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One Night in Miami (2020)One Night in Miami...
Adapted by Kemp Powers from his acclaimed play, the feature directorial debut of Academy Award-winning actor Regina King puts viewers in a room with four icons at the forefront of Black American culture, as they bond, clash, bare their souls, and grapple with their places within the sweeping change of the civil rights movement. February 25,1964, has gone down in history as the day that the brash young boxer Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) defeated Sonny Liston, but what happened after the fight was perhaps even more incredible: Ali, civil rights leader Malcolm X, NFL great Jim Brown, and "King of Soul" Sam Cooke all came together at a Miami motel. Electric with big ideas and activist spirit, 'One Night in Miami...'plunges us into the midst of an intimate, ongoing conversation - and a defining moment in American history. - Director:
- Regina King
- Cast:
- Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge
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The Invisible Man Appears / The Invisible Man vs. the Human Fly (1957)Tômei ningen to hae otoko (The Murdering Mite) / Tômei ningen arawaru (The Transparent Man)
Finally released outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. Wells' classic character (though undoubtedly also indebted to Universal's iconic film series) are two of the earliest examples of tokusatsu (special effects) cinema from Daiei Studios, later the home of Gamera.
The Invisible Man Appears (1949)
A scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formula to rob a priceless jewel.
The Invisible Man vs. the Human Fly (1957)
Film tells the story of a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is a strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime...could this be linked to secret wartime experiments in shrinking humans to the size of insects? And can a scientist who's just invented an invisibility ray be the one to stop it?- Director:
- Mitsuo Murayama
- Cast:
- Ryûji Shinagawa, Yoshirô Kitahara, Junko Kanô
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Flee (2021)Flugt
"Flee" recounts the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he's kept hidden for 20 years, one that could threaten to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon-to-be husband. Depicted mostly through animation, the film shows Amin finally sharing the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan with his close friend, Flee's director Jonas Poher Rasmussen. - Director:
- Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Cast:
- Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari
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Petite Maman (2021)Little Mom
'Petite Maman' is a sublime modern fairytale about the quiet wonder of mother-daughter relationships. After the death of her beloved grandmother (Margot Abascal), eight-year-old Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) meets a mysterious friend in the woods. Together they embark on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps Nelly come to terms with this newfound loss. Celine Sciamma's new masterwork examines childhood, memory and loss with a typically delicate touch, elegantly weaved together into an enchanting and moving depiction of love and acceptance. - Director:
- Céline Sciamma
- Cast:
- Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse
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An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, 'The Green Knight' tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. From visionary filmmaker David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the knights of the round table. - Director:
- David Lowery
- Cast:
- Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton
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Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Encanto', with original songs by award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family living in a magical house in the Colombian mountains. But when Mirabel (voice of Stephanie Beatriz), the only ordinary family member, discovers the magic surrounding their home is in danger, she may be her family's last hope. - Director:
- Jared Bush
- Cast:
- Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo
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Following his work with Ken Russell as production designer on The Devils , Derek Jarman made his debut as director with this story of the life of St. Sebastian, the martyred roman soldier who was sent into exile and tortured. A poetic exploration of sexuality, the film is beautifully shot against a scorched desert landscape. The film earned a cult status after it's release and when it was finally given a UK television broadcast 10 years later, its depiction of male nudity and graphic homoerotic content still proved controversial. Sebastiane set the tone for Jarman's uncompromising, highly personal and original style of filmmaking. - Director:
- Paul Humfress
- Cast:
- Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James, Neil Kennedy
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A mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later, is now considered among the twentieth century's greatest photographers. Maier's strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never-before-seen photographs, films and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her. - Director:
- John Maloof
- Cast:
- Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Daniel Arnaud
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Rory (Jude Law) an ambitious entrepreneur, persuades his wife (Carrie Coon), and their children to leave America and return to his native England during the 1980's. Sensing opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor. However, all is not as it seems and soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel and the couple have to face the secrets and unwelcome truths that lie beneath the surface of their marriage. - Director:
- Sean Durkin
- Cast:
- Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche
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Years-in-the-making, 'Zappa' is the first allaccess documentary about the legendary icon and conveys the scope of his prodigious and varied creative output and the breadth of his extraordinary personal and political life. Director/producer Alex Winter and producer Glen Zipper were granted exclusive access by Gail Zappa to a vast collection of his unreleased music, movies, incomplete projects, unseen interviews and unheard concert recordings, much of which was deteriorating and in danger of being lost forever. - Director:
- Alex Winter
- Cast:
- Frank Zappa, Lonnie Lardner, Patrice Zappa
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Running from crippling grief, after the mysterious death of his wife, Eric Black (Tom Hughes) takes a job as a shepherd. Trapped alone on a remote but majestic, weather-beaten, island, one man's spiralling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as a windswept escape becomes a race to save his sanity . - Director:
- Russell Owen
- Cast:
- Kate Dickie, Tom Hughes, Jamie Marie Leary
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Rose (Ann Skelly), an adopted child, wants to discover her biological parents. When Rose finds her birth mother Ellen (Orla Brady), it quickly becomes clear that she has no wish to have any contact. But Rose is determined, and Ellen is forced to reveal a secret she has kept hidden for over 20 years. This revelation forces Rose to accept the nature of how she came into existence. Rose believes she has little to lose when she sets out to confront her father, Peter (Aidan Gillen). What Rose cannot foresee is that she is on a course that will prove both violent and unsettling. - Director:
- Joe Lawlor
- Cast:
- Ann Skelly, Orla Brady, Aidan Gillen
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Tom, (Timothy Spall) an elderly widower, uses his trusty free bus pass to take a series of local buses on a deeply nostalgic trip across the length of the U.K., from John O' Groats to Lands End. His mission is to fulfil a promise he made to his late wife, to take her back to the place where they first met and lived happily together. Unbeknownst to Tom, his journey, and his unlikely antics on it, begin to capture the imagination of the local people that he comes across and, ultimately, Tom and his trip become a nationwide news story. - Director:
- Gillies MacKinnon
- Cast:
- Phyllis Logan, Timothy Spall, Grace Calder
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)Fillmore / Venom 2
In search of his next big story, journalist Eddie Brock/Venom (Tom Hardy) lands an exclusive interview with convicted murderer and death row inmate Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), who discovers Eddie's secret and becomes the host for Carnage, a menacing and terrifying symbiote. Now Eddie and Venom must get past their contentious relationship and work together to defeat him. - Director:
- Andy Serkis
- Cast:
- Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams
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The Courier (2020)Ironbark
In this true-life cold war spy thriller, unossuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) becomes entangled in one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Recruited by MI6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), Wynne forms a covert partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), and both men risk everything in a danger-fraught race against time to provide the intelligence needed to prevent nuclear confrontation and end the Cuban Missile Crisis. - Director:
- Dominic Cooke
- Cast:
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan
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