Drama

• Buffalo 66 | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-17.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A prime example of 1990s independent film-making, Buffalo 66 is a little-known gem of a film which, once found, will be cherished. Vincent Gallo--the New York Bohemian extraordinaire--co-wrote the semi-autobiographical script. He also directed and starred in this dark comedy and, as if that wasn't enough, contributed to the mind-blowing soundtrack. By employing alternative filming techniques for what is, in essence, a traditional boy-meets-girl story, Gallo has created an indie movie with genuine mainstream appeal. A handheld camera and the flashback sequences use beautiful grainy cine film and 70s Polaroids, while as a whole the tone of the piece shifts between lavish theatrical images and reality TV. However, out of the many mesmerising scenes within the film, it is the isolated performances that offer the most heartfelt beauty, notably Cristina Ricci's solo light tap dance and Gazzara's mime to a song actually performed by Gallo's father in the distant past. An all-star cast also includes Angelica Huston, Ben Gazzara and Mickey Rourke. Buffalo 66 is an overlooked modern classic just waiting to be discovered. --Nikki Disney

• Sugar Rush | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £9.47   |  Saving you £10.52 (111.09%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Being a teenage girl is tough. Being an uncool 15 year old lesbian who's completely infatuated with the most outrageous and popular girl in school is downright unfair! Sugar Rush explores the world of Kim and her earth-shattering lust for the gorgeous and sassy Maria Sweet otherwise known as Sugar. And if Sugar wasn't enough to blow Kim's mind there's also her dysfunctional embarrassing family; a mini-freak for a brother an obsessively house-proud dad and a

• The Nines | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £8.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer (all Ryan Reynolds) find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

• Portrait Of A Lady | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Nicole Kidman is Isabel Archer a young woman of daring independence and equally fierce desires. But her headstrong innocence is no match for the manipulations of her duplicitous friend Madame Merle (Barbara Hershey in an Oscar-nominated performance) and the devious Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich). Adapted from the novel by Henry James.

• Amour Fou | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Berlin, the Romantic Era, Young poet Heinrich (Christian Friedel, White Ribbon) wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his sceptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. It is whilst coming to terms with this refusal, ineffably distressed by his cousin's insensitivity to the depth of his feelings, that Heinrich meets Henriette (Birte Schnöink), the wife of a business acquaintance, Henrich's subsequent offer to the beguiling young woman at first holds scant appeal that is until Henriette discovers she is suffering from a terminal illness. Amour Fou is a romantic comedy based loosely on the suicide of the poet Henrich von Kleist in 1811.

• Revolutionary Road | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £4.74   |  Saving you £15.25 (321.73%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the celebrated novel by Richard Yates, director Sam Mendes' "Revolutionary Road" is the story of a young couple ("Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) trying to find fulfilment in an age of conformity.

• Little House On The Prairie - Series 4 - Complete | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This collection presents the entire fourth season of Little House On The Prairie the beloved television series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's novels about the trials and tribulations of a young family that settles on the wild Minnesota frontier. With no cowboys indians or feisty town saloons this isn't your typical western; instead it is a story of a loving family in search of a future in a young and growing community.

• Without A Trace - Season 2 | DVD | (16/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £61.99

  The sole responsibility of the FBI special task force is to find missing persons by applying advanced psychological profiling techniques to peel back the layers of the victims' lives and trace their whereabouts in an effort to discover whether they have been abducted been murdered committed suicide or simply run away... The complete second season of the Emmy Awarding winning TV series. Episodes comprise: 1.The Bus 2.Revelations 3.Confidence 4.Prodigy 5.Copycat 6.Our Sons An

• A Woman Under the Influence (The John Cassavetes Collection) (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (17/09/2012) from £18.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Receiving its long-overdue Blu-ray world premiere, A Woman Under The Influence is arguably John Cassavetes' most popular and influential film. Released in 1974 it stars Cassavetes' wife Gena Rowlands (Gloria, Faces) and the legendary Peter Falk (Columbo) as Mabel and Nick Longhetti, a blue-collar couple struggling to cope with her slip into mental illness. A key work from a golden era of American filmmaking - this masterpiece of American independent filmmaking is as powerful and devastating today as it was when it was first released. The film received two Oscar-nominations - Rowlands was for Best Actress and Cassavetes for Best Director - losing out to Francis Ford Coppola for Godfather Pt II.

• Fellini's 8.1/2 | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £22.94   |  Saving you £-2.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, his 1963 semi-autobiographical story about a worshipped filmmaker who has lost his inspiration, is still a mesmerising mystery tour that has been quoted (Woody Allen's Stardust Memories, Paul Mazursky's Alex in Wonderland) but never duplicated. Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido, a director trying to relax a bit in the wake of his latest hit. Besieged by people eager to work with him, however, he also struggles to find his next idea for a film. The combined pressures draw him within himself, where his recollections of significant events in his life and the many lovers he has left behind begin to haunt him. The marriage of Fellini's hyper real imagery, dreamy sidebars and the gravity of Guido's increasing guilt and self-awareness make this as much a deeply moving, soulful film as it is an electrifying spectacle. Mastroianni is wonderful in the lead, his woozy sensitivity to Guido's freefall both touching and charming--all the more so as the character becomes increasingly divorced from the celebrity hype that ultimately outpaces him. --Tom Keogh

• Girls On Film 2 | DVD | (24/07/2017) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An electric collection of the latest, award-winning lesbian and feminist short films exploring fantasies, dreams, desires, love and transgression. Featuring chance encounters, teenage lust, girl fighters, self-conscious dolls and rampant zombies alongside journeys of self-discovery, the fight for equality and a playful take on stereotypes. GIRLS ON FILM 2: BEFORE DAWN takes you on an incredible adventure from America to Australia through Iceland, the UK and Morocco into worlds beyond.

