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This smash hit futuristic comedy is a fresh and sublimely entertaining tale from French filmmakers, Jeunet (Amelie) and Caro. In a starving, post-holocaust France, a butcher keeps his customers supplied by his cannibalistic tendencies.

But when his daughter falls in love with a circus performer, only an underground band of vegetarian freedom fighters can save her beloved from the meat cleaver.

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Following the death of their parents, Flora (Verna Harvey) and Miles (Christopher Ellis) are left in the care of repressed governess Miss Jessel (Stephanie Beacham), and housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Thora Hird).

But it is Peter Quint (Marlon Brando), the malevolent Irish servant, who truly rules the household; Miss Jessel, equally repulsed and fascinated by Quint, is drawn into a secret sado-masochistic affair with him, while Flora and Miles are increasingly in his thrall...

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Alone, in the dead of night, a young boy writes in a little notebook. His words speak of the squalid life of the tenements and courtyards of East Montreal, and of a family plagued by madness.

Leolo (Maxime Collin / Francis St-Onge) lives his daily life among strangers: a hypochondriac father, a brother whose obsessive bodybuilding betrays his fear of others, two sisters who spend more and more time on the psychiatric ward, and a grandfather who is held responsible for the genetic failure of the entire family. Only Leolo's sweet-tempered mother rises above the chaos. Leolo's own obsessions centre on Bianca (Giuditta Del Vecchio), the beautiful but remote Italian neighbour; she is his first love. As he is dragged further and further down into the family's insanity, Leolo escapes into his imagination, retreating into a dream world symbolised by the ancient theatre at Taormina, where Bianca awaits him...

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Alan Bleasdale's GBH is an epic, darkly humorous story of power, corruption and madness played out in the conflict between the enigmatic politician, Michael Murray (Robert Lindsay) and his nemesis, schoolteacher Jim Nelson (Michael Palin).

Nelson accidentally defies a Murray-inspired 24-hour strike and inadvertently steals the limelight when it is picked up by the press. While Murray seeks revenge in what is initially a one-sided fight we slowly discover the secrets in his past that will cause his carefully constructed world to unravel. Then, when the pressure of public life and power games start getting on top of him, a beautiful woman arrives on the scene...

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Bright, outspoken and beautiful, Frances Farmer (Jessica Lange) is a 16 year old student who attracts the sort of attention that is disturbing to the conservative community of Seattle.

Despite having a controlling mother and constant disapproval from her father she is soon swept off her feet into the glory of Hollywood and falls into a handful of ground breaking roles. But with her strong political opinions, a flamboyant love life and then imprisonment, she falls further into the depths of misfortune and we slowly watch the tragic demise of such a promising young lady...

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John Radley (Richard A. Buswell) has a curious way of liking someone. Be nice to him and you'll start receiving severed body parts; fingers, ears, noses...

It's only after Tim (Max Burnett) wakes up with his head in a vice and Linda (Heather Scott) becomes the third topping on a pizza that the town sheriff realises that something is wrong. Gretchen's parents just happen to be out of town for the weekend which leaves her and Kacy (Elizabeth Greene) alone in the house. Unprotected apart from some faulty police surveilance, the girls are definitely in for a terrifying night as John makes them an offer they cant refuse...

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Who links The Beatles, Ken Russell, Peter Cook, Richard Lester, Fairport Convention, the Goons, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, animator Bob Godfrey and Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller? The answer: Mr Bruce Lacey.

And if Bruce Lacey has himself somehow remained 'off our radar' in recent times, it wasn't always like that. A legendary figure on the British counter-cultural art scene during the 1960s, he has enjoyed six decades of defining cultural moments, collaborating with all manner of filmmakers, musicians and artists.

Early Films:
- Head in Shadow (1951)
- Agib and Agab (1953)
- The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film (1960)
- Battle of New Orleans (1960)
- Everybody's Nobody (1960)
- Uncle's Tea Party (1962)
- One Man Band (1965)
Human Behaviour Films:
- Kissing Film (1967)
- How to Have a Bath (1971)
- The Lacey Rituals (1973)
- Double Exposure (1975)
Performances and Documentation:
- The Flying Alberts (1965)
- The Flying Alberts (Bruce Lacey edit, 1965)
- Humanoid Race (1965)
- Universal Integrator (1971)
- Laceys at Home (1972)
- British Landing on the Moon (1973)
- Outside In (extract, 1973)
- R.O.S.A. B.O.S.O.M. (1996)
- If I Had a Talking Picture of You (2002)
Performance Inserts:
- Heads, Bodies and Legs (1973)
- Stella Chase (1974)
Earth Rituals and Later Films:
- Awakening of the Earth Goddess, Rougham (1982)
- Castlerigg (c1981)
- Wales Stone Circles (c1981)
- Breaking Away to Come Together (1984)
- The Re-Awakening of My Ancestral Spirits (1987)
Exclusive Documentary
- The Bruce Lacey Experience (2012)

