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Anatomy of a Fall (2023): An extraordinary, multi–layered dramatic thriller from France that deservingly won the Palm D'or at Cannes. For the past year, Sandra, a…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Divertimento (2023): A biopic of Zahia Ziouani, one of the few worldwide renowned female conductors. Classical symphonic music is everything for 17–year–old…; DVD $29.95
Fallen Leaves (2023): Director Aki Kaurismaki returns with a deadpan romantic crowd–pleaser about two lost souls in Helsinki on a bumpy road to finding each…; DVD $29.95
Goodbye Julia (2023): An outstanding drama from Sudan about two women – a retired Muslim singer and a Southern Sudanese widow – who forge an unusual friendship…; DVD $29.95
La Chimera (2023): Another delight from dir. Alice Rohrwacher that completes a trilogy (after The Wonders and Happy as Lazzaro) about Italy's relationship with its…; DVD $29.95
Let the River Flow (2023): A superbly–crafted and moving indigenous rights drama about a young teacher whose repressed Sami heritage is awakened by a protest group who…; DVD $29.95
Mars Express (2023): A high–concept animated sci–fi from France that depicts an ultra–sleek 23rd Century future with far–out ideas that seems…; DVD $29.95
Monster (Kaibutsu) (2023): Director Hirokazu Kore–eda returns home with his first Japanese film since the Palm d'Or–winning "Shoplifters" (2018) with this…; DVD $29.95
November (Novembre) (2023): A captivating thriller that dramatizes one of the most incredible manhunts in European history in the aftermath of the 2015 attacks across Paris. Led…; DVD $29.95
Perfect Days (2023): The irrepressibly handsome Kôji Yakusho stars as a solitary man who cleans public lavatories for a living but seems to have a rich inner life…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Radical (2023): A quality, engaging drama based on the true story of a teacher in a neglected Mexican border town that tries a radical new method to unlock his…; DVD $29.95
Zone of Interest, The (2023): A Holocaust film quite unlike any other, The Hoss family have moved into their new home in Poland. The camera objectively documents their daily life…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Annie's Fire (Annie Colère) (2022): Laure Calamy again proves she's one of the most likeable actresses in French cinema as a working mother who finds her people among those offering…; DVD $29.95
Between Two Worlds (2022): Juliette Binoche plays a well–known author who goes to live in northern France to research her new book on the subject of job insecurity.…; DVD $29.95
Broker (2022): Master Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore–eda turns to South Korea for the first time for this drama starring Cannes–winning actor Song…; DVD $29.95
Close (2022): Another closely–observed Belgian drama that, along with "Playground", explores a traumatic rite–of–passage. Here the protagonists…; DVD $29.95
Decision To Leave (2022): An exquisite and mysterious melodrama from Korean maestro Park Chan–Wook (Old Boy, Thirst, The Handmaiden), ostensibly about a detective who…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
EO (2022): Veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski returns with this Cannes Jury Prize–winner — a unique, visually expressive and sometimes bleak…; DVD $29.95
Godland (2022): A masterly work of slow cinema from Iceland, inspired by 19th–Century period photography in both narrative and style, and the contemporary…; DVD $29.95
Holy Spider (2022): An astonishing new film from Ali Abbasi, who makes good on the promise of his head–turning Danish troll drama “Border” (2018). This one…; DVD $29.95
Maigret (2022): Gérard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th–century crime fiction in this crime drama from…; DVD $29.95
One Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin) (2022): Lea Seydoux is French movie star royalty but she keeps it real in this sublime film from Mia Hansen–Løve (Bergman Island), one of Europe’s…; DVD $29.95
Saint Omer (2022): Inspired by real events, this devastating fictional drama from French–Senegalese director Alice Diop delivers a formally brilliant treatise on…; DVD $29.95
Shin Ultraman (2022): When the SSSP kaiju defence taskforce finds itself in the midst of a particularly ghastly kaiju encounter, a giant silver robot descends from the sky…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
The Origin of Evil (2022): A black comedy thriller from France about riches, bitches and patriarchal pricks, because when it comes to money all bets are off and all knives come…; DVD $29.95
The Teachers' Lounge (Des Lehrerzimmer) (2022): A bracing drama about an idealistic maths teacher caught in the pressure–cooker environment of a contemporary German high school. Leonie…; DVD $29.95
Two Tickets To Greece (2022): 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
Another World (2021): Vincent Lindon plays a factory boss going through a painful divorce while managing a painful downsize at his company which has been taken over by a…; DVD $29.95
Big Hit, The (Un Triomphe) (2021): Inspired by remarkable true events, this French Film Festival favourite follows a dedicated out–of–work actor (indelibly played by the…; DVD $29.95
Drive My Car (2021): This winner of the Best International Feature at the 2022 Academy Awards is a slow–burn, methodical drama about a grieving stage actor and…; DVD $29.95
Escape from Mogadishu (2021): A gritty action–thriller based on true events following a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea that breaks out on the African…; DVD $29.95
Flee (2021): Stunning animated documentary based on the story of Amin Nawabi, an Afghan refugee who grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20…; DVD $29.95
Full Time (A Plien Temps) (2021): 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
I'm Your Man (2021): A fabulously entertaining high concept comedy from Germany about a skeptical scientist who agrees to a three week product test of a humanoid robot…; DVD $29.95
Lamb (2021): An Icelandic folk horror of haunting, pastoral beauty with Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snaer Gudnason playing a couple who live on a remote farm with…; DVD $29.95
Lost Illusions (2021): An all–star cast dazzles in the spectacular adaptation of Balzac’s classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be…; DVD $29.95
Next Door (2021): A dark and witty German comedy exploring gentrification and social inequality in Berlin, marking the directorial debut of accomplished actor Daniel…; DVD $29.95
Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades, Paris 13e) (2021): Jacques Audiard’s film charts the interwoven relationships between four twenty–somethings, beautifully played by Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba,…; DVD $29.95
Passengers of the Night, The (Les passagers de la nuit) (2021): Left by her husband, Elisabeth finds herself alone, responsible for the day–to–day care of her two children. She picks up a job on a…; DVD $29.95
Petite Maman (2021): Master filmmaker Céline Sciamma is back with a captivating coming of age story that explores childhood and a mother–daughter relationship that…; DVD $29.95
Three Floors (Tre Piani) (2021): Nanni Moretti's all–star ensemble drama about three families who reside in the same apartment complex in Rome’s stylish Prati neighbourhood.; DVD $29.95
To Chiara (A Chiara) (2021): 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 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, The (2021): Gloriously provocative and richly perceptive comedy drama from talented Norwegian director Joachim Trier (THELMA), which follows an unpredictable,…; DVD $29.95
A Friendly Tale (Le bonheur des uns) (2020): A charming four–hander from the director of LE CHEF in which a sparkling cast play two forty–something couples whose professional and…; DVD $29.95
Antoinette in the Cevennes (2020): A warm hearted French comedy from writer director Caroline Vignal, starring Laure Calamy as a school teacher on a journey of self–discovery in…; DVD $29.95
Appearances (Les apparences) (2020): French–Belgian psychological thriller about a happily married couple living in Vienna whose lives are disrupted when one suspects the other of…; DVD $29.95
Beginning (Dasatskisi) (2020): A devout women of the Jehovah's Witness faith undergoes a profound personal crisis in this triumphant cinematic achievement for Georgian…; DVD $29.95
Botticelli, Florence and the Medici (2020): A documentary exploring Renaissance Florence and its astonishing art and culture, centering around the life of revolutionary artist Sandro Botticelli…; DVD $29.95
County, The (2020): A quintessentially Icelandic serio–comedy from the director of RAMS about one woman’s fight against a monopolistic co–op stifling the…; DVD $29.95
De Gaulle (2020): Spectacularly mounted biographical drama depicting a crucial period in the life of French army officer Charles de Gaulle, a famous figure in modern…; DVD $29.95
Everything Went Fine (2020): When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuelle hurries to her father’s bedside. Sick and half–paralyzed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to…; DVD $29.95
How to Be a Good Wife (2020): Feather lite French comedy set in 1968, with the predictably scene–stealing Juliette Binoche playing an immaculate and morally upright teacher…; DVD $29.95
