36 (Quai Des Orfevres) (15) (2006)

Director: Olivier Marchel

Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu, Valeria Golino, André Dussollier

A hugely entertaining French thriller starring two of France's greatest actors, and which has drawn favourable comparisons with Michael Mann's 'Heat'. Two department heads in the Paris police force compete to bring in a group of murderous robbers in order to obtain the position of Head Of Police, but their methods frequently border on the illegal, and the distinction between the cops and the criminals is frequently blurred. (100 Mins)

Little Miss Sunshine (15) (2006)

Director: Valerie Faris/ Jonathan Dayton

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin

A sharp and funny film that gained great reviews from just about everyone, Little Miss Sunshine follows an unconventional family as they trek across America to attend the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, in which the young daughter is an entrant. The dysfunctional family road movie is a fraught journey – one wrong turn and you end up in Cliché, USA. As the eccentric Hoover clan set off for young Olive’s dream of a Californian kids’ beauty pageant, credit writer Michael Arndt, debut directors (and ex-music video whizzes) Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, and a superb ensemble cast including Steve Carell and Toni Collette for not just keeping this caustic, bittersweet gem right on track, but reaching a conclusion as surprising as it is poignant. (101 Mins)

Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Mans Chest (12) (2006)

Director: Gore Verbinski

Starring: Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom

Johnny Depp's incredible Jack Sparrow returns for another jaunt in the Caribbean, with some great comic set pieces and marvellous make-up effects, not least on Bill Nighy's part-sea monster part-man creation, Davy Jones. (144 Mins)

12 Angry Men (U) (1957)

Director: Sydney Lumet

Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J Cobb

A young man is tried for murder in what appeared to be an open and shut case. Almost the whole film took place in the jury room where tempers flared after one of the jurors voted the accused as innocent after all the others quickly voted him guilty. Excellent dialogue and a well written story led to a very entertaining picture. 5 stars. (92 Mins)

13 (Tzameti) (12) (200513)

Director: Gela Babluani

Starring: Georges Babluani

"Written and directed by Gela Babluani, a 26-year-old Georgian now resident in France, 13 is a one of the outstanding feature debuts of recent years. The less you know about it the first time round the better, but it's the kind of picture you leave looking forward to a second viewing. Shot in a stark black and white that recalls French thrillers of the 1950s, it begins on the windswept, wintry Atlantic coast where Sebastien, an impoverished young immigrant (the director's brother, George Babluani), is mending the roof of an elderly, drug-addicted criminal. He overhears an invitation this low-life has received - a first-class ticket to Paris, a hotel room where he'll receive a message, and the promise of big money. The old guy dies, the young man gets the ticket, takes his place and goes off on a nightmare journey to the end of the night with the cops tailing him. We're as intrigued as the innocent young hero and drawn with him into a sinister world where he's handed from one ugly group to another. Ultimately, Sebastien becomes involved in a deadly game that may or may not be a metaphor for life itself. This picture has true authority, and only my resistance to hyperbole prevents me saying that 13 is nearly twice as good as Seven."- Philip French in The Guardian (93 Mins)

16 Years of Alcohol (18) (2003)

Director: Richard Jobson

Starring: Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Susan Lynch, Laura Fraser

An elegaic directorial debut from the versatile former lead singer of the Skids and Sky movie critic Jobson. Dedicated to the lost life of Jobson's brother, it's an impressive semi-autobiographical account of a turbulent adolescence stained by booze and violence. It's not without its faults but it's a fine start to a career and the woozy beginning is especially impressive. (96 Mins)

2001: A Space Odyssey (U) (1968)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood

Not just a film, but rather an event, and a piece of philosophy wrapped in some of the most astonishing imagery ever filmed. The plot is disposable, the sensation is everything. If we accept Kubrick was a genius, then this is Kubrick x 100. Much imitated, profoundly inspiring and quite possibly immortal. Should belong in everyones top twenty of all cinema. (143 Mins)

2046 (12) (2004)

Director: Wong Kar-Wai

Starring: Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi, Li Gong

Wong Kar-Wais gorgeous loose follow-up to In the Mood For Love in which Tony Leung is the writer who has moved to a hotel to complete his science-fiction story. A familiar swoony atmosphere dominates. Both seductive and baffling, its a must-see film (129 Mins)

21 Grams (15) (2003)

Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Starring: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards and 5 Baftas, 21 Grams is an intense, critically acclaimed thriller with outstanding performances from Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts. When a horrific accident traumatically binds three peoples lives together, events unfold that takes them to the heights of passion, the depths of obsession and the promise of revenge. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritus follow-up to Amores Perros. (119 Mins)

24 Hour Party People (18) (2002)

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Starring: Steve Coogan, Ralf Little, John Simm, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson

From Joy Division and New Order to The Happy Mondays and beyond. A riotous semi-fictional retrospective of the story behind much of the best music of the last two decades. Winterbottom follows Tony Wilson through an amazing tale, the likes of which were unlikely to see again. Eschewing a consistent narrative thread, the film nevertheless creates a wonderful sense of events that is a testament to the filmmakers great skill. (115 Mins)

25th Hour (15) (2002)

Director: Spike Lee

Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Drug dealer Monty Brogan has just twenty four hours to make peace with his family and friends before he is sent to prison for seven years. Can he put his life in order before it is too late? (129 Mins)

28 Days Later (18) (2002)

Director: Danny Boyle

Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Cillian Murphy

A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. With genuinely eerie shots of an abandoned London this modern reappraisal of the zombie genre is unsettling and engaging. (108 Mins)

