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A rebellious teenager at a catholic school becomes a heroin addict,prostitute and thief. Finally a stint in Riker's Juvenile Reformatory andhis written account of a life spinning out of control...

Forgive me father, for I am 14.In mid-1970s Savannah two bright but rebellious boys fight boredom,hormones and harsh teachers as they struggle to find something meaningfulbeyond the walls of...

In this subtly played and sexy comedy with a warm heart, a businessman finds himself falling in love with a male prostitute he has hired for $200.

When Shane (Ryan Phillippe) joins the queue for New York City's premier nightspot, the legendary Studio 54, little does he realise that he'll be plucked from the crowd by outrageous owner Steve...

David Cronenberg's adaptation of the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke shows that Smalltown USA has plenty of shocks hidden under it's surface.

This adaptation of Michael Cunningham's novel, 'A Home At The End Of The World', was scripted by the man himself, and directed by first-timer Michael Mayer. Bobby and Jonathan have been...

When The Corellis and the Brenners come together for the joyous occasion of their children's wedding, events get off to a shaky start with the aging Bishop struggling to remember the order of...

An intense, naturalistic portrait of a changing friendship between two teenage girls, set in New York's gritty Hell's Kitchen. The symbiotic, loving relationship between riot-grrrl teens Ellen...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) is a child prodigy who, having been given every opportunity by his father, becomes the greatest musician and composer ever known. Antonio Salieri (F. Murray...

'American History X' unfolds through the eyes of Danny (Edward Furlong), whose older brother Derek (Edward Norton) is seeking retribution for their father's murder. Full of anger, Derek becomes...

Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-six and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to compliment the one he was born...

The adaptation of Randy Shilts's chronicle detailing the emergence of AIDS in America and the fight against bureaucracy and society for a cure is a taut, outrageous, and affecting true-life...

In this gritty prison drama, Edward Furlong plays Ron Decker, a handsome, athletic 25-year-old and the product of a comfortable Beverly Hills upbringing. He has been sentenced to spend at least...

Based on a short story by Stephen King. A schoolboy discovers a Nazi war criminal is living in his neighbourhood and decides to blackmail him. He says he won't tell a soul he's there, if the war...

Max Minghella stars as Jerome Platz, a full-lipped, charcoal-eyed freshman who dreams of making it big in the art world. Jerome takes classes at the Strathmore Institute from Professor Sandiford ...

In 1981, Jean-Michel Basquiat became the darling of New York's art critics. This film gives a dramatised account of his life of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll which lead to his demise. Features...

An entrancing watch: When a young American (Ethan Hawke) travelling through Europe by train meets a beautiful French student (Julie Delpy), he convinces her to spend the day with him in Vienna so...

What if you had a second chance with the one that got away? Nine years ago, director Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise, introduced American twentysomething Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and French...

While between jobs, master puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) takes a job as a filing clerk in an office building in New York City. One day, he discovers a strange door behind a filing...

Big Eden is a tiny town tucked away in the timberland of north-western Montana. Though it's been years, Henry Hart returns to Big Eden from New York to care for the ailing grandfather who raised...

In this charming independent American flick, a former scream queen decides a confused Indian tourguide would make the ideal birthday present for her gay son.

A juicy, style-driven film noir in the recent, wised-up tradition of The Last Seduction, this gaudy debut by former scriptwriting team, brothers Larry and Andy Wachowski, makes bad-girl icons of...

In Falls City, Nebraska, Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) was a newcomer with a future, who had the small, rural community enchanted. Women adored him and almost everyone who met this charismatic...

Bill Murray stars in the comedic story of an aging Don Juan who visits four former lovers after receiving a letter telling him he may be a father.

Bully, based on a true story, sees Larry Clark return to the violent and disturbing underworld previously documented in his controversial and provocative 1995 debut KIDS. A couple of good...

Hailed as the most shocking adult movie ever made, this $25 million orgy of sexual excesses - with a superstar cast - will take you beyond your wildest dreams into a realm where one has absolute...

A mixed-up bunch of very talented kids live, love, sing and dance their way through an hilarious summer at Camp Ovation.

Nominated for 5 Oscars and winner of the Best Actor gong (Philip Seymour Hoffman), this is the much-celebrated drama recounting the events surrounding Capote's most famous literary work, 'In Cold...

As William Randolph Hearst and his lover, actress Marion Davies, set sail from San Pedro Harbour early one Saturday morning, hosting a small group that includes the brilliant but self-absorbed...

