadside bar populated by vampires. Then the Rodriguez action begins. Its quite, quite mad. (103 Mins)
	From Hell (18) (2001) Director: Hughes brothers Starring: Johnny Depp Robbie Coltrane Heather Graham The chosen source material - an excellent, literary semi-fictional account of the Jack the Ripper murders by Alan Moore almost guaranteed the result would not be a cohesive straightforward film. It isnt. Despite the many flaws the film tells an intriguing and bloody tale that, partly due to the excellent production design and performances, is captivating. Often hinting at the mysteries which are intrinsic to this version of the events in Whitechapel, the film presents a dark and arcane view of the events that ushered in the last century. (117 Mins)
	Full Metal Jacket (18) (1987) Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent DOnofrio Kubricks entire oeuvre is an exploration of how things fall apart. In this case, how a group of young men being conditioned for a tour of duty in Vietnam, become dehumanised. A return to the themes of Paths of Glory - how can you condemn an individual madness in a world tipping over into insanity? (112 Mins)
	Funny Girl (U) (1968) Director: William Wyler Starring: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies... Amazing sets, sumptuous costumes - and that voice (149 Mins)
	Funny Lady (PG) (1975) Director: Herbert Ross Starring: Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall 1930s, New York. The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub. (132 Mins)
	Gangs of New York (18) (2003) Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo DeCaprio, Liam Neeson, Daniel Day-Lewis In the New York of the 1860s corrupt politicians and violent gang warfare amongst the immigrants are rife. This story of the forging of modern New York is a colourful, energetic and bloody epic. Daniel Day-Lewis steals the show as the crazed yet fantastically named Bill the Butcher. (160 Mins)
	Gangster No.1 (18) (2000) Director: Paul McGuigan Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany Just when the talentless lottery gangster film has pretty well become a contemporary cultural crisis, director Paul McGuigan comes along with Gangster No 1, a tough 60s-set thriller: plausible and sure-footed, a film with a canny yet appalled sense of the repulsive realities of crime and the unlovely, unfunny people involved in it. It is scorchingly violent, sinister, with a strange undertow of melodrama and self-loathing. (99 Mins)
	Garden State (15) (2003) Director: Zach Braff Starring: Ian Holm, Natalie Portman, Zach Braff A perfect romantic date movie full of amusing one-liners and scenes. Pill-popping Andrew returns to his hometown for his mothers funeral and meets an assortment of odd friends. He also starts hanging out with Sam (Natalie Portman) - a pathological liar who reawakens his love of life. (109 Mins)
	Genevieve (U) (1953) Director: Henry Cornelius Starring: Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall A charming, gentle car rally comedy, Genevieve was a huge box office hit in its day and perfectly captured the polite English romanticism of the early 1950s. Underneath the naivety and quaint sexual bickering of the four leads lies a superbly hand-crafted film, beautifully portraying an England that has long since vanished. (110 Mins)
	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (U) (1951) Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe Musical comedy set in Paris featuring Marilyns unequalled rendition of Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend (89 Mins)
	Geoffrey Jones: The Rhythm Of Film (UC) (1958) Director: Geoffrey Jones Starring: Documentary Since the 1950s, Geoffrey Jones has been making films that look, sound and feel like nothing else. With his extraordinary marriage of images, music and rhythm, he ranks alongside Len Lye and Norman McLaren as one of the true film artists. The collection includes a mixture of British Transport Films, industrial shorts and personal works. Features: Snow, Rail, Locomotion, Trinidad and Tobago, Shell Spirit, This Is Shell, Seasons Project, Chair-a-Plane Kwela and Chair-a-Plane Flamenco. (86 Mins)
	George Washington (12) (2000) Director: David Gordon Green Starring: Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Curtis Cotton III, Eddie Rouse Greens stunning debut captures one hot summer in the lives of a group of children in a poor rural North Carolina town. When an innocent game goes horrifically wrong, the kids find themselves caught up in a tragic lie and catapulted into a world of adult choices. ...a gorgeous, gorgeous movie from the first great new director of the millenium (86 Mins)
	Gerry (15) (2002) Director: Gus Van Sant Starring: Casey Affleck Matt Damon Van Sants homage to Bela Tarrs directorial style sees two friends lost in the desert without provisions, trying to find their way back to the path and their car. Filled with space and silence and suitably accompanied by a score from Arvo Part. (98 Mins)
	Get Carter (18) (1971) Director: Mike Hodges Starring: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland A man out to avenge his brothers death enters the world of pornography and crime. Based on the novel Jacks Return Home by Ted Lewis. (107 Mins)
	Ghost And Mrs Muir, The (U) (1947) Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney, George Sanders A young widow and her daughter move into a windswept cottage on the English coast, which they soon learn is haunted by the ghost of its former owner - a salty sea captain who attempts to scare them off. When he fails to do so, an unlikely love affair develops. (100 Mins)
	Ghost World (15) (2001) Director: Terry Zwigoff Starring: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi Rebecca and Enid think their small town sucks, so they befriend subversive jazz geek Seymour. When Seymour falls for Enid, Rebecca walks. Enid? Well, Enid's not so sure. Echoing the strange world of a Crumb cartoon, Zwigoff's latest is way weird... (107 Mins)
	Gigi (PG) (1958) Director: Vincente Minnelli Starring: Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier Winner of nine Oscars, a charming, exquisitely filmed turn-of-the-century musical that is a delight from start to finish (111 Mins)
	Ginger Snaps (18) (2000) Director: John Fawcett Starring: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle Sharp, cool horror. They don?t call it the curse for nothing. (104 Mins)
	Girl On A Motorcycle (15) (1968) Director: Jack Cardiff Starring: Alain Delon, Marianne Faithfull Aka Naked under Leather. A film made in the spirit of its time. Flashbacks, psychedelic sections and a little free love philosophy too. Faithfull is the eponymous girl riding to meet her lover. (86 Mins)
	Girl With a Pearl Earring (12) (2003) Director: Peter Webber Starring: Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson Johanssen has the standout performance as Griet, the servant girl employed in the Vermeer household who becomes the eponymous girl in one of his canvases. Cleverly lit with candle and shadow and unromantic in its view of life in 17th century Delft, this is a slowly-building beauty of a film. (95 Mins)
	Go West (U) (1940) Director: Edward Buzzell Starring: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, John Carroll, Diana Lewis The Marxmen Go West to where the sun always shines, the fun never sets and where they outwit a land grabber. (77 Mins)
	Godfather, The (Part I) (18) (1972) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan, Robert Duvall Brando won an Oscar (which he refused) for his striking, influential and occasionally ludicrous impersonation of a Mafioso Don, although Al Pacino, reflective, cautious and troubled as heir to the Corleone throne, represents the true soul of the movie. Nino Rotas score is masterful and, with half-lit faces and rich period texture, Gordon Willis seemed to reinvent New Hollywood cinematography. (168 Mins)
	Godfather, The (Part II) (18) (1974) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton Soon after its release, critical opinion merged to champion The Godfather Part II as a superior film to its predecessor - no mean feat on Coppolas part. Indeed, where Part 1 is an epic soap steeped in violent largesse, Part 2 is an American masterpiece, confidently navigating two timelines in its juxtaposition of the enterprising brutality of the young Vito Corleone (De Niro) and the human tragedy of his increasingly desensitised son Michael (Pacino). Exquisitely detailed, it deepens and embellishes the first film, and stands as the true high point of Coppolas career.JU (192 Mins)
	Godfather, The (Part III) (18) (1990) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire The impact of the tardy third installment of the Godfather series was no doubt diluted by the jukebox violence of Scorseses Goodfellas and the operatic audacity of De Palmas The Untouchables, but there are still scenes and performances to enjoy. But Coppola is no longer in full command of his talent, a fact underlined by the unwise casting of his precocious daughter Sofia and the lazy demise of Michael. In the 16 year delay between Parts 2 and 3, the director had been to Hell and back: one cant help thinking that Godfather 3 is a contrived attempt to revive the old magic. (163 Mins)
	Gods Must Be Crazy 1&2 (PG) (1980) Director: Jamie Uys Starring: Marius Weyers, N!xau In Gods Must Be Crazy a discarded Coca Cola bottle falls from the air amidst an isolated tribe of African bushmen, who think it is a gift from the gods. In Gods Must Be Crazy 2 Xi, the bushman who lives deep in the African desert following the life of his ancestors, collides again with civilisation when he embarks on a search for his children. He soon crosses paths with an odd couple, who are lost in the desert and a crazy adventure begins. (200 Mins)
	Gohatto (15) (1999) Director: Nagisa Oshima Starring: Takeshi Kitano Samurai drama set in an all-male school in 1865. A young recruit joins the elite Shinsengumi fighting force and realises that he has become the object of desire among his comrades. The senior members of the militia have a growing concern for the consequences of this attraction. (96 Mins)
	Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (U) (1973) Director: Gordon Hessler Starring: John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker Second of three Harryhausen-animated versions of the tale, with John Phillip Law tussling with six-armed statues and the like. (101 Mins)
	Goldmember (12) (2002) Director: Jay Roach Starring: Mike Myers, Beyonce, Michael Caine Dr Evil and Mini-Me team up with Goldmember to plan for world domination. Austin chases them through time but stops in 1975 to connect with an old girlfriend to request her help... (90 Mins)
	Gone with the Wind (PG) (1939) Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia deHavilland Absorbing film version of Margaret Mitchells Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about life in Americas Deep South during the Civil War. Winner of ten Academy Awards. (224 Mins)
	Gonin (18) (1995) Director: Takashi Ishii Starring: Koichi Sato, Masahiro Motoki, Jimpachi Nezu Five men try to rip off the local Yakuza, but their plans come unstuck and they find themselves being hunted down. An explosive action drama. (110 Mins)
	Good Night, And Good Luck (12) (2005) Director: George Clooney Starring: George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., David Straithairn Highly-acclaimed dramatisation of CBS broadcaster Edward R. Murrow's mission to bring down the tyrannical Senator Joe McCarthy, whose anti-communist fear-mongering remains one of America's most shameful eras. Strathairn is excellent as the solemn crusader, and Clooney's sparse direction and Robert Elswit's black and white photography perfectly capture the period. (110 Mins)
	Good, The Bad and The Ugly, The (18) (1966) Director: Sergio Leone Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffre, Eli Wallach Aka Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo. The last and best of the Dollars Trilogy, set during the American Civil War. Three mean desperadoes who have their eyes on a 200,000 dollar treasure form an uneasy alliance. (156 Mins)
