The Marquise of O (1976)

Director: Eric Rohmer

Starring: Bruno Ganz, Edith Clever

Faithful to the Heinrich von Kleist novella, this German-made drama from French filmmaker Eric Rohmer stars Edith Clever as the widowed German noblewo... Read more

Donkey Skin (1971)

Director: Jacques Demy

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig, Jacques Perrin

At once charming, bizarre and eerie, director Jacques Demy's ('The Umbrellas of Cherbourg') colourful adaptation of the fairytale by Perrault (who als... Read more

Triple Agent (2004)

Director: Eric Rohmer

Starring: Serge Renko, Katerina Didaskalou

Loosely based on a true story, this sublime drama from director Eric Rohmer follows the complex marriage between a Greek painter and her White Russian... Read more

Unknown Pleasures / Xiao Wu (2002)

Director: Jia Zhang-ke

Starring: Zhao Tao, Zhou Qing Feng, Zhao Wei Wei, Wu Qiong, Wang Hong Wei

Two films from acclaimed director Jia Zhang-Ke take a look at contemporary China, its inequalities, direction and disaffected urban youth. 'Unknown Pl... Read more

Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud ( Lift to the Scaffold ) (1957)

Director: Louis Malle

Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Amedee , Lino Ventura

Celebrated director Louis Malle's debut film was a post-modern film noir, starring Jeanne Moreau as a woman who plots with her young lover (Maurice Ro... Read more

Bitter Harvest (2001)

Director: Goran Paskaljevic

Starring: Colm Meaney, Cillian Murphy, Kerry Condon, Adrian Dunbar

Irish farmer Harry (Colm Meaney) has the rather odd idea that a man is measured by his enemies and decides to take on George, the most powerful man in... Read more

Darwin's Nightmare (2004)

Director: Hubert Sauper

Winner of the European Film Awards' Best Documentary and nominated for an Oscar this stunning film looks at the havoc wreaked on Tanzania's people and... Read more

Arktos: The Inner Journey of Mike Horn (2005)

Director: Raphael Blanc

Starring: Mike Horn

Between August 2002 and October 2004, South African-born explorer Mike Horn circumnaviagted the Arctic Circle alone. Under the harshest of conditions... Read more

The Ordeal ( aka Calvaire ) (2004)

Director: Fabrice Du Welz

Starring: Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer, Philippe Nahon

This demented Belgian slasher thriller starts innocently enough with cabaret singer Marc (Laurent Lucas) having van trouble in the middle of nowhere.... Read more

Taxi 4 (2007)

Director: Gerard Krawczyk

Starring: Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal

Daniel, the driver of a very special taxi in Marseille, gets a famous soccer player to the stadium in time and later helps his clumsy police friend Ém... Read more