28 Weeks Later (18) (2007)

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Starring: Robert Carlyle

Sequel to the hit revisionist zombie film, 28 Days Later. This film picks up 6 months after the initial outbreak of the deadly Rage virus. Order has been restored, London is being repopulated, and the US military are in charge. What could possibly go wrong? (99 Mins)

300 (15) (2007)

Director: Zack Snyder

Starring: Dominic West, Gerard Butler, Lena Headly

A visually stunning adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel that recounts the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartan soldiers fought the combined armies of Xerxes' Persian Empire. Facing insurmountable odds, their valour and sacrifice inspired all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy. (111 Mins)

39 Steps, The (U) (1935)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Peggy Ashcroft

A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent, and is soon finding himself in one jam after another (82 Mins)

5 x 2 (Five Times Two) (15) (2004)

Director: Francois Ozon

Starring: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stephane Freiss

Aka Fives times Two. Five scenes from the failed marriage of Marion and Gilles are shown in reverse chronological order, from their divorce to their first meeting, the structure of the film allowing us uncommon insights into the strains of their relationship. 'Best French film of the year'-The Guardian (90 Mins)

8 Mile (15) (2002)

Director: Curtis Hanson

Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy

After being dumped by his girlfriend, Jimmy Rabbit Smith, Jr. is forced to move in with his mum and little sister in a trailer park on the poor side of the 8 Mile Road, Detroit. By day he holds down a badly-paid factory job but by night he tries to make it as a white rapper in the predominately African-American community. (115 Mins)

8 Women (15) (2001)

Director: Francois Ozon

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emanuelle Beart

A large bourgeois residence in the middle of the countryside at the end of the 1950s with Christmas preparations underway. The master of the house is assassinated, eight women close to the victim are present and one of them is clearly guilty of the crime. But which one? A dazzling cast stars in this comedic murder mystery, nominated for 12 Cesars in France. (106 Mins)

9 Songs (18) (2004)

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Starring: Margot Stilley, Kieran O Brien

One of the most sexually explicit and yet least pornographic films to have been given a mainstream release, Winterbottom tells the story of an affair played out in bed and through music (the 9 songs of the title featuring Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals, Franz Ferdinand and Von Bondies among others). Highly-praised, provocative filmmaking. Winterbottom calls it his concert film (69 Mins)

A Ma Soeur (18) (2001)

Director: Catherine Breillat

Starring: Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo

Another feminist diatribe from the maker of Romance will not please the politically correct liberals who dictate the taste of the chattering classes. Breillat at her best is always perverse! This film's provoking and guaranteed to shatter the received ideas and illusions of all who have struggled theoretically and practically with that strange conflation of brutality and liberation which characterises sexual politics in our epoch... There's a mouthful! (82 Mins)

A One and a Two (15) (1999)

Director: Edward Yang

Starring: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata

This multi-award winning film offers, through a turbulent couple of weeks in the life of the Jian family, a detailed and very moving account of the ways people cope with crises and emotional setbacks. The problems, it humourously suggests, may change, but the means of coping remain the same. (173 Mins)

A Scanner Darkly (15) (2005)

Director: Richard Linklater

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder

A faithful and very stylish animated adaptation of sci-fi writer Philip K.Dick's most personal work. Keanu Reeves stars as a reluctant undercover cop forced to start spying on his friends in a future where America has lost the war on drugs. Robert Downey Jr. gives a show-topping turn, and the rotoscoped animation is simply stunning. (120 Mins)

A Zed And Two Noughts (15) (1985)

Director: Peter Greenaway

Starring: Joss Ackland, Brian Deacon

An extraordinary tale of obsession in which the zoologist twin husbands of two women killed in a car crash start an affair with the female driver who has had a leg amputated. Tirelessly provocative, funny and stylish, the film also pays tribute to the Dutch master of light Vermeer, delves into man’s relationship with animals and explores the attraction of lists. Score by Michael Nyman. (112 Mins)

Abigails Party (PG) (1984)

Director: Mike Leigh

Starring: Alison Steadman

Absolute classic shot at 70s suburbia. (101 Mins)

Acid House (18) (1999)

Director: Paul McGuigan

Starring: Ewen Bremner, Jemma Redgrave, Martin Clunes

Three short tales from the acclaimed head of Irvine Welsh. Urban dilemmas, and, of course, trips of various kinds. With a soundtrack featuring Oasis, the Verve, Chemical brothers, Primal Scream and others. (106 Mins)

Adaptation (15) (2002)

Director: Spike Jonze

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper

Director Spike Jonze delivers a stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fictional characers and situations with the lives of real people. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film. (110 Mins)

Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (PG) (1988)

Director: Terry Gilliam

Starring: John Neville, Eric Idle, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Sarah Polley, Jonathan Pryce

A remake of the classic story in which Baron Munchausen must prove his reputation as one of historys most remarkable adventurers, or be seen as one of the greatest liars of all time. (121 Mins)

Adventures of Prince Achmed, The (PG) (1926)

Director: Lotte Reiniger

Starring: Silhouettes

The first full-length animated film in the history of cinema, the making of Prince Achmed was an astonishing labour of love, taking three years and 300,000 camera shots to make. A pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reineger created all the characters and cut out every singe silhouette herself, and the frames were colour tinted by hand. The result is an enchanting film which still stands as one of the greatest classics of animation - delicate, lively, inventive, poetic and action-packed. A magical adventure taken from The Arabian Nights. (66 Mins)

Adventures of Tintin, The (U) (1990)

