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Jonathan Meades' shows are unlike anyone else's. They belong to a genre of their own. They are heavy entertainment. They combine topographical analysis with performance art, high seriousness with low comedy, visual trickery with hymns to the overlooked, polemical argument with scathing wit. They take you to places you'll never have been before - most of them located in the byways of Meade's imagination. They show you how to world seems to him and they may even persuade you to look again... This collection includes eleven of his best and an interview with Mark Lawson in which he talks about his working methods, the relationship of his television shows to his fiction and his journalism, censorship, maximalism, gastronomy, etc. - Director:
- Francis Hanly
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- Jonathan Meades
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Henry's Cat is the classic series by Bob Godfrey, featuring the one and only, the coolest cat, the yellowest cat, yes it's Henry's Cat! Idolised for his dry sense of humour, children and adults alike are captivated by his feline charisma. Henry's Cat seldom speaks, but his silence is more than compensated for by his manic friend, Chris Rabbit. The adventures of Henry's Cat and Chris Rabbit find them in many places in the five series produced, with Henry's Cat being everything from President to a private detective looking for the missing Santa Claus. He also visits many amazing places such as the moon in a hot air balloon. Henry's Cat and Chris Rabbit's adventures are only interrupted by their arch rival, the evil Rum Baba and Henry's Cat desire to sit at home dreaming of food instead!
Episodes Comprise:
1. The Magic Tummy Button
2. The Secret Weapon
3. The New Year's Resolution
4. The Good News Day
5. The Cat's Eye Kid
6. The Hot Day
7. The Merry Men and Women
8. The Actor
9. The Weatherman
10. The Invitation
11. The Ventriloquist
12. The Clever Trick
13. The Hero
14. Caveman Cat
15. The Abominable Snowman- Director:
- Bob Godfrey
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- Henry's Cat
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Comedy drama from Channel 4, starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt following the dysfunctional Flowers family and their struggle to live harmoniously. 'Flowers' is an imaginative, cinematic show written and directed by award winning Will Sharpe. Maurice (Barratt), the author of illustrated children's books The Grubbs, and music teacher wife Deborah (Colman) are barely together, but yet to divorce. As Maurice fights inner demons and dark secrets, Deborah tries to keep the family together at all costs and becomes increasingly suspicious that Maurice is in a secret homosexual relationship with his Japanese illustrator Shun. Anna Chancellor plays Aunty Viv, Deborah's vivacious sister. . - Director:
- Will Sharpe
- Cast:
- Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt, Will Sharpe
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Henry's Cat is the classic series by Bob Godfrey, featuring the one and only, the coolest cat, the yellowest cat, yes it's Henry's Cat! Idolised for his dry sense of humour, children and adults alike are captivated by his feline charisma. Henry's Cat seldom speaks, but his silence is more than compensated by his manic friend, Chris Rabbit. The adventures of Henry's Cat and Chris Rabbit find them in many places in the five series produced, with Henry's Cat being everything from President to a private detective looking for the missing Santa Claus. He also visits many amazing places such as the moon in a hot air balloon. Henry's Cat and Chris Rabbit's adventures are only interrupted by their arch rival, the evil Rum Baba and Henry's Cat's desire to sit at home dreaming of food instead!
Episodes Comprise:
1. The Hobby
2. The Race
3. The Circus
4. The Competition
5. The Moon Trip
6. The Hypnotist
7. The Holiday
8. The Treasure
9. The Ill Wind
10. The Diet
11. The Fortune Teller
12. The Explorer
13. The Whale
14. The Invention
15. The Dream
16. The Robbery
17. The Christmas Dinner
18. The Film
19. The Disco Dance
20. The Artist- Director:
- Bob Godfrey
- Cast:
- Bob Godfrey
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Five hundred years in the future there's a whole new frontier, and the crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action. They'll take any job, legal or illegal, to keep fuel in the tanks and food on the table. But things get a bit more complicated after they take on a passenger wanted by the new totalitarian Alliance regime. Now they find themselves on the run, desperate to steer clear of Alliance ships and the flesh-eating Reavers who live on the fringes of space. - Director:
- Vern Gillum
- Cast:
- Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk
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"The Creeping Garden" is an award-winning feature-length creative documentary exploring the extraordinary world of the plasmodial slime mould as revealed through the eyes of the fringe scientists, mycologists and artists who work with them. Long overlooked by biologists, in recent years this curious organism has become the focus of much research in such areas as biological-inspired design, emergence theory, unconventional computing and robot engineering, much of which borders on the world of science fiction. The film transports us from the laboratory into its natural habitat, depicting these otherworldly lifeforms using startling time-lapse macro-cinematography to reveal hidden facets of the world around us. Co-directed by the artist film-maker Tim Grabham (KanZeOn) and author and film critic Jasper Sharp, with an original soundtrack composed by celebrated musician and producer Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth, Grizzly Man), 'The Creeping Garden' is a unique exploration into a hitherto untapped subject matter, immersing the viewer within the worlds of the observers and the observed. - Director:
- Tim Grabham
- Cast:
- Mark Pagnell, Heather Barnett, Bryn Dentinger