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This droll tale of longing and awkward romance follows two misfits - a coffee addict and a vodka-soaked mechanic - as they hit the road in their Soviet built Volga.

Along the way they manage to pick up two women, the Estonian Tatjani (Kati Outinen) and the buxom Russian Klavdia (Kirsi Tykkyläinen), despite sharing no common language and being completely clueless as to what to do with them next. Set to a thumping rock and roll soundtrack, this beautifully observed and comically understated gem is classic Kaurismaki.

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To celebrate the start of summer, handsome 17-year-old Miku (Mikko Kauppila) throws a wild party at his parent s house, which turns destructive quickly. As punishment, Miku is forced to spend the rest of his summer with his family at their secluded country cottage.

There, Miku meets the confident, magnetic Elias (Valtteri Lehtinen). The two spend their summer inseparable, discovering themselves, their sexuality and each other. But with an intense holiday romance comes the inevitable spectre of separation, and, as the summer comes to a close, the boys will have to face the realities of potential heartbreak head on. Equal part erotic summer romance and moving portrait of teen angst, 'Screwed' is both stirring and affecting.

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Kaurismaki regulars Matti Pellonpaa and Kati Outinen star in this offbeat yet remarkably touching romantic comedy. Pellonpää plays Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur who finds his plans for success dashed with the unexpected death of his business associate.

Whilst searching for a job, he meets Ilona (Outinen) a down-on-her luck cashier in a local supermarket and, falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.

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In 2012 Sigur Ros gave a wide selection of film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever came into their heads when they listened to songs from the band's album Valtari. The results were unveiled every two weeks on www.sigur-ros.co.uk under the banner Mystery Film Experiment.

There was also a competition for the public to make their own ideas a reality, which attracted more than 800 entries. By turns beautiful, moving and thought provoking; graphic, absurd and funny; no-one could have predicted the strange and beguiling mix of visual delights that would result from this simple idea.

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Established in 1946, the Central Office of Information (COI) was a successor to the wartime Ministry of Information and was responsible for producing thousands of films which celebrated Britain, its people and their achievements.

This second volume in the COI Collection surveys the subjects of architecture, design and fashion. Highlights include: Designing Women (1948), where Joyce Grenfell takes us through the dos and don'ts of home furnishing; Brief City (1952), where we see modernist architecture and design on show at the Festival of Britain; Design for Today (1965), Hugh Hudson's day-in-the-life of British design; Insight: Terence Conran (1981) and Insight: Zandra Rhodes (1981), in which Peter Greenaway and Michael Nyman team up in two early collaborations; and The Pacemakers: Biha (1970), a look at the work of Barbara Hulanicki. This volume also boasts two newly commissioned scores by electronic pop band Saint Etienne. They give Designed in Britain (1959) and Design for Today (1965) a contemporary music make-over, whilst still retaining some original features. An accompanying booklet provides authoritative notes, along with Hugh Hudson's recollections of making 'Design for Today'.

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Father, grandfather, policeman, widower. In a remote Icelandic town, Ingimundur (Ingvar Sigurdsson), an off-duty police chief begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife.

Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.

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Capturing the nascent style and working methods of the filmmaker, developed between 1970 - 1991, 'The Early Works' brings together Broomfield's work from the National Film and Television School, his pioneering and controversial social documentary and the birth of his signature style - highlights of

an astonishing and varied career. From the slums of Liverpool to the detention centers of California; from the disturbingly right wing Home Counties to the luckless bright lights of a Broadway show; and from the appalling conditions of Britain's youth institutions into the unique mind of Spalding Gray, Broomfield's intimate and distinctive style ensures an unyielding pursuit of the very human stories permeating his wildly diverse subjects.

A romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents; 'Touch' follows one man's emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out.