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The Lady from Shanghai (1947)Take This Woman / Black Irish
Hired to work on a yacht belonging to the disabled husband of femme fatale Rita Hayworth, Welles plays an innocent man drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue and murder.- Director:
- Orson Welles
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- Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane
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Director George Miller, originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary Mad Max franchise, returns to the world of the Road Warrior. Haunted by his turbulent past. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) wanders alone until he's swept up with a group, led by Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron). fleeing across the Wasteland. In hot pursuit: a warlord who gathers his gangs and pursues the rebels ruthlessly, leading to a high-octane road war. - Director:
- George Miller
- Cast:
- Tom Hardy, Lee Perry, Charlize Theron
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The Palio is the oldest horse race in the world, and turns the Italian city of Siena into a high-stakes battleground of strategy, intrigue, and simmering machismo. In the eye of the storm stand the jockeys - adored if they succeed, despised if they fail. "Palio" follows the legendary maestro Gigi Bruschelli, winner of 13 races and master of the intrigues that surround the Palio, and his former protege Giovanni Atzeni, a handsome young contender driven by a fearless passion to become number one. This heart-racing new film exposes the notoriously closed world of this ancient race and the larger-than-life personalities of those involved in an epic and cinematic tale of Italian life in microcosm. - Director:
- Cosima Spender
- Cast:
- Gigi Bruschelli, Giovanni Atzeni, Palio
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Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) and her 6 year-old son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman) are still suffering from their loss. When a disturbing storybook called 'The Babadook' lurns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the creature in the book is coming to kill them both. As he becomes more unpredictable and violent, Amelia is genuinely frightened by her son's behaviour. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, she fears that The Babadook may be real after all. - Director:
- Jennifer Kent
- Cast:
- Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
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Winter Sleep (2014)Kis Uykusu
The 2014 Cannes Palme d'Or winner from Nuri Bilge Ceylan is set in the hilly landscape of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia. A former actor, Aydin (Haluk Bilginer), owns a small hotel cut into the hillside, which he runs with his younger wife Nihal (Melisa Sozen). He has also inherited local properties, but leaves the business of rent collection to his agent. When a local boy, resentful of his father's humiliation by Aydin's agent, throws a stone at a jeep whilst Aydin and his agent are driving in it, Aydin ducks out of any responsibility or involvement. As the film progresses, the cocoon in which this self-satisfied man has wrapped himself is gradually unravelled. In a series of magnificent set-pieces, Aydin is exposed in his encounters with his wife, sister, and the family of the stone-throwing boy. He is finally brought face-to-face with who he truly is. - Director:
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast:
- Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag
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The Headless Woman (2008)La Mujer Sin Cabeza
Lucrecia Martel is now recognised as one of the leading new film-makers in the world. This mystery is her third feature, and was released to huge acclaim. Driving in the country Veronica is distracted and apparently hits something. Disturbed, she does not investigate but drives off. After the accident she becomes disconnected from her daily life. She Eventually tells her husband - they return to the scene and only find a dead dog. But then news emerges that a child has disappeared. Her family joins to erase all traces of the accident ever having occurred. - Director:
- Lucrecia Martel
- Cast:
- María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón
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The Gleaners and I (2000)Les Glaneurs Et La Glaneuse
In 2000 Agnes Varda travelled the France countryside and the markets of Paris to the study the lives of a collection of foragers and scavengers called The Gleaners. This remarkable collection of people insist of making use of materials that the public have so easily discarded. Varda admits to being a gleaner of sorts herself, which gives this honest and intriguing documentary a very special connection. - Director:
- Agnès Varda
- Cast:
- François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Bodan Litnanski
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The Green Prince (2014)Son of Hamas
From the producers of 'Man on Wire' and 'Searching for Sugar Man' comes a startling new documentary that tells the unbelievable story of Mosab Yousef, the son of the leader of Hamas, who defected to serve the Israeli secret service. Working undercover he is constantly relaying information from the epicentre of Hamas to their polar enemy, Shin Bet, whilst at the same time trying to keep his own father safe from harm. Packed with espionage and betrayal, and a depiction of the grand impact one person's decisions can have on global politics and millions of lives, "The Green Prince" is one of the greatest modern spy stories ever told. - Director:
- Nadav Schirman
- Cast:
- Mosab Hassan Yousef, Gonen Ben Yitzhak, Sheikh Hassan Yousef
