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  1. Super High Me (2008)

    Subject
    Law; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £9.99

    Super High Me features comedian Doug Benson and explores the current situation with medical marijuana in California and the United States, specifically focusing on the conflict between federal and state law...

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  2. Taking Liberties (2007)

    Director
    Chris Atkins
    Subject
    Law; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £15.99

    A shocking, polemical film that charts the destruction of basic liberties under 10 years of New Labour. Released to coincide with Tony Blair’s departure, the film and the book follow the stories of normal...

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  3. Magic Flute, The (2007)

    Director
    Kenneth Branagh
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 125 minutes), £19.99

    Adeaptation by Stephen Fry of Mozart’s classic opera directed by Kenneth Branagh with the action transposed to the first world war. The score is played by the The Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

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  4. Fermat’s Room (2007)

    Director
    Luis Piedrahita; Rodrigo Sopena
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £7.95

    Summoned to a remote warehouse by the enigmatic Fermat, four mathematicians are tasked with solving highly complex numerical riddles. Correct solutions will slow down the process by which the walls, operated...

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  5. Impressionism - Revenge of the Nice (2006)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99

    Contemporary art critic Matthew Collings reappraises Impressionism, focussing on Courbet, Manet, Monet and Cezanne and shows that, even though the contemporary art world seemingly despises the movement, they...

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  6. Art of Travel, The (2006)

    Director
    Thomas Whelan; Brian LaBelle
    Subject
    Sociology; Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (60 minutes), £19.99

    Based on the book of the same name, Alain de Botton investigates why people go on holiday as he considers the philosophical issues surrounding our experiences of travel and vacations. Taking four separate...

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  7. Status Anxiety (2006)

    Subject
    Psychology; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99

    Philosopher and author Alain de Botton investigates the possibility that people are as concerned by status in modern society as they are by wealth. He travels to the United States to test his theory that the...

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  8. Grizzly Man (2006)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £19.99

    For 13 summers amateur grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell lived in an area of Katami National Park, so heavily populated with grizzly bears that it has become known as "The Grizzly Maze". In October 2003,...

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  9. Ballets Russes (2006)

    Director
    Dayna Goldfine; Daniel Geller
    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

    The film charts the histories of the Massine and de Basil Ballets Russes companies from the 1930s onwards, seen through the eyes of the dancers who were still alive when the film was made (several have since...

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  10. Macbeth (2006 Film)

    Director
    Geoffrey Wright
    Producer
    Martin Fabinyi
    Subject
    Drama

    Fiction film. A re-telling of Macbeth set in the ganglands of Melbourne. Macbeth (Worthington), a loyal henchman to his crime boss Duncan (Sweet), is told by teenage witches that he will one day assume a...

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