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Fire at Sea (2016)Fuocoammare
One hundred and fifty miles south of Sicily, sits Lampedusa, a small, quaint island home to just six thousand people. But as their ordinary lives continue, Lampedusa forms the stage for a different story, one of tragedy - it is the first port of call for African and Middle-Eastern refugees whose last hope for a peaceful life is Europe. - Director:
- Gianfranco Rosi
- Cast:
- Pietro Bartolo, Samuele Caruana, Samuele Pucillo
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A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)Escape from Dartmoor
Directed by Anthony Asquith (The Browning Version, The Way to the Stars) 'A Cottage on Dartmoor' is an embroiled melodrama, a tale of love and revenge, set on the bleak landscape of Dartmoor. Overlooked by critics eager to heap praise upon his contemporary, Hitchcock, and the much lauded Blackmail (released the same year), 'A Cottage on Dartmoor' is a thoughtful distillation of the best of European silent film techniques from a director steeped in the work of the Soviet avant-garde and German expressionism. One of the last silent films to be made in Britain before the talkies revolutionized cinema, Asquith's film is a virtuoso piece of filmmaking, a final passionate cry in defence of an art form soon to be obsolete. The film is presented here with an original piano score composed and performed by Stephen Horne. - Director:
- Anthony Asquith
- Cast:
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Uno Henning, Norah Baring
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The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)Mùi du du xanh
Ten year old Mui takes up her position as servant to a wealthy though troubled family. She performs her duties with great diligence, while carefully observing and taking great pleasure from the smallest details of life around her. Ten years later her life changes when she is sent to work for a family friend who had always held a fascination for her. The Scent Of Green Papaya is a film of stunning images and subtle observations, of gentle moments that border on the spiritual. It is a visual poem that has won the hearts of critics and audiences alike. - Director:
- Anh Dung Tran
- Cast:
- Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong
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Exiled from their home nations, four strangers from separate corners of the earth agree to undertake a dangerous mission to transport unstable dynamite through the dense jungle of South America in order to earn their passage home. When the slightest bump in the road could equal instant death, the real question is not whether these men will survive this nerve-shredding ordeal but who will they have become if they return at all? - Director:
- William Friedkin
- Cast:
- Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal
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In 1962, Francois Truffaut persuaded Alfred Hitchcock to sit with him for a week-long interview in which the great British auteur would share with his young admirer the secrets of his cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting—used to produce the seminal book "Hitchcock/Truffaut"—this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time and plunges us into the world of the creator of Psycho, The Birds and Vertigo. Hitchcock's singular vision is elucidated and brought vividly to life by today's leading filmmakers: Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Arnaud Desplechin, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, James Gray, Olivier Assayas, Richard Linklater, Peter Bogdanovich, and Paul Schrader. - Director:
- Kent Jones
- Cast:
- Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich
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Amores Perros (2000)Love's a Bitch / Love Dogs
Beginning with a kinetic, bone-crushing car accident, 'Amores Perros' imaginatively interweaves the stories of its three victims: Octavio (Gael Garcia Bernal) a young man who has fallen in love with his violent brother's wife; Valeria (Goya Toledo), a beautiful Mexican model for whom physical appearances are everything and El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), a former political assassin now exiled from his family. The result is a moving, visceral eulogy to life, loss and dog fighting on Mexico's mean streets. - Director:
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast:
- Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo
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Maverick. Auteur. Rebel. Innovator. Storyteller. Rambler. Gambler. Mad man. Family man. Director. Artist. "Altman" is a touching, respectful, illuminating survey of the life and works of one of the most innovative, influential and truly independent directors in American cinema history. While refusing to bow down to Hollywood's conventions, or its executives, Altman's unique style of filmmaking won him friends and enemies, earned him world-wide praise and occasionally scathing criticism. With a career spanning "M*A*S*H", "The Player", "Gosford Park", and more, Altman proved that it is possible to make truly independent films. - Director:
- Ron Mann
- Cast:
- Paul Thomas Anderson, James Caan, Keith Carradine
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And Your Mother Too (2001)Y Tu Mama Tambien
Julio and Tenoch are typical over-sexed and under-occupied teenagers. During a festive afternoon with their families they meet Luisa, a twenty eight year old Spaniard, and flirt with her with all the style and grace seventeen year old boys are known for. As a joke, they invite her to accompany them on a road trip to a beach called Boca Del Cielo, neglecting to mention that they wouldn't know where to find it, even if it did actually exist. To their astonishment, she accepts. - Director:
- Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast:
- Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Gael García Bernal
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Best friends Anthony (Luke Wilson), Dignan (Owen Wilson), and Bob (Robert Musgrave) stage a wildly complex, mildly successful robbery of a small bookstore, then go "on the lam". During their adventures, Anthony falls in love with a South American housekeeper, Inez (Lumi Cavazos), and they befriend local thief extraordinaire Mr. Henry (James Caan). 'Bottle Rocket' is a charming, hilarious, affectionate look at the folly of dreamers, shot against radiant southwestern backdrops, and the film that put Anderson and the Wilson brothers on the map. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd
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Set in 1970's Santa Barbara, '20th Century Women' is the story of Dorothea (Annette Bening), a single mother, and her son Jamie, as he comes of age at a time brimming with cultural change and rebellion. As life challenges both of them in new ways, Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women in Jamie's upbringing; Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a free-spirited punk artist living as a lodger in their home, and Julie (Elle Fanning), a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour. - Director:
- Mike Mills
- Cast:
- Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig
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The Colour of Pomegranates (1969)Sayat Nova / Red Pomegranate
Sergei Paradjanov's celebrated, dreamlike masterpiece paints an astonishing portrait of the 18th century Armenian poet Sayat Nova, the 'King of Song'. Paradjanov's aim was not a conventional biography but a cinematic expression of his work, resulting in an extraordinary visual poem. Key moments in his subject's life are illustrated through a series of exquisitely orchestrated tableaux filled with rich colour and stunning iconography, each scene a celluloid painting alive with stylised movement. One of cinema's most revered and beautiful films, The Colour of Pomegranates is a unique and rewarding experience that haunts the memory long after viewing. - Director:
- Sergei Parajanov
- Cast:
- Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan
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Henry V (1989)Enrique V
This triumphant BAFTA and Academy Award winning production of Shakespeare's "Henry V" is a classic story of conflict, courage, honour and heroism. Kenneth Branagh is electrifying as Henry V, a king whose inspired leadership and full-blooded courage rouses his bewildered and bedraggled men to arms against a French army five times greater than their own. Henry V is an epic explosion of bloody battles and powerful performances from the cream of British acting talent, including Brian Blessed, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Derek Jacobi, Paul Scofield and Emma Thompson. - Director:
- Kenneth Branagh
- Cast:
- Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd
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In a dangerous adventure, six men sail from Peru to Polynesia on a fragile balsa-wood raft risking their lives for an idea that could change history. Led by Thor, a handsome captain who can't swim, the crew have no modern equipment and only a parrot for company. Battling tidal waves, sharks and demons of the deep, it is six men against nature as the Kon-Tiki strives to reach land. - Director:
- Joachim Rønning
- Cast:
- Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård
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August 1962: the latest attempt on the life of French President Charles de Gaulle by the far right paramilitary organisation, the OAS, ends in chaos, with its architect-in-chief dead at the hands of a firing squad. Demoralised and on the verge of bankruptcy, the OAS leaders meet in secret to plan their next move. In a last desperate attempt to eliminate de Gaulle, they opt to employ the services of a hired assassin from outside the fold. Enter the Jackal (Edward Fox): charismatic, calculating, cold as ice. As the Jackal closes in on his target, a race against the clock ensues to identify and put a stop to a killer whose identity, whereabouts and modus operandi are completely unknown. - Director:
- Fred Zinnemann
- Cast:
- Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair
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Inspired, inspiring, tender and touching, 'Stories We Tell' is a brilliant documentary portrait of a complicated yet deeply loving family from Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley. Taking her cue from a family joke about-not resembling her father, Polley sets out to uncover the truth about her mysterious mother and her own uncertain lineage. Playfully yet pointedly interrogating a cast of blood relatives and family friends, she slowly pieces together a puzzle of conflicting stories, myths and memories until she makes a discovery that will shake her family to the core.
At once an exploration of the function of storytelling, the elusive nature of truth and what it means to be part of a family, 'Stories We Tell' is funny, profound, poignant and one of the most original films of the year.- Director:
- Sarah Polley
- Cast:
- Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley
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