Limbo (2020): A moving cross–cultural comedy about the refugee experience, set on a remote Scottish island where a promising young Syrian musician is waiting…; DVD $29.95
Man in the Hat, The (2020): Road–trip comedy–musical about a man who sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500, with five angry men in a Citroën Dyane…; DVD $29.95
Minari (2020): Winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at Sundance, this delicately drawn, sweeping story follows a Korean–American family in search of…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Never Gonna Snow Again (2020): Assured Polish Oscar contender about a Ukrainian immigrant who unexpectedly develops a cult–like following while working as a masseur in a…; DVD $29.95
Painter and the Thief, The (2020): A astonishing art documentary about the Czech painter Barbora Kysilkova, who tracked down and met the criminal who stole her paintings. What…; DVD $29.95
Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020): A devastating, personal account of a nightmarish dilemma for a wife and mother working as a translator between the UN, the Serbian aggressors and…; DVD $29.95
Rosa's Wedding (2020): Delightful Spanish comedy about a hard–working seamstress in her mid–40's who decides to turn her life around after spending years…; DVD $29.95
Rose Maker, The (La fine fleur) (2020): Gentle French comedy with Catherine Frot (THE MIDWIFE) playing a rose maker on the verge of financial ruin, who hires three hapless misfits with no…; DVD $29.95
Ties, The (Lacci) (2020): Naples, early 1980s. The once–happy union between Aldo and his wife Vanda is ruptured one evening when Aldo admits, unprompted, that he has…; DVD $29.95
Tigers (2020): Sports biopic telling the true story of Swedish football talent Martin Bengtsson, an 18–year–old whose dreams turned into nightmares when…; DVD $29.95
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula (2020): A standalone sequel to the 2016 action–horror hit TRAIN TO BUSAN, with director Yeon Sang–ho returning for a less focused but no less…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Translators, The (Les Traducteurs) (2020): A multi–lingual literary thriller centering around nine international translators, one of whom may be leaking pages of a highly anticipated…; DVD $29.95
Wedding Speech, The (Le discours) (2020): Smart and sophisticated crowd–pleaser from French director Laurent Tirard (NICHOLAS ON HOLIDAY), following an anxiety–ridden man who is…; DVD $29.95
Wildland (2020): Powerful coming–of–age Scandi–noir about a Danish teenager who becomes embroiled in the ruthless criminal life of her aunt and…; DVD $29.95
1917 (2019): Immersive epic war film from director Sam Mendes (JARHEAD) which evokes the impression of a continuous take to follow two British soldiers on a…; DVD $19.95
A White, White Day (2019): Aesthetically striking Icelandic drama which plunges the viewer deep into the psyche of a tortured former police officer who suspects a neighbour…; DVD $29.95
All the Sins (TV Series) (2019): Compulsive Nordic noir miniseries following a detective who returns to his home town in Northern Finland to investigate two murders, while…; DVD $29.95
An Unexpected Love (El amor menos pensado) (2019): Argentinian romantic comedy exploring the lives of a couple who, after 25 years of marriage, decide to explore being single, with hilarious and…; DVD $29.95
Collective (2019): A blistering Romanian documentary following a heroic team of journalists from the newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor who attempt to uncover the country's…; DVD $29.95
Ema (2019): A bold and distinctive film from director Pablo Larrain (NO), with newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo playing a young dancer who is coping with an adoption…; DVD $29.95
Extraordinary, The (The Specials, Hors normes) (2019): From the French directing team behind THE INTOUCHABLES comes this astute dramatisation of the true story of Stephane Benhamou (played by Vincent…; DVD $29.95
Hermitage: The Power of Art (Ermitage. Il potere dell'arte) (2019): A documentary about the Hermitage in St Petersburg, a vast museum boasting the largest collection of paintings in the world. Explores the daily life…; DVD $29.95
Heroic Losers (2019): Winning underdog comedy from Argentinian director Sebastian Borensztein (CHINESE TAKEAWAY) based on the novel by Eduardo Sacheri (THE SECRET IN THEIR…; DVD $29.95
I Feel Good (2019): Oscar winner Jean Dujardin (THE ARTIST) stars in this quirky French comedy about a man with a ridiculous get–rich–quick scheme involving…; DVD $29.95
In the Name Of The Land (2019): Following the life of a stoic farmer across four decades, this bittersweet and deeply moving drama marks the directorial debut of French…; DVD $29.95
It Must Be Heaven (2019): Brilliantly absurdist comedy of errors following a Palestinian filmmaker who leaves his country for the West and the promise of a new and better…; DVD $29.95
Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic (2019): An all access look behind the scenes into the glamorous world of visionary French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, as he prepares an outrageous…; DVD $29.95
Martin Eden (2019): A dazzling adaptation of Jack London's semi–autobiographical 1909 novel about a sailor who abandons his working class roots to pursue an…; DVD $29.95
Monos (2019): A dark contemporary fable inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, set in a remote and mountainous region of Columbia, where a group of teenage…; DVD $29.95
My Days of Glory (Mes jours de gloire) (2019): French comedy about a self–absorbed, unemployed twenty–something who shamelessly sponges off his parents after his promising career as a…; DVD $29.95
Mystery of Henri Pick, The (Le mystère Henri Pick) (2019): Delectable literary–themed French comedy caper based on the book of the same name by David Foenkinos. The titular Henri Pick is a…; DVD $29.95
Of Love and Lies (2019): Uplifting French dramedy about a diminutive but spirited 12–year old boy who challenges his lonely disillusioned dad into embracing life again…; DVD $29.95
Only the Animals (Seules les bêtes) (2019): A superb psychological thriller set in rural France that uncovers a twisted web of deceit concerning five people who are all linked to the…; DVD $29.95
Parasite (2019): An unemployed family with a bleak future systematically ingratiate themselves into the lives of a wealthy family in this brilliant,…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Perfumes (2019): Anne (Emmanuelle Devos) was once the star of her industry – a perfumer whose ability to produce enticing new fragrances was second to none. She…; DVD $29.95
Pinocchio (2019): A new, live–action imagining of the iconic fairytale that focuses on the authentic roots of the Carlo Collodi story. Shot in stunning Italian…; DVD $29.95
Proxima (2019): Eva Green plays a French astronaut enrolled in a demanding program at the European Space Agency in Cologne, struggling to maintain a relationship…; DVD $29.95
Room 212 (Chambre 212, On a Magical Night) (2019): Playful French rom–com from acclaimed writer–director Christophe Honore (MA MERE, DAN PARIS). Set over the course of one night, where…; DVD $29.95
Seberg (2019): Kristen Stewart is riveting as French New Wave actress Jean Seberg, in this drama set in the 1960's, when she passionately involved herself in the…; DVD $29.95
Spread Your Wings (Donne-moi des ailes) (2019): A gorgeous boys' own eco–adventure from France, based on the true story of a visionary scientist and his 14–year–old son who bond…; DVD $24.95
Truth, The (2019): Dazzling modern family drama from master auteur Kore–eda Hirokazu (SHOPLIFTERS), pairing French screen icons Catherine Deneuve and Juliette…; DVD $29.95
We'll End Up Together (Nous finirons ensemble) (2019): From the writer/director of the LITTLE WHITE LIES comes another chic French take on the formula of THE BIG CHILL, with the entire cast returning to…; DVD $29.95
Weathering with You (2019): Touching Japanese animated romance doubling as an eco–fable, about a high school boy who befriends a girl who can manipulate the weather. From…; DVD $34.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
While at War (2019): From Alejandro Amenabar, acclaimed director of THE SEA INSIDE, comes this drama set in Spain in 1936 on the cusp of the Spanish Civil…; DVD $29.95
Who You Think I Am (Celle que vous croyez) (2019): Juliet Binoche is outstanding at the helm of this elegant psychological thriller, playing a French literature professor and middle–aged…; DVD $29.95
A Faithful Man (L'homme fidèle) (2018): Romantic farce with a whimsical, French new–wave sensibility directed by and starring Louis Garrel. A dashing journalist finds his life…; DVD $29.95
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018): Another delightful Roman–era adventure adapted from the beloved French comic books. Asterix and Obelix embark on a quest across Gaul to find a…; DVD $24.95
Birds of Passage (2018): Intelligent and engrossing narco–thriller set in Columbia in the 1960's, following an indigenous Wayuu man and his family as they turn to drug…; DVD $29.95
Capharnaum (2018): A uniquely humanistic portrayal of tragic poverty in Beirut from the perspective of an extraordinarily gutsy 12 year old Lebanese boy. After…; DVD $29.95
Claire Darling (La dernière folie de Claire Darling) (2018): Catherine Deneuve plays a reclusive millionaire who unexpectedly decides to get rid of all her belongings in a yard sale on the lawn of her mansion.…; DVD $29.95
