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We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (2021)Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Set in a timeless West Berlin, with an epic music soundtrack that combines Bowie classics with contemporary dance tracks, 'We Children from Bahnhof Zoo' tells the story of six teenagers who find each other in the intoxicating clubs of the city. They are strong, courageous and living wildly in this ?paradise' - one that initially appears to be a riot of colour, daring and excitement. At the centre of the group is Christiane (Jana McKinnon) whose life is torn apart by the devastating separation of her parents. She escapes her home only to find herself slipping into a seductive underworld. As the group's bond intensifies, they hedonistically chase the next thrill, navigating their way through euphoric highs and dark, dangerous lows. While their lives and relationships expand and unravel, their individual traumas drag them into a tailspin that some of them will never escape. - Director:
- Philipp Kadelbach
- Cast:
- Jana McKinnon, Lena Urzendowsky, Lea Drinda
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A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, 'Minari' follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, 'Minari' shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home. - Director:
- Lee Isaac Chung
- Cast:
- Alan S. Kim, Yeri Han, Noel Cho
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Tasked with renovating a neglected rental home, handyman Jack (MacLeod Andrews) quickly finds out why the tenants keep leaving in droves - this house is haunted. The ghost in question is Muriel (Natalie Walker), herself employed from beyond the veil to keep the home vacant. Against the odds, Jack and Muriel find they have a lot in common...pulse notwithstanding. Having found a kindred spirit in an otherwise lonely existence, they must fight for their newfound affection as pressure mounts for them each to fulfil their "cross-purposes". - Director:
- Adam Stovall
- Cast:
- MacLeod Andrews, Nicholas Thurkettle, Natalie Walker
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Elger Enders (Beau Bridges) buys an apartment block in Brooklyn with plans of renovating it and increasing his considerable wealth. However much to his annoyance the tenants refuse to be evicted. As Elger is forced to interact personally with his tenants he finds out more about their personal lives, slowly his pompous and unforgiving nature is worn away by their stories and troubles and he emerges as a caring and thoughtful young man. - Director:
- Hal Ashby
- Cast:
- Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands
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It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind...but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah (Kathleen Pollard), a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time - stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah's terrifying home. - Director:
- André Øvredal
- Cast:
- Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush
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This highly-praised debut feature from the Irish documentarist Pat Collins takes the form of a trip through the West of Ireland as a sound-recordist returning from Berlin seeks to capture the sound of silence, but after meeting the local inhabitants is drawn back to his own roots on Tory Island off the coast of Donegal. (The video also includes an earlier documentary by Pat Collins about Tory Island).
Influenced by elements of folklore and archive, Silence unfolds with a quiet intensity, where poetic images reveal an absorbing and ultimately moving meditation on themes relating to sound and silence, history, memory and exile.- Director:
- Pat Collins
- Cast:
- Andrew Bennett, Marie Coyne, Tommy Fahy
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Alone is a tense and tightly-wound thriller from John Hyams, director of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning an& the upcoming Maniac Cop remake. Jessica (Jules Willcox: Bloodline} drives on a long and lonely stretch of road. Attempting to rebound from a tragic loss, she is headed back to her hometown to restart her life. But her plans are derailed when a psychopathic man (Marc Menchaca: Ozark] makes her his prey. - Director:
- John Hyams
- Cast:
- Jules Willcox, Emily Sahler, Katie O'Grady
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"Henry Glassie: Field Work" is a magisterial portrait of the most renowned American folklorist and ethnologist. Glassie's long professional life encompasses the people and folklore of his native southern states; from the sublime vocal purity of Ola Belle Reed whom he recorded in the sixties, to the potters, sculptors, metal workers, gilders and painters of sacred art in Brazil, the ceramic masters and the women rug makers and weavers of Turkey, the story tellers and singers of Ballymenone on the Northern Irish border. Filmed in Brazil, Ireland and the US in Glassie's presence, artists are observed at work, where in Glassie's words the creative act brings "a momentary fulfilment of what it is to be human". - Director:
- Pat Collins
- Cast:
- Henry Glassie, Pravina Shukla, Samuel Rodrigues
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Seaman Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper), on shore leave, finds a "Mermaid" sideshow attraction at the marina, operated by Captain Murdock (Gavin Muir). The "Mermaid" Mora (Linda Lawson), who lives in a hotel above the marina merry-go-round (the movie was filmed at the Santa Monica pier) and Johnny fall for each other. Everyone around them is wary of the romance, as her previous lovers have died mysteriously. - Director:
- Curtis Harrington
- Cast:
- Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir
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"A Rainy Day in New York" tells the story of college sweethearts, Gatsby (Timothée Chalamet) and Ashleigh (Elle Fanning), whose plans for a romantic weekend together in New York City are dashed as quickly as the sunlight turns into showers. The two are soon parted, and each has a series of chance meetings and comical adventures they will discover that, while you only live once, once is enough if you find the right person. - Director:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Liev Schreiber
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"Promising Young Woman" is a bold new vision that has ignited a debate starring Academy Award Nominee Carey Mulligan as 'Cassie': a wickedly smart but singularly focused woman, who in order to overcome events from her past lives a double life by night. Following an unexpected encounter. Cassie is given the chance to right the wrongs of the past. - Director:
- Emerald Fennell
- Cast:
- Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie
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A wealthy socialite couple (James Caan and Katharine Ross) find themselves in over their heads in this psychological thriller from the swinging sixties. After inviting a mysterious woman (Simone Signoret) into their home, the couple discover her psychic abilities and asks her to arrange some "mind games" for their amusement. But the fun soon turns dangerous when one of the games goes horribly wrong in this edge-of-your seat mystery that will leave you guessing until the very end... - Director:
- Curtis Harrington
- Cast:
- Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross
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Strangers on a Train (1951)Pacto siniestro
Tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) half-jokingly muses about killing his wife with a stranger he meets on a train, unhinged playboy Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who'd prefer his father be deceased. In theory, each could murder the other's victim. Crisscross. No motive. No clues. No problem... except: Bruno takes the idea seriously, with deadly consequences. - Director:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast:
- Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman
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Mrs. Dalloway (1997)Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
Marleen Gorris, the Oscar-winning director of Antonia's Line, brings to life Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking 1925 novel, which itself inspired Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'The Hours', now filmed by Stephen Daldry. Vanessa Redgrave plays Clarissa Dalloway, an MP's wife, whose life is thrown into crisis when a lover she rejected 30 years ago makes an unexpected appearance at a party she is hosting at her elegant London home, prompting bittersweet memories of her youth. Beautifully filmed in period London and featuring an outstanding cast including Natascha McElhone and Rupert Graves, Mrs. Dalloway perfectly captures Virginia Woolf's concerns about choice, truth and destiny. - Director:
- Marleen Gorris
- Cast:
- Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen
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"The People Next Door" is an unflinching portrayal of a New York family torn asunder by drug abuse. Eli Wallach (Winter Kills) and Julie Harris (The Haunting) give compelling performances as parents whose marriage is pushed to the brink when their daughter Maxie (Deborah Winters) experiments with LSD and heroin, before experiencing a mental breakdown. - Director:
- David Greene
- Cast:
- Eli Wallach, Julie Harris, Deborah Winters
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