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I Am Not Your Negro (2016)Remember This House
Told entirely in the words of James Baldwin, through both personal appearances and the text of his final unfinished book project, "I Am Not Your Negro" touches on the lives and assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. , and Medgar Evers to bring powerful clarity to how the image and reality of Blacks in America today is fabricated and enforced. - Director:
- Raoul Peck
- Cast:
- Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte
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Ricky (Kris Hitchen) and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point. - Director:
- Ken Loach
- Cast:
- Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone
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"For Sama" is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab's life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice - whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter's life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much. - Director:
- Waad Al-Khateab
- Cast:
- Waad Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Sama Al-Khateab
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Inspired by the 2005 Paris riots, director Ladj Ly's Oscar-nominated 'Les Misérables' is an exhilarating "Molotov cocktail of a movie". Stephane (Damien Bonnard) has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad police unit in the suburbs of Paris, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel 'Les Miserables'. Alongside his new colleagues Chris (Alexis Manenti) and Gwada (Djebril Zonga), both experienced members of the team, he quickly discovers tensions are on the brink of exploding between local gangs. When the trio finds themselves overrun during the course of an arrest, a drone captures the encounter, threatening to expose the reality of everyday life. - Director:
- Ladj Ly
- Cast:
- Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga
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Best friends Timmy (Stephen Odubola) and Marco (Micheal Ward) go to the same high school in Peckham, but live in neighbouring London boroughs. When Marco is beaten up by one of Timmy's primary school friends, the two boys wind up on rival sides of a never-ending cycle of postcode gang war in which there are no winners...only victims. - Director:
- Andrew Onwubolu
- Cast:
- Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward, Khali Best
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Written and directed by Jonah Hill, 'Mid 90's' follows Stevie (Sunny Suljic), a 13 year-old in '90's LA who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop. This movie follows a teenager named Stevie growing up in Los Angeles. He's struggling with his family, including his co-dependent single mom and his abusive older brother, and at school, where his richer friends seem to overlook him. When Stevie befriends a crew of skateboarders, he learns some tough lessons about class, race, and privilege. - Director:
- Jonah Hill
- Cast:
- Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges
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Director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral, intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective and based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues, and the nation itself for one of the most dangerous missions in history. - Director:
- Damien Chazelle
- Cast:
- Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke
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Theodore Decker is 13 years old when his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day... a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch. - Director:
- John Crowley
- Cast:
- Oakes Fegley, Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman
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As the title suggests, Walkabout is a journey not only in distance, but also in the transition for one Australian aborigine, from adolescence to manhood. While on a family picnic a beautiful teenager and her brother suddenly find themselves very much alone after the tragic death of their father. As they wander through the outback they meet the young aborigine. The film unfolds and tells the tale of survival, resourcefulness and sexual awareness, as the travellers become lost in the Australian wilderness. - Director:
- Nicolas Roeg
- Cast:
- Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg
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Loveless (2017)Nelyubov
Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) and Boris (Aleksey Rozin) are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page - even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha (Matvey Novikov). Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears. - Director:
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast:
- Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin
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'God Help the Girl' is an enchanting coming-of-age tale set in Glasgow over the course of one hazy summer. Eve (Emily Browning) is a catastrophe; low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. When she meets two kindred spirits in posh Cass (Hannah Murray) and fastidious James (Olly Alexander), they decide there's only one thing to do: form a pop group. - Director:
- Stuart Murdoch
- Cast:
- Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray
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Ben (Viggo Mortensen), a devoted father of six, dedicates himself to raising his children in an unconventional lifestyle that is far removed from society. When they are forced to leave their self-created paradise and drive across the country to reunite with family, both Ben and his children find themselves mystified and intrigued by the outside world. As Ben is forced to question what it means to be a parent, his children begin to discover a new and extraordinary world that they never knew existed. - Director:
- Matt Ross
- Cast:
- Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler
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Oscar winner Denzel Washington and Oscar winner Viola Davis deliver the 'performance-driven masterpiece' of the year in the film adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, the film takes a passionate look at former Negro-league baseball player Troy Maxson (Washington) as he fights to provide for those he loves in a world that threatens to push him down. Washington's directorial triumph 'connects with people on a deep, emotional level' and pulses with the universal truths of love and forgiveness, despite what lies beyond your own fence. - Director:
- Denzel Washington
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson
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Tony Webster (Jim Broadbent) is divorced, retired and leads a reclusive and relatively quiet life. One day, he learns that the mother of his university girlfriend, Veronica (Charlotte Rampling), left in her will a diary kept by his best friend. Tony's quest to recover the diary forces him to revisit his flawed recollections of his youth and, digging deeper, uncovers deceit, regrets and guilt buried long ago. Can Tony bear to face the truth and take responsibility for the devastating consequences of actions he took so long ago? 'The Sense of an Ending' is a deeply moving and uplifting story about the paths chosen in life, and the power of memory, love and forgiveness. - Director:
- Ritesh Batra
- Cast:
- Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter
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Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza) is an unhinged social media stalker with a history of confusing 'likes' for meaningful relationships. Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen) is an Instagram-famous 'influencer' whose perfectly curated boho-chic lifestyle becomes Ingrid's latest obsession. When Ingrid moves to LA and manages to insinuate herself into the social media star's life, their relationship quickly goes from #BFF to #WTF. 'Ingrid Goes West' is a savagely hilarious dark comedy that satirizes the modern world of social media and proves that being #perfect isn't all it's cracked up to be. - Director:
- Matt Spicer
- Cast:
- Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O'Shea Jackson Jr.
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