Climax (2018): A dance movie like you're never seen, legendary provocateur Gaspar Noe helms this brilliant and intoxicating ensemble piece. Set in an abandoned…; DVD $29.95
Cold War (2018): The director of 'Ida' (2013) follows up with a deeply romantic, immaculately composed tale of a Polish concert pianist and a charismatic singer who…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Dogman (2018): The director of GOMORRAH and TALE OF TALES expertly helms this gripping urban Italian crime noir about a mild mannered and diminutive dog groomer who…; DVD $29.95
Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) (2018): Iranian maestro Asghar Farhadi assembles a powerhouse cast for this Spanish–language about a mother–of–two who returns from Buenos…; DVD $24.95
Heiresses, The (2018): Slow–burn drama from Paraguay about a privileged middle–aged lesbian couple whose new found financial hardship results in one being…; DVD $29.95
Keeper, The (Trautmann) (2018): Biographical drama telling the story of Bert Trautmann, the German soldier who escapes a POW camp to become a footballing icon, marrying the daughter…; DVD $24.95
Loro (2018): The director of THE GREAT BEAUTY returns with another tale of Italian decadence and corruption, this time based on the life and times of the infamous…; DVD $29.95
Mother is Wrong (TV Mini-series) (Maman a tort) (2018): French thriller following a detective who, despite being already consumed by a major robbery, takes on the chilling case of a child who tells her his…; DVD $34.95
My Big Gay Italian Wedding (2018): Enjoyable silly comedy adaptation of the off–Broadway play about a gay couple in Berlin who decide to get married in a small village in Italy,…; DVD $29.95
My Brilliant Friend (TV Mini-series) (L'amica geniale) (2018): Evocative Neapolitan drama adapted from the international best–selling novel by Elena Ferrante, following an elderly woman as she recounts her…; DVD $39.95
Non-Fiction (Non Fiction) (2018): Buoyant drama set in the Parisian publishing world, with acclaimed director Olivier Assayas reuniting with actors Juliette Binoche and Guillaume…; DVD $29.95
Normandy Nude (Normandie nue, Naked Normandy) (2018): Francois Cluzet leads a sizeable cast of mostly non–actors in this warm–hearted French comedy from the dir. of THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR…; DVD $29.95
Purity of Vengeance, The (Journal 64) (2018): The fourth and final installment in the Danish 'Department Q' detective series initiated by The KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES is a conspiracy thriller…; DVD $29.95
Sink or Swim (Le grand bain) (2018): A group of 40–something guys, all on the verge of a mid–life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever synchronized swimming…; DVD $29.95
Sorry Angel (2018): Articulate and powerful love story set in Paris in the 90's, where a worldly writer falls for a younger, carefree university student.; DVD $29.95
Third Wife, The (2018): Haunting and devastating period drama set in 19th century rural Vietnam, where a 14–year old girl is married off to a wealthy landowner and…; DVD $29.95
Transit (2018): Distinguished wartime melodrama from Christian Petzold (BARBARA, PHOENIX) following the plight of a holocaust survivor who assumes the identity of a…; DVD $29.95
Trouble With You, The (En liberté!) (2018): Sparkling, action filled rom–com from director Pierre Salvadori (PRICELESS, WILD TARGET) where a principled detective on the French Riviera is…; DVD $29.95
Water Lilies of Monet: The Magic of Water and Light (2018): A journey through the masterpieces and obsessions of the "Genius of Impressionism", with Ross King, author of Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the…; DVD $29.95
Woman at War (2018): A droll yet heroic tale of a fifty–year–old environmental activist who is secretly waging a one–woman–war on the local…; DVD $29.95
Working Woman (2018): 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
Yuli (2018): Rousing biopic of the Cuban ballet superstar Carlos Acosta, nicknamed Yuli by his father, who saw recognised his talent for dance and sent him to…; DVD $29.95
Aurore (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
Bridge, The - Series 4 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2017): Fourth series of the enormously popular Danish–Swedish murder mystery is set two years after the conclusion of Series 3 with the central…; DVD $39.95
C'est La Vie (Le sens de la fête) (2017): An archetypically bubbly, if not quite champagne quality, French comedy from the creators of THE INTOUCHABLES in which an irritable veteran wedding…; DVD $29.95
Double Lover (L'amant double) (2017): Sexually–charged, stylized thriller from director Francois Ozon about a fragile young model who moves in with her psychoanalyst, only to…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $15, $29.95
Fireworks (Fireworks: Should We See It from the Side or The Bottom?) (2017): Beautifully romantic Japanese anime set during a school summer vacation, based on Shunji Iwai’s 1993 TV series, “Fireworks”. Refreshingly…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Foxtrot (2017): The impressive sophomore effort of director Samuel Maoz (LEBANON) is a perceptive and bold exploration of war and grief. An affluent couple living in…; DVD $29.95
I Am Not a Witch (2017): 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
In the Fade (2017): Diane Kruger's momentous performance is central to this drama about a woman called Katja from Hamburg, whose husband and son are killed in a…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $15, $29.95
Insult, The (2017): An exchange on a Beirut street between a Palestinian construction worker and a Lebanese Christian escalates into a passionate dispute that opens…; DVD $29.95
Legacy, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Arvingerne) (2017): The excellent Danish family saga continues with the four siblings – Gro, Signe, Frederick and Emil entangled in emotional and financial…; DVD $49.95
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017): Beautiful Japanese animation telling the coming–of–age story of a boisterous girl whose summer holiday with her great aunt leads her to…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Midwife, The (Sage femme) (2017): Two of French cinema's most beloved actors, Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot, team up in this rich character study by the director of SERAPHINE.…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $22.45
Square, The (2017): A smart and ambitious art world satire from the director of FORCE MAJEURE set in and around a cutting–edge contemporary art museum, where a…; DVD $29.95
A Silent Voice (Koe no katachi) (2016): Unique Japanese anime following a deaf girl called Shoko, who is bullied at school by a boy who grows up to be tormented by his past behavior, and…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Age of Shadows, The (2016): Elegantly crafted spy thriller set in Japanese occupied Seoul in the 1920's, in which a Korean–born police captain in the Japanese police force…; DVD $24.95
Country Doctor, The (Irreplaceable) (2016): Genteel drama starring François Cluzet (THE INTOUCHABLES) as a devoted doctor in a rural French town who himself is diagnosed with a serious illness…; DVD $29.95
Dancer, The (La danseuse) (2016): Dazzling rags–to–riches biopic following the true story of Loïe Fuller and Isadora Duncan, two dancers who together pioneered modern…; DVD $29.95
Frozen Dead, The (TV Series) (Glacé) (2016): Chilly crime thriller set in the French Pyrenees that unravels after the discovery of a headless body of a horse hanging suspended from the edge of a…; DVD $34.95
Handmaiden, The (2016): Delicious erotic thriller from the brilliant Park Chan–Wook, who lends his impeccable style to a provocative potboiler of lesbian love and…; Blu-Ray $34.95
King's Choice, The (2016): Vibrant war–time drama set during the three days in 1940 when German forces occupied Oslo and King Haakon VII and his family went into hiding.…; DVD $29.95
Like 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
Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) (2016): Another gem from husband–and–wife team, Abel & Gordon, featuring a roster of typically clever sight gags that follows the trail of a…; DVD $29.95
Odyssey, The (L'odyssée) (2016): A shimmering yet unvarnished biopic of pioneering Frenchman Jacques Cousteau, who invented the aqualung and went on to become a world–famous…; DVD $29.95
Olive Tree, The (El olivo) (2016): Spanish actor–director Iciar Bollain and Ken Loach's regular screenwriter Paul Laverty join forces for this warm and sometimes humorous road…; DVD $39.95
Rams (2016): Distinctively woolly Nordic tale of two estranged sheep–farming brothers as they attempt to save their flocks from pending eradication in a…; DVD $29.95
Red Turtle, The (2016): The first non–Japanese film to be produced by Studio Ghibli follows a nameless shipwrecked man who meets a giant red turtle on a deserted…; DVD $34.95
Salesman, The (Forusande‎) (2016): Another subtle yet powerful drama from the celebrated director of THE SEPARATION and THE PAST that replays his signature themes of fear, guilt and…; DVD $29.95
Sami Blood (2016): Emotionally powerful female coming–of–age movie set in 1930's Sweden, where a reindeer–herding teenager, an indigenous Sami child,…; DVD $29.95
Shin Godzilla (2016): Terrifying resurgence of the Godzilla franchise from director Hideaki Anno (EVANGELION), taking inspiration from the Fukushima and Tōhoku…; Blu-Ray $34.95
