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'Inside Llewyn Davis', the new film from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen, follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles - some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, scaring up what work he can find, Llewyn's misadventures take him from the baskethouses of the Village to an empty Chicago club - on an odyssey to audition for a music mogul - and back again. Brimming with music performed by Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan (as Llewyn's married Village friends), as well as Marcus Mumford and Punch Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis - in the tradition of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' - is infused with the transportive sound of another time and place. - Director:
- Ethan Coen
- Cast:
- Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman
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Dune (2021)Dune: Part One
Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive. - Director:
- Denis Villeneuve
- Cast:
- Jean Gilpin, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson
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Stillwater follows an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter. - Director:
- Thomas McCarthy
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin
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Laura (Rashida Jones) thinks she's happily hitched, but when her husband Dean (Marlon Wayans) starts logging late hours at the office with a new coworker, Laura begins to fear the worst. She turns to the one man she suspects may have insight: her charming, impulsive father Felix (Bill Murray), who insists they investigate the situation. As the two begin prowling New York at night, careening from uptown parties to downtown hotspots, they discover at the heart of their journey lies their own relationship. - Director:
- Sofia Coppola
- Cast:
- Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans
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"Leonardo" explores the secrets and drama behind the genius: his life, his work and his personal struggles all set against the backdrop of Renaissance Italy. Born in Vinci, in fuscany. Leonardo (Aidan Turner) grew into an unparalleled genius whose work overturned the established order and keeps inspiring the world. His restless curiosity flitted between the arts, science and technology, driven by a profound quest for knowledge and determination to unfold the mysteries of the world around him. In this new series, unlock the enigma of this extraordinary and yet incredible contemporary man in an untold story of mystery and passion. - Director:
- Daniel Percival
- Cast:
- Aidan Turner, Matilda De Angelis, Freddie Highmore
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Blood Simple: Director's Cut (1984)Blood simple.
Abby (Frances McDormand) is cheating on her bar owner husband, Marty (Dan Hedaya) with Ray (John Getz) one of the bartenders. Marty uncovers their sordid affair and is so enraged by their deceit that he hires Visser (M. Emmet Walsh), an unscrupulous detective, to kill both of them. Unbeknown to Marty, Visser has other, more lucrative plans of his own. So begins a calculating round of lies and deceit that build to a chilling, suspense filled climax. - Director:
- Joel Coen
- Cast:
- John Getz, William Preston Robertson, Holly Hunter
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The Current War (2017)The Current War: Director's Cut
Fuelled by the intense rivalry between electricity titans Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), 'The Current War' tells the dramatic story of the late 19th century race to light up America and power the world. Rounding out the cast are Nicholas Hoult as the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla, Katherine Waterston as Westinghouse's outspoken wife Marguerite, Tom Holland as Edison's confident young secretary Samuel Insull, Matthew Macfadyen as the famous financier and banker J.P. Morgan, and Tuppence Middleton as Edison's supportive wife Mary. - Director:
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Cast:
- Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Hoult
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Based on the infamous Johnson County War of 1892, Michael Cimino's epic western is now hailed as a masterpiece of American cinema...Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) has returned to Wyoming as a Marshall and is facing a county with growing divisions and escalating tensions. The powerful, government-backed cattle barons are waging war on the immigrant settlers they brand 'thieves and anarchists' and are drawing up a 'death list' for their hired mercenaries to act upon. As hostilities mount, the inevitability of a full-scale and bloody war edges ever closer. - Director:
- Michael Cimino
- Cast:
- Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt
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As the Iranian Revolution takes over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, six Americans escape. Now only one man can get them out from behind enemy lines. Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) is a brilliant CIA agent who specialises in impossible escapes, but his new plan is as daring as it is desperate. Disguised as a film crew, Tony and the fugitives must hide in plain sight, where the slightest slip up could end in instant death. - Director:
- Ben Affleck
- Cast:
- Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman
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As life crumbles around her, the sole detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates the murder of a teen in this riveting, suspenseful HBO original limited series. Oscar and Emmy winner Kate Winslet has created an iconic character in Detective Mare Sheehan, a worn-down, brutally honest, beer-swilling local basketball legend who must cope with the loss of her son while dealing with her nosy mother, rebellious teenage daughter and grandson at home, and an ex-husband who lives a stone's throw away with his new fiancee. Just as the case of a missing young girl has grown cold, the murder of a teen adds immense pressure on Mare to find the killer in a town where everyone is a potential suspect. - Director:
- Craig Zobel
- Cast:
- Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart
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Academy Award winner Frances McDormand and Academy Award nominee Richard Jenkins star in the HBO miniseries drama Olive Kitteridge, a film by Academy Award-nominated director Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right). Based on Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and written by Emmy winner Jane Anderson, this four-part drama tells the story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive (McDormand), whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and a staunch moral center. Executive produced by the multiple Emmy-winning team of Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman along with McDormand and Anderson. - Director:
- Lisa Cholodenko
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- Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Ken Cheeseman
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John (James Norton), a 35-year-old window cleaner, lives with his three-year-old son Michael (Daniel Lamont). He was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer and has decided that he will find the best family to take Michael in after his death. Against the advice of the adoption agency he's working with, John cannot face telling his son the truth, taking him on visits to prospective families under the guise of visiting new friends. But as his condition starts to show, he begins to ponder what his legacy should be for his son - should Michael start life a new or should John leave him with the fools that would allow him, later in life, to know the father he had. - Director:
- Uberto Pasolini
- Cast:
- James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Eileen O'Higgins
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A bittersweet modern love story starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as Sam and Tusker, long-term partners who are revisiting their past and coming to terms with Tusker's illness on a road trip across England. 'Supernova' is a deeply moving portrait of a couple navigating difficult circumstances with wry humour and affection. - Director:
- Harry Macqueen
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- Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood
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It Must Be Heaven (2019)De repente, el paraíso
In Elia Suleiman's first film for a decade, his alter-ego ES escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland, only to find that Palestine is trailing behind him. The promise of a new life turns into a comedy of errors: however far he travels, from Paris to New York, something always reminds him of home. A comic saga exploring identity, nationality and belonging, in which Suleiman asks the fundamental question: where is the place we can truly call home? - Director:
- Elia Suleiman
- Cast:
- Elia Suleiman, Tarik Kopty, Kareem Ghneim
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"Blinded by the Light" is an uplifting coming-of-age story about a teenager (Viveik Kaira) who learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the words and music of Bruce Springsteen. This heart-warming and inspiring depiction of a British Muslim boy growing up in 1980's Luton stars Kulvinder Ghir (Still Open All Hours), Hayley Atwell (The Avengers), Rob Brydon (The Trip), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones's Diary) and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones), and is based on the memoir "Greetings from Bury Park" by celebrated British journalist Sarfraz Manzoor. - Director:
- Gurinder Chadha
- Cast:
- Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra
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