Director: Stéphane Bernasconi

Starring: Tintin, Captain Haddock, Snowy

Faithful and highly enjoyable adaptations of Herges much-loved comic books - any fan of adventure stories (i.e. almost everyone) will love these Tintin Collections. Sporting 4 adventures & starring sometime-detective Tintin and sidekicks Snowy, Capt. Haddock, Calculus, Nestor and The Thomson Twins. Contains: Cigars Of The Pharaoh, The Blue Lotus, Destination Moon and Explorers On The Moon (164 Mins)

Adventures of Tintin, The (U) (1990)

Director: Stéphane Bernasconi

Starring: Tintin, Captain Haddock, Snowy

Faithful and highly enjoyable adaptations of Herges much-loved comic books - any fan of adventure stories (i.e. almost everyone) will love these Tintin Collections. Sporting 4 adventures & starring sometime-detective Tintin and sidekicks Snowy, Capt. Haddock, Calculus, Nestor and The Thomson Twins. Contains: The Black Island, King Ottakars Sceptre, The Red Sea Sharks and Tintin In Tibet (164 Mins)

Ages of Lulu, The (18) (1990)

Director: Bigas Luna

Starring: Francesca Neri, Oscar Ladoire

Innocent girl marries first lover, gets fed up and flies out of the frying pan of her gilded cage into the fire of frequenting shady bars and all that involves. Some viewers seem to miss the intellectual points that Bigas Luna is trying to make as the film becomes submerged in erotic imagery. Perhaps he doesnt mind. (96 Mins)

Aileen (18) (2003)

Director: Joan Churchill / Nick Broomfield

Starring: Documentary

Two films about Aileen Wuornos, Americas first female serial killer that give a disturbing but humane insight into her paranoid but sympathetic mind. (89 Mins)

Aimee & Jaguar (15) (1999)

Director: Max Farberbock

Starring: Maria Schrader, Juliane Kohler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch

Berlin 1943/4. Two young women form a deep and intense relationship against the backdrop of the double threat of bombing raids and persecution. For one of them, married with four children, it will be a crucial experience in her life. For the other, a member of the Jewish underground, this love represents hope of life and survival. Described by the Jewish Telegraph as being as moving and as important as Schindlers List (125 Mins)

Air: Eating, Sleeping..., (UC) (1998)

Director: Mike Mills

Starring: Air

French clever dickies. (75 Mins)

Akira (15) (1987)

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Starring: Animation

Post-apocalyptic Tokyo. A government group try restoring an ancient force (Akira) to save their world but it proves uncontrollable. Cinemascope version with a fascinating production report video included. The stunning vision of a dystopian, futuristic city deserves honourable comparison with Blade Runner and Metropolis. (310 Mins)

Aladdin (U) (1992)

Director: Rob Clements

Starring: Robin Williams (voice)

Disney were at the height of their powers when they created this wonderful adaptation of the classic Arabian tale. Robin Williams provides his trademark schizophrenic comedy as the voice of the Blue Genie while the great animation and a surprisingly witty script make this a film ideal for both children and adults. (87 Mins)

Alfie (15) (1965)

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Starring: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Eleanor Bron, Jane Asher

The story of a Cockney lothario with no conscience and proud of his numerous conquests. Suddenly, faced with a serious illness, he finds the magic of his life has gone and he becomes a lonely, rather sad figure. Includes the cinema trailer. (109 Mins)

All Quiet On The Western Front (PG) (1979)

Director: Delbert Mann

Starring: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm

Based on Erich Remarques pacifist novel, this renowned, still highly impressive, moving and powerful anti-war classic depicts the horrors of World War I from the point of view, significantly, of the German soldiers. Academy Award winner, Best Film. Newly restored version. (123 Mins)

All That Mighty Heart (UC) (1962)

Director: British Transport Films

Starring: Documentary

In 1962 British Transport Films released All That Mighty Heart, a day in the life of London and London Transport. It follows the course of the day by reference to radio and televison programmes of the time. This colour film was originally started in 1953 as BTF production no 121 with a working title Operating London. For some unkown reason the project was abandoned. Some shots found their way into All That Mighty Heart, the rest were discarded. Now, over fifty years later some of the material salvaged from the cutting room floor has been complied for this DVD. It features buses at Fords works, STLs on route 101, Trolleybuses in Woolwich, at Hampton Court and in the Commercial Road, trams in South East London ( originally shot in 1952), Golders Green signal box, standard and 38 tube stock, and many central London scenes. Also shot in 1953 is Children's Coronation the story of how London Transport ferried school children from all over London to the big event of the year. Contains an audio extra. Elgar - Cockaigne Overtureplayed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eduard van Beinum. Recorded in the Kingsway Hall, London in 1949. Black and white and colour. 66 mins. (58 Mins)

Almost Famous (15) (2000)

Director: Cameron Crowe

Starring: Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson

Affectionate, accurate look at 70s rock scene. (118 Mins)

Amadeus (PG) (1984)

Director: Milos Forman

Starring: F Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow

Wonderful portrayal of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart scripted by Peter Schaffer. He was coarse, bawdy, drunk, screeched like a child and was also one of the greatest composers who ever lived. (153 Mins)

Amelie (15) (2001)

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Dominique Pinon

Innocent young Amelie discovers that her true vocation in life is to right wrongs and to help others find love and happiness. However, something is missing from her own heart, and when a mysterious photo album land at her feet, it sets her on a delightfully twisted path through Parisian streets to meet its handsome, mysterious owner and her own destiny. "Watching this movie is like being frogmarched into Maxim's in Paris and forced to eat up the entire sweet trolley in 60 seconds, while Maurice Chevalier stands behind you, singing a 78rpm version of: "Zank Evans feur leedle gairrls, ceurz leedle gairrls gait beegaire ev-reh deh." - Peter Bradshaw.

