Bruce Beresford
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
An award-winning Australian drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.....
2) Don's Party
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Language
English
Description
When you mix a left-wing teacher, a loud-mouthed sex maniac, a mild-mannered accountant, a failed philosopher, a promiscuous 19-year-old, a frustrated wife, a drunken pornographer, a sexy temperamental artist and an arrogant dentist with a lot of booze...anything can happen! Adapted by David Williamson from his own hit stage play and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Bruce Beresford (*Breaker Morant, The Club*). Nominated for a Golden Bear at the **Berlin...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Language
English
Description
South Africa, 1901. The British war against the Boers has deteriorated into bitter guerilla warfare. A unit of the Bushveldt Carbineers, made up mainly of Australians, is ordered by the British High Command to the fight the Boer on it's terms and take no prisoners, an order which will prove fatal to a man they call "The Breaker" - Lieutenant Harry Morant.
4) Black Robe
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed BLACK ROBE by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
5) The Club
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Language
English
Description
It's tough enough on the Australian Rules Football field, but in the boardroom it's a battle ground! In this club nobody plays by the rules. Outside the fans are cheering the high marks and the low tackles as their team battles towards the premiership. Inside, the executives are wheeling and dealing, back slapping and back stabbing. The club buys a talented young player, Geoff, for a record sum of money and, not surprisingly, the team members do not...
6) Mr. Church
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
When a little girl and her dying mother retain the services of a talented cook, what begins as a six-month arrangement spans fifteen years, and creates a family bond that lasts forever.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Puberty Blues traces the lives of two adolescent females who have spent the first part of their lives in a group by themselves, while desperately trying to break into the "in" crowd who dominate the Greenhill beach. Once they are accepted into the group, they realise that the group's laid-back, ultra-cool facade is just that: a glossy cover-up. The main protagonist, Debbie (Nell Schofield) and her life-long companion Sue (Jad Capelja) fall into all...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
"A ghastly, vulgar film" - George Hannan, Liberal Senator for Victoria 1970-74. Reviled by the critics! Adored by fair-dinkum Aussies!In this fan-bloody-tastic classic, Australia's favourite wild colonial boy, Barry McKenzie, journeys to the old country accompanied by his Aunt Edna Everage to take a Captain Cook and further his cultural and intellectual education. Faster than a rat up a drainpipe, Bazza heads for Earls Court to catch up with a...
Publisher
HBO Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of how Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa allowed a Hollywood crew to film him in battle, altering the course of film and military history in the process. Early movie giants D.W. Griffin and Harry Aiken send Frank Thayer to Mexico to persuade the cash-strapped, publicity-hungry Villa to let them film his revolution. Stepping into the literal cross fire, Thayer's crew risk their lives in the mingling of fiction and reality. The two make...
10) Aria
Publisher
The Orchard
Language
Italiano
Description
Ten of the world's greatest directors (including Derek Jarman, Jean-Luc Godard, Ken Russell, and Robert Altman) were commissioned to create short pieces based on the world's greatest opera music. The result is erotic, demented, funny, poignant, extravagant, outrageous, breathtaking and totally unique.
11) Double jeopardy
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Libby Parsons discovers that the husband she was convicted of murdering staged his own death and framed her for the crime.
12) Roots
Language
English
Formats
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haley₂s best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
13) Evelyn
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Edition
Special ed.; widescreen version (2.35:1)
Language
English
Description
In 1953, Desmond Doyle takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children. Despite a strong work ethic, Desmond has a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife walks out on the relationship and his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law. A court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate Catholic orphanages until Desmond can prove he's capable of properly...
14) Her alibi
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
Philip Blackwood, a mystery novelist, seeks inspiration for his writing by visiting a courtroom where he becomes involved with a beautiful Romanian arraigned for murder.
15) Evelyn
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Edition
Special edition; widescreen version (2.35:first).
Language
English
Description
In 1953, Desmond Doyle takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children. Despite a strong work ethic, Desmond has a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife walks out on the relationship and his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law. A court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate Catholic orphanages until Desmond can prove he's capable of properly...
16) Roots
Publisher
A&E Television Networks, LLC
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
17) The contract
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire lead by the mysterious Frank Cardin.
18) The contract
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire lead by the mysterious Frank Cardin.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Special edition; Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
20) Tender mercies
Publisher
Lions Gate Films, Inc
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic drifter comes into the life of a lonely widow and her young son in the barren flatlands of Texas. But when Mac is revealed to be a once-famous country singer, he must confront a painful past that includes his bitter superstar ex-wife.