Lee Simon (Kenneth Branagh) is a journalist roaming from one celebrity encounter to the next, all the while trying to pitch his screenplay and come to terms with his recent divorce from his wife,...

Lisa and Reena are young, happy and in love. But when Reena agrees to become a surrogate mother for her childless sister, the cultural divide between Reena's Indian family and their lesbian...

A sultry, hyper-kinetic drama set in the sex'n'pecs, music-and-steroids world of the circuit party scene, where drugs flow and inhibitions fall away on the sweaty dance floor. John is a closeted...

When pop novelist Claire and lesbian sexual therapist Noel become roommates during a retreat for women writers, they make a poorly-matched pair. Sparks fly as the two first clash, then reconcile,...

Jim Jarmusch has consistently wowed audiences with his truly distinctive cinematic vision. Shot over the course of a 17-year-period, 'Coffee And Cigarettes' proves once again that Jarmusch is a...

Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad lad who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, of which the...

One of the best indie - horror - thriller films we have seen. After stealing a huge stash of drugs, speed freaks Hector (Brad Hunt) and Darena (Cyria Batten) plan to cook up an enormous batch of...

Bernie Lootz (William H Macy) is an unlucky guy. Everything he touches turns bad. However, his ill fortune is actually the one thing he depends on to do his job to the best of his abilities;...

He's a doll. He's a dreamboat. He's a delinquent. Eisenhower is President. Rock n' Roll is king. And Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the baddest hood in his high school. Johnny Depp heads up a...

The most unusual and enchanting musical in years, this cinematic ode to legendary composer Cole Porter is at once buoyantly fun and heartbreakingly beautiful. Kevin Kline is perfect as the...

Griff is just one of the boys, lives in the frat house, shares a dorm with the guys, likes to hang and play sports. But he's got a great big secret – Pete! Pete is out and wants Griff to be...

Includes: - Breakfast With Gus (lesbian life from a pussy's perspective); - Travelling Companion (who would you take with you to Italy?); - Peppermills (film noir with plenty of black pepper); -...

Living under three months' house arrest, Kale Brecht (Shia Lebeouf) passes his days spying on the neighbours. It's all fun and games until things take a horrifying turn for the worse. Kale is...

From director Damien Dietz (Beverly Kills), the season's most highly anticipated, heartfelt drama turns its lens on a Marine's journey to self discovery, while unveiling his father's past. ...

October 1988 and small town USA is about to witness the end of the world. It's home to Donnie Darko, a brilliant but troubled teenager, plagued by terrifying visions of which he alone holds the...

October 1988 and small town USA is about to witness the end of the world. It's home to Donnie Darko, a brilliant but troubled teenager, plagued by terrifying visions of which he alone holds the...

Adapted from John Irving's best-selling novel, 'A Widow For One Year', The Door In The Floor explores the complexities of love in a privileged society. Set in the beach community of East Hampton,...

The Dying Gaul shows the seamier side of Hollywood. Robert is an impoverished gay screenwriter who is glad to be taken under the wing of big shot film executive Jeffrey and his wife Elaine....

Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some dope in Southern California, stash their money away in their gas-tank and set off for a trip across America, on their own personal odyssey...

This screwball comedy recalls the days of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn (who may be turning over in their respective graves with that comparison) as a hunky straight guy pretends he's gay to...

Boasting a cast of hunks and a witty script from Q. Allan Brocka (Eating Out and Boy Culture) and Phillip J. Bartell, Eating Out 2 is packed with more sexy, irreverent fun for all you guys who...

The stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D Wood Jr, the undisputed 'worst movie maker of all time'.

Set in 1984 in Sandusky, Ohio, "Edge of Seventeen" follows the coming-out of a naive 17-year-old teenager at exactly the moment when gender-bending pop stars like Boy George and Annie Lennox of...

We can't recommend this dark, hilarious film enough: An amazing pre-Legally Blonde Reese Witherspoon is outstanding as Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter determined to be president of Carver...

"We latch onto a cross-section of kids, from playground demi-gods to a quietly nerdy girl, and have time to get a sense of who they are on the point of becoming before the killers (Alex Frost,...

A psychological thriller, a coming-of-age drama and a love story all at once, Ethan Mao tells the suspenseful story of an eighteen-year-old boy reaching the point of no return.

Adapted from Tom Robbins' magical and much loved novel by Gus Van Sant ("My Own Private Idaho", "To Die For"), "Even Cowgirls Get The Blues" stars Uma Thurman as Sissy Hankshaw, born with...

Ryan and Grant are the perfect, urban gay couple. And they're getting married. The ceremony is set to be a small affair with only immediate family on the invitation list. What could possibly go...

