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Atonement
Joe Wright

$19.95 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )

Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, Atonement opens in England in 1935, on the hottest day of the year. In the looming shadow of World War II, Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enorm... More »

No Country For Old Men
The Coen brothers

$19.95 (Digital video disc / Paramount Pictures )

The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. The story begins when Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A ... More »


In Love With Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun

$24.95 (Digital video disc / Hopscotch Entertainment )

Eva Braun was Adolf Hitler's mistress from 1932 to 1945. For the first time, this extraordinary film shows Hitler in his private life, as seen through the eyes - and the camera lens - of Eva Braun, who with her own 16mm ... More »

The Devil Came On Horseback
Annie Sundberg

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Siren Entertainment )

THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK exposes the tragedy taking place in Darfur as seen through the eyes of an American witness who has since returned to the US to take action to stop it. Using the exclusive photographs and first... More »


Lust, Caution
Ang Lee

$19.95 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )

Lust, Caution stars Asian cinema icon Tony Leung as a powerful government figure who becomes enarmoured with Wang Jiazhi (stunning newcomer Tang Wei), the young friend of his beautiful wife (Joan Chen). But Wang is not w... More »

Southland Tales
Richard Kelly

$39.95 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )

This Is The Way The World Ends

Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action sta... More »


Waitress
Adrienne Shelly

$39.95 (Digital video disc / Twentieth Century Fx )

An audience hit at the Sundance Film Festival, Waitress serves up a sweet, sassy and delicious slice of life tale – as it reveals the power of friendship, motherhood and the willingness to take a chance. It’s the story o... More »

King Lear
Sir Laurence Olivier

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Time Life )

Sir Laurence Olivier stars in this Emmy Award winning production of Shakespeare’s King Lear, critically acclaimed as a true film classic. Olivier’s performance is described as “….a performance as great as anything he has... More »


Au Hasard Balthazar
Robert Bresson

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme )

Master French director Robert Bresson created this landmark cinematic work with the affecting story of a saint-like donkey ruthlessly victimized by human greed and folly. Reared in the idyllic French countryside by dotin... More »

Universal Film Noir Collector's Box Set
Various

$49.95 (Digital video disc / Aztec Film )

Who knows what darkness lurks under the surface? Often derived from pulp novels, film noir films were under-appreciated on release in most cases, but their reputation among film fans grows exponentially. And each US stud... More »


Kurt Cobain: About A Son

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

Taken from 25 hours of previously unheard interviews with Kurt Cobain, ABOUT A SON recounts the Nirvana frontman's life as he himself remembered it. The film reveals an intimate portrait of a well-known yet conversely no... More »

Imitation Of Life: Director's Suite
Douglas Sirk

$39.95 (Digital video disc / Directors Suite )

The final masterpiece from Hollywood's king of melodrama, Imitation of Life is among the most admired films the American film industry has produced. Screen siren Lana Turner stars as Lora Meredith, an aspiring actress an... More »


Donkey Skin
Jacques Demy

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Aztec Film )

Jacques Demy’s ode to the classic fairy tale by 17th Century author Charles Perrault (Cinderella) comes to life with breathtaking brilliance. Digitally restored and re-mastered under the supervision of Agnès Varda (The G... More »

The War
Ken Burns

$129.95 (Digital video disc / Abc Video )

The War, produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, examines the myriad ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America. By telling the stories of ordinary people... More »


Nosferatu: Director's Suite
Murnau F W

$34.95 (Digital video disc / Directors Suite )

German director F.W. Murnau's 1922 version remains a definitive adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Created when German silent films were at the forefront of visual technique and experimentation, Murnau's classic is rem... More »

Essential Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte

$59.95 (Digital video disc / Hopscotch Entertainment )

Three engaging films from the master of dark French humour – My Best Friend and two films previously unreleased locally,* Monsieur Hire* and Tango. More »


Helen Mirren Collection
Various

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Time Life )

Red King White Knight: Helen Mirren stars in this gripping political thriller about a plot to assassinate Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The CIA sends in Stoner, a former agent, to prevent the assassination. He m... More »

Tarnished Angels: Director's Suite
Douglas Sirk

$34.95 (Digital video disc / Directors Suite )

Rock Hudson has never been better than as the hard-headed newsman with a romantic soft spot for a team of gypsy fliers--especially the sexy parachute-jumping Dorothy Malone--in Douglas Sirk's adaptation of William Faulkn... More »


Watership Down
Richard Adams

$19.95 (Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme )

Based on the best-selling novel by Richard Adams, this dark, enchanting movie is a delight for audiences of all ages. Nestled among the rolling hills and peaceful meadows of England lives a community of rabbits. When the... More »

Mouchette
Robert Bresson

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme )

Bresson’s Mouchette is the heartbreaking story of an alienated teenage girl whose life is mired in desolation and brutality. Neglected by her terminally ill mother and her abusive, alcoholic father, Mouchette’s chance en... More »


The Bold The Brave And The Best
Various

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

Leisure Running Time: 13min 20sec A fast-paced, humorous and thought-provoking film using animation by Australian newspaper cartoonist Bruce Petty. The film emphasizes the use of leisure time as an important aspect of li... More »

Bossa Nova
Greg Appel

$19.95 (Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme )

Mixing samba, jazz and sophisticated lyricism, the sultry bossa nova sound was spawned in the beaches and bars of Rio, Brazil in the late 50s, and quickly seduced the world when anthems like “The Girl from Impanema” beca... More »


Brothers Of The Head
Louis Pepe

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

For some people... Rock & Roll was always a freak show. An explosive story of shadowy cultural icons Tom and Barry Howes, conjoined twins from an isolated headland on the east coast of England. Plucked from the safet... More »

Crossing The Line
Daniel Gordon

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

This is the story of the last American defector in North Korea, James Joseph Dresnok. It's a story of defection, kidnap, love, and political intrigue, all set and captured in the most secret and inaccessible country on e... More »


Gumby: Volume One
Art Clokey

$59.95 (Digital video disc / Kaleidoscope Film )

Gumby! Adored by young and old alike, Gumby is the instantly recognisable little clay boy whose wild adventures have enthralled children since the 1950s and continue to do so to this day. With the help of his friends Pok... More »

Alatriste
Yanez Augustin Diaz

$24.95 (Digital video disc / Sbs Dvd )

Viggo Mortensen leads an all-star cast in this swashbuckling period drama - the story of Diego Alatriste, a former soldier and mercenary who becomes a hero of Spain's 17th century Imperial wars. The most expensive Spanis... More »


Dame Edna's Work Experience
Barry Humphries

$19.95 (Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme )

Dame Edna has decided to do a grand tour of Britain’s work places to report on the state of the nation. “Take me where someone works for a living, take me to Wigan, where normal people lead normal lives. Let me get my ha... More »

The Secret Army: The Complete First Series
Gerard Glaister

$49.95 (Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme )

This highly-acclaimed BBC series about the numerous citizens who resisted the Germans during World War II premiered in 1977 and remains much-loved and remembered in the UK and Australia. As English planes were shot down ... More »


30 Rock: Season One
Tina Fey

$39.95 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )

Emmy Award winner Tina Fey writes, executive produces, and stars as Liz Lemon, the head writer of a live variety program in New York City. Liz's life is turned upside down when brash new network executive Jack Donaghy (A... More »

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