	Goodbye Lenin (15) (2003) Director: Wolfgang Becker Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Katrin Sass Dedicated socialist Christiane wakes from a coma into a GDR no longer bounded by an iron curtain. Doctors warn her son that any large shock could kill her, so he sets about reverting their apartment to the communist era and playing old footage when she wants to watch the news. How long can he keep the outside world at bay? Playful, bittersweet comedy. (116 Mins)
	Goodfellas (18) (1990) Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci Henry Hill always wanted to be a Goodfella. Now he is and its a great life. As long as he dont get caught. Scorseses dissection of Italian-American gangsterism is masterful. "Still, the movie excites the senses in a way few film-makers even dream of, and its epic sweep and brilliantly energetic film language rest on a cluster of effortlessly expert performances." (139 Mins)
	Gosford Park (15) (2001) Director: Robert Altman Starring: Alan Bates, Michael Gambon, Derek jacobi, Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith After spending most of his career in America - with the infelicitous exception of a trip to Paris Fashion Week for Pret-A-Porter - the director Robert Altman here makes a more successful journey overseas. Compared to the starched neatness of The Remains Of The Day, this is a fun, slouchy period movie, with a healthy sense of mischief in its plotting and production design; as in The Long Goodbye, the whodunnit aspect is only an excuse for the director to throw in as many enjoyable red herrings and non-sequiturs as possible. (132 Mins)
	Grand Theft Parsons (12) (2003) Director: David Caffrey Starring: Christina Applegate, Johnny Knoxville, Robert Forster Following the death of the cult musician Gram Parsons, famed for his rock n roll antics and duets with Emmylou Harris, road manager Phil Kaufman steals the dead body with the intent of fulfilling Grams instructions for its disposal. (84 Mins)
	Grave of the Fireflies (12) (1988) Director: Isao Takahata Starring: Animation From Studio Ghibli, home of Spirited Away, comes this epic animated feature. Set in Japan in WWII - Setsuko and Seita are brother and sister struggling for survival. Their mother has been killed in an air raid and the whereabouts of their soldier father is unknown. They depend on one another to stay alive but gradually they succumb to hunger and for entertainment they watch the light of the fireflies. Visually stunning and emotionally powerful, this film meditates on the devastating consequences of war and has rightly earned a reputation as an anime classic. (120 Mins)
	Grease (PG) (1977) Director: Randal Kleiser Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John Its long-standing popularity on television is a testament to its constant ability to entertain. The story may be virtually non-existent, but it is the cool 50?s period that defines this movie. Good girl Sandy and bad boy Danny venture along the rocky road to true love to the accompaniment of a host of catchy tunes to warm your heart or tap your toe to. The majority of the cast were far too old to play high school students, but that has become part of the films charm, especially when they unleash their talents upon such hit tunes as ?Summer Nights?, ?Greased Lightning? and ?Youre the One That I Want.? A must for any nostalgia-lover, especially with the addition of several cast and crew interviews to celebrate the films 20th anniversary. (106 Mins)
	Green Street (18) (2005) Director: Lexi Alexander Starring: Elijah Wood, Henry Goodman, Charlie Hunnam, Marc Warren Aka Hoologans. Elijah Wood plays Matt Buckner, unfairly expelled from Harvard, and who goes to England to stay with his sister. There he is befriends her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, who introduces him to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt has to learn to stand his ground in a violent world. (110 Mins)
	Guerilla: The Taking Of Patty Hearst (12) (2004) Director: Robert Stone Starring: Documentary Stone's documentary, four years in production, charts the rise and fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army (the SLA), whose kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst remains one of the strangest experiences charted by the media... (90 Mins)
	Haine, La (15) (1995) Director: Mathieu Kassovitz Starring: Hubert Kounde, Vincent Cassel Kassovitz reports on the state of France. A Paris suburb sometime in the present. Protesting against the police shooting of an Arab boy, rioting erupts throughout the estate and a police revolver goes missing. Clearly someone is going to get hurt. Shot in grimy monochrome with a wheeling camera which barely contains the anarchy. (93 Mins)
	Hairdressers Husband (15) (1991) Director: Patrice Leconte Starring: Anna Galiena, Jean Rochefort Since the age of 12 Antoine has had 2 passions Arabic music and haircuts, especially if the hairedresser is voluptuous. When he is middleaged he meets and marries a shy hairdresser. A beautifully eccentric comedy. (92 Mins)
	Hairspray (PG) (2002) Director: John waters Starring: Ruth Brown, Sonny Bono, Divine, Ricki Lake Several years after the scratch-and-sniff extravaganza of his last Grindhouse hit (Polyester), Waters shook up the mainstream with this funny piece of offbeat 60s nostalgia. Watch out for the late, great Divine in two roles. (88 Mins)
	Happiness (18) (1998) Director: Todd Solondz Starring: Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Philip Seymour Hoffman This black comedy explores the lives of three middle-class sisters living in New Jersey. They are trying to find Happiness but problems with their families and sex lives keep cropping up. At times this is difficult to watch, such is the impact of the painfully funny, misanthropic vision of this talented director. Unflinching, beautifully controlled direction (134 Mins)
	Happiness Of The Katakuris, The (15) (2003) Director: Miike Takashi Starring: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda An utterly odd mixture of live action, musical and claymation as the Katakuris take on a guest house in the mountains. Uniquely strange and very funny! (112 Mins)
	Hard Boiled (18) (1992) Director: John Woo Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break (122 Mins)
	Hard Candy (18) (2006) Director: David Slade Starring: Sandra Oh, Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page Ellen Page gives an astonishing performance as the young teenager who entraps a potential paedophile and threatens to castrate him. But will she go through with her plan, and is he as guilty as she believes? A great script and a tense atmosphere make this one of the best American indies of the year, in spite of the controversy it engendered. (103 Mins)
	Hard Days Night, A (12) (1964) Director: Richard Lester Starring: The Beatles Highly acclaimed semi-documentary view of life on the road with the Beatles as they prepare to take on the world. Featuring concert, studio and in-flight scenes. (84 Mins)
	Harold and Maude (15) (1971) Director: Hal Ashby Starring: Ruth Gorden, Bud Cort A young man puts a rope around his neck and hangs himself in front of his mother... Nobody knows why Harold wants to kill himself. One of the most unusual American comedies of all time. (91 Mins)
	Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (PG) (2002) Director: Chris Colombus Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Kenneth Brannagh, Alan Rickman Second in hugely popular franchise. (154 Mins)
	Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone (PG) (2001) Director: Chris Colombus Starring: John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. First in hugely popular franchise. (147 Mins)
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG) (2004) Director: Alfonso Cuaron Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson The Harry Potter franchise takes a turn for the darker side in the latest cinematic instalment of JK Rowling?s hugely popular series. Y Tu Mama Tambien director Alfonso Cuaron adds a fresh take on the films, with Harry being pursued by wicked wizard Sirius Black. Possibly the best in the series so far (136 Mins)
	Harvey (U) (1950) Director: Henry Koster Starring: James Stewart Light-hearted feelgood film about Elwood P Dowd whose constant companion happens to be a six foot tall rabbit that only he can see. His sister tries to get him committed to an infirmary but the mix-ups begin. Classic Hollywood comedy. (100 Mins)
	Head - Monkees, The (PG) (1968) Director: Bob Rafelson Starring: David Jones Progressive, experimental and visually ambitious, Head is a psychedelic trip of a film and surely the last thing Monkees fans were expecting after two years of the cheerful but white-bread TV show. Without a narrative structure, Heads surreal fantasia may have dated, but as a reflection of the Californian zeitgeist of 1968, it stands as a key film of the Easy Rider generation. (85 Mins)
	Head On (18) (2004) Director: Fatih Akin Starring: Birol ?nel, Sibel Kekilli Aka Gegen Die Wand. An unlikely marriage of convenience happens between a couple who meet through their mutual desire for suicide. An even more unlikely consequence is that it makes them want to live. A full-on, passionate, uncompromisingly honest depiction of love between second generation Turkish families in Germany. European Film of the Year 2004 and the winner of the Golden Bear at Berlin. (121 Mins)
	Hellboy (12) (2004) Director: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: John Hurt, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair Hellboy, a demon summoned through a Nazi faction in 1945, and subsequently taken by the Allies and employed to fight against mad monk Rasputin, is one of the darker and more effective entries in the recent canon of superhero comic book movies. Guillermo del Toro confirms his reputation as one of the better directors of dark sci-fi cinema. (117 Mins)
	Helter Skelter (15) (1976) Director: Tom Gries Starring: George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback 80's made for TV biopic of Charles Mansons trial. Fascinating, well made study of the man "who killed the sixties". (184 Mins)
	Hero (12) (2004) Director: Zhang Yimou Starring: Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Jet Li Director Zhang Yimou brings the sumptuous visual style of his previous films (Raise the Red Lantern, Shanghai Triad) to the high-kicking kung fu genre. (95 Mins)
	Hidden (Cach (12) (2005) Director: Michael Haneke Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche Described as "the first great film of the 21st Century" and as Haneke's best work to date, Hidden takes a provocative look at guilt, trust, responsibility and paranoia. Auteuil plays Georges, the well-known host of a literary TV talk show, who finds himself the target of an anonymous stalker who sends video tapes of his house as seen from across the street. As the tapes become more personal and more intrusive, so his guilt becomes more manifest, as does his need to confront the man he thinks is sending them. (109 Mins)
	Hidden Fortress (PG) (1958) Director: Akira Kurosawa Starring: Kakushi Toride, No San-Akunin Set in the clan wars of 16th century Japan, a solitary Samurai escorts a young fugitive princess on the run through enemy territory. Treatment is part traditional (Noh theatre) and part Eclectic (John Ford) resulting in a stirring action adventure which inspired Star Wars (138 Mins)
	Hide And Seek (15) (2005) Director: John Polson Starring: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning Together with his young daughter Emily, David Callaway moves to the country after the apparent suicide of his wife. Coping with her mothers death, Emily initially finds solace in Charlie, an imaginary friend, but her relationship with him soon turns into something more sinister.. (96 Mins)
	High Society (U) (1956) Director: Charles Walters Starring: Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm Despite being a musical re-make of the fantastic ?The Philadelphia Story?, this is still an entertaining and amusing film in itself. What is important is the score, courtesy of the great Cole Porter. Soak up the beautiful melodies and wicked lyrical ingenuity of this musical genius for all its worth, particularly Well Did You Evah?, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and the wistful True Love (107 Mins)
