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Acclaimed British director Shane Meadows' assured debut feature Small Time is a tale of petty crime in the suburbs of Nottingham, starring Meadows himself as Jumbo, leader of a band of small-time crooks. Featuring energetic handheld camera work, brilliant comic dialogue and a host of ironic film references, Small Time clearly reveals Meadows' flair for larger-than-life characters and ability to extract accomplished, semi-improvised performances from talented non-professionals. - Director:
- Shane Meadows
- Cast:
- Tim Cunningham, Dominic Dillon, Leon Hammond
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One of the most controversial - and popular - comedies ever made, Johnny Speight's classic sitcom caustically satirised the less acceptable aspects of entrenched working-class culture in the form of highly opinionated, true-blue bigot Alf Garnett - as played by Warren Mitchell. Making the jump to feature films in 1968, 'Till Death Us Do Part' sees the return of all four series regulars and is featured here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film elements. 1939. War is declared. But Alf Garnett's got bigger problems on his plate - he's only been married to Else for a few weeks and they're already sick of the sight of each other! - Director:
- Norman Cohen
- Cast:
- Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Anthony Booth
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2020)Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Painter Marianne (Noemie Merlant) is commissioned by an affluent countess to paint the wedding portrait of her sheltered but headstrong daughter Héloïse (Adele Haenel). While posing as her hired companion, Marianne is instructed to complete the portrait in secret, observing Héloïse by day and painting her by night. However, as the two women grow closer, their intimacy and attraction begins to blossom, paving the way for a simmering, star-crossed romance. - Director:
- Céline Sciamma
- Cast:
- Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami
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Love and Friendship (2016)Lady Susan
Beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) arrives at the estate of her in-laws to wait out the colourful rumours of her dalliances which are circulating through polite society. While ensconced there, she attracts the simultaneous attentions of the young, handsome Reginald DeCourcy, the rich and naive Sir James Martin and the divinely attractive, but married, Lord Manwaring. However, cunningly engineering such matters for her own benefit is something Lady Susan is quite used to. Based on the Jane Austen novella 'Lady Susan' and set in the high society of the 1790s, acclaimed writer-director Whit Stillman's 'Love and Friendship' is an exquisitely witty and devious comedy of Machiavellian matchmaking and heartbreaking, with a note-perfect ensemble cast including Chloe Sevigny and Stephen Fry. - Director:
- Whit Stillman
- Cast:
- Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel
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The Insult (2017)Case No. 23 / L'insulte
The present day. It's a scorching hot afternoon in Beirut. Fortysomething mechanic Tony (Adel Karam) already has a chip on his shoulder about Palestinians, so he's less than welcoming when 60 year-old Yasser (Kamel El Basha), the foreman of a construction crew working on the street outside, asks him to fix the faulty drainpipe on his balcony. Tony closes the door in his face, so Yasser replaces the pipe anyway, only for Tony to smash it to pieces. Passions boil over, each man digs in, and what should have been a trivial incident easily shrugged off escalates quickly into a dispute that reverberates through their families and communities. Eventually lawyers are called in and the men find themselves in the centre of a highly publicised trial - one that reopens historical and personal wounds on both sides. - Director:
- Ziad Doueiri
- Cast:
- Adel Karam, Sasha Sauma, Kamel El Basha
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Welsh librarian John Lewis (Peter Sellers), unhappily married to Jean Lewis (Virginia Maskell), falls in love with the glamorous Elizabeth Gruffydd Williams (Mai Zetterling). Liz is likewise saddled with a dull spouse, wealthy Vernon Gruffyd-Williams (Raymond Huntley). Finding themselves to be kindred spirits, John and Liz plan an illicit affair. Alas, none of their carefully calculated schemes for a romantic tryst come to fruition thanks to a series of comic (but utterly credible) complications. John ultimately concludes that adultery simply isn't worth the bother. - Director:
- Sidney Gilliat
- Cast:
- Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell
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Cemetery of Splendour (2015)Rak ti Khon Kaen
In the latest film from the director of the Cannes Palme d'Or winning 'Uncle Boonmee who can Recall his Past Lines', soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are transferred to a temporary clinic in a former school. The memory-filled space becomes a revelatory world for volunteer Jenjira, as she watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with no family visitors. Jen befriends Keng who uses her psychic powers to help loved ones communicate with the comatose men. Doctors explore ways, including coloured light therapy, to ease the mens' troubled dreams.There may be a connection between the soldiers' enigmatic syndrome and the mythic ancient site that lies beneath the clinic. Magic, healing, romance and dreams are all part of Jen's tender path to a deeper awareness of herself and the world around her. - Director:
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Cast:
- Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram
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The Silence of the Sea (1949)Le Silence de la Mer
'Le Silence de la Mer' - Jean-Pierre Melville's debut film - is an adaptation of the novella of the same title by celebrated French Resistance author Vercors (the pen name of Jean Bruller). Clandestinely written in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France and furtively distributed, it captured the spirit of the moment, and quickly became a staple of the Resistance. Melville's cinematic adaptation - partly shot in Vercors' own house - tells the story of a German officer, Werner von Ebrennac (Howard Vernon), who is billeted to the house of an elderly man (Jean-Marie Robain) and his niece (Nicole Stephane) in occupied France. Resisting the intruder, the uncle and niece refuse to speak to the German officer, who warms himself by the fire each evening espousing idealistic views about the relationship between France and Germany. These propagandised illusions are shattered, however, when a trip to Paris reveals the truth of what is really going on. - Director:
