While searching for rare English books, New York writer Helene Hanff's (Anne Bancroft) letter to a London bookstore, run by Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins), begins a relationship between the two that spans two decades and two continents. Although their personalities and cultures are miles apart, their friendship blossoms into a deeper affection. For more options...

Adapted from George Orwell's classic satire, this animated film depicts the flaws in political systems with an allegory of the animals of Manor Farm, who rebel against their cruel master and try to establish a new regime of equality, peace, and prosperity--only to learn that power will always corrupt. . For more options...

Gormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons, and his eccentric and wayward subjects, according to strict age-old rituals, but things are changing in the castle. For more options...

Peter Jackson directs this emotional drama based on the bestselling novel by Alice Sebold. Saoirse Ronan stars as Susie Salmon, a 14-year-old girl who was brutally raped and murdered in 1973 by a family neighbour, George Harvey (Stanley Tucci), and now watches over both her family - parents Jack and Abigail (Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz), sister Lindsey (Rose McIver) and her Grandma Lynn (Susan Sarandon) - from heaven, trying to find ways to communicate with them how to find her hidden body and solve the ongoing mystery of her death. For more options...

The third film version of Somerset MaughamÆs 1925 novel--directed by John Curran--is ripe with stunning Chinese locales and a smart turn from Naomi Watts as Kitty Fane, the aging English socialite who must put herself in strange and turbulent surroundings before she finds her true self. A complex and beautiful international production, this adaptation benefits greatly from the lack restrictions that inhibited itÆs previous incarnations in 1925 (with Greta Garbo) and in 1957 (as THE SEVENTH SIN). For more options...

Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) seems more than distracted at the news that his long-time companion Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) wants to marry a woman, which has sent Holmes into a funk more than any addiction to cocaine. For more options...

In 'Be Cool', following the murder of fellow Mobster and record company owner Tommy Athens, Chili Palmer turns his attentions to the music industry. When he spots a music talent ideal for his new venture, however, Chili soon finds himself once again up to his neck in threats and Mobster action... For more options...

Adaptation of the cult novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) is a young soldier in the Second World War who is captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp. For more options...

Drama following the scandalous relationship between historian, Harold Nicolson (David Haig) , novelist, Vita Sackville-West (Janet McTeer), and her lover, Violet Keppel (Cathryn Harrison), in post WWI England. Sir Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West appear to have the perfect marriage, but beneath the glossy veneer, Nicolson (Haig) is a fervent homosexual, constantly away from home, pursuing new conquests. For more options...

Chaucer's most celebrated work, The Canterbury Tales (c.1387), in which a group of pilgrims entertain each other with stories on the road to Canterbury, is a masterpiece of narration, description, and character portrayal. The tellers and their tales are as fresh and vivid today as they were six centuries ago. For more options...

Proud, spoiled Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) is at the top of Southern high society, content to enjoy her wealth and flirt in a love-hate relationship with suave Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). But when the Civil War sweeps across the land and claims everything Scarlett loves, she hardens and grows, and vows to rebuild her glorious plantation. For more options...

Big budget Hollywood adaptation of the novel set on the Italian-occupied Greek island of Cephalonia during the 1940s. Captain Corelli (Nicolas Cage), an opera-loving mandolin player, finds the population resentful when he first arrives on the island. For more options...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA straddles the line between pop and art, and manages to be both a bestseller and a literary masterpiece. With an excellent cast and a timeless story, Mike NewellÆs cinematic adaptation strives for that same balance. For more options...

Her father senselessly gunned down by notorious outlaw Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) seeks out trigger-happy U.S. marshal Rueben J. For more options...

"Hornblower and the Atropos" - Skippering the flagship for Nelson's funeral on the Thames is not Hornblower's idea of thrilling action. But soon his orders come, and he sets sail for the Mediterranean in the Atropos. For more options...

A glimpse of Egyptian society as seen through the inhabitants of one of Cairo's oldest buildings. Based on the best-selling Egyptian novel, director Marwan Hamed shines a light on the diverse social stratas evident in Egyptian society, through the lives of the people who live in a luxury apartment building - originally built in the 1930s, but whose grandeur is now fading. For more options...