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Bigger than Lebowski, more magnificent than the Seven, grander than the Canyon, more ambitious than Arnold Schwarzenegger… We’re talking epics here: gigantic, gargantuan greats from Spartacus and The Aviator to Gladiator and The Great Escape.

Kick off your shoes, curl up on the sofa and enjoy.

Technically speaking, every film made outside of the Hollywood studio system can be described as world cinema. That’s every independent picture made in the US, and every feature ever made in every other country. That’s a lot of movies to collect under a single banner. Really though, when we talk about world cinema, we mean the good stuff. The important stuff. The stuff that made us think. From the silent days of Lang and Eisenstein to the French New Wave of Godard and Truffaut right through to the Spanish sex comedies of Pedro Almodovar and the modern horror masterpieces knocked out by the Japanese, World Cinema provides a welcome break from mainstream Hollywood entertainment.

Lose yourself in sweeping tales both real and imagined, challenge your old grey matter, cry your eyes out or just be gently amused by stories as diverse as Apollo 13, Beaches, Cold Mountain and The Elephant Man.