	History Of Violence, A (18) (2005) Director: David Cronenberg Starring: William Hurt, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello Viggo Mortensen stars as Tom Stall, a quiet, easygoing family man who runs a diner in a small Indiana town. When when two criminals come into the restaurant prepared to wreak havoc, Stall turns hero and shoots them both. After Stall's story is blasted all over the media, Philly mobster Carl Fogaty shows up, claiming that Tom is actually former hit man Eddie Cusack and they've got some important business to finish. While Stall insists that Fogaty is mistaken, his family his wife and family get dragged into the danger that constantly threatens to explode. Cronenberg does a masterly job of creating a wholly believable modern world where evil lurks just around the corner. (96 Mins)
	Hitcher, The (18) (1986) Director: Robert Harmon Starring: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell Hauer does cold psycho killer in this seminal 80s chase flick. (93 Mins)
	Holes (PG) (2003) Director: Andrew Davis Starring: Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Blake Nelson Holes is a scrupulously faithful adaptation of Louis Sachars book Holes and should delight the books fans. After being wrongly found guilty of stealing a pair of sneakers, Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf) gets sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile correctional facility in the bed of a long-gone dry Texas lake. There,under the watchful eye of overseer Mr Sir (a zesty Jon Voight), sneakily mean therapist Dr Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson), and the cool and cruel Warden (Sigourney Weaver),Stanley and dozens of other delinquents are forced to dig an endless series of holes that the warden hopes will lead her to a precious secret left behind by a long-dead female outlaw (Patricia Arquette). Sachars book is beloved for its vivid characters and suspenseful plot; by sticking close to its source, Holes has become a dynamic, exciting and surprisingly touching movie. (113 Mins)
	Holy Mountain (15) (1973) Director: Alexandro Jodorowsky Starring: Alexandro Jodorowsky, Horatio Salinas, Ramona Sanders Bizarre plot about a thief and a group of politicians who storm a mountain to steal the secret of eternal life. The re-enactment of the conquest of South America, using toads as conquistadores, actually makes sense, in a film so effortlessly deranged. (114 Mins)
	Home Alone (PG) (1990) Director: Chris Columbus Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard Modern day, festive classic. (99 Mins)
	Home Alone 2 (PG) (1992) Director: Chris Columbus Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern Sequel to Home Alone (115 Mins)
	Home Alone 4 (U) (2002) Director: Rod Daniel Starring: French Stewart, Missi Pyle Fourth in franchise. (83 Mins)
	Hot Fuzz (15) (2007) Director: Edgar Wright Starring: Timothy Dalton, Simon Pegg, Jim Broadbent, Nick Frost, Steve Coogan A gleeful mating of Hollywood action movie mores with the genteel setting of the English countryside, Hot Fuzz follows Nicholas Angel (Pegg) a tough city cop who is exiled to deepest Dorset. At first, things are quiet - too quiet, and his new partner, Danny Butterman (Frost) is little more than a cuddly albatross round his neck. But Angel soon discovers that the village hides a terrible secret... "One of the funniest films of the year, ?Hot Fuzz? is a delivery of amazingly hilarious events told in the quietly reserved countryside of Sandford. Sergeant Nicholas Angel, (Simon Pegg), is transferred from London to Sandford where he must lay down the law to those in the village alongside his new associate P.C Danny Butterman, (Nick Frost). However, where the biggest crime is a Living Statue entertaining the residents, Angel finds it difficult to adjust to his passive position and becomes aware of mysteriously dangerous goings-on in the annual winners ?Village of the Year?. For all ages (minus a few blasphemes) ?Hot Fuzz? is a delightfully side splitting comedy tackling a dark village secret that must be exposed." Meggan Edmeades Clich (116 Mins)
	Hotel Rwanda (12) (2004) Director: Terry George Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte, Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo After spending most of his career in America - with the infelicitous exception of a trip to Paris Fashion Week for Pret-A-Porter - the director Robert Altman here makes a more successful journey overseas. Compared to the starched neatness of The Remains Of The Day, this is a fun, slouchy period movie, with a healthy sense of mischief in its plotting and production design; as in The Long Goodbye, the whodunnit aspect is only an excuse for the director to throw in as many enjoyable red herrings and non-sequiturs as possible. (117 Mins)
	Hours, The (12) (2002) Director: Stephen Daldry Starring: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep Three interwoven tales from three periods in the 20th century, all linked by a work of literature. In 1923 Virginia Woolf is writing Mrs. Dalloway. A housewife pregnant with her second child in the 1950s is reading Woolfs Mrs. Dalloway and a modern-day editor organising a party for her ex-lover with AIDS is nicknamed Mrs. Dalloway. A darkly beautiful work. (110 Mins)
	House Of Flying Daggers (15) (2004) Director: Zhang Yimou Starring: Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi gives a fine performance as the blind warrior in Zhang Yimou?s follow-up to Hero. She is tracked by a guard hoping to arrest the resistance group of the title, but passion intervenes. The action set pieces are as extraordinary as those in Hero, although here the emphasis is more on the human relationships than on fight scenes. (119 Mins)
	Howards End (PG) (1991) Director: James Ivory Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham-Carter, Vanessa Redgrave Edwardian drama based on E.M. Forsters novel. The story of two families who are drawn together by extraordinary circumstances in spite of their vastly differing backgrounds and ambitions. Winner of three Academy Awards: Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Art Direction. (136 Mins)
	Howls Moving Castle (PG) (2005) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Animation The latest animated adventure from Hayao Miyazaki, in which an 18 year-old girl is swept off her feet by the enigmatic wizard Howl and finds refuge in his magic castle. Turned into an old woman by a jealous witch, she embarks on an incredible odyssey to try and lift the curse. A spectacular adventure for children and adults alike. (120 Mins)
	Hukkle (12) (2002) Director: Gyorgy Palfi Starring: Ferenc Bandi A uniquely strange and utterly original film in which, to the rhythm of an old man hiccupping on a bench, a murder mystery unfolds in a small Hungarian town. Quirky observation of daily goings-on blends with 'Life on Earth' style documentary footage of moles, frogs and plant life to produce a satisfyingly eccentric portrait of a place in which there is as much happening below the surface as above. Presented without dialogue, all the elements of the film coalesce as a symphony of noises. (75 Mins)
	Hustler, The (15) (1961) Director: Robert Rossen Starring: Paul Newman An arrogant, amoral hustler who haunts backstreet pool rooms gets a fleeting chance at fame when he faces the legendary Minnesota Fats in a personal competition. However, when he starts a real relationship with a young woman, he is faced with an extremely difficult situation. (129 Mins)
	I Am Cuba (12) (1964) Director: Mikheil Kalatozishvili Starring: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, Jos? Gallardo "Don't avert your eyes. Look! I am Cuba. For you, I am the casino, the bar, hotels and brothels. But the hands of these children and old people are also me" -- Yevgeni Yevtushenko I Am Cuba is described by film critic Elliot Wilhelm as "a unique, insane, exhilarating spectacle". Filmed in Spanish, dubbed in Russian, and subtitled in English, this unique collaboration between Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov (The Cranes are Flying), the poet Yevgeni Yevtushenko, and writer Enrique Pineda Barnet dramatizes the conditions that led to the 1959 Cuban revolution. Originally made in 1964 (and unpopular both in Russia and Cuba), it was released in 1995 through the combined efforts of Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. I Am Cuba is set in the late 1950s when a ragtag bunch of students, workers, and peasants organized to overthrow the corrupt regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista. The film is divided into four sequences. The first depicts the American-run gambling casinos and prostitution in Havana. The next shows a farmer burning his sugar cane when he learns he is going to lose his land to United Fruit. Another describes the suppression of students and dissenters at Havana University, and the final sequence shows how government bombing of mountain fields induced farmers to join with the rebels in the Sierra Maestre mountains. The final scene is a triumphal march into Havana to proclaim the revolution. Marvelously photographed in black and white by Sergei Urusevsky and using acrobatic camerawork by Alexandr Kalzaty, some of the shots and distorted camera angles are so staggering as to be virtually unbelievable. In one sequence, the camera lifts off from a hotel rooftop, takes in the Havana skyline, descends several floors, winds its way through the poolside party-goers, and then takes you for a swim in the pool in one continuous shot. Reminiscent of Sergei Eisenstein, the caricatures are broad but are presented with such exuberance that it hardly seems to matter. Audacious and imaginative, I Am Cuba is a revelation, not only for its style but also for its inspiration. Filmed with true visionary poetry, I Am Cuba transcends the genre of advocacy filmmaking to reach a pinnacle of cinematic art. (Please note that this film is a Region 1 title, available to Moviestogogo members only). (141 Mins)
	I Heart Huckabees (15) (2004) Director: David O Russell Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Schwartzman An inventive comedy with an all-star cast in which an environmental activist hires two existential detectives to explain a series of uncanny coincidences. Isabelle Huppert gives a particularly droll turn as a rival detective, whilst the imaginative premise and surreal wit recall the work of Charlie Kaufman. (106 Mins)
	I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed (15) (2005) Director: Said Smihi / Serge Le Peron Starring: Charles Berling A film about the trapping and murder of Moroccan dissident Mehdi Ben Barka in Paris in 1966, an event which led to a notorious French political scandal. The recreation of mid-60s Paris is authenticated by archive footage and period jazz which infuses the whole with a noir atmosphere. (98 Mins)
	I, Robot (15) (2004) Director: Alex Proyas Starring: Will Smith One of the big hits of the summer, this is (loosely) based on the Isaac Asimov novel, and confirmed Will Smith as one of Hollywood?s most successful action stars. The efficient action sequences and an intriguing character in the shape of the potentially murderous robot Sonny make this a fun, above-average blockbuster. (109 Mins)
	Ice Harvest, The (15) (2006) Director: Harold Ramis Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, John Cusack A lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash. An interesting modern crime caper. (95 Mins)
	Ichi The Killer (18) (2001) Director: Takashi Miike Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto Miike?s Audition made a considerable mark, and instantly identified him as one of the most distinctive (and disturbing) Asian directors around. This remarkable film (already being described as the most violent ever made) is not as impressive, but still takes the viewer?s breath away with its kinetic imagery and virtuoso staging. Ludicrously, the BFI has removed some of the violence (why would anyone watch this film who was disturbed by filmic violence?); but it still remains an exhilarating (and unsettling) experience. (120 Mins)
	Ichi The Killer [ Anime ] (18) (2002) Director: Hideo Yamamoto Starring: Takashi Mike [ voice ] A stunning anime version of Hideo Yamamotos creation takes his visceral manga saga back to its blood-soaked roots. Detailing the previously unseen history of Ichis schooldays, his home life and upbringing, the anime version is a more graphic, shocking and controversial companion piece to Miikes live-action film. (46 Mins)