Slack Bay (Ma Loute) (2016): In a Northern French coastal town in 1910, a family of bourgeois eccentrics are holidaying in a picturesque cliff–top villa. But when tourists…; DVD $24.95
Two is a Family (Demain tout commence) (2016): An elegantly crafted, crowd–pleasing comedy–drama in fine French tradition, following a bachelor (Omar Sy, THE INTOUCHABLES) who enjoys a…; DVD $29.95
Up For Love (Un homme à la hauteur) (2016): Warm hearted French rom–com about a lawyer who unexpectedly falls for a man with short stature (Jean Dujardin, star of THE ARTIST and the OSS…; DVD $34.95
Your Name (Kimi no na wa) (2016): Another exquisite animated drama from Makoto Shinkai, an increasingly beloved and notable voice in the world of Japanese anime. The story is based on…; DVD $34.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
Acquitted (TV Series) (Frikjent) (2015): High quality Norwegian crime drama centred around a high–flying executive who returns to his hometown twenty years after he was cleared of the…; DVD $29.95, $44.95
Bridge, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2015): Third series of the steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery finds the partnership broken up and the killing of a prominent gender activist leads…; DVD $39.95
Disappearance, The (TV Series) (Disparue) (2015): French whodunnit crime series based around the disappearance of a 17–year–old girl, the trauma faced by the family and the slowly…; DVD $29.95
Embrace of the Serpent (El abrazo de la serpiente) (2015): A breathtaking cinematic odyssey through the Amazon, following the quests of two European explorers (one in 1909 and the other in the 1940s).…; DVD $29.95
Heavy Water War, The (The Saboteurs) (2015): Thrilling Norwegian mini–series tells the story behind Hitler's plan for obtaining the atomic bomb during WW2, and the heavy water sabotages in…; DVD $34.95
Ip Man 3 (2015): Bone–crunching continuation of the blockbuster martial art series has Donnie Yen fighting to save the city from evil property developer Mike…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
La Belle Saison (Summertime) (2015): Two women strike up a passionate affair against a backdrop of the feminist movement in early–1970's France, but struggle to reconcile of…; DVD $29.95
Land of Mine (Under sandet) (2015): Multi award–winning historical drama following a unit of captured German soldiers who are put to work disabling Hitler's munitions by an…; DVD $29.95
Legacy, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Arvingerne) (2015): Second season of the gripping drama in which the death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for…; DVD $44.95
Modus (TV Series) (2015-2017): Swedish psychological thriller series following the work of a criminal psychologist and profiler who has previously assisted both the Swedish police…; DVD $34.95
Murders at BarLume (TV Series) (2015): Crime series set on the Tuscan sea–side featuring a glamorous cop, a cynical bar–owner and a priceless cast of old Italian men who hang…; DVD $49.95
Norskov (TV Series) (2015): CONTRABAND TITLE. Season 1 is not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film &…; DVD $39.95
Passion of Augustine, The (2015): A warm, intelligent drama set in a convent school in Quebec in the late 1960's, where women are given the opportunity to learn music regardless of…; DVD $39.95
Suburra (2015): Enthralling crime saga follows a gangster named Samurai as he attempts to turn the waterfront of Rome into an Italian Las Vegas.; DVD $29.95
Truman (2015): Spanish cinema stars Ricardo Darin and Javier Camara team up for this sensitive comedy as childhood friends who reunite after many years when one of…; DVD $29.95
Wait, The (L'attesa) (2015): Juliette Binoche plays a mother who slowly draws a connection to her son's fiancée while they await his arrival at a beautiful Sicilian villa.; DVD $29.95
Absent One, The (2014): Diverting second entry in the Department Q series, following on from THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES. This time Mørck and Assad are investigating the…; DVD $19.95
Beauty And The Beast (2014): Opulent re–telling of the fairytale romance that blossoms between the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times and the…; DVD $29.95
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014): Direct sequel to the wintery zombie hit features more undead Nazis, Russkie POWs and other WWII foes.; DVD $24.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
Diplomacy (2014): A thematically rich and expertly staged historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of…; DVD $29.95
Far from Men (2014): Viggo Mortensen stars in this existential western adapted from an Albert Camus' short story. Set in Algeria in the fifties, Mortensen is charged with…; DVD $29.95
Folies Bergère (Paris Follies) (2014): Isabelle Huppert stars in this lighty comic French tale as a as a farmer’s wife who takes off to Paris on a whim and finds romance in unexpected…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Labyrinth of Lies (2014): Thought–provoking drama set in 1950's Germany in which an ambitious young prosecutor's pursuit of an Auschwitz commandant exposes the…; DVD $29.95
Legacy, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Arvingerne) (2014): From the creators of BORGEN and THE KILLING comes this gripping drama in which the death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open…; DVD $59.95
Mommy (2014): Xavier Dolan directs this piercing account of a widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, who finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor…; DVD $29.95
Nicholas on Holiday (2014): Delightful Gallic family comedy based on the popular series of Little Nicholas children's books. This time our titular hero gets caught up in a…; DVD $24.95
Raid 2, The (2014): Picking up from where it last left off, this epic sequel to the best martial arts movie in recent memory combines gangland melodrama (reminiscent of…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Ronja, The Robber's Daughter (TV Series) (2014-2015): Goyo Miyazaki, son of Hayao, directs this Ghibli animated TV series based on the novel by Astrid Lindgren (Creator of Pippi Longstockings). A ten…; DVD $49.95 | Blu-Ray $59.95
Second Chance, A (2014): Susanne Bier directs a haunting melodrama about the contrasting lives of two police officers, whose lives take a dark turn after finding a neglected…; DVD $29.95
Sex, Love and Therapy (The Missionaries) (2014): Frothy sex comedy with Patrick Bruel as a marriage counsellor and recovering sex addict whose abstinence is tested by the discovery that his new…; DVD $24.95
Someone You Love (2014): Danish drama about an aging singer whose recording process is interrupted by the arrival of a grandson he's never met.; DVD $24.95
Winter Sleep (2014): Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes this provocative drama follows a local celebrity who runs a small hotel with his wife. In winter…; DVD $29.95
Bridge, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2013): Further episodes in this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, with series two investigating the mystery surrounding an abandoned coastal…; DVD $39.95
Crimes of Passion (TV Series) (2013): Scandi–crime goes period! Post–war Sweden is the backdrop for this immaculately dressed series of mysteries and whodunnits, based on the…; DVD $29.95
Garden of Words, The (2013): Another gorgeous animated romance from the director of 5 CENTIMETRES PER SECOND, centred on the poignant relationship between a sensitive teenager…; DVD $24.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
German Doctor, The (2013): Chilling domestic thriller centred on the Argentine family who lived unknowingly with Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz physician, after he fled…; DVD $24.95
Great Beauty, The (2013): This Academy–Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film has dir. Paolo Sorrentino's regular frontman Toni Servillo as an aging Roman…; DVD $19.95
In Bloom (2013): 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
Keeper of Lost Causes, The (Kvinden i buret) (2013): Danish thriller that finds a cynical detective, put in charge of the "Department Q"– devoted to "filing" cold cases, investigating the…; DVD $19.95
New World (2013): Essentially INFERNAL AFFAIRS transposed to the Korean underworld, this brutal gangster flick revolves around an undercover cop whose loyalty to the…; DVD $19.95
Shield of Straw (2013): The prolific Takashi Miike returns with a tale of a team of cops who must protect an accused killer with a billion–yen bounty on his head.; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Stranger by the Lake (2013): An unnerving, sexually frank thriller set around an idyllic gay cruising spot, where two lovers strike up a heated romance that threatens to turn…; DVD $29.95
Wetlands (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
A Hijacking (2012): A Danish cargo ship is hijacked off the coast of Somalia in this gripping, intense maritime adventure that cuts out all the action heroics usually…; DVD $19.95
A Royal Affair (2012): 18th Century Denmark is the backdrop for this high–costumed drama about the love affair between Queen Caroline Matilda and her royal physician…; DVD $24.95
Ace Attorney (2012): Takashi Miike churns out this preposterous video game adaptation, about a cocksure lawyer who agrees to defend his courtroom rival in a murder trial,…; DVD $29.95