India, a name he's given himself because it sounds cool, finds himself surviving the rough streets of Los Angeles. Tossed out by straights, beaten, exploited by pornographers, and starved, he...

Featuring two films from director, Everett Lewis. In FAQs, Destiny (Allan Louis) is a drag queen with a deadly mission, patrolling the streets for cases of queer-bashing that continue to afflict...

It is the autumn of 1957 in Connecticut, Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) is returning home from a day of errands. Her husband, Frank (Dennis Quaid), is expected home for a dinner engagement....

Struggling artist Nick Parker (Henry Thomas) pays the bills by giving drawing classes to the elderly. Living in a squalid Brooklyn Apartment, Nick avoids contact with his family, including his...

When Rhonda Portelli, a big-haired girl from Brooklyn, finds her ideal man, she doesn't realize he's gay. He is, however, naked and about to take his life by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge. He...

The story of Walt Koontz, a homophobic man who has a stroke which leaves him with paralyzed vocal chords. He is then sent for singing lessons with the next door neighbour, who happens to be a...

Available fully uncut for the first time, FLESH, TRASH and HEAT are three of Paul Morrissey's most celebrated films from the Andy Warhol years. A mix of stylish realism, experimental spontaneity...

Spoofing the gay porn industry with liberal amounts of camp comedy, Viagra, and Debbie Harry as a seedy club owner, directors Richard Glatzer and Wash West set out to make a far funnier version...

The dreamy Zach Braff (Scrubs), the gorgeous Natalie Portman (Léon, Closer) and Peter Sarsgaard (Boys Don't Cry) give unforgettable performances in this highly original film. LA actor Andrew ...

A beautiful painter is obsessed with a singer who she calls 'The Girl'. The Girl takes her to a hotel where they make love. The Girl says "it's just one night", but they continue meeting each...

The fresh, triumphant story of a young woman in the Bronx who discovers her greatest love in the boxing ring. Diana Guzman is always fighting, whether at home in the housing projects with her...

Isolation, alienation, happiness. In America they all go hand in hand. Buy a new TV and you will be happy. Still not happy? Experience alienation. Can't afford a new TV? Then live in isolation. ...

From Don Roos, the creator of the fabulous Opposite of Sex, comes this comic ensemble tale of Los Angeles residents, each hiding their own painful secrets.

Chronically single, average and unhappy, Tim is a frustrated gay man who is desperately short of love even though he is surrounded by good friends. Out of desperation, he volunteers for a...

Indie drama where 23-year-old Harry (Bryce Johnson) is a former boy band idol whose 16-year-old brother Max (Cole Williams) is following in his footsteps.

Asia Argento has created a surprisingly accomplished movie version of cult literary wunderkind JT Leroy's difficult semi-autobiographical novel.

The mother of all black comedies is back in this special edition re-release! Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) is beginning to tire of her membership in the powerful, cruel clique of 'Heathers' at...

Based on the smash New York show, this high-energy rock musical is not to be missed! Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) is born Hansel in East Germany, to a German woman and an American GI who...

The shocking true story of the serial sex killings that terrorised Los Angeles, from the makers of 'Ed Gein' and 'Ted Bundy'. October '77, a strangled, naked and twisted corpse of a young woman...

A trio of teenagers, two American, one Icelandic, backpack around Europe looking for a good time. While in Amsterdam, they are told of a youth hostel in Slovakia where all their wildest dreams...

Young love has rarely been as exhilarating--and as painful--as it is in Ethan Hawke's THE HOTTEST STATE. The Oscar-nominated actor adapts his own novel for the screen in this romance set in New...

The compelling story of three women living in different periods of the 20th Century, all linked by a work of literature. In 1923, Virginia Woolf begins work on her novel, Mrs Dalloway, whilst...

Although a fictionalized account of an actual trip John Lennon and the Beatle's manager Brian Epstein took to Barcelona in 1963, The Hours & Times is a hugely resonant piece of independent cinema...

For the first time on DVD, the classic lesbian vampire romance featuring that 'explicit lesbian sex scene' between Catherine Deneuve and Susan Surandon. Also stars David Bowie.

Convinced that a series of coincidences involving a doorman hold some secret to life's largest riddles, Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman) seeks the help of a detective agency unlike any...

Alexis Arquette stars in this screwball ensemble comedy about a group of college pals, who re-unite at a wedding. Matt loves Carol. Carol loves Prozac. Beth loves everyone. Eric loves getting...