	Igby Goes Down (15) (2002) Director: Burr Steers Starring: Kieren Culkin, Jeff Goldblum, Susan Sarandon Caught somewhere between Catcher in the Rye and The Royal Tennenbaums, this is a blackly funny and rewarding film, unusual in the questions it asks and ultimately goes someway to answer. Superb cast including Bill Pullman, Susan Sarandon and Jeff Goldblum. (94 Mins)
	Im Not Scared (15) (2003) Director: Gabriele Salvatores Starring: Giuseppe Cristiano, Mattia di Pierro Aka Lo Non Ho Paura. While out playing one day near a deserted farmhouse, nine year-old Michele discovers another young boy chained to the ground at the bottom of a hole. While trying to ensure the boys comfort, he gets drawn into a world of kidnapping. Part powerful suspense drama, part moving coming-of-age tale, it has an otherworldly quality that turns it into a cinematic dream. (97 Mins)
	Importance Of Being Earnest , The (U) (1952) Director: Anthony Asquith Starring: Joan Greenwood, Michael Redgrave, Robert Evans, Played out in the drawing rooms and gardens of Victorian England, this adaptation of Oscar Wildes comedy of manners is still one of the funniest. The art of Bunburyism should be taught in schools! (114 Mins)
	In America (15) (2002) Director: Jim Sheridan Starring: Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine A young Irish actor decides to try for a new life in America and moves with his wife and two young daughters to New York City. Thats where the film starts and we share the confusion and dislocation of the leads, forced to work at low-paid jobs to make ends meet. Well-cast and well performed. (101 Mins)
	In My Fathers Den (15) (2004) Director: Brad McGann Starring: Matthew McFadyen, Emily Barclay, Miranda Otto The prodigal son returning home to face the repercussions of his departure? The sleepy town with dark and closely guarded secrets? The key plot elements of Brad McGann?s debut have often been used, yet he smartly exploits our familiarity with them to play with our preconceptions and take his assured movie in surprising new directions.His handling of chronology is particularly skilled, taking us both back and forward in time as the small-town tale slowly unravels. This has drawn comparisons with 'Dead Mans Shoes' and has a blistering soundtrack featuring Patti Smith. (120 Mins)
	In the Mood for Love (PG) (2000) Director: Wong Kar-Wai Starring: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk You could get giddy on the heat of Wong Kar-Wai?s seventh feature, as Maggie Cheung fans herself at a mah-jongg game or Tony Leung floats past her, face a glow of desire, on the stairway to the noodle bar. Shot as a series of interiors, it follows Cheung?s secretary as she and Leung?s newspaper editor become neighbours, realise that their respective partners are having affairs and slowly become mired in their own unexpected love. The plot unfolds in delicate, sensual visual wisps ? Leung?s oiled hair, Cheung?s slinky dresses, a stream of cigarette smoke ? but it?s the fine details, the cumulative emotional resonance of recurring motifs, that counts more than the action. Wong makes a meal out of the cinematic language of longing that his films are steeped in here; it?s so good you?ll want to eat it. (94 Mins)
	In This World (15) (2002) Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Jamal Udin Torabi , Enayatullah Compelling drama-documentary about two Afghan refugees making their way from a refugee camp in Pakistan to London. Winterbottom involves us by focussing on the practicalities of the immense journey, rather than on political point-scoring. A story of human endurance and courage in the face of isolation and disorientation. (89 Mins)
	Incredibles, The (U) (2004) Director: Brad Bird Starring: Samuel L. Jackson (Voice), Holly Hunter (Voice) The latest Pixar sensation sees a family of superheroes retiring to the suburbs, only to be recruited again when the world is at threat from Syndrome, an old nemesis. For the first time Pixar has enlisted the talent of Brad Bird, a Simpsons veteran who also directed the underrated The Iron Giant. His direction and witty screenplay are major assets, and he provides many of the films funniest moments, voicing the character of camp fashion designer Edna Mode. (111 Mins)
	Infernal Affairs (15) (2002) Director: Alan Mak / Andrew Lau Starring: Tony Leung, Andy Lau A Triad mole and a police stooge unknowingly lead parallel lives. Both want to put their false lives behind them but when their paths cross, both police and Triad gang are looking for the traitor in their midst. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues. The first film in the internationally-praised trilogy. (100 Mins)
	Infernal Affairs 2 (15) (2004) Director: Alan Mak / Andrew Lau Starring: Edison Chen, Shawn Yue The second instalment of Hong Kongs answer to the Godfather is a prequel that begins 10 years before the events of the first part and develops the mythical feel of the saga. Yan and Ming are just starting out in their roles as police stooge and triad mole. Friendships fracture and foes join forces. (114 Mins)
	Inland Empire (18) (2006) Director: David Lynch Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, William H. Macy Shot over two and a half years in Los Angeles and Poland, Inland Empire features a roster of suitably Lynchian cameos, including Harry Dean Stanton and Jeremy Irons. Laura Dern remains Inland Empire?s one constant, and her performance anchors the frequently hallucinogenic proceedings over the film?s 3 hour running time; she certainly deserved an Oscar-nomination (if not a medal). Lynch?s films usually look like paintings. Inland Empire, by contrast, looks like a Polaroid, but Lynch harnesses the versatility of digital film-making using extreme close ups, natural lighting, and a creative process that allowed him to script and shoot on the fly. It?s a bold departure, but Lynch never loses his ability to terrify, transfix and unnerve with the slightest camera movement, and his sound design remains the hypnotic stuff of nightmares. (172 Mins)
	Innocence (15) (2004) Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic Starring: Marion Cotillard, Helene De Fougerolles A surreal dream of a film set in a girl's boarding school deep in a forest, where a new pupil is delivered in a coffin-like box. Teasing the audience with a sense of mystery and menace - where do the older girls go at night? - this is a remarkable debut feature that confounds expectation. (112 Mins)
	Inside I'm Dancing (15) (2004) Director: Damien O Donnell Starring: Brenda Fricker, Romola Garai, James McAvoy, Steven Robertson An inspirational and funny film in which Michael OConnolly and Rory OShea hatch a plan to leave the Carrigmore Home for the Disabled and live in their own flat in which they can employ a headstrong woman to take care of their needs. (100 Mins)
	Intacto (15) (2001) Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Starring: Max Von Sydow This is a world in which good luck can be given and stolen. Participants gather and undergo increasingly demanding feats to test who has the luck. A good idea and a very good film. (104 Mins)
	Intolerable Cruelty (12) (2003) Director: Joel Coen Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Geoffrey Rush, George Clooney, Catherine Zeta Jone Top divorce attorney Miles Massey is hired to represent a wealthy businessman against his gold-digging wife. Miles becomes attracted to Marilyn but manages to win the case. Now Marilyn is out for revenge. (95 Mins)
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (15) (1978) Director: Philip Kaufman Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy Chilling remake of Don Siegels 1956 sci-fi classic in which deadly alien pods arrive on Earth and start taking over the bodies of humans. (111 Mins)
	Iron Giant, The (U) (2000) Director: Brad Bird Starring: Vin Diesel, Harry Conneck Jr., Jennifer Aniston The film is based on The Iron Man - a fable about the environment, peace and the continuity of life - that Ted Hughes first told his children and then published in 1968. Its hero, Hogarth, a farmer's son, befriends a gigantic metal-eating robot that threatens the countryside. When a dragon the size of Australia descends from outer space to destroy the world, this iron creature saves mankind and, quite literally, brings harmony to the universe.-Guardian. (83 Mins)
	Iron Monkey (12) (1993) Director: Yuen Woo-ping Starring: Donnie Yen, Yu Rong Kwong This Chinese variation on the legend of Robin Hood is a good-natured (and often funny) action movie that features numerous outstanding fight scenes (including a battle fought on poles over a raging fire) and a surprising amount of cooking (yes, cooking). The film is the prequel to Tsui Hark's ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA series, which follows the adventures of folk hero Wong Fei-Hung as an adult. IRON MONKEY is particularly revelatory due to the amazing action sequences directed by Woo-Ping, who went on to choreograph the intricate fights of THE MATRIX and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. (86 Mins)
	Irreversible (18) (2003) Director: Eon Starring: Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci Brutal, raw and uncomprimising film that Memento like constucts a reverse narrative. Difficult and brilliant. (95 Mins)
	Italian Job, The (PG) (1969) Director: Peter Collinson Starring: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley Featuring one of the greatest car chases ever shot and the infamous line "Youre only supposed to blow the bloody doors off". Entertaining caper movie that achieved cult status for Michael Caine and and a trio of Mini Coopers. Commentary From Producer Michael Deeley And Matthew Field; Exclusive Documentaries; Deleted Scene; Trailers (95 Mins)
	Its A Wonderful Life (U) (1946) Director: Frank Capra Starring: Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Donna Reed, Gloria Grahame Heart-warming and spirited Christmas tale thats an all-time favourite with just about everybody. The best feel-good movie ever made. (130 Mins)
	Its All Gone Pete Tong (15) (2004) Director: Michael Dowse Starring: Paul Kaye, Beatriz Batarda, Kate Magowan Shot in a mockumentary style reminiscent of This is Spinal Tap, this is a funny, touching tale of Frankie Wilde, the deaf DJ. As Frankie's hearing rapidly disintegrates, and his former manager, wife, friends, and record label slowly fade away, the distraught DJ plunges into the depths of despair. Many real-life DJ's appear in the film, musing on Frankie's rise and fall in the cut throat world of dance music. (89 Mins)
	Ivans Childhood (PG) (1962) Director: Andrei Tarkovsky Starring: Kolya Burlaev, Valetin Zubkov, E Zharikov After the icy brilliance of such late movies as Solaris and Mirror, one might expect that this first feature, a wartime drama (with a youthful hero suffering the horrors of combat), might lack the incandescence of his later work. But this is anything but the case; the film remains a remarkably powerful experience, both moving and as visually striking as any of Tarkovsy?s later work. BF Interviews with Director of photography, composer and actor E Zharikov; Children of War featurette; Memory featurette. (96 Mins)
	Jacket, The (15) (2005) Director: John Maybury Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley A mind-bending drama that melds thriller, romance, murder mystery and time-travel fantasy, The Jacket defies easy categorisation. Adrien Brody plays the Gulf War veteran who returns home suffering from amnesia. When he is accused of murdering a police officer he is committed to a mental institution and put on a controversial treatment regime in which he is injected with experimental drugs, confined in a straight-jacket and locked in a body morgue. His mind propels him into the future, where he meets a woman who reveals he is to die in four days. Together, they try and save him from his fate. (102 Mins)
	Jackie Brown (18) (1997) Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Pam Grier, Samuel L Jackson, Michael Keaton Based on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard, here an airline stewardess is arrested with cash and drugs bound for a gun dealer. Then she goes on the run... Tarantinos most mature film to date. (148 Mins)
