When Petronella Morton puts an ad in the local newspaper saying ' Monster Sitting After School & Weekends', little does she know that her phone will begin to ring. With a wide range of monster families in Nelly's area, there is always plenty of work but monster babies can be quite a handful. ...

Collection of films released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Swedish film star Greta Garbo. In ' Anna Christie' (1930), the eponymous former prostitute (Garbo) lives with her father (George F. Marion Sr) on a broken-down barge. When they rescue Irish sailor Matt Burke (Charles Bickford) from drowning, he falls in love with Anna. She is, however, reluctant to reveal details of her past. In ' Mata Hari' (1931), Garbo stars in the title role as a German spy working in Paris. She has already seduced the Russian general Shubin (Lionel Barrymore), & has now set her eyes on Lieutenant Rosanov (Ramon Novarro), a young up-&-coming officer. In order to get her hands on secret documents in his possession, she spends the night with him. But the secret police are on to her, only waiting to get enough evidence to arrest her. In ' Queen Christina' (1933) Garbo plays the 17th Century Swedish Queen who escapes an undesirable political marriage by running away & disguising herself as a man. When she falls in love with a Spanish ambassador, they have to liaise secretly, realising their destiny is doomed. ' Anna Karenina' (1935) is the Hollywood film version of Tolstoy's classic novel & stars Garbo as the wife of a villainous Russian aristocrat (Basil Rathbone) who falls for a cavalry officer (Fredric March). In ' Camille' (1936) Marguerite (Greta Garbo) is an ailing prostitute who finds love with younger man Armand (Robert Taylor). At first he is unaware of the nature of her profession, but it soon proves to be a barrier to their happiness. Finally, in ' Ninotchka' (1939), Garbo plays a Russian emissary who is sent to Paris on a special mission. Once there, she falls in love with the acceptable face of Capitalism, attached to the body of Melvyn Douglas. ...

Documentary about two former socialites living in abject squalor in New York State in the '70s. The Maysles Brothers Albert & David are famous for capturing moments of cultural revolution & change in left-leaning documentaries like ' Gimme Shelter' the Stones documentary & their document of the Beatles' first US visit. ' Grey Gardens' documents the lives of two women, Edith Bouvier-Beale & her daughter ' Little Edie', cousins of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. The pair lived at Grey Gardens, an isolated decrepit mansion in upstate New York in utter squalor & self-imposed isolation. After their living conditions were exposed in the gutter press, Jackie Onassis convinced husband Aristotle to pay for a clean up at the mansion & this film was made during that renovation effort. ...

Grey Gardens (1975) is one of most important documentary films of the past thirty years, gaining the status of a cult classic. Matthew Tincom argues that the film reshaped documentary cinema by moving the non-fiction camera to the heart of the household, a private space into which film-makers had seldom previously ventured. ...