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Over a century ago, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon roamed the British Isles filming the everyday lives of people at work and play. For around 70 years, 800 rolls of this early nitrate film sat in sealed barrels in the basement of a shop in Blackburn. Now miraculously discovered and painstakingly restored by the BFI, this ranks as the most exciting film discovery of recent times. Following on from the hugely successful BBC TV series, 'The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon' and the BFI's first video volume 'Electric Edwardians' is this new selection of films, Mitchell and Kenyon in Ireland. The Mitchell and Kenyon Collection contains some twenty-six films made in Ireland between May 1901 and December 1902 in association with three travelling film exhibitors - the North American Animated Photo Company, the Thomas Edison Animated Photo Company and the fairground showman George Green. Presented as 'Local Films for Local People', the films include street scenes of Dublin, Wexford and Belfast, local dignitaries attending the Cork International Exhibition, scenic routes from Cork to Blarney Castle and much more. With music by Neil Brand and Gunter Buchwald, an essay by Dr Vanessa Toulmin and a commentary read by Fiona Shaw this new BFI video offers Mitchell and Kenyon's unique and vivid record of Ireland at the start of the twentieth century. - Director:
- Sagar Mitchell
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- Sagar Mitchell, Fiona Shaw, James Kenyon
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Over a century ago, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon roamed the British Isles filming the everyday lives of people at work and play. For around 70 years, 800 rolls of this early nitrate film sat in sealed barrels in the basement of a shop in Blackburn. Now miraculously discovered and painstakingly restored by the BFI, this ranks as the most exciting film discovery of recent times. Following on from the hugely successful BBC TV series, 'The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon' and the BFI's first volume 'Electric Edwardians' is this new selection of films, 'Mitchell and Kenyon: Edwardian Sports'. A remarkable selection of sporting highlights from the Mitchell and Kenyon Collection. This new BFI feature brings together some of the earliest surviving films (1901 -07) featuring the titans of professional football, cricket and rugby whilst also rediscovering the Corinthian spirit of amateur sport and leisure in Edwardian life. Liverpool, Hull Kingston Rovers, Everton, and Blackburn Rovers feature alongside a swimming gala in North Shields, the AAA championships of 1901 and the Mold cricket controversy - an early 'chucking' storm with an Australian umpire at its centre. - Director:
- Sagar Mitchell
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Probably the most exciting film discovery of recent times, the films of Mitchell & Kenyon were commissioned by travelling exhibitors at the dawn of the twentieth century for screening in town halls, at village fetes or local fairs. Advertised as 'local films for local people', the audience paid to see their neighbours, children, family and themselves on the screen, glimpsed at local football matches, leaving work, marching in civic processions or enjoying the annual works holidays. The hugely successful BBC TV series 'The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon' introduced audiences to these miraculous views of the past. For the first time there is now the opportunity to explore the Collection in greater depth. The material on this video is taken from 28 hours of footage of scenes of everyday life and represents a cross-section of the subjects covered in the Collection. From factory gates to football matches, the leaving of Liverpool to the leaving of work, the workers on holiday and at play, this material provides an unparalleled opportunity to see the world through the eyes of the working communities of the time. The films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon take us on a tour of everyday life in Edwardian Britain. This video features 35 items in five sections: Youth and Education, The Anglo-Boer War, Workers, High Days and Holidays, People and Places, as well as five additional 'hidden' items. It also includes a specially commissioned score by the Sheffield-based duo 'In the Nursery'. - Director:
- Sagar Mitchell
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- Vanessa Toulmin
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Vita and Virginia (2018)Vita & Virginia
Based on a true story, 'Vita and Virginia' details the passionate relationship between literary trailblazer Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki), and enigmatic aristocrat Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton). When their paths cross, the magnetic Vita decides the beguiling, stubborn and gifted Virginia will be her next conquest, no matter the cost. The ensuing relationship leads to the birth of Woolf's bold, experimental novel 'Orlando'. A daring celebration of an unconventional bond, and a vivid exploration of gender, sexuality, creativity and passion, 'Vita and Virginia' details the love story of two women - two writers - who smashed through social barriers to find solace in their forbidden connection. - Director:
- Chanya Button
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- Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini
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Savage Justice (2022)Wash Me in the River / Savage Salvation
Newly engaged Shelby John (Jack Huston) and Ruby Red (Willa Fitzgerald) want a fresh start after their struggles with addiction, but after a family get together with her brother-in-law (John Malkovich) Shelby discovers his beloved Ruby dead on their porch. Filled with rage he embarks on a vengeful killing spree of the dealers who supplied her. Armed with nothing but adrenaline and a nail gun, Shelby begins to unleash chaos on the town's criminal underbelly, as he hunts down crime lord Coyote (Quavo). Sheriff Church (Robert De Niro) must race against the clock to put an end to Shelby's vigilante justice before the entire town descends into a bloodbath. - Director:
- Randall Emmett
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- Jack Huston, Robert De Niro, John Malkovich
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Four old school villains, Waldorf (Terry Stone), Prozac (Sam Gittins), Fisherman (Ricky London), and Slips (Michael Head) plan one 'Last Heist' to liberate the key to the stashed fortune of the (recently passed away) head of South London crime family, Mick (Perry Benson). Unfortunately, in carrying out the heist, the gang encounters significant obstacles, and violence is the inevitable outcome. Is there really honour amongst thieves, and how far will they go to protect each other, especially as the main threat seems to come from within the gang. - Director:
- Coz Greenop
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- Terry Stone, Emily Wyatt, Perry Benson
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"The Dinner", starring Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Rebecca Hall, is a dark psychological thriller about a fierce showdown between two couples during the course of an ornately prepared meal at a fancy restaurant. When Stan Lohman (Gere), a popular congressman, invites his troubled younger brother Paul (Coogan) and his wife Claire (Linney) to join him and his wife Katelyn (Hall) for dinner at a fashionable restaurant, the stage is set for a tense night. Stan and Paul's teenage sons are friends, and the two of them have committed a crime that has shocked the country. While their sons' identities have not yet been discovered, their parents must now decide what action to take. A riveting story filled with many shocking twists and turns, 'The Dinner' is a chilling parable about the savage reality hidden beneath the surface of middle class lives. - Director:
- Oren Moverman
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- Michael Chernus, Taylor Rae Almonte, Steve Coogan
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Stephen Frears produces six plays by Oscar-nominated writer Alan Bennett. Showcasing the talents of Thora Hird, Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge, Dave Allen and Alun Armstrong, Six Plays by Alan Bennett includes the BAFTA-nominated 'Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf'. Frears himself directs four of the six plays, with the remaining two directed by BAFTA-winning Giles Foster and Palm d'Or winner Lindsay Anderson.
