Filmed in Wales, the wonderful Submarine takes the familiar coming-of-age story and makes it original, funny, unpredictable and wholly satisfying. The…
Sympathy for Delicious (2010)
Mark Ruffalo’s directorial feature debut coupled with Christopher Thornton’s wholly original script and lead performance add up to a great piece…
Cell 211 (2009)
Winner of eight Goya Awards, Cell 211 is a thrilling, high-tension drama revolving around a prison, its inmates and guards,…
The Great Escape (1963)
This legendary WWII drama about an attempted escape from a German POW camp is Hollywood entertainment at its best. Epic,…
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Woody Allen’s romantic comedy is a charming love letter to the City of Light and also a treatise on the power of…
Frozen River (2008)
This impressive low-budget crime drama is set in and around the socially deprived Mohawk reservation which stretches between upstate New York…
101 Reykjavík (2000)
Baltasar Kormákur’s debut feature, based on Hallgrímur Helgason’s novel, is an Icelandic comedy about a slacker called Hlynur who lives with his…
Halloween (1978)
This modern horror classic succeeds where many in the genre don’t because director John Carpenter’s simple approach gives Halloween a…
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Set during the American Civil War, Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western is a masterpiece of entertainment. The film’s scope is huge with…
Rango (2011)
Trippy mysticism? Existential self-reflection? This comedy-western animation has it all. Johnny Depp provides the voice for a lizard who takes on…
Antichrist (2009)
Lars von Trier’s multifaceted Antichrist is a breathtaking work of art with outstanding performances by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe. It is…
Thesis (1996)
Alejandro Amenábar’s superb debut is a Spanish psychological thriller about a university student working on a thesis about violence in the media. As she…
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