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Michael Stone (David Thewlis), a husband, father and successful motivation speaker, is crippled by the mundanity of his life. On yet another business trip he checks into a clinically commonplace hotel once more.

But this time a chance meeting with Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), an unassuming, small-town sales rep, throws the dullness into disarry and Michael feels he may have actually met someone who can make a change. From the mind of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and animation master Duke Johnson comes "Anomalisa", a tender, touching and achingly funny black comedy, filmed entirely in extraordinary stop motion animation.

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Winter 1968, and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown.

As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of romance seem undimmed as she embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock), her soon-to-be fifth husband. And yet Judy (Renée Zellweger) is fragile. After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is exhausted: haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood, and gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids. Will she have the strength to go on? Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love and the sheer pizzazz of "the world's greatest entertainer".

In a majestic world of intricate hand-drawn textures, a shipwrecked man is found marooned on a desert island. With his attempted escapes thwarted by the stranger and larger-than-life titular red reptile, the man's existence is forever altered when something extraordinary occurs.

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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.

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Oscar Nominee Tim Roth is David, a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Efficient and dedicated to his profession, he develops strong and even intimate relationships with each person he cares for.

But outside of his work it becomes clear that David is the host of some troubling thoughts and behaviour. He needs each patient as much as they need him. The award winning director of 'After Lucia' returns with a sober but staggering slice of human drama that captures relationships of varying kinds and the bounds to which they are limited.

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A Monster Calls is a spectacular story of one boy's journey for hope and courage.

With his mother (Felicity Jones) fighting a life-threatening illness and his strict grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) imposing new rules on his life, 12-year-old Conor O'Malley (Lewis MacDougall) is faced with a future beyond his control. Confused, angry, and alone, he immerses himself in a fantastical world of his own creation where he meets an ancient and giant creature known as 'The Monster' (Liam Neeson) who helps Conor to confront his nightmares.

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Jake Gyllenhaal plays Adam Bell, a college history professor who is somewhat dissatisfied with his life. One day when watching a movie he spots a bit-part actor who looks exactly like him and begins investigating who this doppelganger is.

Becoming increasingly obsessed, Adam decides he must meet with this mysterious person, but when he does he unearths more than he'd bargained for.

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In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred (Ruth Negga) fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs.

It is when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love.

"The Other Side of Hope" follows the fortunes of Khaled (Sherwan Haji), a young man who has travelled to Helsinki from his home in Syria to seek asylum. For first-time visitors, Finland's capital city can be a strange and confusing place. But help is out there for those who know where ti find it.

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Academy Award winner Ang Lee brings his extraordinary vision to 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk', based on the widely-acclaimed, bestselling novel.

The story is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing battle in Iraq and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through a sequence of flashbacks the truth about what really a happened is revealed - contrasting the realities of the war with America's distorted perceptions of heroism.

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In a small town on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, two runaway teenagers, Laila and Aaron, have taken sanctuary in a remote caravan park. Lying low, they live a hand to mouth existence. But a relentless gang of bounty hunters, hired by Laila's father, are in pursuit.

Desperate to escape, the young lovers are forced to travel deeper into the unforgiving terrain of the Moors, towards an uncertain fate.

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Written by and co-starring Academy Award Winner Emma Thompson, "Effie Gray" explores the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin, his teenage bride Effie Gray, and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais.

After marrying at the tender age of 19, Effie quickly realises her marriage is a lie when Ruskin refuses to consummate it, Yearning for affection, she soon falls for the charms of the artist, Millais. Desperate to be freed from Ruskin, Effie embarks on a life-changing journey to become Mm one of the first women in history to seek a divorce from her husband, making her an everlasting figure in feminist history.

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Lily O'Connor (Agyness Deyn) is a witty and searingly defiant Northerner with epilepsy and a tough past. When she finds out that the brother she's long thought dead could still be alive, she risks her life to go in search of him.

As she abandons her safe routine in a seaside town and heads into the treacherous underbelly of London she takes us on a deeply moving trip that really is like nothing you've seen before. Will Lily's bravery help her connect her past and her future - or will she die trying?

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Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighbourhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.

As she falls further under their gang lifestyle, she begins to make foolish choices that could impact her life forever.

Hail, Caesar! follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.