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"Back to Black" celebrates one of the most iconic music stars of the 21st Century, Amy Winehouse. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and written by Matt Greenhalgh, 'Back to Black' paints a vibrant picture of the Camden streets Amy called home and captures her artistry, wit, and honesty, as well as the relationships which inspired her music. Starring Marisa Abela as Amy, this is a powerful tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent. - Director:
- Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Cast:
- Marisa Abela, Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan
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The Night Caller (2024)Black Cab
Tony (Robert Glenister) works as a taxi driver on the late-night shift in Liverpool. Intrusive thoughts and an uncomfortable encounter with a fare begin to reveal that Tony is haunted by something in his past. Every evening Tony listens to Night Talk, a late-night phone in radio show hosted by the magnetic Lawrence Brightway (Sean Pertwee), a presenter whose views and rapport he hugely admires. As Tony plucks up the courage to ring Lawrence on-air, he starts to interpret Lawrence's "worldview" in dangerous ways. The relationship grows into an unhealthy obsession for Tony, until one day the stars align and Lawrence gets into Tony's cab and he realises that Lawrence isn't the man he purports to be. - Director:
- Diarmuid Goggins
- Cast:
- Robert Glenister, Sean Pertwee, Suzanne Packer
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Baltimore (2023)Rose's War
Based on the infamous true story of an English heiress who became a revolutionary. Debutante Rose Dugdale (Imogen Poots) enjoys a life of wealth and privilege, but her rebellious nature soon leads her down a militant path. Amongst the political turmoil of the 1970s, her sympathy towards the IRA's conflict evolves into radicalisation, culminating in an armed raid on an Irish estate with three comrades. However, when her simple heist takes a violent turn, is Rose prepared to face the devastating consequences? - Director:
- Joe Lawlor
- Cast:
- Imogen Poots, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Lewis Brophy
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The acclaimed latest from writer-director Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire), 'Perfect Days' is a luminous reflection on the beauty found in everyday life. Koji Yakusho (13 Assassins) stars as Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man who lives a life of modesty and serenity, spending his days balancing his job as a dutiful caretaker of Tokyo's numerous public toilets with his passion for music, literature and photography. As we join him on his structured daily routine, a series of unexpected encounters gradually begin to reveal a hidden past that lies behind his otherwise content and harmonious life. Featuring an unforgettable soundtrack of classic rock and pop, this is a tender, shimmering and ultimately life-affirming marvel. - Director:
- Wim Wenders
- Cast:
- Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano
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In 1889, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini (Cristiana Dell'Anna) arrives in New York City, greeted only by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Witnessing the vast inequality of the city, Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to help society's most vulnerable, but must first overcome the prejudices and indifference of those in power. However, despite these momentous setbacks, her broken English, and poor health, she remains determined to use her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything that the world has ever seen. - Director:
- Alejandro Monteverde
- Cast:
- Cristiana Dell'Anna, John Lithgow, David Morse
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)Firehouse / Hell's Kitchen
In 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire', the Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an army of ghosts that casts a death chill upon the city, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age. - Director:
- Gil Kenan
- Cast:
- Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard
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Eddie Izzard gives a riveting performance as a reclusive scientist and her murderous alter-ego in Joe Stephenson's gripping re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson's seminal horror story. Co-starring Scott Chambers and Lindsay Duncan, 'Doctor Jekyll' channels the sinister paranoia of Hammer's classic psycho-thrillers while still remaining compelling, fresh and contemporary. Troubled ex-convict Rob (Scott Chambers) lucks into the position of carer for the infamous Dr. Nina Jekyll (Eddie Izzard) - a socially-isolated pharma billionaire with a scandalous history and violent mood swings. But Rob is a catspaw in a murderous game being played between two halves of the same mind - and by the time he realises, it may be too late. - Director:
- Joe Stephenson
- Cast:
- Eddie Izzard, Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan
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Starring Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway, 'Mothers' Instinct' is an unnerving psychological thriller about two best friends and neighbors, Alice (Jessica Chastain) and Céline (Anne Hathaway), whose perfect lives in '60s suburbia are shattered by a tragic accident. As their familial bonds are gradually undermined by guilt and paranoia, a gripping battle of wills develops, revealing the darker side of maternal love. - Director:
- Benoît Delhomme
- Cast:
- Jessica Chastain, Gina Guzzi Francia, Anne Hathaway
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The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (Dominic Sessa) — and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da'Vine Joy Randolph). - Director:
- Alexander Payne
- Cast:
- Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
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All of Us Strangers (2023)Strangers
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before. - Director:
- Andrew Haigh
- Cast:
- Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Carter John Grout
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Ferrari (2023)Enzo Ferrari
Michael Mann's latest feature 'Ferrari' follows Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari during the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle and danger of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura (Penélope Cruz), built from nothing ten years earlier. Their volatile marriage is further fractured with grief for their only son. Ferrari struggles with the acknowledgement of another with Lina Lardi (Shailene Woodley). His drivers' passion to win pushes them to the edge. All their fates converge in one race, the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the iconic Mille Miglia. - Director:
- Michael Mann
- Cast:
- Adam Driver, Massi Furlan, Shailene Woodley
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When Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and fellow residents of 1920s Littlehampton begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose (Jessie Buckley) is charged with the crime. However, as the town's women begin to investigate the crime, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all. - Director:
- Thea Sharrock
- Cast:
- Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Timothy Spall
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True Detective: Series 4 (2024)True Detective: Night Country
When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice. - Director:
- Issa López
- Cast:
- Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw
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As London grapples with an environmental crisis that submerges the city in unprecedented floodwaters, a young family finds themselves torn apart amidst the chaos. A determined new mother (Jodie Comer) navigates the treacherous waters to keep her newborn safe and reunite with her loved ones. An exhilarating and emotional journey that unveils the unbreakable spirit that arises in the face of disaster. - Director:
- Mahalia Belo
- Cast:
- Jodie Comer, Joel Fry, Yves Rassou
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May December follows married couple Gracie and Joe Atherton-Yoo, played by Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, whose 23-year age gap sparked a notorious tabloid romance that gripped the nation two decades ago. Cut to modern day, and their marriage comes under renewed strain when Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry, played by Natalie Portman, comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who she will be playing in a film about the scandal. - Director:
- Todd Haynes
- Cast:
- Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton
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