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Martin Scorsese’s Gangs Of New York introduces today’s world to the Five Points, a dark corner of the city known to New Yorkers of long ago as the centre of vice and chaos. Into this frontier of extreme lawlessness arrives the young Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio).

Amsterdam is the orphaned son of the slain Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) – once chief warrior of the Dead Rabbits gang that rallied the Irish immigrants of the Five Points. Amsterdam has returned to the Five Points to hunt down his father’s killer. His target is William cutting AKA "Bill the Butcher" (Daniel Day-Lewis), who has since become the merciless new leader of the neighbourhood, a Nativist who detests the newly arrived immigrants and is determined to fend off all so-called "foreign invaders." Amsterdam works his way deep into the Butcher’s inner circle, a world of alternating honour and cruelty from which he can only hope to escape.

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After a successful shoplifting spree, Osamu (Lily Franky) and his son rescue a little girl in the freezing cold and invite her home with them. Osamu's wife Nobuyo (Sakura Ando) reluctantly agrees to shelter her.

Although the family is poor, they live happily together until an unforeseen incident upsets the delicate balance they have created, revealing long-buried secrets...

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It's the beginning of summer in a small village in northern Turkey. Lale and her four sisters are on their way home from school, innocently playing with local boys but prying village eyes view their games with suspicion and word soon reaches their family.

Their home consequently becomes a prison at the hand of their uncompromising uncle and all the girls have to now live for is a future of arranged marriage. But these girls' rebellious streak will not be tamed so easily. Drawing vocal support from critics, festivals and audiences across the globe, this beautiful debut from director Deniz Gamze Erguven is a touching portrayal of innocent strength and resilience against modern misogyny.

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Sometimes love takes you where you never expected to go. Louisa "Lou" Clark (Emilia Clarke) lives in the English countryside. Her normally cheery outlook is put to the test when she faces her newest career challenge: as caregiver and companion to Will Traynor (Sam Claflin).

Involved in a life changing accident, Will has all but given up. That is, until Lou decides to show him that life is worth living. Embarking on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for, and find their lives - and hearts - changing in ways neither one could have imagined.

Based on Larry McMurty's Pullitzer Prize-winning novel and set in the late nineteenth century, this epic tale of the Old West tells of two former Texas Rangers who leave the small town of Lonesome Dove. They head out west on a daring 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana.

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Filmed in sumptuous black and white, and full of scenes of lush, strange beauty, it tells the story of Vittoria (Monica Vitti), a young woman who leaves her older lover (Francisco Rabal), then drifts into a relationship with a confident, ambitious young stockbroker (Alain Delon).

But this base narrative is the starting point for much, much more, including an analysis of the city as a place of estrangement and alienation and an implicit critique of colonialism.

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When callous movie studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) starts receiving anonymous death threats from a rejected screenwriter, his already shaky career begins to crumble. Finally, his desperation drives him to kill...

but did he rub out the wrong writer? Relentlessly hounded by a street-wise detective (Whoopi Goldberg), Griffin falls in love with the dead man's girlfriend (Greta Scacchi). Then the mysterious threats begin again - and Griffin is plunged into a plot more outrageous than any movie.

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Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov's follow-up to 'The Lesson' is a social parable about a humble man who gets unwillingly celebrated. Railway linesman Tsanko (Stefan Denolyubov) finds lots of bank notes on the tracks.

When he reports the money rather than pocketing it, the Ministry of Transport - embroiled in a scandal - takes the opportunity to parade their new hero. But Tsanko might not be a PR person's dream. Yet compared to PR head Julia (Margita Gosheva), he's an angel. When Julia removes his watch - a Russian-made Slava (Glory), inscribed and presented to him by his father - for the ceremony to present him with a new one, it sets off a chain of events that threatens to bring down the Ministry thanks to a combination of corruption, irresponsibility and arrogance.

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Questionably diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, Susanna (Winona Ryder) rebels against the head nurse (Whoopi Goldberg) and top psychiatrist (Vanessa Redgrave), choosing instead to befriend her fellow inmates - a group of Troubled young women, in particular the seductively charismatic

sociopath, Lisa - a force to be reckoned with, played by ANGELINA JOLIE. Susanna resolves to reclaim her freedom, but first she II have to face the person who terrifies her most of all... herself

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'Snowden' is a riveting personal look at one of the most polarising figures of the 21st century, the man responsible for what has been described as the most far-reaching security breach in U.S. intelligence history.

'Snowden' opens the door on the untold story of Edward Snowden, examining the forces that turned a conservative young patriot eager to serve his country into a historic whistle-blower and posing provocative questions about which liberties we are willing to give up in order for our government to protect us.

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"Mavis!" is the first documentary on gospel/soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, The Staple Singers.

From the freedom songs of the '60s and hits like "I'll Take You There" in the '70s, to funked-up collaborations with Prince and her recent albums with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Mavis has stayed true to her roots, kept her family close, and inspired millions along the way. Featuring powerful live performances, rare archival footage, and conversations with friends and contemporaries including Bob Dylan, Prince, Bonnie Raitt, Levon Helm, Jeff Tweedy, Chuck D, and more, "Mavis!" reveals the struggles, successes, and intimate stories of her journey. At 75, she's making the most vital music of her career, winning Grammy awards, and reaching a new generation of fans. Her message of love and equality is needed now more than ever.

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The story of a team of pioneers undertaking the most important mission in human history.

Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey stars as ex-pilot-turned-farmer Cooper, who must leave his family and a foundering Earth behind to lead an expedition travelling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.

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Hailed as a remarkable, ground-breaking work during two sell-out runs at the National Theatre, the critically acclaimed feature film adaptation of 'London Road' reunites the award-winning team, with a script by Alecky Blythe and music by Adam Cork, and directed by Rufus Norris.

With an ensemble cast that includes Olivia Colman, Kate Fleetwood, Anita Dobson and Tom Hardy, 'London Road' documents the events that shook Suffolk in 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. The film follows the community who found themselves at the epicentre of the tragic events, and is based on interviews conducted with the road's real residents. Using their own words set to an innovative musical score, 'London Road' tells a moving story of ordinary people coming together during the darkest of experiences.

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For Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) - Columbia University, is Mecca - a portal to art, intellect, culture and freedom.

Ginsberg strikes up friendships with aspiring writers William Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston), whilst falling under the spell of charismatic Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan). Together, this gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead them into a murder investigation that would have a major impact on their lives forever.

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'Dirty Pretty Things' stars Audrey Tautou in a harrowing tale of struggle and survival for two immigrants who learn that everything is for sale in London's secret underworld.

Part of an invisible working class, Nigerian exile Okwe mad Turkish chambermaid Senay toil at a west London hotel that teems with illegal activity. Then late one night Okwe makes a shocking discovery, which creates an impossible dilemma and tests the limits of all-they know!