"Delightfully quaint and sweet, Amelie is the titular character who finds her course in life pretty uneventful, that is until she finds a tin box belonging to someone and becomes intent on returning it to its rightful owner. This occurrence sets of a chain of events that set her along a path of securing many peoples happiness. When Amelie herself, falls in love, she goes tête á tête with her feelings to win the man of her dreams and live a life that is full of romance. A beautifully subtitled French film, Amelie is a full 116 minutes worth watching." Meggan Edmeades Clinch (116 Mins)

American Graffiti (PG) (1973)

Director: George Lucas

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ronny Howard, Paul Le Mat

A Californian night in 1962 finds four young men leaving high school and beginning to party. A love letter from Lucas to the vanished world of his youth. Ron Howard is the nominal hero, though Ford scores in the showy role that was to lead ultimately to Star Wars, but this is really an ensemble piece; young love, the future, and a realisation that something a little wonderful is disappearing, all flow seamlessly to the accompaniment of a great, rock and roll soundtrack. And if its all a little idealistic, why not? (108 Mins)

American Splendour (15) (2003)

Director: Shari Springer Berman / Robert Pulcini

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar

Part documentary and part drama, American Splendor by Shari Berman and Robert Pulcini chronicles the life of underground comic-strip writer Harvey Pekar, brilliantly played by Paul Giamatti. (90 Mins)

Amores Perros (18) (2000)

Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu

Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo, Emilio Echevarria

Voted best film by the critics at Cannes 2000. Amores Perros explodes onto the screen with a bone-crunching car crash. The lives of its three victims are then imaginatively interwoven in this visceral eulogy to life and loss on Mexico's mean streets. (147 Mins)

An American Werewolf in London (18) (1981)

Director: John Landis

Starring: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffen Dunne

Best known for ground breaking transformation scenes. Mixes comedy with early eighties ultra violence, and interesting cross atlantic social observations. One of the great early VHS rental industry builders. (93 Mins)

An Inconvenient Truth (UC) (2006)

Director: Davis Guggenheim

Starring: Al Gore

An astonishingly compelling and gripping film that follows Al Gore's campaign to make people aware of the dangers of global warming. An optimistic film that shows that humanity has the power to quell the potential diaster, An Inconvenient Truth is one of the best documentaries of the year. (100 Mins)

Angel Heart (18) (1987)

Director: Alan Parker

Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro

An adaptation of William Hjortsbergs Faustian detective novel Falling Angel with Rourke as private eye Harry Angel, hired by mysterious, menacing client Louis Cyphre (De Niro) to track down a missing singer who dabbled in the occult. But the leads in the case keep ending up dead in a series of nasty, ritualistic murders. Parker slaps on the ominous imagery, a potent combination of film noir darkness with supernatural undertones in this visually powerful and unsettling thriller (108 Mins)

Angel-A (12) (2005)

Director: Luc Besson

Starring: Jamel Debbouza, Rie Rasmussen

Swindler Andre is looking to end it all by jumping off a bridge. Before he does so he sees a girl about to do the same thing. She jumps, he jumps after her and saves her from drowning. As a way of showing her thanks, she offers to do anything he wants while constantly remaining at his side. A romantic comedy with strikingly atmospheric black & white-photography. (85 Mins)

Animatrix (15) (2003)

Director: Various

Starring: Animation

9 short films exploring the world of The Matrix. A fusion of CG-animation and Japanese anime from some of the best directors working in the field. Features Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance Parts 1 & 2, Kids Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story, Matriculated (89 Mins)

Apocalypse Now (Redux) (18) (2000)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Starring: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper,

Sheen hunts down a renegade Colonel in Coppola's legendary drug-soaked, hallucinatory journey upriver. This is the Vietnam war as mad napalm-scented Wagnerian opera. From its eight nominations the film won Oscars for Best Sound and for Vittorio Storaro's majestic cinematography. Delirious, explosive, brilliant - an unforgettable 70s monster. (202 Mins)

Apocalypto (18) (2006)

Director: Mel Gibson

Starring: Dalia Hernandez, Marya Serbulo, Raoul Trujillo

Mel Gibson tackles the downfall of Mayan civilization in his latest turn as writer/director. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) and his fellow villagers lead a peaceful life in the forest until a savage, unprovoked attack turns their world upside down. After hiding his pregnant wife and young son from the invaders, Jaguar Paw joins in the fight, only to be taken prisoner with the rest of the survivors. Uncertain of what the future holds and taken from his home to a thriving metropolis that might as well be a foreign country, Jaguar Paw has just one goal - to return to his wife and child. Jaguar Paw's journey is a coming-of-age saga running the gamut of love, loss, courage, and redemption. (132 Mins)

Aristocrats, The (18) (2005)

Director: Paul Provenza

Starring: Billy Connolly, Eric Idle, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Izzard

One hundred comedians tell the same dirty joke, 'The Aristocrats', which for may years has served as the bare bones for improv routines that go way beyond the boundaries of such things as taste. Comedians attempt to outdo each other in just how far they will go with the material, reinterpreting it according to their own style and whim. (92 Mins)

Assassination Of Richard Nixon, The (15) (2004)

Director: Niels Mueller

Starring: Jack Thompson, Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Naomi Watts

