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Genova
Michael Winterbottom

$34.95 – Digital video disc / Palace Films

Acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom (Wonderland, Tristram Shandy, A Mighty Heart) assembles a powerhouse cast in this haunting, suspenseful drama.

After the sudden death of his wife (Hope Davis), university professor... Buy or find out more 


Animal Farm
Joy Batchelor and John Halas

$19.95 – Digital video disc / Siren Entertainment

Based on George Orwell’s book of the same name, Animal Farm told the story of animals staging a coup, taking over the land from their tyrannical master Farmer Jones and discovering the pitfalls of social order. Led by ... Buy or find out more 



Emma
Douglas McGrath

$12.95 – Digital video disc / Icon Film Distribution

Set in the lush English countryside in the early part of the 19th Century, Emma (based on the novel by Jane Austen) tells the funny and timeless tale of a young woman so devoted to meddling in the lives and romances of o... Buy or find out more 


Once
John Carney

$12.95 – Digital video disc /

How often do you find the right person? Exquisitely simple and pure of heart, this Audience Award-winner at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival is a musical gem from Ireland about a Dublin street musician and his collaborati... Buy or find out more 



 

Shakespeare in Love
John Madden

$14.95$12.95 – Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid

Shakespeare In Love is a romantic comedy for the 1990's set in the 1590's, telling the witty, sexy story behind the creation of the greatest love story of them all - Romeo and Juliet. Young Will Shakespeare is the up and... Buy or find out more 


The Constant Gardener
Fernando Meirelles

$19.95 – Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid

Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and London, The Constant Gardener, based on a bestselling novel by John Le Carré, is an exciting mix of romance and spy thriller. Meirelles's pacing is outstanding, sw... Buy or find out more 



 

Elizabeth (Special Edition)
Shekhar Kapoor

$14.95$9.99 – Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid

The story of one woman's crusade to control love, crush enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world. As her cousin Mary Stuart conspires with Philip of Spain to topple the throne, Elizabeth (Bl... Buy or find out more 


Children of Men
Alfonso Cuaron

$14.95 – Digital video disc /

Children of Men envisages a world one generation from now that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing th... Buy or find out more 



Family Life (Directors Suite)
Ken Loach

$34.95 – Digital video disc / Directors Suite

Ken Loach mercilessly tackles themes of British traditionalism and parental control in the award-winning Family Life. When 19 year-old Janice falls pregnant, her horrified parents force her to have an abortion, which thr... Buy or find out more 


Happy-Go-Lucky (Directors Suite)
Mike Leigh

$29.95 – Digital video disc / Directors Suite

Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is an unmarried primary school teacher who lives in London, cannot drive and is constantly questioned about her unrelenting optimism. Her outlook on life baffles her more cynical friends: even when ... Buy or find out more 



Orlando
Sally Potter

$19.95 – Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme

On her deathbed Queen Elizabeth I gives a young nobleman named Orlando a large tract of land and castle along with a generous monetary gift which she will only give to him with a promise that as long as he is a man and n... Buy or find out more 


Peter Greenaway Collection
Peter Greenaway

$39.95 – Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme

Peter Greenaway has crafted a string of visually extravagant films that are experimental, erudite, and have won Greenaway an ardent cult audience, especially after his best known film, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and ... Buy or find out more 



The Damned United
Tom Hooper

$14.95 – Digital video disc / Sony Pictures Home Entertain

From the Academy Award-nominated writer of The Queen and Frost/Nixon, The Damned United is based on the incredible true story of Brian Clough, one of England’s greatest soccer managers. Buy or find out more 


Essential Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh

$59.95 – Digital video disc / Hopscotch Entertainment

Essential Mike Leigh showcases four of Leigh’s landmark, multi-award winning films - Secrets & Lies, Naked, Life is Sweet and Career Girls, plus two short films in one box-set. This exciting 3-disc collection showc... Buy or find out more 



Cashback
Sean Ellis

$29.99 – Digital video disc / Madman

When art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of ... Buy or find out more 


Looking for Eric
Ken Loach

$24.95 – Digital video disc / Icon Film Distribution

Eric the postman is not in a good place. His wife has left him, his stepsons are out of control and his house is a chaotic nightmare. In an attempt to get his bearings back, Eric turns to his hero: the football genius an... Buy or find out more 



Stone of Destiny
Robert Carlyle

$29.95 – Digital video disc / Dv1

Scotland. 1950. With Scots nationalism waning under the weight of Britain’s rule, four university students make a dramatic gesture to reawaken their country’s pride. They plot to break into Westminster Abbey in the wee h... Buy or find out more 


Local Hero
Bill Forsyth

$19.95 – Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme

A Texas oil billionaire (Burt Lancaster) attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and sends Mac (Peter Riegert) to secure his property rights. However, local eccentric Ben Knox (Fulton Mackay) refus... Buy or find out more 



The Queen: Special Edition
Stephen Frears

$39.95 – Digital video disc /

Tradition Prepared Her. Change Will Define Her.

When news of the death of Princess Diana, undoubtedly the most famous woman in the world, breaks upon a shocked and disbelieving British public, HRH Queen Elizabeth II (Hel... Buy or find out more 


This is England
Shane Meadows

$34.95 – Digital video disc / Madman

1983 was a time before MTV and Gameboy, when there was very little to keep the disenchanted British youth anaesthetised. As unemployment figures rose and Youth Training Schemes fell, the kids refused to toe the factory l... Buy or find out more 



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