Another Woman's Life (2012): Juliette Binoche is typically radiant in this otherwise slight variation on the time–leap genre. She plays a well–to–do woman who…; DVD $29.95
Fly Me to the Moon (Un plan parfait) (2012): The French churn out another dispensable yet dishy rom–com, this time centred on a woman (Diane Kruger, she of the supermodel looks) who…; DVD $29.95
Killing, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2012): Final episodes in the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a third plot exploring a death linked to the global financial crisis…; DVD $39.95
Laurence Anyways (2012): Young French–Canadian actor/director Xavier Dolan stays behind the camera of his third film (made at 23 years of age, no less), an assured…; DVD $29.95
Pieta (2012): Kim Ki–Duk directs this controversial Golden Lion winner, about a debt–collecting thug who is forced to confront his violent ways when a…; DVD $29.95
Shadow Men, The (Spin; Les Hommes De L'Ombre) (2012): Political drama series follows the actions of a group of spin doctors who each advance their own cause after the assassination of the French…; DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Sister (2012): On the slopes of a Swiss ski resort, a resourceful 12–year–old boy steals to support his troubled older sister in this fine…; DVD $19.95
Taste of Money, The (2012): The dir. of THE HOUSEMAID buffs this heady class critique of Korea's impudent elite to a high sheen, with the lust and corruption of a wealthy family…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $14.95
Third Half, The (2012): A Macedonian football club hires a German coach to galvanize the team as Nazis prepare to enter the country in this wartime occupation drama.; DVD $29.95
Werewolf Boy, A (2012): One of a kind fantasy in which a teenage girl is sent to the country for her health, where she befriends and attempts to civilize a feral boy she…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Wu Dang (2012): A rambunctious, action–packed throwback to '80s martial arts flicks and strapping Indiana Jones–style adventure, centred on a famed…; Blu-Ray ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Against the Wind (Headwinds) (2011): Quality French drama explores the emotional wreck of a widower who tries to rebuild his life and make sense of his loss in the aftermath of his…; DVD $29.95
Ages of Love (Manual of Love 3) (2011): Third installment in the fluffy romantic series has benefits from the presence of De Niro as a visiting professor seduced by his neighbour's…; DVD $29.95
All Our Desires (2011): Well–meaning social melodrama from the dir. of WELCOME follows the determined fight by a judge to defend an impoverished woman from ruthless…; DVD $29.95
And If We All Lived Together (2011): Five 70–something friends resolve to move in together when faced with life in a retirement home, much to the fascination of a ethnology student…; DVD $29.95
Bridge, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2011): The Scandi–crime wave continues with this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, centred on the discovery of a body straddling the…; DVD $99.95
Café de Flore (2011): Two parallel stories of love and hope transcend their time difference in this fantastical juggling act from French–Canadian filmmaker…; DVD $14.95
Elena (2011): An old fashioned mortality play told through the eyes of Russia's new monied class, centred on the wife of a wealthy businessman whose sudden death…; DVD $29.95
Elles (2011): Juliette Binoche plays an investigative reporter who becomes entangled in the world of student prostitution in this serious erotic thriller.; DVD $29.95
Four (2011): Four cutting–edge tales of horror from the creators of ONG BAK and 13: GAME OF DEATH. Clean–up Day Four friends are discussing the…; DVD $29.95
Front Line, The (2011): Big battles clash with big themes in this sizable war epic set during the last days of the Korean war, where soldiers from both the North and South…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Giants, The (2011): The misadventures of two teenage brothers and a local misfit are engagingly recounted in this balmy Belgium picaresque.; DVD $29.95
Goodbye, First Love (2011): The director of FATHER OF MY CHILDREN turns her nuanced lens on the passionate but slow–maturing romance between a couple who break up in their…; DVD $29.95
Headshot (2011): Thai new waver Pen–ek Ratanaruang directs this zen–like "Buddist noir" about a hitman who seeks enlightenment after a bullet to the head…; DVD $29.95
Hell (2011): Earth has been parched by solar flares in this resourceful variation on the oft–told post–apocalyptic survival tale. Swiss–German…; DVD $29.95
Intouchables, The (2011): Exemplary feel–good French comedy that details the unlikely friendship between an aristocratic quadriplegic and a young French–African…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Italy: Love It or Leave It (2011): This thoroughly engaging road trip throughout picturesque Italy doubles as a serious critique of a nation beset by various social, economic, and…; DVD $29.95
King of Pigs, The (2011): A tough, hard–glancing Korean anime about two adults who recall their violent school days as both purveyors and victims of systemic bullying.…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $19.95
Lan Kwai Fong (2011): Hong Kong's answer to SEX AND THE CITY set in its central nightlife district, where lust is rampant and love elusive for an ensemble of handsome…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $14.95
Life Without Principle (2011): Hong Kong's master of suspense crafts this swirling triumvirate of stories centred on unraveling lives amidst the global financial crisis. Combing…; DVD $29.95
Minister, The (2011): Nuanced political drama follows the daily process of governance from the vantage point of of the French Transport Minister as he negotiates the…; DVD $29.95
Sector 7 (2011): Produced by the director of tidal wave catastrophe HAEUNDAE, this big budget monster movie (Korea's first in 3D) lurches between hokey character…; DVD $29.95
Separation, A (2011): Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this masterfully layered domestic drama sees the wheels of justice turn slowly against a…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Skylab (2011): Julie Delpy directs this nostalgic crowd–pleaser, set around a rowdy family gathering in the summer of 1979, whose youngest member believes…; DVD $29.95
War of the Buttons, The (2011): A spirited adaptation of Louis Pergaud's classic novel, relocated to the 60s where two rival factions of children wage war in provincial…; DVD $29.95
Women on the 6th Floor, The (2011): An immensely entertaining comedy of the classes, about an uptight Parisian couple who welcome a gaggle of Spanish maids into their lives for the…; DVD $19.95
You Will Be My Son (2011): An intense, boldly flavoured father–son melodrama centred on a prestigious French wine label, whose arrogant owner (Arestrup) begins to groom…; DVD $29.95
Abel (2010): Sweet and satisfyingly unpredictable child fantasy about an imaginative young boy who returns from a psychiatric ward to declare himself the father…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Age of Reason, The (With Love... from the Age of Reason) (2010): A frazzled career woman at breaking point reconnects with her childhood in this soul–searching romantic comedy. More melodramatic, and less…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Angele and Tony (2010): This quality, character–driven courtship between a prostitute with a past and a plainspoken fisherman successfully plays down obvious emotion…; DVD ~~$34.95~~ $19.95
Angels of Evil (2010): Taking a leaf from MESRINE's rap sheet, Italy simultaneously glorifies and moralises the story of its own criminal rock star, Renato…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Biutiful (2010): Proffering a seldom–seen, distinctly un–beautiful view of the city of Barcelona, a dishevelled Javier Bardem ambles its streets as…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Easy Money (Snabba Cash) (2010): High–flying Swedish thriller centres on a Stockholm business student who moonlights as a drug runner in order to maintain the illusion of…; DVD $29.95
Haunters (2010): Two brooding pretty boys with unexplained superpowers battle it out in what is a familiar, if distinctly Korean spin on the anarchic superhero…; DVD $29.95
How I Ended This Summer (2010): Two Russian meteorologists isolated at polar station on the Arctic fringes put each other in jeopardy in this tense, slow–burn adventure. An…; DVD $34.95
Ip Man 2 (2010): The kick–ass legend of Ip Man continues with the wushu grandmaster immigrating to Hong Kong to school other Kung Fu practitioners in the art of…; DVD $24.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
King of Devil's Island (2010): The boys of an early 20th century reform school revolt against an abusive regime in this stirring, snow–swept Norwegian drama. Featuring music…; DVD $29.95
Legend of the Fist - The Return of Chen Zhen (2010): Belated sequel to Bruce Lee's FIST OF FURY (remade with Jet Li as FIST OF LEGEND) picks up well after the Dojo–busting triumphs of those films,…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Mutant Girls Squad (2010): Japan's outlandish splatter–comedy phase reaches its logical end point with this three–chapter collaboration between the most notorious…; DVD $29.95
