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RealityReality (2023)Recommended
A potent chamber drama that re–enacts true events surrounding a government security breach related to Russian interference in the 2016 US…
DVD $29.95
ShaydaShayda (2023)Recommended
This Australian drama filmed mostly in the Persian language is made something special by two magnetic actresses. Iranian émigré Zar Amir Ebrahimi…
DVD $29.95
Quiet Girl, TheQuiet Girl, The (An Cailín Ciúin) (2022)Aro Favourite
An exquisite rites–of–passage drama filmed mostly in the Irish/Gaelic language, it is the very definition of a literary pastoral that…
DVD $29.95
Two Tickets To GreeceTwo Tickets To Greece (2022)Recommended
A sunlit escapist comedy set in Les Cyclades (the original French title) starring Laure Calamy and Olivia Côte as long–estranged childhood…
DVD $29.95
Full TimeFull Time (A Plien Temps) (2021)Aro Favourite
A cracker of a French drama that teeters on the edge of a thriller throughout because it’s all about the pressure cooker that is modern life.…
DVD $29.95
To ChiaraTo Chiara (A Chiara) (2021)Recommended
A rites–of–passage drama in the Italian neo–realist tradition that examines the impact of Mafia activity on those in the close…
DVD $29.95
Wheel of Fortune and FantasyWheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Guzen to Sozo) (2021)
An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, the director of DRIVE MY CAR explores…
DVD $29.95
Worst Person in the World, TheWorst Person in the World, The (2021)Aro Favourite
Gloriously provocative and richly perceptive comedy drama from talented Norwegian director Joachim Trier (THELMA), which follows an unpredictable,…
DVD $29.95
ShirleyShirley (2020)
Elisabeth Moss gives another inspired performance in this literary themed thriller, playing a renowned horror writer who is interrupted on the brink…
DVD $29.95
Deep Water (Mini-series)Deep Water (Mini-series) (2019)
Hailed as Britain's answer to BIG LITTLE LIES, this modern day drama about three school–run mothers balancing work and family pressures is…
DVD $29.95
Girlfriends (TV Series)Girlfriends (TV Series) (2018)
British TV comedy following a trio of middle–aged woman who were friends in childhood, and who are coping with divorce, age discrimination,…
DVD $34.95
Good Girls (TV Series)Good Girls (TV Series) (2018)
A female–centric take on the premise of BREAKING BAD in which three suburban moms who're tired of trying to make ends meet take a leap into…
DVD $29.95, $34.95, $34.95
Judy & PunchJudy & Punch (Judy and Punch) (2018)Recommended
A gorgeously carnivalesque and blackly comic Australian period drama in which the traditional fairy tale of Punch and Judy is turned on its head. The…
DVD $29.95
Kindergarten Teacher, TheKindergarten Teacher, The (2018)
English–language remake of the 2014 Israeli film of the same name about a jaded teacher, mother and aspiring poet who becomes obsessed with one…
DVD $29.95
Little WoodsLittle Woods (2018)Recommended
Impressive debut from writer–director Nia DaCosta, detailing the struggles faced by a pair of sisters trying to make ends meet in an…
DVD $29.95
Red JoanRed Joan (2018)
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest–serving British spy. Arrested in retirement by the MI5, the extraordinary…
DVD $19.95
Working WomanWorking Woman (2018)Recommended
Workplace drama capturing the spirit of the "Me Too" movement to tell the story of a smart and capable mother of three who returns to the workforce…
DVD $29.95
AuroreAurore (I Got Life!) (2017)
Actress and co–writer Jaoui is the heart and soul of this witty if overly–familiar rom–com as the eponymous 50–year–old…
DVD $29.95
I Am Not a WitchI Am Not a Witch (2017)Recommended
Full of joy and tragedy in the equal measure, this assured debut from Zambian writer–director Rungano Nyoni follows the story of 9–year…
DVD $29.95 $19.95
NovitiateNovitiate (2017)
A young woman in 1960's Tennessee decides to give her life to God and studies to become a nun with the Sisters of the Beloved Rose. But amidst the…
DVD $24.95
Like CrazyLike Crazy (La Pazza Gioia) (2016)
Gratifying comedy–drama following two women, one a troubled introvert, one an impassioned mythomaniac, who break out of a psychiatric facility…
DVD $29.95
Mum (TV Series)Mum (TV Series) (2016-2019)Recommended
Quality British character comedy following twelve months in the life of a newly widowed mother in her late fifties who attempts to rebuild her life…
DVD $29.95, $34.95
Sami BloodSami Blood (2016)Recommended
Emotionally powerful female coming–of–age movie set in 1930's Sweden, where a reindeer–herding teenager, an indigenous Sami child,…
DVD $29.95
Diary of a Teenage Girl, TheDiary of a Teenage Girl, The (2015)Aro Favourite
This brave and bittersweet portrait of an unusual sexual awakening has Bel Powley as a fledgling cartoonist entering into a relationship with her…
DVD $20 $15
Dressmaker, TheDressmaker, The (2015)Recommended
Kate Winslet cuts a dashing figure (and a true–blue Aussie accent) as a talented dressmaker who returns home from Paris to the tiny isolated…
DVD $19.95
In BloomIn Bloom (2013)Recommended
Set in the newly independent state of Georgia in the wake of the Soviet regime, this powerful story follows two young girls as they courageously…
DVD $29.95
Orange is the New Black (TV Series)Orange is the New Black (TV Series) (2013)Aro Favourite
A bracing, darkly humorous addition to the women–in–prison genre, centred on the plight of a privileged young woman whose fling with a…
DVD $20 $15
Short Term 12Short Term 12 (2013)
A counselor at a foster–care facility for at–risk teenagers struggles with her own troubled past as a youngster in this tough but tender…
DVD $29.95
WetlandsWetlands (2013)
Provocative comic tale of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.