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In this sensational Oscar-nominated documentary, six former heads of Israel's secret service share shocking, highly-guarded state secrets from their counter-terrorism unit. With rare footage and CGI reconstructions, they reflect upon their controversial actions surrounding covert military operations from the 1960s to the present day, revealing the foiled terrorism plots as well as enhanced interrogation techniques and state-sanctioned targeted assassinations. These unbelievable, chilling and astonishing revelations will change the way you see the world. - Director:
- Dror Moreh
- Cast:
- Ami Ayalon, Avraham Shalom, Avi Dichter
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Well-remembered for its unsettling depiction of a society in meltdown, the 10-part series 'The Changes' was first broadcast on the BBC in early 1975 and is now available on Video for the first time. When a strange noise is emitted from machinery and electricity pylons, previously placid and easy-going folk violently turn against the technology that surrounds them, ruthlessly attacking radios, TVs and other domestic appliances. In the devastating aftermath, young Nicky Gore (Victoria Williams) is separated from her parents and finds a surrogate home with a group of Sikhs. But they soon are dubbed 'The Devil's Children' by superstitious locals and Nicky is accused of sorcery by a witch-finder. In grave danger, she is forced to find a way to escape, find her parents and uncover what caused the world to become so unbalanced. This highly acclaimed series was adapted from Peter Dickinson's best-selling trilogy by Anna Home (who would later become chief executive of the Children's Film and Television Foundation), and features music by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's Paddy Kingsland (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). The Changes paved the way for the likes of Survivors and The Day of the Triffids and the gritty depiction of a near-apocalyptic world, and its integration of Sikh characters make it as progressive and fascinating now as it was when it was first broadcast. - Director:
- John Prowse
- Cast:
- Victoria Williams, Keith Ashton, Rafiq Anwar
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Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill and dance-punk trio Le Tigre, rose to national attention as the reluctant but never shy voice of the riot grrrl movement. She became one of the most famously outspoken feminist icons, a cultural lightning rod. Her critics wished she would just shut-up, and her fans hoped she never would. So in 2005, when Hanna stopped shouting, many wondered why. Through 20 years of archival footage and intimate interviews with Hanna, 'The Punk Singer' takes viewers on a fascinating tour of contemporary music and offers a never-before-seen view into the life of this fearless leader. - Director:
- Sini Anderson
- Cast:
- Kathleen Hanna, Carrie Brownstein, Kim Gordon
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The German Doctor (2013)Wakolda
In 1960, a post-Nazi world, a travelling Doctor strikes up a relationship with a local Argentinian family, in particular their daughter Lilith, a lonely 12-year-old girl who unknowingly becomes close friends with one of the world's most terrifying Nazi war criminals, Josef Mengele A.K.A . 'The Angel Of Death', who is on the run for his crimes in Auschwitz. - Director:
- Lucía Puenzo
- Cast:
- Àlex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti
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Blind Shaft (2003)Mang jing
The multiple award-winning thriller Blind Shaft was banned in its native China because of its scathing critique of the country's rural poverty. A fascinating tale of greed, murder and corrupted innocence, Blind Shaft is set in the illegal coal mines of Northern China, and tells the story of Song Jinming and Tang Zhaoyang, two conmen who plot the murder of a 16 year-old peasant boy who they befriend and take to work at the mine. Pretending the boy is a relative, they count on extorting money from the mine owner after the boy's "accidental" death. But the boy's innocence creates tension and unexpected twists in the pair's murderous scheme. - Director:
- Yang Li
- Cast:
- Qiang Li, Baoqiang Wang, Shuangbao Wang
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Screen adaptation of the award-winning comic series created by Frank Miller. Interweaving multiple storylines from the series' history, the film is set both before and after 'Sin City' (2005). Powers Boothe returns as corrupt politician Senator Roark, who is being hunted down by Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) after the suicide of her friend and protector John Hartigan (Bruce Willis). Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a shady gambler determined to bring down the city's biggest villain; and Josh Brolin plays Dwight McCarthy, a man struggling to maintain control over his life and personal demons while fending off his ex-girlfriend Ava (Eva Green)'s wealthy husband Damien Lord (Marton Csokas). - Director:
- Frank Miller
- Cast:
- Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin
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A middle-class schoolteacher, stuck in a government-enforced teaching post in an arid backwater, stops off in the mining town of Bundanyabba on his way home for the Christmas holidays. Discovering a local gambling craze that may grant him the financial independence to move back to Sydney for good, the opportunity proves irresistible. But the bad decisions are just beginning and a reliance on local standards of hospitality in "the Yabba" may take him on a path darker than ever expected. - Director:
- Ted Kotcheff
- Cast:
- Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty
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