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The unforgettable original version of acclaimed filmmaker Michael Haneke's classic exploration of screen violence is an uncompromising, sometimes uncomfortable, but never less than compelling experience.

Arriving at their remote lakeside holiday home, a middle class family are alarmed by the unexpected arrival of two young men who soon begin to subject them to a twisted and horrifying ordeal of terror. With characteristic mastery, Haneke turns the conventions of the thriller genre upside down and, directly challenges the expectations of his audience, forcing viewers to question the complacency with which they receive images of casual violence in contemporary cinema.

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Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat's Cannes sensation turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages.

Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid). She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: The Substance. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn - temporarily - as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong? Explosive, provocative and twisted, 'The Substance' marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.

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Ursula Andress - voted the No.1 Bond girl of all time, emerged from the sea in 'Dr. No' - Bond's first outing - and into film history. Here she leads a heavyweight cast including a snarling Eli Wallach (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), and action hunk Fabio Testi (The Big Racket).

A second Bond girl, the alluring Barbara Bach (The Spy Who Loved Me), completes this iconic ensemble. But this is no quip-filled Hollywood caper. Under the gritty direction of Maurizio Lucidi - a master of emotional tensions - these cinema legends deliver powerful performances in a sleek psychological thriller elevated by a moody score from Oscar winner Luis Bacalov (The Postman, Django). After a deadly heist and a breathtaking car chase, criminals Wallach and Testi split up to evade police. Testi is tasked with getting the stolen jewels across the U.S.-Canada border, where he holes up in a sleepy border-town motel. There, he meets Michelle (Andress), smouldering as the trophy wife of the motel owner. A twisted sexual game of cat and mouse ignites, charged by the genuine chemistry between Andress and Testi. As the lovers plan their escape, the stolen jewels vanish. An enraged Eli Wallach loads his gun and speeds toward the Stateline Motel for a final confrontation.

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Max (Dirk Bogarde) is a night porter in a Vienna hotel in the 1950's. When beautiful Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) checks in, they recognise each other from a terrible past; Max was an SS officer in a concentration camp who had abused and tortured her, then a teenage prisoner.

Lucia is travelling with her orchestra conductor husband, but when he leaves to continue his tour, Lucia stays behind as she and Max find themselves compelled to renew their former, intense, sadomasochistic relationship. Max is a reluctant member of a group of former SS who are ruthlessly covering up their pasts. They soon consider Lucia a threat and urge Max to hand her over. He refuses and hides out with Lucia, while his former comrades exert their threats. This is the story of an obsessive passion which compels two lovers to be together despite their lucid awareness of contravening all - even their own - morality, and the certainty of their tragic destiny. Liliana Cavani's tale of passion beyond all morality or societal construct provokes overwhelming and wildly conflicting emotions.

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King Arthur and his trusty knights fearlessly travel the length and breadth of the country in search of the mythical Holy Grail.

On their way they have to deal with the sarcastic taunts of the French Knight, the Knights who say 'Ni', Tim the Enchanter and the Terror of the Cave of Caerbannog amongst other things.

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When nervous Fleet Street journalist Peter Bates (Martin Burrows) is asked by his brash American publisher (Thick Wilson) to spice up a magazine's horoscope column with more sexual content, he rushes to meet a hard deadline! Tasked with sleeping with twelve different women of each astrological star

sign, shy Peter grows in confidence as he cavorts his way through the zodiac. Coupled with 'Sex with the Stars' is Kawadri's 1981 short film 'Waiting Room', which was mired in controversy upon its release due to its sexual content. Starring Georgina Hale (Ken Russell's The Devils) and Trevor Thomas (Black Joy), it remains as shocking today as it was five decades ago.

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Arriving in Paris with dreams of making it big, bohemian Greta (Astrid Frank) is swiftly besieged by horny Frenchmen. She's offered shelter by possessive lesbian aristocrat Claude (Nicole Debonne), who takes Greta under her wing - and into her bed.

But Greta hasn't forsaken men completely, and she's about to make Claude very jealous indeed...

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A group of tourists are terrorized by a killer who wears a red raincoat and stabs its victims in the eye. Mark Burton (John Richardson) is having an affair with his secretary Paulette Stone (Martine Brochard) while his wife is suffering form a nervous breakdown.

Why does the killer stab its victims in the eye and will the police solve the mystery before the killer disappears?

A high-powered CEO (Nicole Kidman) puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). The balance of power is constantly shifting in seductive and darkly comic romance with thrillingly taut personal and professional stakes.

In an electric, star-is-born performance, Mikey Madison soars as Anora, an enterprising, ferociously foulmouthed Brooklyn erotic dancer and sex worker whose Prince Not-So-Charming comes along in the form of a Russian oligarch's-child son. This is the beginning of a fractured fairy tale.

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In this wild and incredible tale, young Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is brought back to live by a brilliant and unorthodox scientist.

Eager to learn and hungry for the worldliness she lacks, Bella runs off on an adventure that inspires in her a fantastical evolution leading to a fierce dedication to equality and liberation.

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The body of a young woman is found on the beach, shot in the head, burned to hide her identity and dressed in distinctive yellow pyjamas. With the Sydney police stumped, former Inspector Timpson (Ray Milland) comes out of retirement to crack the case.

Treading where the real detectives can't, Timpson doggedly pieces together the sad story of Dutch immigrant Glenda Blythe (Dalila Di Lazzaro) and the unhappy chain of events which led to her grisly demise.

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It's 1840. The headstrong Rosina leaves behind her family and Jewish identity to take a governess position on the Isle of Skye. There she finds herself drawn to her mysterious employer, the handsome and reclusive scientist Charles Cavendish.

As Rosina helps him in his work, the two begin an intense and sensuous affair. Starring Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 'The Governess' is a captivating tale of a remarkable woman ahead of her time.

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The eccentric Baron von Frankenstein (Udo Kier) partners with his peculiar assistant Otto (Arno Jürging), to craft a superior master race, with the Baron as its leader. He assembles two flawless 'zombies' from assorted body parts, intending them to produce off spring.

Amidst this, a web of complications unfolds as Nicholas (Joe Dallesandro), a farmhand, engages in an affair with the Baron's unsatisfied wife. Simultaneously, Nicholas seeks his vanished friend Sacha (Srdjan Zelenovic), whose head and brain have been employed in the creation of Frankenstein's male 'zombie'.

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From Nicolas Roeg, the genius behind 'Walkabout', 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' and 'Don't Look Now', comes a scorching dissection of the basic needs of humanity; to eat, to love and to survive.

Gerald Kingsland (legendary Hellraiser Oliver Reed) advertises for a female companion to join him on a desert island for a year. Lucy (Amanda Donohoe) responds and the two embark on an unforgettable expedition, and an unexpected battle of the sunburnt sexes. Based on the book from Lucy Irvine, the movie manages to bring to life this controversial and tabloid-baiting social experiment.