A drama exposing the dark side of the American Dream, this is based on the tragic true story of Sam Bicke, a disillusioned everyman who, in 1974, was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th president of the United States. In a society worn down by political corruption and the Vietnam War, Sam sees Nixon - "the greatest salesman of them all" as the person responsible for his, and America's problems. (92 Mins)

At The Circus (U) (1939)

Director: Edward Buzzell

Starring: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Kenny Baker, Florence Baker

The 3-ring circus that is Groucho, Harpo and Chico provide big top bedlam. (83 Mins)

At the Height of Summer (PG) (2000)

Director: Tran Anh Hung

Starring: Tran Nu Yen-Khe, Nguyen Nhu Quynh, Le Khanh

This is a sensual and poignant drama from Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hung, the director of ‘Cyclo’ and ‘The Scent of Green Papya’. On the anniversary of their mother’s death, three sisters Liên, Hai & Khanh meet up to honour her memory; intensely close, they seemingly share everything and seek one another’s advice on every subject - and yet, each of them has a secret. One month later, following a turbulent period of temptations, disappointments, suspicions, separations and misunderstandings, each of them has revealed what the tact and discretion of familial relationships has always kept hidden. Exquisitely acted and gorgeously photographed by Mark Lee, who shot ‘In the Mood for Love’, The stunning visuals are perfectly complemented by an eclectic soundtrack including tracks by Lou reed, the Velvet Underground and Arab Strap. (112 Mins)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (U) (2001)

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Starring: Michael J. Fox, James Garner

The Disney Studio was built on innovation in animation, so it seems ironic that Atlantis is both a bold departure and highly derivative, borrowing heavily from anime, video games and graphic novels. Instead of songs and fuzzy little animals, the artists offer an action-adventure set in 1914: nerdy linguist Milo Thatch (Michael J Fox) believes hes found the location of the legendary Lost Continent. (92 Mins)

Audition (18) (2001)

Director: Mike Takashi

Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Kuremura

Film director and widower Aoyama feels lonely and in need of love. To find the ideal woman, he holds an audition and chooses the attractive but enigmatic Asami. While he is looking for romance, she has rather different plans for the relationship. A disturbing film that will leave you reeling. (111 Mins)

Autofocus (18) (2002)

Director: Paul Schrader

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe

Auto Focus" is a biopic/drama which explores the career and life of Bob Crane, sexaholic and star of the late 60s sitcom "Hogans Heros". A highly sanitized drama with a la-de-da milieu and the look and feel of a sitcom, "Auto Focus" deals only superficially with the neurotic protags preoccupation with sex while failing to dig deep into his aberrant psychodynamics and the seedy subculture he inhabited by night. A solid production in all respects, "Auto Focus" will most likely be of interest to those who remember Crane while younger viewers may find the film somewhat unsatisfying. (B-) (101 Mins)

Avalon (12) (2001)

Director: Oshii Mamoru

Starring: Malgorzata Foremniak, Bartek Swinderski

Young people are increasingly addicted to an illegal virtual reality game called Avalon. Ash, a star player of the game, learns of a rumoured advanced level of the game and puts her life at risk in order to find the gateway there and experience it. (166 Mins)

Babe, Pig in the City (U) (1998)

Director: George Miller

Starring: Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary SteinF

Surreal, multi faceted, family film. Allegories abound in this testament to "human" nature. (92 Mins)

Babel (15) (2006)

Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu

Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett

An intelligent, impressive work directed with ambition and sensitivity, Babel is undoubtedly one of the best films of last year. Other far-reaching dramas that tackle big themes often seem portentous and self-important, yet Babel aims for a trenchant study of humanity’s failure to communicate and hits its target. (138 Mins)

Back To The Future Trilogy (PG) (1985)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Michael J. Fox

The hugely entertaining Back to The Future Trilogy is a ground-breaking mix of slapstick, nostalgia and sheer directorial bravura. The deceptively complex plot involves Michael J Fox hurtling backwards and forwards in time to fix the problems he has un-knowingly caused. With Spielberg involved it couldnt fail, and it subsequently joins Star Wars and Indiana Jones as one of the great blockbuster trilogies. (328 Mins)

Bad Education (15) (2003)

Director: Pedro Almodovar

Starring: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Fele Martinez, Gael Garcia Bernal

This semi-autobiographical offering from Almodovar tells the story of aspiring film-maker Fele Martínez, who gets involved with a childhood love who is not all he appears to be. Also serving as a tribute to the classic Hollywood melodrama, Bad Education is awash with film references. (101 Mins)

Bad Santa (15) (2003)

Director: Terry Zwigoff

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Lauren Graham

Billy Bob Thornton is terrific as a lowlife department store Santa in Terry Zwigoff's outrageous black-comedic follow-up to his offbeat hit 'Ghost World'. Every year, Stokes takes a job as Santa in a different place in order to rob the store he's working in. Lewd, crude and very funny, and most definitely not for children! (95 Mins)

Bagdad Cafe (12) (1988)

Director: Percy Adlon

Starring: Jack Palance, Marianne Sagebrecht, Monica Calhoun, C C H Pounder

An overweight German tourist staggers out of the Arizona desert. Reaching the Bagdad Café, she is transformed when she meets a black truckstop owner and a crazy artist. With a poignant sense of place, rich colours, and nicely developed characterizations, Bagdad Café turns raw experience into rich fantasy. (87 Mins)

Baise Moi (18) (2000)

