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Hollywood's hottest director Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs) assembles an all-star cast for a skillfully woven tale of small-time gangster life in a most ambitious and provocative film, 'Pulp Fiction'.

Bruce Willis (Die Hard) and Oscar Nominees John Travolta (Best Actor) and Samuel L Jackson (Best Supporting Actor) deliver career performances as petty thugs in LA's criminal underworld - where gritty confrontations, fast talk and perverse humour are all part of the daily grind. Nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award 1995, this boldly inventive and expertly orchestrated crime sage is hailed by critics as a landmark achievement in modern filmmaking!

Jefferies (James Stewart), a photographer with a broken leg, takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbours during a summer heat wave. But things really hot up when he suspects one neighbour (Raymond Burr) of murdering his invalid wife and burying the body in a flower garden.

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The film is directly based on the director, Carla Simon's, own childhood. Following the death of her parents, 6 years old Frida (Laia Artigas) moves from Barcelona to the Catalan countryside to live with her aunt and uncle, her new legal guardians.

She now has a new little sister whom she has to take care of, and has to deal with new feelings, such as jealousy. Often, Frida is naively convinced that running away would be the best solution to her problems. Slowly, Frida realizes that she is there to stay. Before the summer is over, she has to cope with her emotions and her new parents have to learn to love her as their own daughter.

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"Triumph of the Will" may be the most enduringly controversial film ever made, justly both despised and admired. Is it disgusting propaganda? Absolutely. Is it a documentary record of a critical historical moment? Yes...but also no.

Perhaps the only thing on which everyone could agree is that it is one of the most terrifying horror movies of all time. A shamelessly biased, unabashedly subjective rendering of the infamous 1934 Nuremberg rallies of the Nazi part, 'Triumph of the Will' was commissioned by Hitler from his favourite actress turned director Leni Riefenstahl. The power and purity of Reifenstahl's artistry is such that this incredibly perverse and corrupt film has its own kind of demented integrity. An essential document of Hitler the Orator and mesmerizer of the masses, this programme revels in the monumental architecture of Albert Speer, the formal precision of the marching cadres, and above all, the almost religious exaltation of Hitler as the mystical personofication of the dreams and ideals of his people, captured kinetically with a mastery of technique that is both breathtaking and revolting. It is a film no one who sees can ever forget.

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23-year-old Bill (Jojo Bapteise Whiting) is determined to do anything to live the American Dream, and 12-year-old Matho (LaDainian Crazy Thunder) can't wait to grow up, but a series of destructive decisions put them into a corner - and force them to deal with the realities of the world around them.

A powerful tale of hope and belonging, "War Pony" is the acclaimed and utterly compelling directorial debut from Riley Keough and Gina Gammell.

Jack Carter (Michael Caine) has rarely looked cooler as the well dressed heavy, attempting to uncover the facts behind the death of his brother. The film tracks Caine as he becomes embroiled in the sinister underworld of crime and pornography.

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When Liz Evans's (Samantha Morton / Louisa Cliffe)'s local cinema in Wales is threatened with demolition, she does everything in her power to keep it open.

Her final idea, to attract younger people by screening the new Jurassic Park movie there, leads to a conversation with 'Mr Spielberg' and an offer to host the premiere.

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Inspired by Steven Spielberg's own childhood, rediscover the magic of movies in 'The Fabelmans', a coming-of-age story about a young man uncovering a shattering family secret and the power of film and imagination to help us see the truth about ourselves and each other.

With a star-studded cast featuring Michelle Williams, Paul Daho, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle and Judd Hirsch, 'The Fabelmans' tells a timeless tale of heartbreak, healing, and hope for the dreamer inside all of us.

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Davy Chou's 'Return to Seoul', which premiered in Cannes 2022's Un Certain Regard, is an unpredictable and refreshingly authentic story of a young woman's search for identity. Park Ji-Min delivers a revelatory performance as Freddie, an adoptee who was born in South Korea and raised in France.

Freddie is magnetic, spirited and hard to pin down; never in one place, or with one person, for long enough to get attached. At 25 years old, she visits Seoul for the first time since her adoption, in an attempt to reconnect with her biological parents and the culture she had to leave behind.

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In a restaurant run by two Italian immigrants, the tables sit empty despite the extraordinary talents of Primo the chef (Tony Shalhoub) and the ambitious efforts of his brother Secondo (Stanley Tucci).

A celebrity night at their restaurant promises not only to turn their business around but to change their lives.

When young Emil is sent to Berlin by his mother, the money he is carrying to give to his granny is stolen by a sinister man on the train. Once in Berlin, Emil follows the thief and enlists the help of a gang of youngsters - 'the detectives' - to help retrieve the stolen money.

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On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the French Republic De Roller (Benoît Magimel) is a calculating man with flawless manners.

His somewhat broad perception of his role brings him to navigate the high-end establishment as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. Especially since a persistent rumour has been going around: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.

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John Lee Hooker tells the tale himself, with help of his family, closest friends, and musical colleagues including Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, and John Mayall. "That's My Story" takes audiences inside the life and times of this blues legend.

Also known as the 'Godfather of Blues', John Lee Hooker's music is played in this film, showing rare and captivating live performance footage, archive recordings from the very beginning of his career to video clips from the peak of his success, including the Grammy Award-winning duet with Bonnie Raitt "I'm in the Mood". The documentary is rounded up by The Stanford Concert "50th Anniversary Boogie" by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Highlights of the Concert Include:
- Boom Boom
- Crawling King Snake
- Boogie Chillen'
- And Many More...

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In the small village of Alcarras in Catalonia, the peach farmers of the Sole family spend every summer together picking fruit from their orchard.

But when new plans arise to install solar panels and cut down trees, the members of this tight-knit group suddenly face eviction - and the loss of far more than their home. Winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale, the sophomore film from Carla Simon (Summer 1993) is a sun-dappled, deeply moving ensemble portrait of the countryside and a community's unbreakable bonds.

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Philip Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), a journalist with writer's block, becomes the guardian of eight year-old Alice (Yella Rottlander) when her mother leaves the girl with him briefly at an American airport, only never to return.

Back in Germany, an unlikely friendship develops between the two as they embark on a journey to find Alice's grandmother.