Nothing to Declare (2010): Actor–director Dany Boon follows up his hit regional comedy WELCOME TO THE STICKS with another lite French farce founded in stubborn parochial…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Outside the Law (2010): Dir. Bouchareb (DAYS OF GLORY) re–frames the revolutionary tactics of Algerian nationalists against the French post–WWII as a…; DVD $29.95
Reign of Assassins (2010): Classy John Woo–produced swordplay, with Kelly Lin as a feared wuxia assassin who, seeking a new life, surgically alters her appearance (to…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
Revenge: A Love Story (2010): 'Hammer and tong' serial killer potboiler centres on a lowly store clerk who begins murdering policemen (and their pregnant wives) after his…; DVD $29.95
Round Up, The (La Rafle) (2010): A sensitive recreation of the tragic events and personal stories surrounding the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942, where some 13,000 French Jews were…; DVD ~~$34.95~~ $24.95
Special Treatment (2010): Playing a high class prostitute, Isabelle Huppert gets cosy with one her clients, a psychoanalyst, in this occasionally titillating, comically…; DVD $34.95
A Million (2009): Slavishly entertaining Reality TV spin–off pits eight Korean contestants against each other and the Australian Outback in a race for the…; DVD $29.95
About Elly (2009): Though something of a dress rehearsal for Farhadi's Oscar–winning A SEPARATION, this tense and absorbing account of a beach holiday tainted by…; DVD $29.95
Dead Snow (Død Snø) (2009): Nordic splatter comedy pitches a group of fresh–faced medical students against a hoard of re–animated Nazis in the snowy highlands.…; DVD $29.95
Eden is West (2009): A pictorial offering from Costa–Gavras – usually at the helm of taut political thrillers – here directing a travelogue centered around…; DVD $34.95
French Kissers, The (Les Beaux Gosses) (2009): Gallic hormonal comedy about two unkempt, sex–obsessed adolescents and their wavering exploits with the school's most popular girl. Is quite…; DVD $29.95
Haeundae (Tidal Wave) (2009): Corny, king–sized Korean blockbuster of a mega–tsunami bound for Busan, and the marine geologist in a race against time to save the…; DVD $29.95
Killing, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2009): Further episodes from the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a secondary plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy…; DVD $39.95
Lulu and the Bank Robber (TV Mini-Series) (2009): An independent mother and small business owner is drawn into the dodging dealings of her habitual criminal husband in this pulpy Danish crime…; DVD $44.95
Mother (2009): Cavalier Korean dir. Bong Joon–ho (THE HOST) contorts a regulation murder mystery, centred on a mother's campaign to clear her deadbeat son's…; DVD $19.95
Ong-Bak 3 (2009): Cliffhanger ending to the ONG–BAK legend sees Thai martial arts phenom Tony Jaa return to battle his arch nemesis (from Part II’s prequel…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Un Village Francais (TV Series) (2009-2017): Confronting the difficult subject of French collaboration with the Germans during WW2, this series details the lives of the people of a fictional…; DVD $29.95, $39.95, $49.95, $49.95
Yatterman (2009): Fantastical live–action anime serves kids and kidults alike with its tale of mild–mannered shop keepers who don jaunty costumes to fight…; DVD $29.95
5 Centimetres Per Second (Five Centimetres Per Second) (2008): Sublimely romantic animated feature divided into three separate episodes tracing the emotional journey of a teenage boy through to manhood, and the…; DVD $24.95
Departures (2008): Poignant Oscar–winner that’s won over many hearts with its affecting tale of self–discovery, centered on a failed cellist whose career…; DVD $14.95
Forbidden Legend, The - Sex & Chopsticks 1 & 2 (2008-2009): Oriental comedy smut by way of the SEX AND ZEN legacy is a hilarious tale of an ancient sexologist's son whose 'iron dick' must remain firmly in his…; DVD $29.95
I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) (2008): Gratifying, melancholy French drama featuring a career–best performance by Kristen Scott–Thomas as an enigmatic woman struggling to fit…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Jerusalema (2008): A punchy, gun–toting gangland epic following the rise to two Soweto teenagers seduced by crime and violence in South Africa. Although…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
LOL (2008): Sassy French comedy stars Sophie Marceau as the loving, long–suffering mother of a rebellious teen lass.; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Mesrine (Killer Instinct, Public Enemy Number 1) (2008): Effective, if at times highly sensationalised biopic of career criminal Jacques Mesrine – France’s ‘Public Enemy #1’ throughout the 1960s and…; DVD $19.95
Ong-Bak 2 (Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning) (2008): Heavy–handed follow–up to the decade’s best martial arts movie, co–directed by and starring ONG–BAK’s Tony Jaa as a…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95, $39.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
Silent Wedding (2008): Gentle comedy of a bride and groom whose wedding is interrupted by the death of Stalin, and the period of one weeks mourning effective immediately.…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Winter in Wartime (2008): Sensitively handled account of a thirteen year old boy who joins the Dutch resistance at the tail end of World War II.; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
After Him (Après lui) (2007): Unsettlingly intimate French drama stars Catherine Deneuve as a devastated mother who obsessively channels her dead son by using his best friend as a…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Big Man Japan (Dai-Nipponjin) (2007): A genuine inductee to the 'Incredibly Strange' hall of fame, this gonzo monster mash bounds between deadpan mock–u–mentary following the…; DVD ~~$14.95~~ $11.20
Caramel (Sukkar banat) (2007): 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
Celebration: Yves Saint Laurent (2007): Intimate portrait of Yves Saint–Laurent, focussing on the legendary fashion designer's final show, as well as his complex relationship with…; DVD $29.95
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon) (2007): Justly celebrated adaptation of the autobiography of the late Jean–Dominique Bauby, who enjoyed the high life as editor of Elle magazine before…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Frontier(s) (Frontiers) (2007): Bludgeoning sadistic fantasy, following in the footsteps of other French exponents of the rather unsavoury torture–porn mini–genre, this…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $14.95
Hunting and Gathering (2007): A waif–thin artist/cleaner (Tautou) gains a new lease on life after a chance encounter with a dignified stutterer in this heartwarming lost…; DVD $19.95
Killing, The - Complete Series Boxset (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007-2012): The entire 40–episode story arc of the gripping Danish crime thriller – an immensely popular series synonymous with the 'Nordic Noir'…; DVD $79.95
Killing, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007): A ripping Danish homicide serial in the long–form tradition of THE WIRE, which weaves a plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy around a…; DVD ~~$39.95~~ $29.95
Kite Runner, The (2007): The ravages of Afghanistan and its effect on an American 'refugee' forms the basis of Khaled Hosseini's best–selling book, here given due…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Secret of the Grain, The (Couscous) (2007): Acclaimed French film siphons the daily trials and tribulations of a working class Arab clan, whose patriarch dreams of opening a restaurant…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Son Of A Lion (2007): Pertinent, courageous drama filmed entirely in the Pashtun tribal area, telling the story of a young Pakistani boy who yearns to go to school and…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Days of Glory (Indigènes) (2006): Epic Algerian WW2 drama focused on a determined group of Algerian soldiers fighting to defend France with little acknowledgement of their sacrifices…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $10
No Mercy For The Rude (2006): A mute hitman limits his contract killings to ‘rude’ individuals, saving up for a voice–restoring operation in this unconventional riff on…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006): Dusting off a little–known French spy spoof from the 1960's, this remake upgrades rather than updates the franchise, combining the Bond school…; DVD $19.95
Page Turner, The (2006): A typically frosty, femme–centric French chamber–piece about a classical music prodigy whose career is sabotaged by a concert pianist,…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Poltergay (2006): Farcical French comedy sees a couple haunted by the ghosts of five gay guys, who died in their house when it used to be a gay disco. This fluff…; DVD $29.95
Provoked (2006): Provocative indeed, this is the true story of an Indian woman (played by Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai) who radically changed how the British public…; DVD $24.95
Singer, The (Quand j'étais chanteur) (2006): Gerard Depardieu works his rotund charm as a journeyman lounge singer, crooning his way through half–empty nightclubs while forging an unlikely…; DVD $24.95