	Jacobs Ladder (15) (1990) Director: Adrian Lynne Starring: Danny Aiello, Tim Robbins Jacob Singer makes a desperate bid to solve the mystery of his terrifying hallucinations as his days are increasingly invaded by flashbacks to his marriage, his dead son and his tour of duty in Vietnam. An arresting oddity, and an arty terrifying psychological thriller. Virgin Film Guide. (109 Mins)
	Jam (15) (1999) Director: Chris Morris Starring: Chris Morris, Amelia Bulmore, Kevin Eldon, Mark Heap Morriss latest TV series comes to DVD in a special two-disc set featuring the original series Jam and its late night incarnation Jaaaaam. Distorted visuals and sound combine in Morriss vision of a twisted and absurd reality. (143 Mins)
	Jarhead (15) (2005) Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhall, Jamie Fox Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this acclaimed and unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Gyllenhaal plays Swoff, and the film follows him from boot camp to active duty in the Middle East, where he and his colleagues have to sustain themselves in a country they don't understand, against an enemy they can't see and for a cause they don't fully grasp. (115 Mins)
	Jason and the Argonauts (U) (1963) Director: Don Chaffey Starring: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovak, Gary Raymond After having successfully brought the life of Sinbad the Sailor to the screen, special effects wizard and stop-animation legend Ray Harryhasuen looked to other tales of myth for A FOLLOW-UP. Jason and the Argonauts tells the story of a kingdom dispossessed of its true ruler as an infant through attack. With the help of the gods, this infant grows to be the mighty Jason who is tricked to agree to go to the end of the known world to bring back the famed Golden Fleece, the hide of a ram made of gold and that has magical powers including the power to heal. (100 Mins)
	Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (18) (2001) Director: Kevin Smith Starring: Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth, Will Ferrell, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Chris Rock When Jay and Silent Bob discover that a movie about their alter egos Bluntman and Chronic is being made, they head for Hollywood to get a piece of the action. When they get there they discover that they will not receive any of the royalties and set out to sabotage the film. (100 Mins)
	Jeffrey (15) (1994) Director: Christopher Ashley Starring: Steven Weber, Patrick Stewart, Sigourney Weaver Jeffrey is gay, single and has even given up sex until Mr Right comes along. An often hilarious and always engaging comedy that deals in breathless style with just about every aspect of the gay experience in contemporary society. Sparkling comic set-pieces and memorable cameos from Sigourney Weaver & Nathan Lane. (91 Mins)
	Ju-On: The Grudge (15) (2003) Director: Takashi Shimizu Starring: No information available Japanese horror with a genuine sense of unease in which an everyday house is haunted by events from the past when a woman and child were murdered here. Now everyone who sets foot in the place becomes marked and those who have been tainted begin to die. (92 Mins)
	Jules et Jim (PG) (1962) Director: Francois Truffaut Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre Seen at the time as personifying the changing moods of womankind itself, Moreau here delivers perhaps her defining performance as the sad heroine at the heart of a menage a trois which has been emulated but never repeated. The Nouvelle Vague in all its youthful joie de vivre. (102 Mins)
	Jump London (UC) (2004) Director: Mike Christie Starring: Free Runners Sebastien Foucan,the co-founder of free running or Le Parkour, and his team, are given unprecedented access to some of Londons most famous landmarks. (49 Mins)
	Junebug (15) (2005) Director: Phil Morrison Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Amy Adams. Highly acclaimed comedy of manners in which a gallery owner (Embeth Davidtz) provokes the revelation of numerous family secrets when on a visit to her lower-class in-laws in North Carolina. There are many things to recommend this delightful, well-observed film, but the highlight for most audiences has to be Amy Adams' Oscar-nominated turn as the protagonist's awe-struck sister-in-law. (106 Mins)
	Jungle Fever (15) (1991) Director: Spike Lee Starring: John Turturro, Wesley Snipes, Spike Lee Featuring a Stevie Wonder soundtrack. (132 Mins)
	Kandahar (PG) (2001) Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf Starring: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri This topical travelogue sees an American journalist journey through an Afghanistan torn apart by wars predating the events of September 11, 2001. Like the very best world cinema, it?s full of sights which, unless you happen to be a Red Cross aid worker, you simply won?t have seen before. (130 Mins)
	Key Largo (PG) (1948) Director: John Huston Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall Hustons classic reworking of the Maxwell Anderson play about a gangster threatened with deportation who escapes with his henchmen to a hideout at a semi-derelict hotel on the island of Key West off Florida. A tense thriller given distinction by the excellent cast and skilful direction. (97 Mins)
	Kid Stays In The Picture, The (15) (2002) Director: Brett Morgan Starring: Robert Evans Documentary about the life of Robert Evans - one of the last genuine movie moguls who went on to head up Paramount Studios during the late sixties and early seventies. (84 Mins)
	Kikis Delivery Service (U) (1989) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Kiki etc From the director of the outstanding Spirited Away comes the wonderful story of a young witch who embarks on an independent life running an air courier service. Superbly voiced by an excellent cast. (99 Mins)
	Kill Bill (18) (2003) Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Darryl hannah Tarantinos homage to grindhouse cinema sees Thurman out for revenge in a banana yellow catsuit and with a samurai sword. Bloody, messy, stylish pulp. (106 Mins)
	Kill Bill (Vol. 2) (18) (2004) Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Uma Thurman, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, David Carradine The eagerly-awaited second volume of Tarantinos delirious homage to the revenge exploitationer packs a characteristically visceral punch. Switching tone from the balletic martial arts action of the first instalment, Volume Two sees a return to more familiar Tarantino territory: eye-catching cameos, infectiously offbeat monologues and pulse-racing violence abounds. (131 Mins)
	Killer, The (18) (1989) Director: John Woo Starring: Chow Yun Fat A contract killer does one last job to finance an eye operation for a singer injured in a shootout. "The most dementedly elegiac thriller youve ever seen, distilling a lifetimes enthusiasm for American and French film noir..." (107 Mins)
	Killers Kiss (12) (1955) Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Frank Silvera Second feature film is a dazzling film noir about a struggling New York boxer whose life is threatened when when he protects a night club dancer from her gangster boss. The camera strips the veneer from the worlds of the prize fight and dancehall. The boxing match may be the most vicious this side of Raging Bull. (64 Mins)
	Killing, The (PG) (1956) Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Sterling Hayden Kubrick directs tough taut crime thriller (81 Mins)
	Kind Hearts and Coronets (U) (1949) Director: Robert Hamer Starring: Alec Guinness Deprived of his inheritance by the DAscoyne family, Louis Mazzini (played with cool and masterly understatement by Dennis Price), plots to regain his title and avenge his wronged mother. Standing between him and his inheritance are eight of the DAscoynes, all of whom are played with relish by Alec Guinness in a variety of guises. Coolly and beautifully cynical in its detached view of Edwardian society and manners, this is one of Ealings finest. Funny, articulate and really quite amoral. (102 Mins)
	King And I, The (U) (1956) Director: Darryl F. Zanuck Starring: Deborah Kerr Yul Brynner One of the most sumptuous musicals to grace the screen. Brynner and Kerr command the screen in their roles as the King of Siam and Mrs Anna. The location shooting and interior design conjure a world of exotic opulence, reinforced by the Oriental subtleties of Richard Rodgers melodic score. (127 Mins)
	King Of Comedy, The (PG) (1982) Director: Martin Scorcese Starring: Robert De Niro, Sandra Bernhard, Jerry Lewis Robert de Niro is the fantasizing, would-be comic trying to break into showbiz via a spot on the Jerry Lewis TV show. Unfazed by constant rejection, a flaky de Niro gradually gets us rooting for him as the little man up against the odds, and who quirkily beats them. Sandra Bernhardt is kooky sidekick. (104 Mins)
	Kingdom, The (18) (1994) Director: Lars Von Trier Starring: Erust-Hugo Jaregard Lars Von Triers allegorical hospital epic. Weird, shocking, hilarious etc etc A surreal ghost story set in a Copenhagen hospital. A hugely entertaining must see. (300 Mins)
	Kinsey (15) (2004) Director: Bill Condon Liam Neeson, Laura Linney Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney A fine biopic on the life of Alfred Kinsey, the zoologist whose publication of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948 revolutionised the way American talked and thought about sex. Bill Condons film features excellent performances (particularly from Laura Linney as Kinseys tolerant wife), and is both witty and compassionate towards its eccentric characters (113 Mins)
	Kirikou And The Sorceress (U) (1998) Director: Michel Ocelot Starring: Animation An enchanting adventure inspired by the folk stories of Senegal and showing how a young boy, the tiny but brave Kirikou, outwits a powerful sorceress. This is really a picture book in motion, with beautiful images taken from the art and nature of West Africa. The soundtrack, featuring only traditional African instruments is by Youssou N?Dour. A world away from Disneys singing lions. (70 Mins)
	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (15) (2005) Director: Shane Black Starring: Val Kilmer, Robert Downey, Corbin Bernsen Brilliantly scripted comedy that zips through at a breakneck speed. Robert Downey Jr stars as a petty thief caught up in a murder mystery alongside a gay private investigator (Val Kilmer) in a twisty plot full of one-liners and moments of real tension. Kilmer has never been better, and strikes up a great (platonic) chemistry with Downey Jr. (103 Mins)
	Kiss Me Deadly (PG) (1955) Director: Victor Saville Starring: Albert Dekker, Maxine Cooper, Ralph Meeker Dont mess with the great wotsit (and beware the sound that will chill your marrow)! Fairly bristling with ferocious intent and cold war menace, Aldrichs film noir classic drags Mike Hammer into a mystery involving a young womans disappearance, haunting echoes of Christina Rossetti, brutal villains and the search for a vital suitcase. The ending is a blinder. The definitive film noir of the 50s. (101 Mins)
	Knack, The (15) (1965) Director: Richard Lester Starring: Rita Tushingham, Michael Crawford, Ray Brooks Colin feels he has missed out on the sexual revolution so gets his pal Tolen to teach him the knack of how to score with women. A little snapshot of Swinging London, funny or embarrassing as you please. (82 Mins)
	Koyaanisqatsi (PG) (1983) Director: Godfrey Reggio Starring: The World And Everything InIt. More or less. A beautifully dramatized masterpiece about moving pictures containing breathtaking shots choreographed to music by Philip Glass. (83 Mins)
	Krampack (15) (2000) Director: Cesc Gay Starring: Fernando Ramallo, Jordi Vilches Aka Nico & Dani. Exploring themes of adolescent sexuality and gay feelings between two young friends, its humour and lack of preaching make it a surprisingly fulfilling coming-of-age drama (90 Mins)
	Kung Fu Hustle (15) (2005) Director: Stephen Chow Starring: Stephen Chow Stephen Chow's follow-up to Shaolin Soccer ups the over-the-top action quotient mightily. Set in 1930s Hong Kong, would-be bad guy named Sing gets caught up in the middle of a war between the top-hat-wearing Axe gang and the inhabitants of Pig Sty Alley. With its bigger production values and a dizzying amount of CGI-enhanced martial arts, references to other films and filmmakers and an inspired score, this is a real treat and one that set box office records in the East (95 Mins)
