Jamshed Usmonov's third feature film To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die (Bihisht faqat baroi murdagon) released in 2008 is excellent example of quiet cinema and a great introduction to central Asian cinema.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.

Is Don McKellar's end-of-the-world-movie Last Night (1998) a uniquely Canadian drama? Or does the film present a more universal theme and message?

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.

An examination of Billie August's 1992 feature film The Best Intentions, written by Ingmar Bergman about the first ten years of his parent's relationship. The film prompts interesting questions of causality and proves that even Bergman wasn't the only director who could bring his scripts to life on screen.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.

Valhalla Rising is a highly effective fusion of poetic meditations on religion and blood thirsty violence. Featuring a mesmerising central performance from Mads Mikkelsen as a brutal silent Viking killer. This episode also features a look back at the career of the films director Nicholas Winding Refn.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.

Paul Verhoeven's 1997 science fiction epic Starship Troopers is actually a socio-political attacking American militarism and globalisation. Unfortunately the films political message that "war makes fascists of us all" was lost on the average viewer.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.