Director: Coralie Trinh Thi / Virginie Despentes

Starring: Raffaela Anderson, Karen Lancaume

This is edgy, daring, sexually explicit and controversial cinema. Two women exact an uncompromising assault on their position in society and become the sexual aggressors with guns. Porn stars in leading roles, graphic violence and real sex. Extreme in every sense. (74 Mins)

Bangkok Dangerous (18) (2002)

Director: Oxide Pang

Starring: Pavarit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee RatanasophaF

Kong is an cold-hearted assassin whos been deaf and mute since childhood. His silence has helped him accept his assignments without any remorse or guilt. However, when he meets and befriends the beautiful Fon, he experiences humanity, warmth and tenderness for the first time. Stylish, inspired direction coupled with a compelling story knocks this above most in its genre. (102 Mins)

Baraka (PG) (1992)

Director: Ron Frick

Starring: The World We Live In

An award-winning film which tells of the tumultuous interaction of earth and man. Filmed in 24 countries including Tanzania, China, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait, Cambodia, Iran and Nepal. No dialogue. Visuals plus stimulating music. Widescreen. Includes a "Making Of" featurette, crew interviews, "Behind the Scenes" clips & the original theatrical trailer (92 Mins)

Barbarella (15) (1968)

Director: Roger Vadim

Starring: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings

Based on a comic strip character, the story involves a beautiful space age heroine who vanquishes robots and monsters on the planet Lythion.... (94 Mins)

Barbarian Invasions, The (18) (2003)

Director: Denys Arcand

Starring: Remy Girard, Dorothee Berryman, Stephane Rousseau

An engaging and humane exploration of personal, political and sexual mores, Arcands Oscar-winning comedy drama features many of the same characters from his earlier Decline of the American Empire. Here, Remy being diagnosed with cancer prompts reconciliations and reunions, whilst his son calls upon his fathers old friends and mistresses to make his life comfortable. (99 Mins)

Barefoot Contessa (PG) (1954)

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner

Starting with a rain-drenched funeral, this moves into flashback with the torrid and scandalous tale of a movie beauty queen told from three differing perspectives by those who knew and discovered her. Mankiewiczs customarily sharp script oozes high-voltage dialogue, whilst Jack Cardiffs superb cinematography lends visual distinction to this witty expose of Hollywood morals. (125 Mins)

Barry Lyndon (PG) (1975)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Ryan ONeal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger

A visually stunning adaptation of Thackeray. Kubricks constant theme, of the coming apart of well laid plans, and the spiralling control of obsession, are well laid out, Production design, score, photography and costumes all won Oscars, and Kubrick, whose outsider status would always deny him that award, won Bafta for Best Director. (178 Mins)

Basquiat (15) (1996)

Director: Julian Schnarbel

Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Courtney Love, David Bowie

Life story of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, written and directed by a fellow artist, featuring an outstanding supporting cast and a soundtrack that includes music from The Pogues, Iggie Pop and John Cale. (106 Mins)

Batman (15) (1989)

Director: Tim Burton

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton

The first installation of Burtons gothic take on the cartoon strip character sees Batman confront the evil Joker. (121 Mins)

Batman Begins (12) (2005)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Katie Holmes, Lucy Russell, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe

A prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series. An attitude of grave seriousness elevates Batman Begins above the more cartoon-oriented Batman movies, as Nolan crafts a dark drama that thrives on sci-fi intrigue. Bale strides into the role with grace, and while the action scenes explode with high-tech glitz and fast-moving thrills, they are evenly placed among sequences of plot and character development, making for a complex and satisfying viewing experience (135 Mins)

Battle In Heaven (18) (2005)

Director: Carlos Reygadas

Starring: Marcus Hermandez

Reygadas' controversial hit from Cannes has drawn plaudits and derision in equal measure and occasioned much debate over the sexually explicit pre-credits sequence. Using non-professional actors, Reygadas gives a poignant insight into the actions and thoughts of a kidnapper in Mexico, who tries to live with the consequences of his actions as well as his infatuation with his employer's daughter. (98 Mins)

Battle Of Algiers (15) (1966)

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Starring: Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin and the People Of Algiers.

The Asian Dub Foundation performed a live soundtrack to this film at the Dome during the '04 Brighton Festival. The parrallels between the conflicts of 50 years ago and those of today were painfully obvious and moving. Powerful, dispassionate account of the Algerian war of Independence which generated huge political and aesthetic ripples. With its gripping documentary-style realism providing a very believable immediacy, it’s a compelling indictment of colonialism. (116 Mins)

Battle Royale (18) (2001)

Director: Fukasaku Kinji

Starring: Fujiwara Tatsuya, Maeda Aki, Yamamoto Taro

Based on the cult book which became a gigantic success in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku brings a view of the future to the fore - teenage rebellion has become so crippling that the government implements some fairly radical policies to cope. (109 Mins)

Battle Royale 2: Requiem (18) (2003)

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara

Much-awaited sequel to the ballistic 2000 hit. Three years on, one of the survivors, Shuya Nanahara, has become a notorious anti-government terrorist. Leading the group Wild Seven he has declared war on the adults who enforce the BR Act (133 Mins)

Battleship Potemkin, The (PG) (1925)

Director: Sergei M Eisenstein

Starring: Alexander Antonov, Grigori Alexandrov

Voted the greatest film of all time by an international panel of critics, this fictionalised account of one of the most tragic events of the 1905 Russian Revolution contains the single most celebrated sequence in film history - the massacre on the Odessa steps. In the age of MTV, its hard to imagine the impact of the cutting in this account of a sailors mutiny during the Revolution of 1905. Atomised consumers of anything which catches our eye, to the original audiences, it must have seemed like witnessing the birth pangs of cinema itself. (74 Mins)