	La Cage Aux Folles (15) (1979) Director: Edouard Molinaro Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault One of the most successful foreign films to hit the mainstream, La Cage Aux Folles is an enduringly madcap comedy of errors, mixed with a dash of drag, farce and gender confusion to spice things up to a hilarous climax. (93 Mins)
	LA Confidential (18) (1997) Director: Curtis Hanson Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways (132 Mins)
	Ladies Man, The (15) (2000) Director: Reginald Hudlin Starring: Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy Dee Williams When raunchy radio presenter Leon Phelps and his patient producer Julie are fired, the only way they can escape from the army of women who he has loved and left is to accept the help of a mysterious sugar mummy who offers to come to his aid. (81 Mins)
	Lady Snowblood - Blizzard From The Netherlands (18) (1973) Director: Fujita Toshiya Starring: Kaji Meiko, Kurosawa Toshio 70s martial-art film following the story of Yuki, a woman samurai warrior born for vengeance. A major inspiration behind Tarantinos Kill Bill. (97 Mins)
	Lady Snowblood - Love Songs Of Vengeance (18) (1974) Director: Fujita Toshiya Starring: Kaji Meiko, Yoshio Harada, Yoshiyuki Kaxuko 70s martial-art film following the story of Yuki, a woman samurai warrior born for vengeance. A major inspiration behind Tarantinos Kill Bill. (89 Mins)
	Ladykillers, The (U) (1955) Director: Alexander MacKendrick Starring: Alec Guinness Probably the most well known of the Ealing studio productions, this is a black comedy of the highest quality as a gang of robbers hatch the perfect plan. They reckon however without Mrs Wilberforce, their dear little landlady. (87 Mins)
	Ladykillers, The (Coen Brothers) (15) (2004) Director: Joel & Ethan Coen Starring: Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall, Tom Hanks Relocating the classic Ealing story to the Deep South gives the Coen Brothers an opportunity to bring a new angle to this dark comedy of manners. Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr, Ph.D, a would-be professor who talks his way into the cellar of Mrs. Munson, to carry out a plot to tunnel through and steal a mint from a riverboat casino. (100 Mins)
	Land Of The Dead (18) (2005) Director: George A Romero Starring: Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo, Simon Baker Zombie movies slip in and out of fashion, but it's always a special occasion when the man who helped turn the undead into a worldwide phenomenon decides to add an instalment to his ongoing saga of flesh-eating films. Romero positions the bulk of his story in a giant skyscraper which houses the last humans left on the planet. He successfully portrays an atrophied civilisation that has regressed to a primitive state, allowing its undead tormentors to sense that a free lunch may be just around the corner. (99 Mins)
	Last Days (15) (2005) Director: Gus Van Sant Starring: Asia Argento, Michael Pitt Inspired by the suicide of Nirvana's front man Kurt Cobain, this is Van Sant's meditation on the inner turmoil of a troubled musician in the last hours of his life. In cryptic style, images and sounds are layered to create an emotional landscape in this film about a soul in transition. (93 Mins)
	Last King Of Scotland (15) (2006) Director: Kevin Macdonald Starring: Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, James McAvoy A naive young doctor (McAvoy) arrives in 1970s Uganda looking for excitement - and maybe to do some good along the way. Through a chance encounter he befriends the country's charismatic new leader, Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker, who won an Oscar for his towering performance), and is appointed as his personal physician and sometimes confidant. Little by little, he comes to realise the horrors of the regime he has unwittingly joined. (123 Mins)
	Last Life In the Universe (15) (2003) Director: Pen-ek Ratanaruang Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Sinitta Boonyasak, Takashi Miike Hiding from an unknown past, suicidal Japanese loner Kenji seems destined for a premature rendezvous with oblivion when he meets Noi, a beautiful Thai party girl. Noi begins to seduce Kenji back into the chaos of life. Director Pen-ek Ratanaruang skilfully fuses a variety of genres to create a unique, dreamily stylish drama. (104 Mins)
	Last Of England, The (15) (1987) Director: Derek Jarman Starring: Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh One of Derek Jarmans most personal and innovative films, The Last of England is a devastating vision of 80s Britain. Images of war and urban decay are intercut with Jarmans own childhood home movies, creating a shocking yet beautiful and poetic film with a much praised soundtrack. A powerful and haunting work from one of Britains most creative filmmakers. (87 Mins)
	Last Orders (15) (2001) Director: Fred Schepisi Starring: Michael Caine, Tom Courtney, David Hemmings Jack Dodds was a regular guy, so why the strange last order to have his ashes thrown off Margate pier? And why did his wife refuse to do it? As his friends make the trip to the coast they try to understand Jacks death by reliving their lives through him - the war, the children, the good times and the bad. The journey becomes a pub crawl full of drinks and punch-ups and the men discover that through it all, its your friends who break your heart and your friends who mend it. (106 Mins)
	Last Party 2000 (15) (2000) Director: Rebecca Chaiklin, Donovan Leitch Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tim Robbins, Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon Hollywood has their say about the current state of American politics. Presented by Philip Seymore Hoffman, Noam Chomsky adds intellectual weight to an obviously biased but intriguing documentary. (89 Mins)
	Last Picture Show, The (15) (1971) Director: Peter Bogdanovich Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ellen Burnstyn, Timothy Bottoms Peter Bogdanovichs richly detailed evocation of small town American life in the fifties is as good today as it was in 1971, thanks to its handful of measured, understated performances (Bottoms, Bridges, Leachman, Johnson), its luminous black and white photography and Bogdanovichs expert grasp of unsentimental storytelling. A true classic of seventies cinema (121 Mins)
	Last Resort (15) (2000) Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Starring: Dina Korzun, Paddy Considine, Artiom Strelnikov An atmospheric and poignant little film which calls into question the very ideology which underpins British immigration laws. A Russian woman and her son journey to England to meet her fiance. When he doesnt turn up, they become asylum-seekers in a tatty out-of-season Kentish resort. Then she meets Alfie. One of the freshest British films in years (75 Mins)
	Lavender Hill Mob, The (U) (1951) Director: Alexander MacKendrick Starring: Alec Guinness An unassuming bank teller fronts a plan to turn gold bullion into Eiffel Tower paperweghts. A beautiful crime beautifully played. Blink and you?ll miss a very young Audrey Hepburn. (77 Mins)
	Lawrence of Arabia (12) (1962) Director: David Lean Starring: Peter OToole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn The monumental, legendary epic with legendary subject: driven, egotistical, sun-scorched redeemer.Welsh hero, Irish, Egyptian and Mexican stars, Jordanian setting, American funding, French score, English director and Sharif conjured from the vast desert = the great British film. J.D. Voted 6th in Time Outs all-time poll, and 3rd by B.F.I. (218 Mins)
	Layer Cake (15) (2004) Director: Matthew Vaughn Starring: Michael Gambon, Jason Flemyng, Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham A successful London cocaine-dealer wants early retirement but has to escape through the layers of his employment. Hes also handed a tough final job of locating the missing daughter of his bosss friend, a task that gets complicated when a big ecstasy deal comes into the mix (101 Mins)
	Le Cercle Rouge (PG) (1970) Director: Jean-Pierre Melville Starring: Alain Delon, Gian-Maria Volonte, Yves Montand Melvilles masterful take on the American crime thriller combining the Hollywood gangster film with his uniquely French style and his aim to shoot film noir in colour. A master thief, an alcoholic ex-cop and an escaped criminal combine to plot a daring heist of an upmarket jewellery store. Great cast and a great film (136 Mins)
	Le Doulos (12) (1963) Director: Jean-Pierre Melville Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani A bleak, downbeat atmosphere, smoky jazz clubs, loyalty and betrayal and an ever-present sense of impending doom pervade Melvilles tribute to the gangster films of the 1940s. Melville creates a twilit world of ambiguity and betrayal in which all characters are two-faced, all characters are false. (106 Mins)
	Le Samourai (15) (1967) Director: Rene Chateau Starring: Alain Delon This masterpiece has influenced generations of directors from the French New Wave to Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs). (100 Mins)
	Le Souffle (15) (2002) Director: Damien Odoul Starring: Pierre-Louis Bonnetblanc, Dominique Chevallier Beautifully photographed but unsettling tale of a boys experiences on his uncles remote Limousin farm. Threat and violence underlie its strangeness. (75 Mins)
	League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (12) (2003) Director: Stephen Norrington Starring: Sean Connery, Steampunk comic book adaptation (105 Mins)
	Lemony Snickets A Series Of Unfortunate Events (PG) (2004) Director: Brad Silberling Starring: Meryl Streep, Timothy Spall, Jim Carrey Adapted from the popular "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" childrens books, this visually stunning film features some great gothic imagery that supersedes even Tim Burtons surreal images. Jim Carrey predictably dominates as the wicked villain terrorising a family of orphans, whilst Meryl Streep shows off her rarely-seen comedy skills as the childrens paranoid aunt (103 Mins)
	Leon (18) (1994) Director: Luc Besson Starring: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman There is an uneasy pact created by the director and the assembled cast which draws the viewer into the nefarious world of the both putative antagonist and protagonist. An uneasy relationship is cultivated which leads one to dwell upon what is unseen, unsaid, as well as what is portrayed. Disturbing, but involving. Thrilling yet guilt inducing. A minor masterpiece. (106 Mins)
	Leopard, The (Il Gattopardo) (PG) (1963) Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale A sumptuous masterpiece and a true epic based around an aristocratic Sicilian family threatened by political turmoil. Now restored to its full-length widescreen grandeur, it can truly be appreciated for the masterful work it is. An absolute visual feast. (178 Mins)
	Lets Make Love (U) (1960) Director: George Cukor Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, A millionaire is out to destroy a show that makes fun of him, until he meets cast member Monroe. To get closer to her he joins the cast and hires Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly and Milton Berle (as themselves) to teach him the performing arts. (113 Mins)
	Life & Death of Colonel Blimp, The (U) (1943) Director: Powell & Pressburger Starring: Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr, Roger Livesy In the history of British Cinema there is nothing to touch it" Time Out. Acclaimed as one of Powell and Pressburgers greatest achievements, this delightful film, with much generosity of spirit, portrays the life of Clive Candy (Roger Livesey), a stuffy British soldier whose life is shown in episodes from the Boer War through to the London Blitz of 1943. He is the Colonel Blimp of the title (a cartoon character created by David Low in the Evening Standard) epitomising the upper crust pompous military of the time. We are guided sympathetically through his honourable and chivalrous career from dashing young officer in the Boer War, losing the only woman he ever loved to a Prussian officer he duels with in pre World War 1 Berlin who subsequently becomes his life long friend. The adventure ends in Second Work War London, by which time the fascinating and touching story is complete and the viewer has been given a brilliant insight into the paradoxical nature of the English. (157 Mins)