Thanksgiving, 1973. The Carvers and the Hoods are two prototypical suburban families seemingly living the good life in New Canaan, Connecticut. Behind their New Age philosophies and polyester...

Igby Slocombe is a mixed-up seventeen year old who attempts to discover himself by leaving his dysfunctional family and entering the bohemian underworld of Manhattan.

Tragedy strikes at the heart of the family of Matt Fowler, a doctor in Maine. His only son becomes involved in a relationship with a single mother...

Director Sidney Pollack's diverse career sees him returning to familiar ground with The Interpreter; Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn starring in a film riddled with subterfuge, recriminations, and...

Azalea Springs is a white Texan paradise only a short limo-ride from Peyton Place and Stepford. Everyone is rich, the men are rugged and the women have big hair. Yet scrape a perfectly manicured...

A collection of films from famed actor and independent director John Cassavetes comprising: Shadows (1959): A depiction of the struggle of three black siblings to survive the mean streets of...

Julien (Ewen Bremner) is schizophrenic. His sister Pearl (Chloe Sevigny) is pregnant, father unknown. His pathetic brother Chris (Evan Neumann) aspires to be a wrestling champion. His ex-army...

A bleak and uncompromising look at the dangerous world of New York street kids. The film focuses on the sexual experiences of Telly, a teen-aged seducer who desires only virgins

Alfred Kinsey: a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation. In 1948 Kinsey (Neeson) irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation with his book Sexual...

Two adolescent best friends, Howie and Gary, rob houses for kicks in the midde-class comfort of Long Island. After Gary's idea to rob the house belonging to an old guy named Big John, Howie...

In the autumn of 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was found beaten and tied to a fence to die in Laramie, Wyoming. A short time after the event, Moisés Kaufman, visited Laramie in...

Is it or isn't it based on the last few days of Kurt Cobain? Like, whatever, dude. Still, it's one of Gus Van Sant's greatest films and we love it.

"A violent, harrowing, but oddly tender adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr's novel about life in a working class Brooklyn neighbourhood in the '50s. In this harsh, poverty-stricken enviroment, human...

Aaron prays, Christian plays... opposites attract. From C. Jay Cox, the writer of the hit comedy Sweet Home Alabama, comes a heartwarming and tender gay romantic drama that combines laughs,...

Laurel Canyon, a street that runs through the heart of the Hollywood Hills, has for decades been a sort of Greenwich Village of the West, home to many musicians, actors, artists and other...

Controversial, brave, and extremely sexually explicit, Clement Virgo's LIE WITH ME examines the often raw relationship between David (Eric Balfour) and Leila (Lauren Lee Smith), two emotionally...

An absolute tearjerker - we guarantee no dry eyes at the end of this film! 16-year-old Sam Monroe's (Hayden Christensen) life is less than normal, getting sexual kicks from auto-erotic pursuits...

HBO Films presents Academy Award® nominee Queen Latifah (Chicago) in a heartbreaking story of one woman’s journey to the brink of self-destruction and despair, and her inspirational fight to...

In this the fourth screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel screenwriter Jo Swicord and Australian director Gillian Armstrong’s perspective emphasizes a feminist tone. The story...

A young gay drifter's search for acceptance leads him back back to a small beach town where the town's inhabitants hold many secrets in beautifully crafted tale of unconditional love.

Hailed as the first mainstream film to put human face on the AIDS epidemic, Longtime Companion is a remarkable drama that takes an honest, unflinching look at how this devastating disease changes...

Sofia Coppola's second feature-length film focuses on two guests at a Tokyo hotel - Bob (Bill Murray), a middle-aged actor in town to film whiskey commercials, and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson),...

British novelist Giles De'Ath (John Hurt), a stuffy man who is completely oblivious to modern life and technologies, gets locked out of his house and settles for a visit to the cinema. Instead of...

Street poet Jackson opens his eyes to a sea of bodies. The naked cowboy-junkie shooting up in the bathroom confirms that last night was another orgy of fun. But for Jackson, the weekend has only...

Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale - Batman Begins) has not slept for a year. Ravaged by fatigue, his body is little more than a bag of bones. Wracked by exhaustion, his weary mind increasingly plays...

This delightful documentary follows three sets of New York school children and their attempts to win the annual ballroom dancing competition.

When Texan lesbian Susan decides to celebrate her birthday by inviting all her galpals out camping with her, she never expected so much blood and gore!

Gus Van Sant's long unavailable and now fully restored first feature film, Mala Noche marks an auspicious debut feature from the director of Elephant and Paranoid Park. Walt (Tim Streeter) is...