Best Selling Art House & World Cinema DVDs

Set deep on the lush Samoan island of Upolu, The Orator tells of a love woven by fate, parted by an unforgiving past, to be restored with courage. It draws on universal themes of love, honour and forgiveness in a fresh and evocative glimpse into a world never before seen in cinema. Marginalised a...

Her story touched the hearts of millions Based on her best-selling autobiography, DESERT FLOWER follows the life of supermodel Waris Dirie. Raised a nomad in Somalia, Waris flees her clan when she is betrothed to an elder at 13. Finding herself an illegal immigrant in London, Waris finds work in a t...

A beautiful, evocative tale of love and heartbreak, joy and suicide set in the late 1960’s. The world was in turmoil, students are protesting against the harsh Japanese establishment, and Toru’s life is at a crossroads. With the suicide of his best friend, Toru’s relationship with his childhood swee...

Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, ...

A desperate man is a dangerous thing! Samuel is a nurse's aide, studying for his final nursing exams and leading a quiet kind of life. Blissfully happy in his marriage and with a baby on the way, Samuel's life is pleasantly mapped out. But one night, he saves the life of a mysterious car-accident...

It's Initial D. It's a world of car drifting where the battlefield is the mountain road. First created by Shigeno Shuichi in comic form in 1996, and then adapted into a smash hit anime, Initial D has finally been adapted into a live-action motion picture - and it's now available on DVD! Directed ...

Comprising of 10 short erotic films aimed at the female viewer, X-plicit Films responds to a gap in the market which until now has been undefined. The directors chosen for this project, each recognized for their artistic eye in the world of cinema, theatre or art, will strive to pose legitimate q...

Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court. (Part 3 of the Millennium Trilogy) *Cover artwork not final.

From the acclaimed Iranian director of Taste of Cherry comes the story of a couple’s apparent chance meeting in beautiful Tuscany which provocatively blurs the lines between reality and imagination James (British baritone William Shimell) is an author in town to talk about his new book on t...

As Millennium fever takes hold on New Zealand after the acclaimed and phenomenonally successful ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’, Larsson’s trilogy ignites in thrilling fashion with this second instalment. Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace continue to play the leading roles. Sty...

Considered by many to be one of, if not the most important Russian film-makers of the 20th Century, Andrei Tarkovsky was a filmic visionary whose body of work stands as a realisation of his notion of ‘sculpting in time’. This concept was characterised by extremely long takes and shots of...

Unleash your desire. From the director of SEX & ZEN 2 comes a tale of lust, love and chopsticks across TWO films. Based on a classic Chinese erotic novel The Plum in the Golden Vase. In 12th century China, Simon Qing has been raised by his father, a wealthy merchant and famed sexologist, i...

In a mad world, only the mad are sane… When Arthur (Rawiri Paratene - Whale Rider), self-proclaimed second son of God, sets out to save the world he loves, miracles can happen. He brings wonder and hope to his enchanted urban life, shadowed by his devoted band of boarding house friends. Th...

Set during China’s Warring States Period (475BC – 221BC), the film centres on a rivalry between military strategists Sun Bin and Pang Juan. Both men studied military strategy together before Pang became a top military general for the Wei State. Despite his success, Pang became jealous of Sun’s close...

The monster blockbuster from Korea! On an isolated oil rig platform, Hae-jun works as the equipment manager for a small, but dedicated crew. The region of sea, called "Sector 7" represents their last hope of finding oil. After an undersea expedition goes horribly wrong, other crew members begin t...

Teenaged Anna comes home from her Catholic boarding school to discover that her father has left. Her mother, devastated, has confined herself in the company of the local priest, while Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. Amidst her grief, Anna also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited - and ath...

Academy Award winning director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) and playwright Mart Crowley serve up the acclaimed, groundbreaking film adapted from Crowley’s hallmark off-Broadway play - a witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed reve...

A young American art student, Sarah, "unwittingly opens an ancient urn that unleashes the demonic power of the world's most powerful witch. As a scourge of suicides plague the city and witches from all over the world converge on Rome to pay homage, Sarah must use all her own psychic powers to s...

Acclaimed French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue) set the international cinema scene abuzz with his debut feature aninnovative cult thriller about a hapless messenger surviving a farrago of missteps and misadventure over his obsession for a beautiful American opera singer. When young mess...

42 students, three days, one survivor, no rules. In the near future, Japan is in a state of collapse. With high unemployment and a generation of youth out of control, the government enacts the Battle Royale programme. Each year, a randomly chosen school class is pitted against itself on an abando...

Its 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is poised on the brink of womanhood. Stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine, Jenny can't wait for adult life to begin. One rainy day, her suburban life is upended by the arrival of an unsuitable suitor, 30-ish Da...