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From acclaimed director Mike Leigh comes this epic portrayal of events surrounding the infamous 1819 'Peterloo Massacre' in Manchester, when armed government forces charged into a crowd of 60,000 peaceful protesters who were desperate for greater democracy and improved working conditions. Featuring stellar performances from Maxine Peake and Rory Kinnear, 'Peterloo' is an explosively visceral retelling of a defining moment in British history. - Director:
- Mike Leigh
- Cast:
- Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell
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Young Liina (Rea Lest) and Hans (Jörgen Liik) are preparing to marry in their village in the woods, when Hans becomes entranced by the arrival of a visiting Baroness (Jette Loona Hermanis). Love spells are conjured so that each receives their intended mate, but there are more sinister things afoot. Death can visit in the form of a farm animal...but it's fine because one can hide by wearing trousers on the head. And, besides, the dead can come back to the village and chat anyway...although when the devil arrives, don't try to cheat him. And then there are the "kratts" - supernatural servants made from discarded bones, tree branches, and trash...just make sure to give them work to do, or else. - Director:
- Rainer Sarnet
- Cast:
- Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)Wo hu cang long
Set in 19th century China, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon follows two martial-arts masters Li Mu Bai (Chow Yon Fat) and Vu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) as they battle against evil forces to regain the stolen Green Destiny sword and defeat long-time foe Jade Fox. To succeed they must overcome an unknown warrior, the supremely skilled Jen (Zhang Ziyi), who is fighting against an arranged marriage. In the process Li is torn between his deep and long-denied feelings for Shu, and his wish to tame and teach Jen. - Director:
- Ang Lee
- Cast:
- Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang
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"Blinded by the Light" is an uplifting coming-of-age story about a teenager (Viveik Kaira) who learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the words and music of Bruce Springsteen. This heart-warming and inspiring depiction of a British Muslim boy growing up in 1980's Luton stars Kulvinder Ghir (Still Open All Hours), Hayley Atwell (The Avengers), Rob Brydon (The Trip), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones's Diary) and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones), and is based on the memoir "Greetings from Bury Park" by celebrated British journalist Sarfraz Manzoor. - Director:
- Gurinder Chadha
- Cast:
- Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra
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Parasite (2019)Gisaengchung
Kim Ki Taek's (Song Kang Ho) family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son, Ki Woo, gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle, but as their deception unravels events begin to get increasingly out of hand in ways you simply cannot imagine. - Director:
- Joon-Ho Bong
- Cast:
- Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo
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In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie. Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai. has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds there's a lot to celebrate: a chance to rediscover the country she left as a child, her grandmother's wondrous spirit, and the ties that keep on binding even when so much goes unspoken. With 'The Farewell', writer/director Lulu Wang has created a heartfelt celebration of both the way we perform family and the way we live it, masterfully interweaving a gently humorous depiction of the good lie in action with a richly moving story of how family can unite and strengthen us. often in spite of ourselves. - Director:
- Lulu Wang
- Cast:
- Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo
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After the brutal killing of Twin Peaks' Homecoming Queen Laura Palmer, Agent Cooper (Kyle Maclachlan) discovers the small town is seething with deadly secrets and killer cherry pie. Then, Cooper interprets an unusual dream about the murder, has tea with the log lady, finds a macabre crime scene in the woods and is determined to solve the mystery. - Director:
- David Lynch
- Cast:
- David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan, Grace Zabriskie
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Tampopo (1985)Dandelion
The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle-shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe, this rapturous "ramen western" by Japanese director Juzo Itami is an entertaining, genre bending adventure underpinned by a deft satire of the way social conventions distort the most natural of human urges - our appetites. Interspersing the efforts of Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) and friends to make her cafe a success with the erotic exploits of a gastronome gangster and glimpses of food culture both high and low, the sweet, sexy, and surreal 'Tampopo' is a lavishly inclusive paean to the sensual joys of nourishment, and one of the most mouthwatering examples of food on film ever made. - Director:
- Jûzô Itami
- Cast:
- Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto
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Blade Runner (1982)Blade Runner: The Final Cut / Dangerous Days / Bladerunner
Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st century Los Angeles. He's a "Blade Runner" stalking genetically made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. A visual stunner, remastered for improved home presentation, director Ridley Scott's vision of this sci-fi cinema classic intriguingly differs from what 1982 moviegoers saw. This version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachael (Sean Young) and removes the "uplifting" finale. Most intriguing of all is a newly included unicorn vision that suggests Deckard may be a humanoid. The result is a heightened emotional impact a great film made greater. - Director:
- Ridley Scott
- Cast:
- Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
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