Beast, The (La Bete) (18) (1975)

Director: Walerian Borowczyk

Starring: Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Pierre Benedetti

Controversial, shocking and frequently very funny, this is also filmed with Borowczyks painterly eye to the fore. An American heiress discovers the hidden history of the family she is marrying into on the eve of her wedding. The graphic scenes of the beasts couplings with its human prey are blatantly allegorical - emphasising the similarities between human sexuality and animalistic behaviour but proved too much for the arbiters of taste and decency, with the complete film only surfacing after a hiatus of 25 years. Although the numerous sequences of the beast chasing corseted ladies through the undergrowth invoke the spirit of Benny Hill rather than any more profound social commentary, this still remains one of the most bizarre filmic experiences that you could ever imagine. By thoroughly entertaining the cineaste it fully justifies its unique position within the pantheon of perverse arthouse cinema in which it resides. Approach with caution but enjoy with abandon!! (94 Mins)

Beat That My Heart Skipped, The (15) (2005)

Director: Jacques Audiard

Starring: Romain Duris

Audiard's remake of James Toback's classic 1978 film, Fingers, presents a memorable character study about a young man torn between a life of crime and classical music. 28 year-old Tom seems destined to follow in his father's footsteps as a Parisian property shark. However, a chance encounter with his late mother's music agent rekindles a desire for a musical career and hope for a better life. (102 Mins)

Beautiful Thing (15) (1996)

Director: Hettie MacDonald

Starring: Glen Berry, Linda Henry

A touching portrait of blossoming love between two teenage boys during a long hot summer on a housing estate in South London. Acclaimed for its sincerity and non-exploitative stance towards a controversial subject. (85 Mins)

Beetlejuice (15) (1988)

Director: Tim Burton

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton

A couple of home-loving ghosts need to be rid of a group of pretentious, trendsetting humans, who have taken over their house and made living extremely difficult. They enlist the aid of a bio-exorcist in the hope that he can frighten the unwanted guests away. (92 Mins)

Before Sunrise (15) (2004)

Director: Richard Linklater

Starring: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

An entrancing watch. As in Rohmer's films, conversation is integral and essential as Hawke and Delpy reveal themselves and discover each other as they wander round Vienna. An intelligent romance built round a core of fantasy. (97 Mins)

Before Sunset (15) (2004)

Director: Richard Linklater

Starring: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

Linklater's companion piece to 'Before Sunrise' is set nine years after the first encounter. On the last stop of a book tour, Jesse sees Celine watching from the back of the room. She lives in Paris now, he lives in New York. He's flying out that evening and they utilise every moment, finding their human connection no less vital, inspiring or real than it was in nine years ago in Vienna. (77 Mins)

Behind the Sun (12) (2001)

Director: Walter Salles

Starring: Jose Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro

From the director of the highly-regarded Central Station comes a tale of honour and revenge in the sun-baked badlands of Brazil in 1910. A family blood feud gives meaning to a life of relentless toil until two travelling performers offer a chance of escape. (88 Mins)

Being John Malkovich (15) (2000)

Director: Spike Jonze

Starring: John Cusak, John Malkovich, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener

Theres a portal that goes straight into John Malkovichs head. Youre there for fifteen minutes and then youre spat out on the New Jersey turnpike. Puppeteer Craig finds the way in and manages to turn it into a money-maker. What on earth could go wrong? Truly strange and very good. (108 Mins)

Believer, The (15) (2000)

Director: Henry Bean

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Theresa Russell

A young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic worldview. Based on the true story of an American Nazi Party leader in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish. (98 Mins)

Belle Et La Bete, La (PG) (1946)

Director: Jean Cocteau

Starring: Josette Day, Jean Marais

Relentlessly romantic, beautifully mounted and flawlessly acted, his re-telling of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" is addressed to what remains of the child in all of us, but, by avoiding all sentimentality, its appeal is universal. The film for which he is probably best known (90 Mins)

Belleville-Rendezvous (PG) (2003)

Director: Sylvain Chomet

Starring: Animation

Aka Les Triplettes de Belleville. Superb, creative and original animation. The attention to detail is amazing, and there are plenty of film references to keep spotters happy. In the end though, this is in entirely its own film world and it leads you from one unexpected place to another. Youll be grinning from beginning to end. Unmissable and great fun. (78 Mins)

Bent (18) (1996)

Director: Sean Mathias

Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger

Bent is the powerful and moving film adaptation of Martin Shermans award winning stage play. For almost 20 years Bent has stunned audiences around the world. Now adapted for the big screen by the author himself, this inspiring tale of love over oppression has even greater power and poignancy. (100 Mins)

Best in Show (12) (2000)

Director: Christopher Guest

Starring: Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael

From the creators of "This is Spinal Tap" comes a mockumentary about dog owners, perhaps the most eccentric breed on the planet. Charting the fortunes of a bunch of canine-loving fruitcakes from arrival to showtime, this is a riotous send-up of the doggie community. Lynch is positively dangerous... "...a nimble, agile little film: quick-witted, intelligent, responsive to the directors whistles and beckonings." Guardian. (87 Mins)

Better Than Chocolate (15) (1999)

Director: Anne Wheeler

Starring: Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox

Maggie meets Kim, the woman of her dreams, only hours before her mother and brother pay a surprise visit! Winner of the London Lesbian and Gay Festival Audience Award 1999 (95 Mins)

