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The exciting, chaotic, behind-the-scenes dramas of a Tribeca Italian restaurant is lovingly brought to life in 'Dinner Rush'. Director Bob Giraldi creates a rapid-fire tale of gangsters, gourmet food, high-flying chefs, bookies and obnoxious patrons - brought to life with snappy dialogue and an experienced ensemble cast. Danny Aiello is Louis Cropa, a longtime Italian restaurant owner who has a bookmaking operation on the side. He yearns for traditional Italian fare, but his son (Edoardo Ballerini), has taken charge as the new celebrity chef, creating innovative dishes that the critics adore. There is Duncan, the sous-chef, who Louis treats like a son but breaks his heart with his gambling problem and a waitress, (Summer Phoenix), who dreams of being an artist. Upstairs, the restaurant is populated by a colourful cast of characters, including a pretentious art dealer (Mark Margolis), a handsome man at the bar (John Corbett), a feared restaurant reviewer (Sandra Bernhard), Louis' faithful attorney and a couple of uninvited thugs from Queens. Dinner Rush is a delicious comedy-drama from starter to dessert... - Director:
- Bob Giraldi
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- Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, John Rothman
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Nine Queens (2000)Nueve Reinas
Set in Buenos Aires over the course of 24 hours, Nine Queens is a taut, highly seductive heist thriller in which nothing is what it seems and where no one can be trusted. A naive young con artist (Gaston Pauls) teams up with an enigmatic, experienced master criminal (Ricardo Darin) for what could be the crime to end all crimes. But in a relationship propelled by brinkmanship and double-cross, corruption rarely has a happy ending. - Director:
- Fabián Bielinsky
- Cast:
- Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Leticia Brédice
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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. - Director:
- Michel Franco
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- Tim Roth, Elizabeth Tulloch, Maribeth Monroe
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Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), son of deceased world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, has boxing in his blood. Looking to win his own title, Adonis heads to Philadelphia and convinces his father's rival-turned-friend, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), to train him - even as Rocky battles his own deadly opponent outside the ring. Now Adonis has a shot, but first he must develop the heart of a true fighter in this new chapter of the 'Rocky' story from critically acclaimed director Ryan Coogler. - Director:
- Ryan Coogler
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- Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson
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A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love. In an ode to the lost movies of the silent era, Canadian auteur Guy Maddin and co-director Evan Johnson embark on their ultimate epic phantasmagoria in 'The Forbidden Room'. Honouring classic cinema while electrocuting it with energy and featuring appearances by Charlotte Rampling, Mathieu Amalric and Geraldine Chaplin, this Russian nesting doll of a film takes viewers high into the air, around the world, and into dreamscapes, spinning tales of amnesia, captivity, deception and murder. - Director:
- Guy Maddin
- Cast:
- Roy Dupuis, Russell Mael, Clara Furey
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Fateless (2005)Sorstalanság
Based on the 2002 Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertesz' moving novel, Fateless offers a new perspective on one of modern history's darkest junctures, as 14-year-old Gyuri is shuttled between the death factories of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bucherwald and Zeitz, while maintaining his stubborn belief that 'There's nothing too unimaginable to endure'. With a sweeping score by Ennio Morricone, this is a work of immense compassion, unlikely beauty and shattering power - a true testament to the resilience of the human spirit. - Director:
- Lajos Koltai
- Cast:
- Marcell Nagy, Waléra Kanischtscheff, Béla Dóra
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A War (2015)Krigen
Company commander Claus Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile, back in Denmark, Claus' wife Maria (Tuva Novotny) is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a fateful decision that leads to a tragedy that could seriously affect his military career and family life. - Director:
- Tobias Lindholm
- Cast:
- Pilou Asbæk, Dar Salim, Tuva Novotny
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Six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as "The Hangman", will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town's new Sheriff. Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie's, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demian Bichir), who's taking care of Minnie's while she's visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all… - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
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When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max (Emjay Anthony) is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers. All hell breaks loose as beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own, laying siege to the fractured family's home and forcing them to fight for each other if they hope to survive. - Director:
- Michael Dougherty
- Cast:
- Adam Scott, Breehn Burns, Gideon Emery
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"Southpaw" tells the riveting story of Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World (Jake Gyllenhaal). Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife (Rachel McAdams), an adorable daughter (Oona Laurence) and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Wills (Forest Whitaker), a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future riding on Tick's guidance and tenacity, Billy enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to win back the trust of those he loves. - Director:
- Antoine Fuqua
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- Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence
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In a kill-or-be-killed world where starvation is rife and strangers are always dangerous, "The Survivalist" lives off the grid, and by his wits. When a starving woman and her teenage daughter discover his forest refuge, his loneliness drives him to strike a bargain with them in return for bed and board. But as desire becomes stronger than necessity, the exchange becomes an uneasy, ongoing arrangement which threatens not only his carefully constructed world but also his life. - Director:
- Stephen Fingleton
- Cast:
- Mia Goth, Martin McCann, Andrew Simpson
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Carol (2015)The Price of Salt
When Carol (Cate Blanchett) walks into a New York City department store and meets Therese (Rooney Mara) an unlikely friendship sparks. Carol is an elegant socialite going through a bitter divorce while Therese is just starting out in life; unsure of who she wants to be. Mesmerized by each other, they face a choice: deny their hearts desires or defy society's conventions but in doing so, risk life as they know it. - Director:
- Todd Haynes
- Cast:
- Cate Blanchett, Blanca Camacho, Rooney Mara
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From the innovative minds of Disney-Pixar comes a hilariously heartwarming adventure about the power of confronting and overcoming your fears and discovering who you are meant to be. 'The Good Dinosaur' asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely, and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend, Spot. While travelling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of. - Director:
- Peter Sohn
- Cast:
- Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah Nipay-Padilla
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"Straight Outta Compton" tells the true story of how five young cultural rebels - armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent - stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A.. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today. - Director:
- F. Gary Gray
- Cast:
- O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell
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Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) moves from small town Ireland to Brooklyn, where she has the opportunity for work, for a future - and love, in the form of Italian-American, Tony (Emory Cohen). When a family tragedy forces her to return to Ireland, she finds herself drawn back into the life she left behind. As a secret threatens to reveal itself Eilis has to confront a terrible dilemma - a heart-breaking choice between two men and two countries. - Director:
- John Crowley
- Cast:
- Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson
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