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast:
- Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain
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The Son's Room (2001)La stanza del figlio
The story of family grief and bereavement. Psychiatrist Giovanni (Nanni Moretti) lives happily with his family in a small Italian coastal town. One Sunday he is due to spend time with his son Andrea (Giuseppe Sanfelice), when he receives an anguished call from Oscar (Silvio Orlando), one of his patients, and feels he must go and see him instead; however later that afternoon Andrea accidentally drowns in a diving accident. Over the following weeks, Giovanni, his wife Paola (Laura Morante), and daughter Irene (Jasmine Trinca), remain shell-shocked with grief; with Giovanni suspending his practice, and relations between himself and Paola becoming increasingly difficult. When a letter then arrives from a girl who Andrea had met the previous summer, who none of the family knew anything about, they all become curious to learn more about this person who meant so much to their departed son and brother. - Director:
- Nanni Moretti
- Cast:
- Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca
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The Leopard (1963)Il Gattopardo
Luchino Visconti's masterpiece, The Leopard, is now available on DVD for the first time. Featuring the complete and uncut version of the film, with fully restored picture and sound, this stunning high definition digital transfer from the film's original 70mm negative materials, overseen by the film's director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, is presented here in its original widescreen aspect ratio.. - Director:
- Luchino Visconti
- Cast:
- Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale
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Oxygen (1999)Dying to Escape
Millionairess Frances Hannon is brutally kidnapped in broad daylight by the sinister "Harry" (Adrien Brody). Hours later a ransom video is delivered showing a hysterical Frances forced at gun point into a coffin and buried alive. She has approximately 24 hours of oxygen and Harry's price for revealing her location is one million dollars. Detective Madeline Foster (Maura Tierney) is assigned to oversee the exchange. But when Harry meets Madeline, he immediately recognises a kindred spirit. In her darker side he sees a reflection of himself, and refuses to communicate with anyone but her. Pressured by time, and with the FBI itching to take over the case, Madeline must enter Harry's twisted world if she is to have any hope of finding Frances... - Director:
- Richard Shepard
- Cast:
- Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, James Naughton
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Daniel Beckett (Justin Theroux) is the black sheep son of wealthy art dealer Jack Beckett. He and his girlfriend, Suzanne (Alyssa Milano), are on their way to Thanksgiving dinner at his parents' estate, "their own little Utopia". When they arrive Daniel and Suzanne find his family waiting eagerly. At dinner Suzanne learns about the family history. Daniel explains how his deceased older brother, John, was forced to join the family business and their father crushed his independent, artistic spirit. After dinner, Daniel's father tells him he must join the family business or be cut off from the family fortune. Unable to cope, Daniel takes Suzanne down to his private haven when...screams and gunfire erupt from above. A band of murderous art thieves, led by viscous art expert Jim (Ice T), have entered the house. They move past priceless pieces of art as they systematically kill Daniel's family. Knowing a premature move means certain death, Daniel and Suzanne are forced to hide and pray for survival. When the murderers discover the basement, Daniel and Suzanne decide to take the offensive and fight back. They find themselves playing a spine-tingling game of cat and mouse...one by one the killers fall prey to Daniel and Suzanne. In a twist that proves blood isn't thicker than water, "Below Utopia", explodes into a world of intimate deceit and psychological instability. The riveting conclusion paints a portrait of a family whose ties not only bind them together, hut strangle them to death. - Director:
- Kurt Voss
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- Alyssa Milano, Justin Theroux, Ice-T
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In an unknown country in an unknown war, a young soldier has deserted the army in fear of his life and his sanity. Disguised in strange face paint and women's clothes, he is eventually taken in by a band of travelling gypsies. Due to his strange attire they believe he is The Rawney, a strange, mad and magical old woman of legend who can perform magic, control animals and bring good luck. But strange forces are conspiring and it will take more than faith to survive them. - Director:
- Bob Hoskins
- Cast:
- Dexter Fletcher, Zoë Nathenson, Zoë Wanamaker
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Something is wrong at the Riley's. Married for nearly 30 years, Doug and Lois have grown distant after losing their daughter eight years ago. Lois refuses to leave the house while Doug tries to stay away, finding their home depressing. Looking to get away, Doug goes on a business trip to New Orleans. There he meets Mallory (Kristen Stewart), a desperate teenage runaway. Despite her unsettling demeanour he realizes she is in desperate need of paternal guidance, something long missing from his life. The opportunity to care and protect brings new meaning to Doug's empty life. He decides to take a drastic step, sells his business and stays in New Orleans to give Mallory the help she needs. But will Doug really be able to leave his old life behind and find fulfilment in New Orleans? - Director:
- Jake Scott
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- James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo
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The Good Thief tells of compulsive gambler Bob Montagnet (Nick Nolte) as he plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo. Now Bob must round up a crew of old cons and evade his police chief nemesis (Tcheky Karyo) to pull off that elusive 'last job'. - Director:
- Neil Jordan
- Cast:
- Nick Nolte, Ralph Fiennes, Nutsa Kukhianidze
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