DVD $29.95
Just Like a WomanJust Like a Woman (2012)
Sienna Miller plays a Chicago housewife who joins a North African belly dancer en route to Santa Fe in this light comedy of…
DVD $29.95 $19.95
Martha Marcy May MarleneMartha Marcy May Marlene (2011)Recommended
A damaged young woman struggles to re–assimilate with her sister after fleeing an abusive cult in this unnerving, suggestive psycho–drama…
DVD $20 $15
Whip ItWhip It (2009)Recommended
Drew Barrymore's directorial debut is a joyful tale of a small town outsider (Page) who empowers herself through the bruising sport of roller…
DVD $15 $11.25
CaramelCaramel (Sukkar banat) (2007)Recommended
Charming Lebanese soap opera with a social conscience, the latest in an emerging wave of dissenting Middle Eastern dramas divulges the stifled lives…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
La Vie en RoseLa Vie en Rose (2007)Aro Favourite
Marion Cotillard excels (and deservingly won a Best Actress Oscar) in this stunning new biopic of the life and times of French singer Edith…
DVD $20 $15
Whale RiderWhale Rider (2003)Aro Favourite
A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
A Tale of a Naughty GirlA Tale of a Naughty Girl (Mondo Meyer Upakhyan) (2002)Recommended
Caught between the push of tradition and the pull of the promise of a new life, a bright prostitute's daughter runs away to Calcutta to escape a…
DVD $29.95
SecretarySecretary (2002)Aro Favourite
A spanking good black comedy detailing the bizarre relationship between a peculiar, ill–tempered lawyer and the meek secretary he…
Read My LipsRead My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001)Recommended
Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
Poster (VG) $12.95
Riding in Cars with BoysRiding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Based on the bestselling Me–generation memoir of Beverly D’Onofrio, this follows Drew Barrymore’s efforts to fulfill her dreams…
DVD $14.95
All About My MotherAll About My Mother (1999)Recommended
Almodovar's "celebration of mother and womanhood" has been hailed as something of a departure for the director, though in fact all of his (beloved)…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Soft FruitSoft Fruit (1999)
From NZ short film dir. Christina Andreef comes this ripely entertaining comic drama about the ties that separate and bind as four Aussie siblings…
Poster (VG) $12.95
ElizabethElizabeth (1998)Recommended
Attended by much ballyhoo, Australian actress Cate Blanchett fruitfully represents England's famous Queen as a key player in the sex…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Post CoitumPost Coitum (1997)
The director herself plays a 40–year–old wife, mother and book editor who has her respectable life devastated after a whirlwind affair…
Poster (F) $9.95
FunFun (1994)Aro Favourite
Two teenage girls just want to have fun, but their obsessive pursuit of it leads them to murder an old lady for no other reason. This remarkable…
Poster (G) $9.95
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (TV Series) Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (TV Series) (1993-1998)
Appealing western series starring Jane Seymour as the wilful Dr. Quinn starting up a practice in the wilds of redneck Colorado while dealing with the…
DVD $59.95, $59.95, $59.95, $69.95
Joy Luck Club, TheJoy Luck Club, The (1993)
From Amy Tan's novel, this story of four Chinese–American women and their daughters will touch a chord with mums and daughters of all races,…
DVD $20 $15
Piano, ThePiano, The (1993)Aro Favourite
A romantic masterpiece set in pioneering New Zealand worthy of its reputation and phenomenal success. Worth a second glance for the cast's impeccable…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Fried Green TomatoesFried Green Tomatoes (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe) (1991)Recommended
Kathy Bates strikes up a friendship with Jessica Tandy who waxes nostalgic about a pair of Southern belles who triumphed over adversity in the '30s.…
DVD $19.95
Thelma and LouiseThelma and Louise (1990)Aro Favourite
Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon take action and escape their housebound repression in a T–Bird, but discover the road to freedom is littered…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Elizabeth R (TV Series)Elizabeth R (TV Series) (1971)Recommended
Glenda Jackson makes a banquet of English history, as Elizabeth I, one of Auld England's most influential monarchs. This BBC series is exceptional in…
DVD $40 $30
Chalk Garden, TheChalk Garden, The (1964)
British melodrama based on the eccentric stage play by Enid Bagnold, with Hayley Mills playing a rebellious teenager who meets her match in governess…

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