	Life Aquatic, The (15) (2004) Director: Wes Anderson Starring: Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) is feeling old and worn-out. None of hi recent documentaries have made andmoney and in his most recent one, ?Adventure #12 - The Jaguar Shark?, his best friend and co-worker Esteban was eaten by a never-before-seen Jaguar Shark. To make matters worse, everyone seems to think his documentaries are fiction ? no-one buys into his world anymore. Hope and change comes in the form of Owen Wilson, a hitherto unknown son, who turns up wanting to join his crew for his next mission ? to kill the shark (Scientific purpose? ?Revenge?). Anderson has a tremendous skill in building affectionate, off-kilter yet involving worlds. Everything about The Life Aquatic is wonderfully designed ? Zissous ship, the costumes, the marine life and the look (and tone) is somewhere between a 60s comic book, Tintin and Lost in Space. It is modest with flashes of brilliance, like the cutaway exploration of the ship, the crew?s atmospheric descent into the deep dark lair of the Jaguar Shark and something as simple as a colourful seahorse in a fairground plastic bag. Funny, affectionate, and more complex than you might first think, dipping into its world is a real pleasure. (90 Mins)
	Life Is Beautiful (PG) (1998) Director: Roberto Benigni Starring: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi La Vita e Bella. An inspired story about the power of love and the human spirit. In 1939, a young dreamer - oblivious to the life-altering events surrounding him - falls for a beautiful school teacher. Satire, physical comedy, social commentary and a touch of the surreal. 3 Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor. (111 Mins)
	Lilo & Stitch (U) (2002) Director: Chris Sanders & Dean Deblois Starring: Lilo & Stitch Formulaic Disney Family film. (82 Mins)
	Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, The (U) (1979) Director: Bill Melendez Starring: Animation Classic animated adaptation of the well-loved story by C.S. Lewis in which four wartime evacuees stay in a large house owned by an old professor. There they find a special wardrobe that enables them to pass through to the kingdom of Narnia, a magical land held under a spell cast by the evil white witch. (95 Mins)
	Lolita (15) (1961) Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers, Sue Lyon Pressured by censorship, Kubrick and Nabokov turn the story of an obsessive paedophile into a comedy of a frustrated lover, played with desperate pathos by James Mason. Peter Sellers begins his inspired collaboration with Kubrick as Quilty, Masons rival in love. (147 Mins)
	London to Brighton (18) (2006) Director: Paul Andrew Williams Starring: Lorraine Stanley, Johnny Harris, Georgia Groome While there is no shortage of British films whose attempts at a gritty crime milieu crumble under the weight of mockney clich? and over-the-top bloodbaths, the best depictions of crime are to be found amid films with wider, social realist ambitions. Ken Loach's My Name is Joe and Sweet Sixteen are good examples of this: Loach is not interested in making thrillers per se, yet in being true to the experiences of a certain Glaswegian underclass, violence and venality inevitably come into the equation of his films. Writer/director Paul Andrew Williams makes his auspicious feature debut with a similar synthesis of compassionate realism and dramatic tension. A divergence from Loach, perhaps, is the extent to which Williams' film will have you on the edge of your seats.The film opens with adrenalin already racing, as twentysomething prostitute Kelly deposits panic-stricken 11-year-old Joanne in a public lavatory; leaving her there while she performs the tricks ? pulverized eye notwithstanding ? needed to fund a dawn train out of London. As they escape to Brighton, Kelly's odious pimp gets a call from a gangland boss, who knows the reason behind their flight (best left to be discovered), and wants to exact his revenge.What follows is lean, and terribly mean; and if only more conventional thrillers were as direct. (83 Mins)
	Long Good Friday, The (18) (1981) Director: John MacKenzie Starring: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren The Edinburgh Film Festival audience gave this dynamic British thriller a standing ovation at its premiere. With TV drama literacy, B movie pace, and driven by its terrific brassy score, the furious rise and violent fall of Hoskins Cockney mob boss was a tribute to Thatcherism and a weekend to remember. (109 Mins)
	Long Goodbye, The (18) (1973) Director: Robert Altman Starring: Elliot Gould Altmans offbeat transposition of Raymond Chandlers noir classic. Chicken Kiev for dinner, followed by Grand Marnier and Steely Dan. (108 Mins)
	Lord of the Rings, The (PG) (2001) Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Elijah wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Sean Bean First in trilogy (171 Mins)
	Lord Of The Rings- Fellowship Of The Ring. (PG) (2001) Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Sean Bean, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Elijah Wood, An already fine film gets very significantly better in this longer cut. More depth in the characters, more favourite bits from the books. Special extended 4 disc edition. (200 Mins)
	Lord Of The Rings-Return of The King (12) (2003) Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen As Sauron gathers his forces, the kingdom of Gondor is in need of its king, Aragorn. Gandalf sets off to Minas Tirith to try and rally the troops of Gondor, while King Theoden of Rohan brings his forces to help keep Sauron distracted from the movements of the ring bearer. Meanwhile Frodo, accompanied by his friend Samwise Gamgee and the former ring bearer Golem, continues his journey to cast the One Ring into Mount Doom. However Golem intends to lead them not to their destination but into the lair of Shelob. (192 Mins)
	Lord Of The Rings-The Two Towers (12) (2002) Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen Peter Jackson delivers his second Directors cut, and again it includes a wealth of fabulous material omitted from the theatrical version. The extra footage and re-editing flesh out the story and bring it closer to Tolkiens classic novel. A thrilling, outstanding achievement and an unmissable installment in the trilogy (214 Mins)
	Lords Of Dogtown (15) (2004) Director: Catherine Hardwicke Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Victor Rasuk, Nikki Reed, Emile Hirsch Stacy Peralta, one of the original skaters who came to be known as the Z-Boys, penned this dramatised account of his own story. When a shipment of polyurethane wheels arrives at Venice Beach's Zephyr surf shop, the proprietor puts together a team of a dozen local layabouts to try his new idea. At lightning speed, the three most talented become international stars, infusing sexuality, danger, and punk rock into the sport. 'Lords Of Dogtown' follows three of them as they deal with sudden fame and fortune. (92 Mins)
	Lost in La Mancha (15) (2002) Director: Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe Starring: Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort So Terry Gilliam has been preparing for years to film Don Quixote, which is due to be the most expensive European film ever made. He has the perfect lead in Jean Rochefort, who has spent months learning English for the part, Johnny Depp is along to give star cred, he has had props and costumes lovingly crafted and the locations are perfect. What could possibly go wrong? Answer - everything. (93 Mins)
	Lost In Translation (15) (2003) Director: Sofia Coppala Starring: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson A beautifully acted and observed mood piece with a perfectly integrated and carefully chosen music score, its a movie that rewards its audience for paying attention and has a cumulative emotional impact that is all the more powerful for its subtlety. (93 Mins)
	Lover Come Back (PG) (1961) Director: Delbert Mann Starring: Rock Hudson, Doris Day Tremendous comedy from a sardonic, cynical script by Shapiro and Henning. Two rival ad execs use different techniques to steal clients from one another. Hudson is a playboy bribing and hoodwinking clients, Day hardworking, virginal and prim. (107 Mins)
	Ma Mere (18) (2004) Director: Christophe Honore Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel 17 year-old Pierre falls in love with his mother Helene. Refusing to be loved for something she isnt, she decides to break all mystery and reveal her true nature, that of a woman for whom immorality has become an addiction. Pierre asks her to initiate him into her world. Huppert characteristically goes that step further in her portrayal of the mother. Based on George Batailles unfinished novel. (140 Mins)
	Ma Vie En Rose (12) (1997) Director: Alain Berliner Starring: Michele Laroque, Ecoffey, Helene Vincent Bittersweet comedy about cross-dressing seven year-old Ludo who is determined to be a girl and marry his best friend Jerome when he grows up. Interspersed with pastel-shaded fantasies involving characters from a popular TV show, the tone, at first sweet and funny, becomes increasingly darker, but lightens again at the end. (85 Mins)
	Macbeth (15) (1971) Director: Roman Polanski Starring: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw Heaths were never so blasted, days were never so foul and fair. This is a Macbeth with a motive for his acts; he wants to move somewhere drier! Polanski drags Shakespeare into the gritty 70s, and brings all his considerable skill to bear on this fast moving, bloody and eminently accessible version. Francesca Annis found acclaim for her naked sleepwalking Lady M., and you come to understand how Macbeth could carry out such heinous acts. Widescreen. (134 Mins)
	Machinist, The (15) (2004) Director: Brad Anderson Starring: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh Christian Bale lost 63 pounds for this part of an insomniac factory worker who hasn't slept for a year and whose every waking moment is a nightmare of confusion, paranoia, anxiety and terror. An accident at work traps him further in his private hell, and he desperately needs to find out what is happening to him. (102 Mins)
	Made (15) (2001) Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Famke Janssen, Peter Falk Two aspiring boxers, lifelong friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group. Follow up to Swingers (96 Mins)
	Made In Britain (18) (1982) Director: Alan Clarke Starring: Tim Roth Made in Britain is a gritty play/movie that shows the mentality of some of the youth during Thatcherite Britain when the Tory Government were about greed and cared nothing for the high unenmployment rate and crime rate.Tim Roth plays a youth who feels that the system has let him down and rebels against all authority and anybody who wants to help him. The language is very hard which only adds to the quality of the film and the acting from Tim Roth is of the highest standard especially considering this was his first big project. It is suprisingly fresh and has not dated and is a good reminder of how thing were for some people in the early eighties and also how the youth didnt want to help themselves because they felt society owed them something because we had the worst government of the twentieth century. 8 out of 10. (73 Mins)
	Madness of King George, The (12) (1994) Director: Nicholas Hytner Starring: Helen Mirren, Nigel Hawthorne, Rupert Everett Impressive screen version of an Alan Bennett play, with Hawthorne repeating his stunning performance as the eccentric 18th century king, Mirren touching as the queen, Everett foppish as the son who thinks the kings mental instability aids his plans to usurp the throne. (105 Mins)
	Magnolia (18) (1999) Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Tom Cruise, William H Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman Something bigger than mere coincidence seems to have stitched together this astonishing compendium of personal histories during one San Fernando Valley day. Orchestrating tremendous unexpected performances from a sublime cast, Magnolia has for some signalled an American new wave. (186 Mins)