• Girls of Shame (aka - The Smashing Bird I Used to Know) | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A star-studded, who's who of British cinema features in this delightful tale of a young street urchin, Tom (Tommy Pender) who unwittingly helps petty crooks (James Mason and Bernard Cribbins) rob a rich country house. As Tom escapes the police by jumping into a lake, he is transported to an underwater cartoon-world where he has to help others fi nd safety in order to redeem himself and return home. Also features Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson and the voices of Jon Pertwee, Lance Percival and David Jason.

• City of Vice - Series 1 | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £15.64   |  Saving you £9.35 (59.78%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In 1793 the crime situation in the centre of London had reached breaking point. It was left to novelist and magistate Henry Fielding qnd his brother John who created 'The Bow Street Runners' to try and rid the streets of London of prostitution and crime. This is a brand new 5 part Channel 4 Drama withan impressive cast headed by Ian McDiarmid and Iain Glenn Aldo includes exclusive interviews with the cast and crew.

• The Good Die Young (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/07/2020) from £18.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The film opens with four men sitting in a car as they prepare to commit a serious crime. Each man's reason for being involved is then explored... Mike (Stanley Baker), an injured and ageing boxer unable to find work, Joe (Richard Basehart) is an out-of-work clerk who needs to get to the United States with his young wife (Joan Collins) to escape her unstable mother (Freda Jackson), Eddie (John Ireland) is an AWOL American airman with an unfaithful wife (Gloria Grahame), and Miles 'Rave' Ravenscroft (Laurence Harvey), a 'gentleman' scoundrel with gambling debts and the man who lures the other three. From director Lewis Gilbert (The Spy Who Loved Me, Alfie) comes this 1954 crime thriller that promises 'Deadly weapons, burning lips, and hot lead!' Special features Newly remastered in 2K by the BFI and presented in High Definition and Standard Definition Includes the original theatrical version and the never-before-released export cut ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits Other extras TBC

• The Pretty One | DVD | (16/06/2014) from £9.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (80.08%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Laurel (Kazan) has always been the odd wallflower choosing to live at home with her father while her glamorous identical twin Audrey (Kazan) possesses the confidence and appeal to succeed in the big city. When tragedy strikes and Laurel is mistaken for her twin sister she makes the impulsive decision to assume her sister's identity and become The Pretty One. As she eases into her new independent existence Laurel discovers that she's capable of accomplishments she had never before had dreamed of: excelling in a career maintaining friendships and even finding love. Zoe Kazan (Ruby Sparks) Jake Johnson (TV's 'New Girl') and Ron Livingston (Drinking Buddies) star in this quirky comedic drama about family ties and second chances.

• Scenes Of A Sexual Nature | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £8.05   |  Saving you £11.94 (148.32%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it.

• The Trial | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £6.96   |  Saving you £6.03 (86.64%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On the morning of his 30th birthday Josef K. (MacLachlan) wakes up to every person's worst nightmare when two strange men enter his home to place him under arrest. Bewildered by the reasoning of these two authorities he doesn't take the charges seriously and attempts to carry on his life as usual. When summoned to a hearing in an unfamiliar part of the city however K. refuses to accept the case being brought against him by the system. The more K. tries to fight the unnamed charge

• Me Without You | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £6.70   |  Saving you £13.29 (198.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sandra Goldbacher's intense drama of friendship and betrayal Me Without You was not especially liked by UK reviewers, but opened in the US to rave reviews. Carrying the relationship between two teenagers through their student days and into adulthood, it shows the more obviously charismatic Marina (Anna Friel) as parasitic on her more intelligent friend Holly (Michelle Williams) and then utterly devastated when Holly tries to break away (a brief epilogue shows them still involved years later). Best known for her role in Dawson's Creek, Michelle Williams (whose English accent is impeccable) gives a finely nuanced performance; Anne Friel runs the gamut from drug-induced stupor to malice to hysteria with a staginess that is only partly the character's. There are solid performances from Trudy Stiler as the neurotic ex-croupier mother who is part of Marina's problem and Kyle McLachlan as the oddly passive lecturer whom both seduce. The film is good on the passage of time--it has a fine eye for the fashion disasters of 1970s to 90s Britain--yet it's somehow disingenuous in its avoidance of emotional subtext. It's overly partial, too: Holly is obviously a stand-in for the writer-director. On the DVD: Me Without Your is presented in a widescreen visual ratio of 2.35:1 with Dolby 5.1 digital sound that gives full weight and intensity to a soundtrack which revisits a well-chosen selection of obvious and obscure tracks from the period. It has no extra features. --Roz Kaveney

• Bouquet of Barbed Wire / Another Bouquet - Complete Box Set (Exclusive to amazon.co.uk) | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A family divided and torn between love and betrayal This box set features the notorious '70s drama series and its equally infamous follow-up both high talking-points of 1970s Britain. A Bouquet Of Barbed Wire: A Bouquet Of Barbed Wire portrays the scandalous story of Peter Manson (Frank Finlay) a wealthy and successful publisher and his obsession with the life of his only daughter and her unsuitable husband. His wife tries desperately to console him and keep the fra

• Expecting | DVD | (28/07/2014) from £5.89   |  Saving you £10.10 (171.48%)   |  RRP £15.99

  After years of struggling to conceive with her husband Lizzie (Radha Mitchell) has given up hope of having a baby on her own. But when her best friend Andie (Michelle Monaghan Source Code) finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand an unexpected solution arises: Andie offers to have the baby and give it to Lizzie. The couple agrees to the plan on one condition: Andie must move in with them for the duration of the pregnancy. But can the women's friendship survive until birth? Jessie McCormack's debut is a refreshingly candid comedy about planning ahead for life's unexpected detours.