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El Greco
Monday, 9 Jun, 2008 – 2:39 | No Comment
El Greco

El Greco is a Greek film about the life of the Greek painter Doménicos Theotokópoulos (El Greco). It was produced in 2007, directed by Yannis Smaragdis and written by Jackie Pavlenko and Dimitris Siatopoulos (book). …

Oxford Murders, The
Saturday, 7 Jun, 2008 – 2:25 | No Comment
Oxford Murders, The

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

Sexy Beast
Thursday, 5 Jun, 2008 – 4:09 | No Comment
Sexy Beast

Spain. Gal has retired from the gangster life, and is sunning himself placidly beside the pool at his villa when a boulder comes crashing by, barely missing him. Soon, he and his pal Aitch, together …

Machinist, The
Wednesday, 4 Jun, 2008 – 3:35 | No Comment
Machinist, The

“The Machinist” is a film about a man who hasn’t slept in a year, and he starts thinking that he’s losing his mind, when he starts seeing hallucinations, and his perception of reality becomes twisted. …

Donkey Xote
Wednesday, 28 May, 2008 – 3:12 | No Comment
Donkey Xote

Follows Don Quixote, his “squire”, Sancho Panza (Quixote’s best friend and the wealthiest man in town), Sancho’s donkey, Rucio (who wants to be a horse) and a real horse, Quixote’s faithful steed, Rocinante (who hates …

Ninth Gate, The
Monday, 26 May, 2008 – 2:16 | No Comment
Ninth Gate, The

The sleazy book dealer Corso (Depp) is hired by the obscure obsessive Balkan to find the only other two copies of his rare book in existence. The book is called ‘The Nine Gates of the …

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Tuesday, 13 May, 2008 – 2:39 | No Comment
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to …

Final Inquiry, The
Monday, 12 May, 2008 – 4:35 | No Comment
Final Inquiry, The

It is the year 35 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens …

Nocturna
Thursday, 24 Apr, 2008 – 2:23 | No Comment
Nocturna

A lonely orphan sheds his fear of the dark by taking an illuminating journey into the realm where nighttime truly comes alive in co-directors Adrià García and Victor Maldonado’s imaginative animated lullaby.

Others, The
Monday, 17 Mar, 2008 – 8:14 | No Comment
Others, The

A woman named Grace (Kidman) is living with her two children Anne and Nicholas (Mann and Bentley) on an almost empty island in their huge mansion. Grace’s husband is a soldier in WWII and Grace …

It’s a Free World…
Tuesday, 11 Mar, 2008 – 3:20 | No Comment
It’s a Free World…

Angie gets the sack from a recruitment agency for bad behaviour in public. Seizing the chance, she teams up with her flatmate, Rose, to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate to …

Tirante el Blanco
Wednesday, 15 Aug, 2007 – 11:49 | No Comment
Tirante el Blanco

Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.

Kingdom of Heaven
Sunday, 6 May, 2007 – 13:03 | No Comment
Kingdom of Heaven

It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The …

Dancer Upstairs, The
Sunday, 6 May, 2007 – 12:40 | No Comment
Dancer Upstairs, The

The story of Detective Agustin Rejas, a man clinging to the hope of an impossible love in an impossible world. Tracking Ezequiel, a delusional anarchist who incites the downtrodden masses to join in his brutal …

Minotaur
Sunday, 6 May, 2007 – 9:25 | No Comment
Minotaur

Long ago in the Iron Age a shadow loomed over a lonely village. For generations the village youths are stolen from their families and delivered as sacrifice to a mythical beast - the Minotaur, that …

Basic Instinct 2
Saturday, 5 May, 2007 – 3:24 | No Comment
Basic Instinct 2

The decadent life of novelist Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone) continues int his sequel that finds her in the opening sequence speeding through the streets of London using the hand of her obviously under-the-influence soccer star …