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Opening with a shot of an x-ray, showing the main character's stomach, 'Ikiru' tells the tale of a dedicated, downtrodden civil servant who, diagnosed with a fatal cancer, learns to change his dull, unfulfilled existence, and suddenly discovers a zest for life.

Plunging first into self-pity, then a bout of hedonistic pleasure-seeking on the frenetic streets of post-war Tokyo, Watanable (Takashi Shimura) - the film's hero - finally finds satisfaction through building a children's playground.

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In 1966 Tulsa, teenagers come two ways. If you're a "Soc", you've got money, cars, a future. But if you're a "Greaser", you're an outsider with only your friends...and a dream that someday you'll finally belong. Francis Ford Coppola's powerful film of S.E.

Hinton's classic novel captures how it feels to be caught between childhood's innocence and adulthood's disillusionment.

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A landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's 'Chinatown' stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California.

Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in...Chinatown.

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To her friends, Halla (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir) leads a quiet and routine life. But her happy and upbeat exterior hides a secret double life as a committed environmental activist.

Known to others as "The Mountain Woman", she wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry to protect the stunning highland landscape that is under threat. Just as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that will change everything. She will be forced to choose between her environmental crusade and the chance of fulfilling her dream of becoming a mother. Funny, moving and utterly unique, 'Woman at War' follows Halla as she juggles the adoption of a beautiful little girl whilst planning her final act of industrial sabotage.

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Weary and dishevelled, Christy Mahon (Gary Raymond) stumbles into a remote inn on the Irish coast and tells anyone who'll listen how he's murdered his tyrannous father with a spade. As he enthrals the locals and charms the girls, his tale growing in its telling...

until the day Christy's father (Niall MacGinnis) turns up - and he's not as dead as expected!

Al Roberts (Tom Neal) decides to hitchhike to California to follow his girlfriend Sue (Claudia Drake). After discovering one of the drivers who has given him a lift dead, Al assumes his identity for fear of being charged with his murder. This leads him into trouble and blackmail along the way.

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The Woodstock Diaries is an enthralling "fly on the wall" documentary about the creation of Woodstock, and of the actual three day event itself.

It contains drama, humour and even pathos, and recaptures those heady days of the hippie movement when young people really believed that they could change the world. And yet incredibly this historic event almost never happened. A series of near-catastrophes conspired to derail the Woodstock Festival and, but for the sheer perseverance and chutzpah of several key characters, the whole course of rock music could have been drastically different. The Woodstock Diaries contains electrifying live footage of many of the bands and the performers who appeared, including The Who with 'My Generation', Janis Joplin giving a heart-stopping rendition of 'Ball & Chain', Arlo Guthrie performing Dylan's 'Walking Down The Line' and Tim Hardin's tender reading of his own classic song 'If I Were A Carpenter'. Richie Havens Sha Na Na, Incredible String Band, Jefferson Airplane, Sly & The Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Crosby Stills & Nash, Joe Cocker, Country Joe and The Fish, and Jimi Hendrix also turn in classic performances which have ensured that, while there have been subsequent attempts to imitate the event, the original electrifying Woodstock Festival has never been emulated.

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A young couple is at the centre of the movie maestro's keen-eyed lens. She (Daria Halprin) is a sometime secretary whose duties may extend to the boudoir of her boss (Rod Taylor). He (Mark Frechette) is a sometime student who may be involved in a cop's death.

The two meet, connect, play, love, move on: he to tragedy, she to an open road.

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Growing up in the sheltered society of 1920s England, Gudrun (Jackson) and Ursula (Jennie Linden) know little about the ways of love.

So when they pursue thrilling, torrid affairs with a notorious playboy (Alan Bates) and a brooding philanderer (Oliver Reed), what they discover about their lovers, and themselves, may be all consuming - and dangerously volatile - than they ever dared imagine.

Sebastian (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) is staging an adaptation of Andromaque; his wife Claire (Bulle Ogier) cannot take the pressure and removes herself from the production. Life then imitates art, creating tragedy for the couple as Sebastien recasts her with his ex.

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Following one of contemporary art's most renowned artists, Anselm Kiefer, this documentary is an expressive portrait of an artist at work.

Anselm allows audiences to experience a multi-dimensional voyage of discovery, mining cultural texts and Kiefer's personal history to contextualise his life's work, which explores human existence and the cyclical nature of history.

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A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why - and who'll take the fall for his partner's murder.

An all-star cast (including Sydney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.) joins Bogart in this cracking mystery masterwork written for the screen (from Dashiell Hammett's novel) and directed by John Huston.

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Two-time Academy Award nominee and Shakespearian titan, Ian McKellen, stars in this thrilling take on The Bard's classic tragedy, a modern day psychological thriller which uniquely transcends the confines of the stage, transforming the entirety of Theatre Royal Windsor into the immortal Elsinore

Castle. Ian McKellen - reprising his lead role as Hamlet, a man who descends into madness as he seeks vengeance against his uncle for the apparent murder of his father - leads a stellar cast including stage and screen legend, Steven Berkoff, and stars of the critically acclaimed stage cast of 'Hamlet': with Frances Barber (King Lear, Chekhov's The Seagull), Jonathan Hyde (King Lear, Titanic, Crimson Peak), Jenny Seagrove and BAFTA-winner Francesca Annis, all bringing their iconic roles to new life in this compelling feature film adaptation.

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On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer of Love, the Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade's spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll.

Monterey featured career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few of the performers in a wildly diverse lineup that also included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic verite style - and a camera crew that included the likes of Albert Maysles and Richard Leacock - D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend smashing his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his, Mama Cass watching Janis Joplin's performance in awe. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the most comprehensive document of the Monterey Pop Festival ever produced, featuring the films Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey, and Shake! Otis at Monterey along with every available complete performance filmed by Pennebaker and his crew and additional rare outtakes.

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In this wild and incredible tale, young Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is brought back to live by a brilliant and unorthodox scientist.

Eager to learn and hungry for the worldliness she lacks, Bella runs off on an adventure that inspires in her a fantastical evolution leading to a fierce dedication to equality and liberation.