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From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, the directors of 'Meru', comes 'Free Solo' a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world's most famous rock...the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park...without a rope. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any kind, Honnold's climb set the ultimate standard: perfection or death. Succeeding in this challenge places his story in the annals of human achievement. 'Free Solo' is an edge-of-your seat thriller and an inspiring portrait of an athlete who challenges both his body and his beliefs on a quest to triumph over the impossible, revealing the personal toll of excellence. The result is a triumph of the human spirit that represents what The New York Times calls "a miraculous opportunity for the rest of us to experience the human sublime". - Director:
- Jimmy Chin
- Cast:
- Dierdre Wolownick, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin
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From Golden Globe Nominee Director Paul Schrader, 'First Reformed' is a brooding, thriller-drama centred around Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke), a troubled priest of a small, historical church in upstate New York, who starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with Mary (Amanda Seyfried) and her husband Michael, an unstable environmental activist. Consumed by thoughts that the world is in danger and motivated by the church's lack of action, Toller embarks on a perilous self-assigned undertaking with the hope that he may finally restore the faith and purpose he's been longing for in his mission to right the wrongs done to so many. - Director:
- Paul Schrader
- Cast:
- Ethan Hawke, Cedric the Entertainer, Amanda Seyfried
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When her father jumps bail, 17 year-old Ree Dolly faces losing the home put up as his bond, where she lives with her invalid mother and younger siblings. With no choice but to track him down in the harsh environs of the Ozark mountains, she looks to his friends and relatives for clues, only to be met with threats and a hostile wall of silence. Undeterred, Ree risks her life to piece together the shocking truth. - Director:
- Debra Granik
- Cast:
- Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt
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Grazing the Sky (2013)A ras del cielo
'Grazing the Sky' takes a revealing look at the incredible physical exploits of circus acrobats and finds compelling stories of men and women confronting adversity - including the real risk of severe, debilitating injury. The price of life in the limelight includes years of study and practice, an iron discipline, an ongoing commitment to learning new skills, and constant travel far from home. Director Horacio Alcalá follows eight different acrobats from all over the world, intercutting interviews with artfully staged footage of his subjects performing breathtaking feats with poise and grace. Horacio Alcala, who has been involved with the circus arts for seven years, including with Cirque du Soleil, travelled to 11 different countries over the course of five years to capture these stories. He finds a new reality where aspiring circus performers can learn their craft in specialized schools rather than through family apprenticeships. The trapeze becomes a metaphor for life ambitions, given contrast and poignancy by the ever-present risk of a fall. - Director:
- Horacio Alcala
- Cast:
- Antonio Segura, Max La Sala, Damian Istria
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The Five Obstructions (2003)De Fem Benspaend
In 'The Five Obstructions' iconoclastic director Lars Von Trier dares legendary 'Renaissance' man and director, producer, novelist, poet and television commentator Jorgen Leth to remake his seminal 1967 short documentary 'The Perfect Human', a cocktail-chic, tongue-in-cheek meditation on human behaviour that Von Trier greatly admires. It's a challenge with a difference, for Leth has to re-produce the film five times, each under fiendish conditions imposed by the perversely playful - and frequently downright sadistic - Von Trier. Leth stoically rises to the challenge; bravely soldiering on through having to render his work into cartoon form, shoot it in Cuba, again in India, and under other increasingly arduous limitations. - Director:
- Lars Von Trier
- Cast:
- Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
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Director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral, intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective and based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues, and the nation itself for one of the most dangerous missions in history. - Director:
- Damien Chazelle
- Cast:
- Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke
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I Wish (2011)Kiseki
In the wake of their parent's divorce, 12-year-old Koichi (Koki Maeda) and his younger brother Ryunosuke (Ohshiro Maeda, Koki's real life brother) have been split up against their will. Koichi lives with his mother and grandparents in Kagoshima, in the shadow of a constantly rumbling volcano. Ryunosuke lives a comparatively spirited life with his rock-musician father in Fukuoka. But when Koichi discovers that a new bullet train line is due to open connecting the two towns, he determines that the intense energy generated by two trains passing in opposite directions will work a miracle, and their wish to be reunited will come true. - Director:
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Cast:
- Kôki Maeda, Ôshirô Maeda, Hiroshi Abe
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Western (2017)Vestern
A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside. The foreign land awakens the men's sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own prejudices and mistrust due to the language barrier and cultural differences with the native villagers. The foreman Vincent (Reinhardt Wetrek) and the mysterious Meinhard (Meinhard Neumann) also start to fall out. The stage is quickly set for a showdown when the German workers begin to compete for recognition and favour from the local villagers. - Director:
- Valeska Grisebach
- Cast:
- Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov
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Breathless (1960)À bout de souffle
A small time crook, Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo), chased by the police after stealing a car, shoots one of them and flees. Back in Paris he finds an American girlfriend (Jean Seberg) and succeeds in seducing her. He convinces her to go to Italy with him. But the police have discovered the murderer's identity and are on his trail... - Director:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger
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Hero (2002)Ying xiong
Master filmmaker Quentin Tarantino presents 'Hero' - starring martial arts legend Jet Li in a visually stunning martial arts epic where a fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation! With supernatural skill...and no fear... a nameless soldier (Jet Li) embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat! - Director:
- Yimou Zhang
- Cast:
- James Hong, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
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Kaya Scodelario as Cathy and James Howson as Heathcliff lead an impressive British cast in this timeless story of two of the most memorable lovers in literature. This raw and gritty version of Emily Bronte's classic novel is ruthlessly brought down to its essential roots, and presents us with an adaptation that's startlingly original and completely unforgettable. - Director:
- Andrea Arnold
- Cast:
- Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave
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My Architect: A Son's Journey (2003)Mimar babam - Bir oğlun yolculuğu
My Architect is a tale of love and art, betrayal and forgiveness in which the illegitimate son of a legendary artist undertakes a five-year worldwide exploration to understand his long-dead father. Louis I. Kahn, who died in 1974, is considered by many architectural historians to have been the most important American architect of the second half of the 20th century. A Jewish immigrant who overcame poverty and the effects of a devastating childhood accident, Kahn created a handful of intensely powerful and spiritual buildings – geometric compositions of brick, concrete and light. The film represents Nathanial Kahn's quest to understand and appreciate the work of his late father, to explore the thinking behind his stark yet spiritual designs, and to reclaim a filial connection with the complex, contradictory man. - Director:
- Nathaniel Kahn
- Cast:
- Edmund Bacon, Edwina Pattison Daniels, Balkrishna Doshi
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Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)Ant-Man 2
From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'. Still reeling from the aftermath of 'Captain America: Civil War', Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is enlisted by Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) for an urgent new mission. He must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside the Wasp as they join forces to uncover secrets from the past. - Director:
- Peyton Reed
- Cast:
- Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña
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Raw Deal (1948)Corkscrew Alley
Dennis O'Keefe plays Joe Sullivan who is serving time for a robbery, having taken the rap for sadistic pyromaniacal gang boss Rick Coyle (Raymond Burr) who owes him if he gets out and lives to collect, Joe escapes Coyle's fatal trap and with the help of his moll/partner Pat (Claire Trevor) goes gunning for Coyle and his henchmen. Along the way Pat and Joe kidnap Joe's moralistic social worker Ann (Marsha Hunt) who has been trying to reform Joe. the film involves the complex emotional interactions within this odd menage a trios leading to the inevitable encounter with Coyle. Joe has to answer the question is he a tough heartless criminal or is there a heart of gold under that gritty exterior. - Director:
- Anthony Mann
- Cast:
- Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt
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Nobody Knows (2004)Dare mo shiranai
Inspired by an infamous true story that made headlines in Japan in 1988, this tough yet tender film from writer-director, Hirokazu Koreeda, follows the lives of four children left to fend for themselves by their wayward mother. Having smuggled her family into a new apartment under the landlord's nose, Keiko (You) puts her 12 year old son Akira (Yûya Yagira) in charge of the youngsters and after a brief period of relative family harmony, disappears. Akira manages as best he can, but limited means and the cramped confines of the apartment force this unorthodox family unit to re-shape their narrow existence to suit their physical and emotional needs. - Director:
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Cast:
- Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura
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