CINEMANIA:

The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963, Italia)

Dan Jardine:

Bt broadband packages could be useful in running down one of the many cuts of Luchino Visconti's cinematic adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel. Visconti's original cut was 205 minutes, which was pared down to 185 minutes for its official release, and eventually whittled down to a dubbed 161 minutes for its international release . The Leopard features a poly-national cast (Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Terence Hill), and is blessed with some of the most lush production values of Visconti's storied career.

The Idiot (Akira Kurosawa, 1951, Japan)

Dan Jardine:

Even with a first rate sky tv package, modern audiences would have a hard time finding this overlooked  film by the Japanese master Akira Kurosawa.

Moon (Duncan Jones, UK, 2009)

Dan Jardine:

Moon is a futuristic lunar-set sci-fi drama about a man named Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) nearing the end of his three year tour of duty on a mineral extraction base, eagerly anticipating his impending return to his life back on Earth. While communication with the homeland is possible, it is not without its problems, as the base is located on the dark side of the moon.