Morvern Callar

$19.95 | minutes

The role of the aimless young rebel hiding behind an emotional wall and steely eyes has been monopolized by men in the movies since James Dean. Samantha Morton, one of her generation's most gifted actors, makes the most of her opportunity to embody such a figure in her role as the title character of MORVERN CALLAR. Momentarily frozen&hellip&hellip…

All or Nothing

$11.95 | 128 minutes

Following 1999's Oscar-nominated period piece TOPSY-TURVY, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the familiar terrain of modern, working-class London with ALL OR NOTHING. Yet another bittersweet slice-of-life drama conceived in Leigh's now legendary improvisational style, ALL OR NOTHING follows a group of dysfunctional families living&hellip…

Liam

$10.95 | 91 minutes

Originally produced for the B.B.C., director Stephen Frears masterfully crafts this poignant portrait of one family's attempt to stay afloat in impoverished 1930s England. The political, religious, and economic strife of pre-Word War II Liverpool is seen through the eyes of Liam (Anthony Burrows), a seven-year-old living with Dad (Ian&hellip&hellip…

The War Zone

$15.95 | 99 minutes

Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara&hellip&hellip…

Janice Beard 45 WPM

$10.95 | 78 minutes

When Janice Beard (Eileen Walsh) was born, her father died of a heart attack during the birth, causing her mother to fall into a 23-year depression. After graduating school, inexperienced young Janice jumps into the work force, determined to earn enough money for her mother's treatment. She takes a job as a secretary for a London automobile&hellip&hellip…

Orphans

$7.95 | 98 minutes

When Glasgow matriarch Mrs. Flynn passes away, her four adult children--Thomas, Michael, Sheila and John--gather at her home to mourn. Having prepared for the funeral in the morning, the four go to the pub for a drink. When Thomas, the eldest, performs his mother's favorite song karaoke-style and suddenly breaks down crying, Duncan, a&hellip&hellip…

The Red Shoes

$34.95 | 134 minutes

Powell and Pressburger, who called their unique creative partnership The Archers, were no strangers to controversy. Each film they made together aimed it's barb at complacency and tackled a new creative challenge. They intended for this story, of a ballerina's life backstage, to turn into a manifesto for the claims of art over mundane&hellip&hellip…

Mona Lisa

$34.95 | 104 minutes

Ex-con George, expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences (he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and unsophisticated bigot; she's a beautiful, elegant, and intelligent black woman), George falls in love with&hellip&hellip…

The Company of Wolves

$21.95 | 92 minutes

The second directorial effort from Irish director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME), THE COMPANY OF WOLVES is a psychologically themed retelling of Little Red Riding Hood from a Freudian and slightly feminist angle. Angela Lansbury is Grandma, who tells her granddaughter strange stories of handsome yet heavily eyebrowed strange men, spouses&hellip&hellip…

Robinson in Space

$23.95 | 78 minutes

A unique, unusual travel guide, ROBINSON IN SPACE sees filmmaker Patrick Keiller taking viewers on a remarkable trip around England. Mixing up footage of historic sites with offbeat glimpses of more commonly found objects such as industrial landscapes and shopping malls, Keiller aims to show the breadth of diversity present in English&hellip&hellip…

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Sister My Sister

$10.95 | 85 minutes

Audience Award

This title is on moratorium and currently unavailable. An eerie psychological drama based on the true story of two sisters, Christine and Lea, who were maids in a provincial French town in 1932 and gained fame when they brutally murdered their cruel employers. Christine and Lea live and work in the house of&hellip…