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In this long-awaited film adaptation of Judy Blume's classic, groundbreaking novel, eleven-year-old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) is uprooted from her life in New York City to the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara (Rachel McAdams), who is also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring grandmother, Sylvia (Kathy Bates). A timeless coming-of-age story, 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.' sparkles with insightful humour while candidly exploring life's biggest questions. - Director:
- Kelly Fremon Craig
- Cast:
- Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates
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On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the French Republic De Roller (Benoît Magimel) is a calculating man with flawless manners. His somewhat broad perception of his role brings him to navigate the high-end establishment as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. Especially since a persistent rumour has been going around: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing. - Director:
- Albert Serra
- Cast:
- Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini
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Tom Cruise reunites with his 'Edge of Tomorrow' director, Doug Liman, in an international escapade based on the outrageous, true exploits of a hustler and pilot recruited to run one of the biggest covert operations in U.S. history. Based on an incredible true story of the CIA's biggest secret, 'American Made' will remind you: It's not a crime if you're doing it for the good guys… - Director:
- Doug Liman
- Cast:
- Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright
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Love (1971)Szerelem
Karoly Makk's Cannes award-winning gem is a meditation on time, memory, love and loss. Two women - an elderly, bedridden mother and a loyal wife - await the return of an imprisoned man. Beautifully played by two giants of Hungarian cinema, Lili Darvas and Mari Torocsik, the film is a subtle yet powerful exploration of how love sustains life, even in times of fear and uncertainty. Perfectly realised, with luminous cinematography and innovative editing, Makk's tender masterpiece is a landmark of international cinema. - Director:
- Károly Makk
- Cast:
- Lili Darvas, Mari Töröcsik, Iván Darvas
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Anaïs in Love (2021)Les amours d'Anaïs
In this sparkling and elegant romantic comedy, the free-spirited and giddily impulsive Anais (Anais Demoustier) careers from one lover to the next while trying to find some direction in her life. Following a brief dalliance with an older man (Denis Podalydes), she finds herself captivated instead by his beautiful long-time partner Emilie (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), a successful and beguilingly charismatic writer, and an affair begins which may just offer the contentment Anais has been searching for. Featuring stunning Paris and Brittany locations, and a lead performance of immense charm by Anais Demoustier, the debut film by writer-director Charlene Bourgeois-Tacquet is playful, passionate, and thoroughly enchanting. - Director:
- Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
- Cast:
- Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès
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Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, 'The Reason I Jump' is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity. It blends Higashida's revelatory descriptions of his autism, written when he was just 13, with intimate portraits of five nonspeaking autistic young people from around the world. Jerry Rothwell's sensually rich film opens a window into an intense, overwhelming, but often joyful experience, leading us to Naoki's core message: not being able to speak does not mean there is nothing to say. - Director:
- Jerry Rothwell
- Cast:
- Jordan O'Donegan, Donna Budway, Emma Budway
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This Swedish film centres on circus performer Elvira Madigan (Pia Degermark) and army officer Sixten Sparre (Thommy Berggren). Both have run away from their lives - Elvira from her family's circus, Sixten from the army, his wife and his children. Meeting in a forest, they instantly fall in love and the outside world becomes meaningless. But as summer turns to winter and without food and money, the tragedy of the young lovers' situation becomes apparent. - Director:
- Bo Widerberg
- Cast:
- Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer
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The Cuckoo (2002)Kukushka
A dramatic anti-war romantic comedy set on the northern border between Russia and Finland during World War II a few weeks before the Finnish surrender in 1944, 'The Cuckoo' tells the compelling story of two runaways - a Russian captain (Victor Bychkov) and a Finnish sniper (Ville Haapasalo) - who find refuge with a young Lapp widower (Anni-Kristiina Juuso). Naturally, there arc cultural and linguistic barriers between them, not to mention war rivalries. Yet they slowly get to know each other and their very separate worlds come together in both comic and tragic ways. - Director:
- Aleksandr Rogozhkin
- Cast:
- Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov
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Like a brand, the letter M has made it's mark on film history; it's disturbing theme having lost none of its impact or relevance. Sinister, dark and foreboding, M tells the story of Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) - child molester and murderer. Tension builds - a child late home - another child missing. Posters reveal the fate of earlier victims, and the Police seem to have few clues as to the perpetrator of the crimes. Gangsters, beggars and petty criminals, incensed by both the crimes and the Police crackdown, track the killer themselves. Cornered, caught and dragged off to face an equally barbaric form of justice, Beckert endures his own personal torment. - Director:
- Fritz Lang
- Cast:
- Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut
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Our Music (2005)Notre Musique
Part poetry, part journalism, part philosophy, Jean-Luc Godard's Notre Musique is a meditation on war as seen through the prisms of cinema, text and image. Largely set at a literary conference in Sarajevo, the film draws on the conflagration of the Bosnian war, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the brutal treatment of Native Americans and the legacy of the Nazis. Structured into the three Kingdoms of Dante's Divine Comedy - Hell, Purgatory and Heaven - Notre Musique sees real-life literary figures intermingle with actors and documentary mesh with friction. The film also follows the parallel stories of two Israeli women, Judith Lerner (Sarah Adler) who is drawn to the light and Olga Brodsky (Nade Dieu), who is drawn towards darkness. Through evocative language and images, Godard spins an elaborate piece which shows forces moving in eternal opposition and confirms his position as one of cinema's greatest directors. - Director:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast:
- Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu, Rony Kramer
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"Emily" tells the imagined life of one of the world's most famous authors, Emily Brontë. The film stars Emma Mackey as Emily, a rebel and misfit, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. "Emily" explores the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte (Alexandra Dowling) and Anne (Amelia Gething); her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and her care for her maverick brother (Fionn Whitehead) whom she idolises. Frances O'Connor makes her directorial debut with "Emily," from her own original screenplay. - Director:
- Frances O'Connor
- Cast:
- Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead
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Mulholland Drive (2001)Mulholland Dr.
Los Angeles, city of angels. Amnesiac and wounded, a mysterious femme fatale wanders on the sinuous road of Mulholland Drive. She finds a shelter at Betty's house (Naomi Watts). an aspiring actress just arrived from her hometown and in search of stardom in Hollywood. First of all intrigued by the stranger who calls herself Rita (Laura Elena Harring), Betty discovers that her handbag is dull of dollar bundles. The two women get to know each other better and decide to investigate in order to discover Rita's true identity.... - Director:
- David Lynch
- Cast:
- Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
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Esma's Secret (2006)Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams / Esma's Secret - Grbavica
Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival, Jasmila Zbanic's striking debut film focuses on the Balkan War's painful aftermath on a Bosnian woman and her daughter. Esma (Mirjana Karanovic) is living with her 12-year-old daughter Sara (Luna Zimic Mijovic) in Grbavica, a quarter of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. When Sara wants to participate in a school trip, Esma tries to find a way to pay the full price, although a certificate proving Sara's father is a war hero would allow her a discount... - Director:
- Jasmila Zbanic
- Cast:
- Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Zimic Mijovic, Leon Lucev
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The Silence / All These Women (1964)Tystnaden / För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor (Now About These Women)
For more than 50 years, Ingmar Bergman produced groundbreaking works of cinema that established him as one of the world's acclaimed, enduring and influential filmmakers.
The Silence (1963)The final film in Bergman's religious triptych proved the most controversial, despite its narrative seeming more removed from direct questions of faith. Sisters Anna (Gunnel Lindblom) and Ester (Ingrid Thulin), along with Anna's young son, break their train journey in a foreign city because of Ester's ill health. The local language feels incomprehensible, the country seems on the brink of war and the hotel they reside in becomes the locus of sexual tension, humiliation and mortal anxiety. God, as the title suggests, is not even an absence in this desolate landscape.
All These Women (1964)
Bergman's first colour film brings together his favourite female leads in an ensemble satire that pokes fun at the vanity of artists and those who enable their pomposity. The women are the lovers of a lauded cellist, Felix, with whom they share a grand country estate and carefully divide his time between them. Having both indulged and infantilised Felix, they then set about humiliating a pretentious music critic who comes to visit - a narrative strand that the director seems to enjoy almost as much as his fictional harem.- Director:
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cast:
- Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck
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Some Like It Hot (1959)Not Tonight, Josephine!
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest and homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfet... until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for "Josephine", an ancient play-boy (Joe Brown) falls for "Daphne", and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! - Director:
- Billy Wilder
- Cast:
- Marilyn Monroe, Paul Frees, Tony Curtis
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