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The Damned (1962)These Are the Damned
The brutality of modern society is fast encroaching on the picturesque seaside town of Weymouth. American tourist Simon Wells (Macdonald Carey) is looking for a relaxing holiday but he is mugged by the psychopatic King (Oliver Reed) and his gang of thugs. Wells escapes with King's sister, Joanie (Shirley Anne Field), and they stumble upon a sinister establishment where nine ice-cold children are being subjected to a horrifying experiment. The shadowy authorities in control of the base will stop at nothing to safeguard their secret, but it is the mysterious children who will doom them all... - Director:
- Joseph Losey
- Cast:
- Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors
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Drifting Clouds (1996)Kauas pilvet karkaavat
Among Kaurismakis finest films, 'Drifting Clouds' follows the dwindling fortunes of restaurant hostess Ilona and her tram driver husband Lauri, who find themselves unemployed at the same time. Embarking on an unforgiving search for work in a recession-hit Helsinki, Kaurismaki's comic masterpiece transforms the pair's plight into a hugely affecting story of hope and survival. - Director:
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Cast:
- Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo
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Intact (2001)Intacto
What if one day you woke up to find your luck had run out? What if luck could be traded like picture cards, bought, sold or even stolen? Would you bet your life to become the luckiest person in the world? A master gambler presides over a mysterious contest that draws together people with supernatural luck with extraordinary consequences... - Director:
- Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- Cast:
- Max von Sydow, Eusebio Poncela, Leonardo Sbaraglia
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It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend (James Ransone) hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity. - Director:
- Sean Baker
- Cast:
- Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian
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Inspired, inspiring, tender and touching, 'Stories We Tell' is a brilliant documentary portrait of a complicated yet deeply loving family from Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley. Taking her cue from a family joke about-not resembling her father, Polley sets out to uncover the truth about her mysterious mother and her own uncertain lineage. Playfully yet pointedly interrogating a cast of blood relatives and family friends, she slowly pieces together a puzzle of conflicting stories, myths and memories until she makes a discovery that will shake her family to the core.
At once an exploration of the function of storytelling, the elusive nature of truth and what it means to be part of a family, 'Stories We Tell' is funny, profound, poignant and one of the most original films of the year.- Director:
- Sarah Polley
- Cast:
- Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley
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In a small English coastal town, three teenage boys are drawn into a world of temptation and violence. Bored, troubled and excluded, the boys are unable to accept or even recognize moral boundaries. Their actions move inexorably towards a truly shocking act that will horrify their sleepy community and expose its deepest, hidden fears. - Director:
- Thomas Clay
- Cast:
- Nikki Albon, Zoey Campbell, Stephanie de Whalley
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Based on the beloved best-selling novel, 'Wonder' follows the inspiring story of the Pullman family, whose youngest child, Auggie (Jacob Tremblay), is a boy born with facial differences. When Auggie enters mainstream school for the first time, his extraordinary journey unites his family, his school, and his community, and proves that you can'b blend in when you were born to stand out. - Director:
- Stephen Chbosky
- Cast:
- Jacob Tremblay, Brooke D. Singleton, Owen Wilson
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The wealthy, self-absorbed eccentric Sissy Goforth has taken up residence on a secluded Mediterranean island where she dictates her memoirs, flies into rages and screams insults at her servants. Her health now failing, she drinks, takes pills and has a doctor give her injections to ease the pain. Into her reclusive life comes a stranger who manages to climb to her villa and survive a guard dog attack before introducing himself as a poet. Though attracted by the visitor she soon discovers he has a reputation for appearing when wealthy women are about to meet their demise and is known locally as the Angel of Death. - Director:
- Joseph Losey
- Cast:
- Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noël Coward
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Will Graham, a legendary gangster, has left the crime life to live as a recluse in the forest, hoping to gain back his soul. Sensing something has happened to his dashing younger brother Davey, he is drawn back to London to be confronted by Davey's suspicious death. Will seeks out his former lover, Helen, who pleads with him to leave the dangers of the city. He meets up with his old mate Mickser, surprises landlady Sylvia Syms and clocks new boss Turner before zeroing in on the mysterious car dealer Boad. - Director:
- Mike Hodges
- Cast:
- Clive Owen, Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
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The Man Without a Past (2002)Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Markku Peltola plays 'M', who arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously set upon by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. By some miracle he revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. Rebuilding his life from scratch, 'M' acquires a melancholy dog (a recurring Kaurismaki motif) named Hannibal and falls in love with a Salvation Army soup kitchen volunteer (Kati Outinen). But the past inevitably cataches up with him, forcing him to confront his future. - Director:
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Cast:
- Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti, Markku Peltola
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Lee (Robert Sheehan) and Sol (Osy Ikhile) are hiding out on a beach in Southern India living a slacker life of sex, drugs and parties. Trouble comes to paradise when Vix (Sofia Boutella), a beautiful girl from Lee's past, turns up. Things get worse when Lee accidentally kills a holy cow and the gang find themselves up against crooked cops, local hoodlums, gangsters...and mysticism. - Director:
- Charles Henri Belleville
- Cast:
- Sofia Boutella, Robert Sheehan, Jasper Pääkkönen
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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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Madame De. (1953)The Earrings of Madame de... / Madame de...
When, beset by debt, Madame de... (Danielle Darrieux) decides to sell a pair of earrings that were a wedding gift from her husband Andre (Charles Boyer), she unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will have serious consequences, not only for the Parisian couple but for Andre's mistress and for an Italian Baron (Vittorio De Sica) who purchases the, by then, much-travelled jewellery. - Director:
- Max Ophüls
- Cast:
- Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica
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The Last Contract (1997)Sista kontraktet
Based on the most shocking political assassination of our time. On February 28, 1986, as he was walking home from a cinema with his wife, the Swedish Prime Minister was gunned down on a Stockholm street. There are various theories about who could have been behind the murder but, with no weapon found, and conflicting witnesses' reports, the facts surrounding the assassination of Olof Palme remain a mystery. In a world full of suspects, how do you uncover the truth? - Director:
- Kjell Sundvall
- Cast:
- Mikael Persbrandt, Michael Kitchen, Pernilla August
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"The Last Act", from Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson, tells the story of Simon Axler (Al Pacino); an aging actor who is struggling to separate scenes from his play from real life events. As his world slowly starts turning upside-down, Simon embarks upon an affair with a friend's lesbian daughter (Greta Gerwig) but soon finds it is difficult to keep pace with her. - Director:
- Barry Levinson
- Cast:
- Al Pacino, Kyra Sedgwick, Greta Gerwig
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