	Malcolm X (15) (1992) Director: Spike Lee Starring: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall Whilst perhaps not as raw as other Lee works, Malcolm X remains a solid account of the trajectory of its subject from petty criminal to political icon. Denzel Washington brings all his presence to bear on what was for many Americans the key role of his time. The opening sequence skates close to the incendiary. (193 Mins)
	Malena (15) (2000) Director: Guiseppe Tornatore Starring: Monica Bellucci, Guiseppe Sulfaro WWII. Young Renato becomes infatuated with a beautiful woman who moves to his town. Her arrival provokes lust among the menfolk and jealousy amongst the women. After her husband is reported as killed in action she turns to prostitution in order to make some money. Will Renato have the courage to stand up for her? (88 Mins)
	Maltese Falcon, The (PG) (1941) Director: John Huston Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor Hustons first film was shot entirely in dark moody interiors. A ruthless cast of characters inhabit a corrupt, cynical world searching for the bejewelled bird, using and betraying all around, including our hero. Theres not an ethic in sight except for our hero but even he does the right thing not from any obvious strong conviction, more because he simply cant help it. (99 Mins)
	Man In The White Suit, The (U) (1951) Director: Alexander MacKendrick Starring: Alec Guinness Alec Guinness gives one of his best performances in this political Ealing comedy of a man who invents a fabric that never wears out and never gets dirty. A universally popular invention you would think. Think again! (81 Mins)
	Man On Fire (18) (2004) Director: Tony Scott Starring: Denzel Washington, Mickey Rourke, Rachel Ticotin. Creasy, a former CIA agent, now a cynical recluse, accepts a position as bodyguard for the young daughter of one of Europes most wealthy families. When the child is kidnapped by violent terrorists Creasy is thrown into a ferocious world of treachery and turmoil. Filled with rage, he fights for their lives, whatever the cost. (140 Mins)
	Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (PG) (1962) Director: John Ford Starring: James Stewart, John Wayne Ageing senator Stewart revisits the town where as a young mild-mannered lawyer he found fame by confronting mean gunslinger Marvin. Underrated on release, now rightly accepted as a classic western. Fords most eloquent elegy for the Old West, the power of myth and the taming of wilderness - symbolised by the desert rose. (118 Mins)
	Man Who Wasn't There, The (15) (2001) Director: Joel Coen Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand The Coens return to film noir terrain with this tale of infidelity, blackmail and death. Ed Crane is a chain-smoking barber, his wife is probably having an affair with her boss, Frank, and Eds life is pretty much going nowhere. When an opportunity to invest in the dry cleaning business is presented to him, he sees a way out. He decides to blackmail Frank in order to acquire some funds, but things start to go badly awry. (111 Mins)
	Man Who Would be King, The (PG) (1975) Director: John Huston Starring: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer A grandly entertaining, old-fashioned adventure based on the Rudyard Kipling short story, The Man Who Would Be King is the kind of rousing epic about which people said, even in 1975, "Wow! They dont make em like that anymore". (124 Mins)
	Man with a Movie Camera (UC) (1929) Director: Dziga Vertov Starring: People Of Russia One of the most extraordinary films in the history of cinema and as important and watchable now as when it was made. (68 Mins)
	Man with the Golden Arm, The (15) (1956) Director: Otto Preminger Starring: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak The censorship problem that Otto Preminger?s groundbreaking film encountered in the Fifties (particularly concerning Frank Sinatras harrowing scenes involving drug addiction) seem distant now ? particularly as, even then, this otherwise tough film still represented a softening of Nelson Algren?s remarkable novel. Still, it remains an impressive piece: Sinatras intense performance, Elmer Bernstein?s highly influential jazz-oriented score, Saul Bass? revolutionary title design; all of these triumph over Preminger?s sound stage-bound production. And it?s salutary to note that a film against which the moral guardians of the day fulminated is now certificated 15 for its DVD release. The extras, as with all Ken Barnes? Sanctuary products, are exemplary: a conversation with Elmer Bernstein is particularly valuable (118 Mins)
	Man Without A Past, The (12) (2002) Director: Aki Kaursmaki Starring: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen Kaurismaki inhabits a filmmaking universe of his own and his latest film continues his unique and curiously charming vision. A man is brutally beaten and taken to the local hospital where he is declared dead. Then he gets up and walks out. Finnish dark from the master of deadpan, stoical comedy. (96 Mins)
	Manchurian Candidate, The (15) (1962) Director: John Frankenheimer Starring: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury A Korean War hero is programmed to kill a politician. Based on the book by Richard Condon. (121 Mins)
	Manchurian Candidate, The (2004) (15) (2004) Director: Jonathan Demme Starring: Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber Emphatically not the travesty that many feared, Jonathan Demme?s re-make of the Sinatra brainwashing classic transposes the action from the Korean to the Gulf war. The film is very well-cast, with Meryl Streep excelling in the old Angela Lansbury role as the terrifyingly ambitious mother willing to sacrifice her son?s sanity for political gain. (125 Mins)
	Manhunter (18) (1986) Director: Michae lMann Starring: William Peterson, Kim Greist A psychological thriller focusing on the ordeal of an investigator battling to understand the madness of a serial killer known as the Tooth Fairy. Gripping and very well-made, some say its even better than its sequel, Silence of the Lambs. Based on Thomas Harriss novel Red Dragon. (115 Mins)
	March Of The Penguins (U) (2005) Director: Luc Jacquet Starring: Morgan Freeman (Narr) A riveting documentary charting the incredible journey and conditions faced by a group of Emperor penguins when making the move to their breeding ground. Very charming, with many cute baby penguins stealing scenes, but the cruelty of nature is depicted without sentiment. (83 Mins)
	Maria Full Of Grace (15) (2004) Director: Joshua Martson Starring: Catalina Sandino Moreno 17 year-old Maria is determined to escape the stifling existence on her small Colombian town, where she lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house and works stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation. Her way out is to become a drugs mule and suddenly she is drawn into the ruthless world of international drugs trafficking. Lauded by critics worldwide as an exceptional debut feature, it also won the audience award at Sundance in 2004 (101 Mins)
	Marilyn Monroe, The Final Days Documentary. (UC) (2001) Director: Patty Ivans Specht Starring: Marilyn Monroe, James Coburn et al Documentary on the final days of Marilyn Monroe (90 Mins)
	MASH - Special Edition (15) (1970) Director: Robert Altman Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould Classic, cynical, anti-war, anti-establishment, Korean War comedy. (111 Mins)
	Master And Commander (12) (2003) Director: Peter Weir Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany e story of Captain Jack Aubrey of HMS Surprise. When Napoleon sets out to capture Britain, HMS Surprise is sent to the pacific to intercept the attacking fleet. Based on the novel by Patrick OBrien. A spectacular action adventure tale of leadership and courage (132 Mins)
	Matinee (PG) (1993) Director: Joe Dante Starring: John Goodman, Cathy Moriaty A small time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis. (99 Mins)
	Matrix, The (15) (1999) Director: The Wachowski Brothers Starring: Keano Reeves, Laurence Fishburne The special effects will leave you dumbfounded and the film will put you on a personal mission to see if the world as we know it is as it appears. Reeves gives a stunning performance and Fishburne gives us another hard image in this world of computers and agents. A must have in your collection and a definite girlie night in with the sleek and mysterious Keanu. Admirable entertainment. (131 Mins)
	Max (15) (2002) Director: Menno Meyjes Starring: Janet Suzman, John Cusack, Molly Parker, Noah Taylor Munich, 1918 and an art dealer has set up a gallery to sell fresh modernistic paintings. Here he meets a struggling artist named Adolf Hitler. Max, the dealer, encourages his creative talent, but the penniless Hitler becomes increasingly envious of Maxs wealthy Jewish family. Disillusioned with art, Hitler turns to politics, thus setting into motion the most cataclysmic period in World history. (101 Mins)
	Mayor Of Sunset Strip (15) (2003) Director: George Hickenlooper Starring: Rodney Bingenheimer A profile of Rodney Bingenheimer, radio DJ on KROQ who for the best part of a generation introduced some of the most influential music to American radio. The film also looks at his proximity to fame and the musicians he promoted. (94 Mins)
	McCabe And Mrs. Miller (15) (1971) Director: Robert Altman Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie A thorough debunking of the Western myth played out in the relationship between a flawed gambler and a brothel keeper in a Northwest mining town. (116 Mins)
	Me And You And Everyone We Know (15) (2005) Director: Miranda July Starring: Miranda July, John Hawkes A simple, immensely likeable film about adults trying to figure out where life is going and kids trying to figure out where they fit in. (90 Mins)
	Me Without You (15) (2002) Director: Sandra Goldbacher, Starring: Anna Friel, Kyle MacLachlan, Two best friends grow up on the outskirts of London in the 1970s and 1980s. (95 Mins)
	Me, Myself & Irene (15) (1999) Director: Farrelly Bros. Starring: Jim Carrey Farrelly Brothers direct Jim Carrey. When he forgets to take his medication, Charlie - a docile Rhode Island state trooper with Multiple Personality Disorder - finds himself fighting over the same woman with his violent, sexually agressive alter-ego, Hank. (112 Mins)
	Mean Creek (15) (2004) Director: Jacob Aaron Estes Starring: Rory Culkin A group of teenagers celebrating a birthday take a boat trip and decide to play a trick on the local bully. When things go drastically wrong however, the gang must face up to the consequences of their actions (86 Mins)
	Mean Streets (18) (1973) Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval A soundtrack that rocks, reds that light up the room, and a poolroom scene thats still the textbook epitome of camera mobility, Scorseses tribute to his Italian-American roots gave notice of a ferocious new talent. One of the most striking American films since cinema began. (103 Mins)
	Meet The Fockers (12) (2004) Director: Jay Roach Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand, Ben Stiller Domestic disaster looms for male nurse Greg Focker when his straight-laced, ex-CIA father-in-law asks to meet his wildly unconventional parents. (110 Mins)
	Memento (15) (2000) Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Guy Pierce, Carrie anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano How would it be if you could remember everything from your past except what happened two minutes ago? Nolans second film follows the fortunes of a man pursuing his wifes killer in a bravura exercise in flashback. A Double Indemnity for our time. (109 Mins)
	Men in Black II, The (PG) (2002) Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith Sequel?.. (84 Mins)
	Metallica - Some Kind Of Monster (18) (2004) Director: Bruce Sinofsky / Joe Berlinger Starring: Metallica No interest in the music is required to enjoy this brutally honest look at a dysfunctional band in a state of disintegration. The filmmakers followed them from 2001-2003 without interference from the band & their label, so consequently they were caught on film going through nervous breakdowns and acting like idiots. The Real S