Aura, The (2005): A taxidermist indulges his criminal fantasies in this brooding, atmospheric wilderness thriller from the late dir. of NINE QUEENS. Unfolding as a…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Beat My Heart Skipped, The (De battre mon coeur s'est arrete) (2005): A star–turn by Romain Duris invigorates this deft remake of James Toback's 1978 thriller FINGERS, playing a reluctant young thug with a…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Italian, The (Italianetz) (2005): Despite the title there is little Tuscan sunshine to be found here, but instead a frosty though warm–hearted tale from a Russian orphanage,…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Lower City (Cidade Baixa) (2005): Sensual, if sordid Latin American affair lustily relaying an ongoing threesome between two poverty–stricken ferrymen and a gorgeous Salvadorian…; DVD $29.95
Myth, The (San Wa) (2005): Alternating between past and present, Jackie Chan plays a warrior general during the Qing Dynasty and a modern day archaeologist respectively in this…; DVD $29.95
Ring Finger, The (L'annulaire) (2005): Ravishing to look at, if lacking so much as a storyline, this exquisite erotic fiction features Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko as a gorgeous laboratory…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Shadowless Sword (Muyeong geom) (2005): Spiffy Korean wuxia extravaganza grafting comedy, romance and action aplenty onto the skin of an ambitious historical epic. Scaling the efforts of…; DVD $29.95
Wallander (TV Series) (2005): Suspenseful Scandinavian procedural finds drama within the inner–workings of a police force in southern Sweden, chiefly between the series’…; DVD $44.95
Agatha and The Storm (Agata e la tempesta) (2004): Loosely woven tale of a middle–aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her…; DVD $24.95
Arahan (2004): Urban martial arts injected with supernatural pep, this effects–laden action comedy has an ultimately limited box of tricks, but provides more…; DVD $29.95
As it is in Heaven (Så som i himmelen) (2004): A feelgood arthouse hit about a renowned classical music conductor who rediscovers his roots in the far north of Sweden. Acquiring a rundown…; DVD $19.95
Clean (2004): An unorthodox drugs movie from the always–interesting Olivier Assayas (IRMA VEP), this distills with refreshing clarity the aftermath of…; DVD $29.95
Devilman (2004): Clunky live–action manga adaptation saddles a dorky teenager with the fate of mankind, forcing him to adopt the characteristics of a…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Edukators, The (The Educators) (2004): A compulsive slice of German youth angst about rebels struggling with their cause, this arthouse smash–hit concerns a trio of youthful…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $19.95
Head-On (Gegen die Wand) (2004): Set in scungy working–class Hamburg, this constructs an unusual love story around two Turkish immigrants – a drunken janitor (Unel) and a…; DVD $29.95
Khakee (2004): A Bollywood offering in which the song count is low but the body count is high, this twist–filled, often violent drama centres on the police…; Poster (F) $7.95
Matando Cabos (2004): Energetic Mexican 'farce of errors' in which two teenagers kidnap a coldly ruthless businessman, not realising he is also a coveted prize for a…; DVD $29.95
Narco: Secret Adventures of Gustav Klopp (2004): A narcoleptic comic–book writer finds illusion and reality blurring between his fantastical imagination, a succession of dead–end day…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $14.95
Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor, aka. Nightwatch) (2004): A mega–hit in its native Russia, this sci–fi–horror–action cocktail concerns a running battle on the mean streets of…; Blu-Ray $29.95, $44.95
Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand) (2004): The first widely–released film to emerge from post–Hussein Iraq, this wrenching tale concerns a raucous gang of children who scratch out…; DVD $19.95
Unconscious (Inconscientes) (2004): Boisterous 'Freudian farce' set amidst the extravagent architecture of Barcelona in 1913, where a disturbed psychiatrist suddenly adandons his…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Ushpizin (2004): Respectful and dryly humorous parable of an ultra–Orthodox Jewish couple on the eve of the festival of Succoth, who invite two travellers…; DVD $29.95
Chokher Bali (2003): Set in colonial Bengal, this adaptation of Nobel prizewinner Rabindranath Tagore's 1902 novel, concerns a beautiful widow (Aishwarya) who enters a…; DVD $29.95
Crimson Gold (Talaye sorkh) (2003): Extraordinary, emotionally–compelling class fable set in contemporary Iran, which begins with a failed jewelery heist in Tehran, then…; DVD $29.95
Evil (Ondskan) (2003): Based on a renowned novel, this dramatic thriller is set in the 1950s Sweden, where a high school bully (Wilson) is expelled and sent by his mother…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Facing Windows (La Finestra di fronte) (2003): An Italian woman finds her life and desires fraying away, as she struggles to support her family in the apartment blocks of Rome, while coming to…; DVD $19.95
Grudge 2, The (Ju-On 2) (2003): Followup to the original Japanese version of dir. Takashi's own JU–ON, this proffers an almost identical vision, with a TV crew visiting the…; DVD $19.95
Grudge, The (Ju-On) (2003): A horror film that understands that fear is best painted blacker than molasses, this cult Japanese hit follows in the ghostly steps of the RING…; DVD $19.95
I'm Not Scared (Io Non Ho Paura) (2003): Atmospheric thriller from dir. Gabriele Salvatores that deftly conveys a foreboding childhood experience during a long, hot summer in the country,…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Ong-Bak (Muay Thai Warrior) (2003): A martial arts juggernaut from Thailand, in which a benign village kickboxer travels to big bad Bangkok in search of a sacred statue stolen from his…; DVD $19.95
A Tale of a Naughty Girl (Mondo Meyer Upakhyan) (2002): 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
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002): Lovingly photographed fable of freedom, set during China's 'Cultural Revolution' in 1971 and based on the dir.'s own adolescence. Two young…; Poster (G) $7.95
City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002): An incendiary Brazilian drama depicting two decades of blood–drenched rivalry between two youth gangs who control a slum area of Rio De…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Kaante (Thorns) (2002): From a new generation of Bollywood film–making comes a kinetic heist picture, shot and located in LA in which six Indian suspects plot a…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $14.95
Madame Sata (2002): The underbelly of 1930s Rio de Janeiro glistens in this atmospheric drama about the celebrated João Francisco dos Santos (Ramos), a flamboyant gay…; DVD $29.95
Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt) (2002): A touch edgier than recent 'Dogme 95' melodramas, this explores the consequences of a car accident on the previously steady lives of those…; Poster (VG) $12.95
Radical Digital Cinema - Vol. 2 (Summer Moon (aka Junimond), Fools) (2002-2003): The brainchild of Wim Wenders, this digital cinema incubator provides a supportive framework for young filmmakers to push the envelope of the…; DVD $29.95
Spanish Apartment, The (L'Auberge Espagnole) (2002): Summery comedy set in a Barcelona apartment, where six international exchange students variously mingle, cavort and fall messily in love. Although…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Amelie (2001): A charming romantic comedy stamped with the purely cinematic style of dir. Jean–Pierre Juenet, who here remixes intricate set pieces, editing…; DVD $14.95
Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (2001): A ‘cause celebre’ of recent film festivals worldwide, this filmed folktale from the ice–bound Innuit communities of northern Canada,…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $15
Autumn Spring (Babí léto) (2001): Spry Czech comedy of elderly bad manners, concerns an aging prankster (Brodsky) who spends his retirement impersonating people in league with a…; DVD $29.95
Baran (2001): Patiently rewarding, bittersweet drama in which a young Afghan woman disguises herself as a man in order to assume her injured father's construction…; DVD $19.95
Pulse (Kairo) (2001): A clandestine by–product of the post–RING phenomenon, this refined and wholly disconcerting tale of a supernatural internet pandemic…; DVD $19.95
Read My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001): Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…; Poster (VG) $12.95
Song for Martin, A (2001): Touching drama of a composer and concertmaster who fall in love through classical music, only to battle the effects of Alzheimer's. Foreseeable…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Va Savoir (Who Knows) (2001): Skilful romantic farce interweaves the lives of six characters connected to an Italian theatre troupe on tour in Paris (doing Pirandello’s ‘As…; DVD $14.95
Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) (2000): Bursting forth with passion, cinematic mettle and pungent local flavours, this debut feature, a triptych of stories set in polyglot Mexico City, is…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $15, $29.95
