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Wild Strawberries (1957)Smultronstället
Professor Isak Borg (Victor Sjostrom) travels with his daughter-in-law Marianne (Ingrid Thulin) to receive an honorary doctorate for his lifelong contribution to medicine. Soon his journey becomes one of introspection, as the people he meets - from a hitch-hiking girl to a quarrelling married couple - remind him of past relationships and cause him to contemplate his own failings. Victor Sjostrom, a celebrated film director in his own right, best know for his silent work including the Hollywood masterpiece The Wind, gives a remarkably moving performance as the aged academic. Bergman's smiles and tears on a summer's day make for his most overtly symbolic work, shifting skillfully between the past and the present, dream and reality. Filled with richly observed characters and a real feeling for the joys of nature and youth, 'Wild Strawberries' is one of Bergman's warmest and finest films. - Director:
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cast:
- Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
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Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderberght plunges audiences into the suspense and drama of a resilient woman's fight to reclaim her freedom even as she risks her own sanity. Still scarred from the trauma of being terrorised by a stalker, Sawyer Valentini (Claire Foy) receives treatments at the Highland Creek Behavioral Center. However, shortly after she unwittingly commits herself to the mental institution and is unable to leave, she catches sight of a facility staffer who, she is convinced, is actually her stalker. But is he real or a product of her delusion? - Director:
- Steven Soderbergh
- Cast:
- Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah
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Professor Philip Goodman (Andy Nyman) is a renowned sceptic of all things P supernatural. Given the opportunity to investigate three unsolved case histories of baffling paranormal activity, he uncovers mysteries beyond his own imagination, each more frightening, uncanny and inexplicable than the last, leading to a nightmarish conclusion that forces him to question everything he once believed. - Director:
- Jeremy Dyson
- Cast:
- Andy Nyman, Paul Whitehouse, Martin Freeman
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A group of weary travellers, a spooky mansion, and a madman on the loose upstairs! Director James Whale's 'The Old Dark House' is one of the best and most entertaining horror films of the 1930's. Caught in a storm whilst journeying through a remote region of Wales, a group of travellers take refuge in a sinister mansion inhabited by the bizarre Femm family and their mute butler, Morgan (Boris Karloff). Trying to make the best of a bad situation, the group settles in for the night, but the Femm family have a few skeletons in their closet, and one of them is on the loose... - Director:
- James Whale
- Cast:
- Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
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Childhood friends Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke) reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily is now a polished, upper-class teenager at a fancy boarding school; Amanda has turned into a sharp-witted outcast with an attitude. Though they seem at odds, the pair bonds over Lily's contempt for her oppressive stepfather, and they begin to bring out one another's most destructive tendencies. Their ambitions lead them to hire a local hustler and lake matters into their own hands to set their lives straight. - Director:
- Cory Finley
- Cast:
- Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin
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A chilling exploration of the future is also a compelling examination of the present in George Lucas' THX 1138, starring Robert Duvall as a man whose mind and body are controlled by the government. THX makes a harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime. - Director:
- George Lucas
- Cast:
- Robert Duvall, James Wheaton, Donald Pleasence
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Dear Zachery (2008)Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
On November 5, 2001, Dr..Andrew Bagby was murdered in a parking lot in western Pennsylvania; the prime suspect, his ex-girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner, promptly fled the United States for St. John's, Canada, where she announced that she was pregnant with Andrew's child. She named the little boy Zachary. Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne, Andrew's oldest friend, began making a film for little Zachary as a way for him to get to know the father he'd never meet. But when Shirley Turner was released on bail in Canada and was given custody of Zachary while awaiting extradition to the U.S., the film's focus shifted to Zachary's grandparents, David and Kathleen Bagby, and their desperate efforts to win custody of the boy from the woman they knew had murdered their son. - Director:
- Kurt Kuenne
- Cast:
- Kurt Kuenne, Dr. Andrew Bagby, David Bagby
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A family must navigate their lives in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. Knowing that even the slightest whisper or footstep can bring death, Evelyn (Emily Blunt) and Lee (John Krasinski) are determined to find a way to protect their children at all costs while they desperately search for a way to fight back. - Director:
- John Krasinski
- Cast:
- Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds
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Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)Non si sevizia un paperino
When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by a series of murders of young boys, the superstitious locals are quick to apportion blame, with the suspects including the local "witch", Maciara (Florinda Bolkan). With the bodies piling up and the community gripped by panic and a thirst for bloody vengeance, two outsiders - city journalist Andrea (Tomas Milian) and spoilt rich girl Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet) - team up to crack the case. But before the mystery is solved, more blood will have been spilled, and not all of it belonging to innocents... - Director:
- Lucio Fulci
- Cast:
- Florinda Bolkan, Charles Borromel, Cicely Browne
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"I, Tonya" tells the outrageous and at times hilarious true story of one of the biggest scandals in sporting history. Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) was a champion figure skater who's rebel attitude pushed the sport to new heights. However, as Olympic pressure mounted, her life began to unravel - culminating in an alleged attack on her fiercest rival, un-paralleled press attention and a legacy no one would wish for. - Director:
- Craig Gillespie
- Cast:
- Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney
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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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Rey Ciso (Adam Brooks) was once the greatest editor the world had ever seen. Since a horrific accident left him with four wooden fingers on his right hand, he's had to resort to cutting pulp films and trash pictures. When the lead actors from the film he's been editing turn up murdered at the studio, Rey is fingered as the number one suspect. The bodies continue to pile up in this absurdist giallo-thriller as Rey struggles to prove his innocence and learn the sinister truth lurking behind the scenes. - Director:
- Adam Brooks
- Cast:
- Paz de la Huerta, Amelia Clover, Adam Brooks
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The Shape of Water (2017)Cold War Project
From master storyteller, Guillermo del Toro, comes 'The Shape of Water', an otherworldly fairy tale set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden, high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. - Director:
- Guillermo Del Toro
- Cast:
- Sally Hawkins, Alison Brooks, Michael Shannon
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A hair-raising homage to the grindhouse slashers, 'Terrifier' is a thrilling, gory horror that introduces a new murderous icon in the form of Art the Clown. Set to haunt nightmares for many years to come. Brace yourselves as Art begins his reign of terror on Halloween night, setting his sights on three young women and anyone else that gets in his way! Move over Pennywise, because there's a new clown in sight and this one is a thousand times more violent and a million times crueler than you. - Director:
- Damien Leone
- Cast:
- Jenna Kanell, Joe Causi, Kamal Ahmed
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Better Watch Out (2016)Safe Neighborhood
On a peaceful and quiet suburban street during the holiday season, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a 'normal' home invasion. Featuring a superb cast led by Olivia DeJonge, star of M. Night Shyamalan's smash hit 'The Visit', and Levi Miller, star of Pan, 'Better Watch Out' is a deliriously vicious thrill ride packed with original twists and turns. Chris Peckover directs this sinister holiday horror that is destined to be a Christmas classic. - Director:
- Chris Peckover
- Cast:
- Ben Ward, Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller
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