The short films on these DVD’s were created entirely in one weekend in 2010. More than 10,000 committed people, in more than 600 teams, competed around New Zealand. Each team drew a genre from a hat, and all teams were given a line of dialogue, a character, a prop and a special camera shot to includ...

Based on Steig Larsson's literary phenomenon, the trilogy follows the unlikely heroine Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist, first as they unite to solve the case of a missing girl and then as they fight to uncover the truth about Salander's past. A past full of secrets that a mysterious...

The award-winning and best-selling Millennium trilogy has fast become a global phenomenon, selling over 25 million copies in over 40 countries. Author Stieg Larsson was the world’s second-best selling author of 2008, but tragically died before any of his trilogy were published. The entire t...

My Name is Khan is the triumphant story of an unconventional hero and the obstacles he must overcome to regain the love of his life. Rizvan Khan, a Muslim man who has Asperger’s Syndrome, moves to San Francisco and falls in love with the beautiful Mandira. They marry and have a happy life;...

After her deadbeat, loser of a father jumps bail, 17 year old Ree (Jennifer Lawrence) sets out to track him down or she risks losing the family home and custody of her young siblings. Turning to her nearest kin, Ree is confronted with lies and threats as her family turn against her. With little time...

When young graduate Pavel takes a post at a remote meteorological station over the arctic summer, he is unprepared for the isolation and loneliness. His only colleague is Sergei, a gruff uncommunicative man who despairs of Pavel's youthful complacency. When Pavel receives a gravely urgent message fo...

Copenhagen, 1944. Denmark is occupied by Nazi Germany. Flame and Citron are two legendary resistance fighters charged with liquidating Danish informers. By order of their commander, they now consent to kill Germans as well. But when Flame is asked to execute his girlfriend Ketty, an enigmatic Stockh...

Sometimes the Past Can Unlock the Future... Based on the best-selling novel by Tatiana de Rosnay, Sarah's Key is a touching, gripping and beautifully told drama featuring Kristin Scott Thomas in a Cesar-nominated performance. Paris, 1942. The Starzynski family - Wladyslaw, Rywka, ten-year-old ...

In the year 2194, alien marauders, the Gamilons, bombard the Earth with planetary bombs sent from space. Humanity fights back but is defeated and escapes underground. Five years later, those who remain on the devastated planet gather together for one last plan to save the Earth. Armed with myste...

The story of an aspiring novelist, who gets by as a handyman, and the beautiful, unpredictable temptress who turns his life upside down when they embark on a heated sexual odyssey. Defining youthful passion and sexuality for an entire generation, Betty Blue is regarded as one of the most controve...

In 1925 Romania, young Marie-Therese Von Debretsy (Kristen Scott Thomas) refuses the flirtatious advances of her husband’s commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to a brutally bleak and dangerous outpost on the Bulgarian/Romanian frontier where both their relati...

The popular live-action adaptations are now available in an ultimate DVD & BLU-RAY combo edition How do you find a serial killer when the killer only needs to know the face and the name of his victims? Light Yagami, a college law student, comes into the possession of the Death Note - a specia...

London. The 60s. Two unemployed actors, acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail and the anxiety ridden I, down their frustrations in booze, pills, and lighter fluid. When Withnail's Uncle Monty offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country. They soon realise they've ...

Love, life and the beauty of unexpected friendships Based freely on the best-selling novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, The Hedgehog is a heart-warming story about love, life and the beauty of unexpected friendships. Renée (Josiane Balasko) is the concierge of a grand...

Artist. Mentor. Love of My Life. Gregoire has everything he could ever want: a loving wife, three delightful children and his dream job as a film producer. But in spite of his apparent success, Gregoire lives life in a stressful haze, unable to cope with the demands of his career and family. When...

Retired French mobster Charlie Matte is assassinated and shot 22 times. He survives miraculously and vows to find out who ordered the hit. Very soon the line between friend and foe starts to blur as he gets closer to the truth and the core of Marseilles underbelly.

The final part of Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life was two years in the making. The locations - Yemen, Ethiopia, Iran and Nepal - form a rich, exotic backdrop to these tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayrals, demons and, most of all love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Engrossing, mys...

The second part of Steven Soderbergh’s epic biopic on the life of the iconic revolutionary. In 1965 Ernesto Che Guevara resigns from his role in the Cuban government to take up the struggle against Bolivia’s militarist government. But with Bolivia Che has bitten off more than he can ...

Adapted by Claude Miller from Philippe Grimbert's autobiographical novel, this is a splendid and moving saga of a Jewish family in post-war Paris, told through the eyes of a frail & intelligent young boy, who senses something is amiss with his beautiful parents Tania & Maxime (Ccile De Franc...