Bang Rajan (2000): Truly ferocious action spectacular based on the true tale of how a small Siamese village tried to withstand the efforts of 100 000 invading Burmese…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
Barking Dogs Never Bite (Flandersui gae) (2000): An accomplished black comedy from Korea, which follows an unemployed lecturer's annoyance with the barking of neighbourhood dogs through to its…; Blu-Ray $34.95
Bichunmoo (2000): Boasting the biggest budget of any Korean film, this period epic, a kind–of "Once Upon a Time in Korea", blends the usual ingredients with…; DVD $29.95
JSA: Joint Security Area (2000): A Korean military thriller of high repute that opens with a double–killing on the bitterly–tense border between North and South and…; DVD $29.95
The Best Man's Wedding (Jalla! Jalla!) (2000): A racy comic swirl through the family, romantic, sexual and general personal dilemmas of two Swedish best friends. While one must suffer the…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $19.95
All About My Mother (1999): 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
Bangkok Dangerous (1999): Frenetic, violent gangland tale set in the throbbing Thai capital, about a deaf–mute hitman isolated by his affliction and his profession, and…; DVD $19.95
Dinner Game, The (1998): Gourmet–grade French farce from the maestro of the genre – well–packaged, delivered without haste, indeed delicious, if a slightly…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Earth (1998): The director of FIRE takes on another controversial element of modern India with the second in her (proposed) trilogy – a humanistic view of…; DVD $19.95
L'Ennui (1998): The tale of the restless and infuriating sexual obsession that a philosophy professor develops for an uncomplicated young woman. Observing their…; Poster (G) $9.95
Character (1997): A murderous confrontation bookends an elegantly told story of class, oppression and perseverance in 1920s Rotterdam, in which a young…; Poster (VG) $12.95
Kingdom II, The (Riget II) (1997): Lars Von Trier's compulsive TV creation continues into its second series of medical soap opera, supernatural horror and black comedy. Raising the…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Post 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
Day of the Beast (1996): If Almodovar made a horror movie it might look like this – beautifully shot and designed, funny and exciting. Though he can't quite sustain the…; Poster (U) $12.95
Guantanamera (1996): A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…; Poster (G) $9.95
Kama Sutra (1996): The director of SALAAM BOMBAY returns to her native land for this enticing, beautifully photographed tale of love, jealousy and revenge among the…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Kolya (1996): A beautifully sentimental Oscar winner for Best Foreign film – set during the 1988 Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia, when a…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Les Miserables (1995): Widely considered the definitive screen version of this granddaddy of French literary staples. Few concessions have been allowed in staging a…; Poster (U) $9.95
Like Grains of Sand (1995): Remarkable, intense Japanese high school romance is centrally about a gay relationship, though it essentially captures the universal,…; Poster (VG) $9.95
Shanghai Triad (1995): Richly–hued encounter with the criminal high–life of 1930s Shanghai, told through the hired servant of a pampered gangster's moll, and…; Poster (F) $7.95
Ulysses' Gaze (1995): Returning from exile in America, Yugoslavian filmmaker Harvey Keitel quests after rare film footage in the wartorn Balkans. Shot under conditions…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Zero Kelvin (1995): This tale of hardcore cabin fever in the 1930s has the Arctic wasteland as a backdrop for the face off between two romantic idealists – one a…; Poster (G) $9.95
Pom Poko (1994): A community of raccoon–like creatures called Tanuki battle to defend their forest community from encroaching human developers in another…; DVD $29.95, $34.95
Blue Kite, The (1993): Emotive and honest account of the realities of daily life under chairman Mao's regime as witnessed by one Beijing family from the 1950s through…; Poster (F) $7.95
Bride With White Hair 2, The (Bai fa mo nu zhuan II) (1993): Above–average sequel to the martial arts blockbuster continuing on directly from its cliffhanger ending, with the viciously insane Lin, now…; DVD $19.95
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993): Unabashed low–brow comedy about a gang of misfits who tussle it out in a Tokyo University wrestling ring, which also serves as the circle in…; DVD $29.95
El Mariachi (1992): A cause celebre of low–budget film–making, this $7000 Tex–Mex wonder about a guitar–player mistaken for a gangster contains…; DVD ~~$15~~ $11.25
Fiorile (1992): The brothers' Taviani spin three torrid tales of hot–blooded Italians at love and war, recounted by a father to his children about family myths…; Poster (VG) $14.95
Mediterraneo (1991): Oscar–winning tale of eight Italian soldiers who find themselves stranded on a remote Greek isle during WW2. An affecting and surprising…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Olivier Olivier (1991): After disappearing from his country home six years earlier, a boy's mysterious return brings with it a mix of salvation and suspicion to his…; Poster (G) $9.95
Life and Nothing But (1990): Philippe Noiret plays a Missing–in–Action chief officer whose obsession to account for the anonymous casualties of WW1 draws him to a…; Poster (F) $7.95
Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990): A stylish thriller if ever there was one. The director combines the visual ostentation from his THE BIG BLUE with the plot mechanics of a classic…; DVD $19.95
Chocolat (1988): Quietly rewarding autobiographical work follows a young woman to West Africa where she reminisces her childhood. Early work by the director of BEAU…; Poster (F) $7.95
Mapantsula (1988): A disturbingly accurate evocation of township unrest in Soweto, as a young black petty criminal is throne into jail with a militant fraternity whom…; Poster (G) $9.95
Le Dernier Combat (The Last Battle) (1983): The director's impressive debut (at the age of 24) is a post–apocalyptic fable, strikingly filmed in black and white with almost no…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 | Blu-Ray ~~$29.95~~ $24.95
Berlin Alexanderplatz (TV Series) (1980): This monolithic tome set in Weimar–era Germany represented the peak of dir. Fassbinder's filmmaking career. Across 15 hours, it details the…; DVD ~~$99.95~~ $74.95
American Friend, The (1976): Twisting thriller stars Bruno Ganz as an apparently terminally–ill man duped into murder. Dennis Hopper plays the American 'friend', while…; DVD ~~$34.95~~ $19.95
Face to Face (1976): A harrowing insight into a nervous breakdown suffered by a woman psychiatrist. Bleak yet compulsive through stylised photography and Liv Ullmanns…; Blu-Ray $34.95
Dersu Uzala (1975): Kurosawa ventured to Russia for this Oscar–winning epic detailing the experiences of a Russian military explorer in Siberia, and his friendship…; Blu-Ray $24.95
Lancelot Du Lac (1974): Bresson endows the legend of King Arthur with his unique style and vision, and exposes a density of ideas by stripping the story back to its base…; DVD $34.95
Things of Life, The (Les Choses De La Vie) (1970): Golden Palm nominated French comedy focusing on the life of a fatally injured man who upon seeing his life flash before his eyes realizes he must…; DVD ~~$15~~ $11.25
Don't Look Now We're Being Shot At (La Grande Vadrouille) (1966): Side–splitting war caper turns a downed British bomber over Paris into a hilarious escape from German clutches. One of France’s highest…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Kwaidan (1964): A four part anthology of visually intoxicating Japanese period ghost stories. Each tale expanding domestic melodramas into the paranormal realm.…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Grim Reaper, The (La Commare Secca) (1962): Dir. Bertolucci's first film – with trademark technical virtuosity already in evidence – is a whodunnit about a prostitute murdered in a…; DVD $34.95
Lower Depths, The (Donzoko) (1957): Arresting Maxim Gorky stage adaptation (previously filmed by Jean Renoir) is transposed to Japan’s Edo–era slums. Social realisms and the…; DVD ~~$49.95~~ $37.45
Nights of Cabiria (1957): Giulietta Masina is marvelous as a waifish prostitute dreaming of a rich, wonderful life but always finding sorrow. Tragicomic masterpiece won an…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $20
Dov'e La Liberta...? (Where Is Freedom?) (1954): Legendary Italian comic Toto plays a barber who cannot abide the hypocritical society he is thrust into after spending two decades in prison, and…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $20
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) (1953): Jacques Tati fine–tunes the virtues of JOUR DE FETE to create his most eponymous character. The first of four Hulot features follows the…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Notre Dame on Fire (022): A documentary retracing how on April 15, 2019, heroic men and women put their lives on the line to accomplish the awe–inspiring rescue of…; DVD $29.95

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