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.
Doris and Doreen (1978)
Doris (Prunella Scales) and Doreen (Patricia Routledge) work for a large unnamed corporation. Changes are afoot, though they are not entirely sure what they are. Equipped with an in depth knowledge of regulations and paperwork they feel compelled to get to the bottom of it.
The Old Crowd (1979)
George (John Moffatt) and Betty (Isabel Dean), a middle-class English couple, have just moved into a big Edwardian house in London and are throwing a party to celebrate. Unfortunately, after ten days none of their furniture has arrived, having been sent to Carlisle by mistake, three of the four toilets don't work and cracks are starting to appear in the ceiling. However, nothing can dent their determination to have a good time.
Afternoon Off (1979)
Lee (Henry Man), a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
One Fine Day (1979)
George Phillips (Dave Allen), a middle-aged Londoner, works as an estate agent for the firm of Frobisher, Rendell and Ross. His home life is soured by clashes with his wife over whether their teenage...
All Day on the Sands (1979)
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are staying at a boarding-house in the seaside resort of Morecambe with their small children, Colin (Gary Carp) and Jennifer (Susan Hopkins). Mr Cooper has just been made redundant, but the family are trying to keep this a secret from the other guests...- Director:
- Stephen Frears
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- Neville Smith, Julie Walters, Frank Middlemass
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Dirty Work (2018)The Shopper's Secret
When Arabella gets her dream job as a personal assistant to a successful erotic novelist, her eyes are not only opened to an exciting, glamorous lifestyle, but also to kinky fantasies of her new boss. As Arabella secretly watches the sexual adventures that unfold, her passions are awakened and she is soon lured into a word of kinky liaisons, secret pleasures and very dark desires. As jealousies surface and power games and played, Arabella has to risk everything as she is seduces deeper and deeper into this new erotic world. - Director:
- Louisa Warren
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- Keely Cat Wells, Claudine-Helene Aumord, Marc Ozall
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After failing to unlock a prisoner in time to save the lives of dozens of innocent people from a terrorist attack in Paris, CIA interrogator Alice Racine's (Noomi Rapace) career was sidelined. Now leading a quiet life in London, Alice is unexpectedly called back into action when the CIA apprehends a suspect believed to have direct knowledge of another imminent attack. Turning to the few people she can trust, she seeks out those responsible as she races against the clock to prevent a deadly biological attack on the citizens of London. - Director:
- Michael Apted
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- Orlando Bloom, Noomi Rapace, Toni Collette
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"You will go to sleep: you will wake up. It will be as if those hours never existed." Beautiful and quietly reckless university student Lucy (Emily Browning - the mesmerising star of Sucker Punch) takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty to pay her way through college. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy's absolute submission. This experience starts to bleed into Lucy's daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep. Julia Leigh's powerful and provocative vision is one of the most startling debut features of recent years. - Director:
- Julia Leigh
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- Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie
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Elle (2016)Oh!
From legendary filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, 'Elle' is a gripping psychological noir thriller. Starring iconic actress Isabelle Huppert in a career-defining role, 'Elle' follows Michele LeBlanc (Huppert), founder and CEO of a successful video game company, who is attacked in her own home. Upending our expectations, Michele begins to track down her assailant, and soon they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game, one that at any moment may spiral out of control. - Director:
- Paul Verhoeven
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- Isabelle Huppert, Oury Milshtein, Laurent Lafitte
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When private detective Philip Marlowe (Liam Neeson) is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, it looks a open and shut case, but Marlowe soon finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood's film industry of the 1930s and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress (Jessica Lange) and her subversive, ambitious daughter (Diane Kruger). Based on John Banville's novel 'The Black-Eyed Blonde' directed by award winning director Neil Jordan. - Director:
- Neil Jordan
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- Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange
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A poor nation can mean riches...for the corrupt. In an absorbing screenplay based on his novel, master of intrigue Graham Greene sets passions both romantic and political against the backdrop of Haiti during the brutal rule of Papa Doc Duvalier. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor lead a who's-who cast of stars who portray diplomats, impostors, adulterers, hangers-on, the indolent and even a pair of vegetarians - all caught up in the strongman's reign of terror. From the discovery of a dead body at the bottom of a pool to a harrowing showdown with Papa Doc's ruthless secret police, "The Comedians" tells a story as disturbing and redeeming as mankind's conflicted heart. - Director:
- Peter Glenville
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- Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness
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Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey's ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. Surprising even themselves, the duo jump into action, on the run throughout Europe from assassins and a suspicious-but-charming British agent, as they hatch a plan to save the world. - Director:
- Susanna Fogel
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- Justin Theroux, Blanka Györfi-Tóth, Vilma Szécsi
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