Better Tomorrow, A (18) (1986)

Director: John Woo

Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break (94 Mins)

Betty Blue (18) (1986)

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix

Starring: Beatrice Dalle Jean-Hugues Anglade

Zorg is a handyman working in France, maintaining and looking after a collection of beach bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life. One day Betty walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. Bettys wild manners start to get out of control, and Zorg sees the woman he loves going slowly insane. Erotic, hypnotic and heartbreaking. And with that fantastic soundtrack.. (178 Mins)

Betty Fisher & Other Stories (15) (2001)

Director: Claude Miller

Starring: Nicole Garcia, Sandrine Kiberlain, Mathilde Seigner

Betty Fisher et autres histoires. A dark compelling thriller - an intricate tale of kidnap and fraud that interweaves the lives of its three disparate female protagonists, Clever, taut and compelling - a very French adaptation of Ruth Rendells novel The Tree of Hands. (103 Mins)

Big Blue, The (15) (1988)

Director: Luc Besson

Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno

The timeless magical mysterious sea. A place on earth as untouched as the far reaches of space. For two men, its unknown depths will become the ultimate test of their courage. "The spectacular diving scenes are mesmerising." Today (163 Mins)

Big Fish (PG) (2003)

Director: Tim Burton

Starring: Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup

After the disappointment of Planet of the Apes, Big Fish sees Burton make a triumphant return to form. Though some scenes in the film echo the gothic mood of his earlier work, The developing relationship between son and father is beautifully depicted, and it is undoubtedly Burton’s most moving film to date. (120 Mins)

Big Sleep, The (PG) (1946)

Director: Howard Hawks

Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone, Charles Waldron

Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired to investigate an extortion mystery, affecting wealthy General Sternwood and his two daughters. Brilliant essential 40s Noir: an unmissable chance to wallow in the Bogie - Bacall magic, the electric (Raymond Chandler and William Faulkner!) dialogue, fizzing sexual chemistry, labyrinthine plot and marvellous direction. Hawkss greatest film. (110 Mins)

Big Store, The (U) (1941)

Director: Charles Reisner

Starring: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont.

The brothers go east in The Big Store, becoming detectives-cum-bodyguards for a department store. (80 Mins)

Big Wednesday (PG) (1978)

Director: John Milius

Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, Gary Busey, William Katt

The mother of all surfing movies. Three old surfing friends of the 1960s reunite after the Vietnam War to face the challenge of the giant ocean swell for one last time. (115 Mins)

Biggie & Tupac (15) (2002)

Director: Nick Broomfield

Starring: Nick Broomfield, Voletta Wallace

Documentary on the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls and the East Coast/West Coast, hip-hop/rap rivalry that culminated in late 1996 and early 1997 (107 Mins)

Bill And Teds Excellent Adventure (PG) (1989)

Director: Stephen Hereck

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter wont graduate if they don,t do well in their history presentation. This would both be bogus and uncool ! Time travelling,back- to- the -futurish, generally excellent cultish kids film. (87 Mins)

Billabong Odyssey (PG) (2003)

Director: Philip Boston

Starring: Mike Parsons etc

Following a three-year quest for the worlds biggest waves, this documentary features quite astonishing footage of big wave surfing with the worlds best surfers, at the same time delving into just why they do it and how they overcome the deaths of fellow surfers. Triumph comes when star surfer Mike Parsons comes back from nearly drowning to surf a giant 70ft wave (88 Mins)

Birdman Of Alcatraz (PG) (1962)

Director: John Frankenheimer

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden

Moving study of long term imprisonment (147 Mins)

Birds, The (15) (1963)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Starring: Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor

The Birds Is Coming! screeched the advance posters ungrammatically for one of Hitchcocks most complex, richly rewarding works. Technically a tour de force requiring some 370 trick shots and Bernard Herrmanns unique sound design (there is no music score), the deliberately slow pace of the opening scenes in the sleepy town of Bodega Bay thrillingly gives way to natures attack on mankind in a series of brilliantly conceived and executed set pieces. The underlying theme of the breakdown in human communications is superbly visualised throughout. (115 Mins)

Black Book (15) (2006)

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Starring: Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven made his career combining art house sensibility and Old World perversion with all the colour and excess of the Hollywood blockbuster. After a string of B-movie misses, WWII Dutch resistance thriller Black Book is a barnstorming return to form. Reunited with scriptwriter Gerard Soeteman, with whom he made Turkish Delight, Spetters and The Fourth Man, Verhoeven is back in his element. At home in his native Holland, freed from Hollywood sensibilities, he is free to cut loose and have fun. The result is a triumph: a mix of rip-roaring action and intrigue, dastardly villains, gorgeous dames, desperate rescues, savage murders, betrayal, lust, lasciviousness and greed. (145 Mins)

Blade II (18) (2002)

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Starring: Wesley Snipes

Aptly described by critic Roger Ebert as "a vomitorium of viscera", Blade II takes the express route to sequel success. (117 Mins)

Blade Runner (15) (1982)

Director: Ridley Scott

Starring: Rutger Hauer, Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah

One of those films that reshapes more than genre, altering film culture forever. Also a work of towering imagination and extraordinary beauty. Its terrifying central thesis is that although the defining characteristic of humanity is empathy, the future will be so soulless that only machines can experience genuine feelings. On another level, a hell of a return to form for the film noir thriller. So good for so many reasons (112 Mins)

Blair Witch 2 - Book of Shadows (15) (2000)

Director: Joe Berlinger

Starring: Jeffrey Donovan, Kim Director.

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