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Biologist and former soldier Lena (Natalie Portman) is shocked when her missing husband (Oscar Isaac) comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone no one has ever returned from. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth. - Director:
- Alex Garland
- Cast:
- Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson
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"Straight Outta Compton" tells the true story of how five young cultural rebels - armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent - stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A.. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today. - Director:
- F. Gary Gray
- Cast:
- O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell
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Memories of Murder (2003)Salin ui Chu-eok
In 1986 Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, after two women are found raped and murdered, Seoul detective Seo Tae-yoon (Sang-kyung Kim) is brought in to help local detective Park Doo-man (Kang-ho Song) with the investigation. As more bodies are found, the pair realise they have a serial killer on their hands. Inspired by true events, Bong Joon Ho's sophomore feature blends true-crime with social satire and even comedy is his typically masterful fashion. - Director:
- Joon-Ho Bong
- Cast:
- Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim
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Named as one of the best films of 2017 by more than 100 critics worldwide, 'Dawson City: Frozen Time' tells the bizarre and true story of a long-lost collection of over 500 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900's found buried in the permafrost at a remote Yukon mining town. Morrison's haunting documentary links that gold rush town to the dawn of cinema. Using the amazing unearthed newsreels, silent movies and documentary images of the town, Morrison conjures the birth of the modern age and creates a unique kaleidoscope of cinema and history. - Director:
- Bill Morrison
- Cast:
- Kathy Jones-Gates, Michael Gates, Sam Kula
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Shoplifters (2018)Manbiki Kazoku
After a successful shoplifting spree, Osamu (Lily Franky) and his son rescue a little girl in the freezing cold and invite her home with them. Osamu's wife Nobuyo (Sakura Ando) reluctantly agrees to shelter her. Although the family is poor, they live happily together until an unforeseen incident upsets the delicate balance they have created, revealing long-buried secrets... - Director:
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Cast:
- Rirî Furankî, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka
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Alice in the Cities (1974)Alice in den Städten
Philip Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), a journalist with writer's block, becomes the guardian of eight year-old Alice (Yella Rottlander) when her mother leaves the girl with him briefly at an American airport, only never to return. Back in Germany, an unlikely friendship develops between the two as they embark on a journey to find Alice's grandmother. - Director:
- Wim Wenders
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- Yella Rottländer, Rüdiger Vogler, Lisa Kreuzer
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Proxy War (1973)The Yakuza Papers: Proxy War / Jingi naki tatakai: Dairi sensô
Moving beyond the true stories dramatized in the first two episodes of the 'Battles Without Honour' and 'Humanity' series, director Kinji Fukasaku and screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara embark on their most complex narrative yet in 'Proxy War', a multi-character web of alliances and betrayals set against the economic growth of Japan as it prepares to host the 1964 Olympic games. 1960. A power vacuum is formed within the Muraoka family when underboss Uchimoto (Takeshi Kato) refuses to avenge the assassination of a superior. With the help of series hero Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara), Uchimoto pledges loyalty to the powerful Akashi gang, but is soon expelled from the Muraoka for the act. Meanwhile, Akashi rivals the Shinwa Group form their own pact with Muraoka, and the enmity between the two gangs threatens to erupt into bloody violence across all of western Japan. The labyrinthine plotline of Proxy War - which continues in episode four, Police Tactics- approaches pure Jacobean drama as power players, kingmakers, and petty soldiers clash weapons and words in a stylised ritual of alliances and betrayals. Considered by many critics to be the best episode of the series, Proxy War's complex crime drama of the highest order. - Director:
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast:
- Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Watase
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The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?
After two beautiful women are murdered in an apartment block, Jennifer (Edwige Fenech) and Marilyn (Paola Quattrini) move into the flat of one of the slaughtered girls. But before long, the unknown predatory pervert turns his salacious attentions to the gorgeous Jennifer. The list of suspects includes a woman and her deformed son, a crazy lesbian and even Jennifer's own lover. - Director:
- Giuliano Carnimeo
- Cast:
- Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini
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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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Collin (Daveed Diggs), a parolee facing his final three days of probation, needs to stay clear of trouble. Miles (Rafael Casal), Collin's hot-tempered best friend, can't stay out of it. When Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men's friendship is tested, sending Collin and Miles on a collision course with each other in this bold and thought-provoking film that bursts with energy, style and humour. - Director:
- Carlos López Estrada
- Cast:
- Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar
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This 'documentary' unravels the tale of how 'Ronin Suiri Tantai' made it to Australian screens back in the late 90's, retitled as 'Top Knot Detective', and what really happened behind the scenes of this outrageous show. The original Japanese series was legendary in its home country as being a cultural train-wreck, led by its insane writer/director/star, Takashi Takamoto. The rivalry between Takashi and co-star, Haruto Koike, is just the tip of this conspiratorial iceberg, leading back to Japanese conglomerate; Sutaffu, and its CEO, Moritaro (coincidentally, Haruto's father). On-screen he battles robot ninjas and penis monsters; off-screen jealousy threatens to demolish his legacy. - Director:
- Aaron McCann
- Cast:
- Toshi Okuzaki, Masa Yamaguchi, Mayu Iwasaki
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Die Screaming Marianne (1971)Die, Beautiful Marianne
From the legendary master of gore: Pete Walker comes this pulse-pounding, nail-biting thriller where trickery, betrayal and death are around every corner. Susan George stars as Marianne, a nightclub dancer desperately running for her life. Marianne is about to turn 21 and inherit the contents of a sizeable Swiss bank account, which also includes certain sensitive documents that would incriminate her estranged and corrupt father, The Judge (Leo Genn). Her only chance may be her new love, Eli (Barry Evans) but with both of them targeted for assassination, can their love survive? - Director:
- Pete Walker
- Cast:
- Susan George, Barry Evans, Christopher Sandford
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Shirley MacLaine is Irma, a popular Parisian prostitute who has just hired a new pimp, Nestor (Jack Lemmon), a former honest cop who was fired and framed by his boss after Nestor inadvertently had him arrested in a raid. However, Nestor's love for Irma is making his newfound vocation impossible, so he poses as a phoney British lord who insists on being Irma's one and only "client". But when "Lord X" (Jack Lemmon) appears to have become the victim of foul play...further comedic complications ensue! - Director:
- Billy Wilder
- Cast:
- Jack Lemmon, Louis Jourdan, Shirley MacLaine
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Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm and Chris Hemsworth lead an all-star cast in this powerful thriller filled with gripping suspense and startling revelations. Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption...before everything goes to hell. - Director:
- Drew Goddard
- Cast:
- Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson
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From the visionary director of the modern cinema classics Nikita, The Big Blue, Subway and Leon comes a compelling romantic fable set in Paris, the world's most beautiful city. Angel-a begins when two strangers meet on a bridge one morning. Looking to escape his past Andre accepts the help of the mysterious Angela and sets in motion a chain of events that will change his life forever. Beautiful in its simplicity, Angel-a is a striking, supernatural love-story and the first film Besson has directed for over seven years. - Director:
- Luc Besson
- Cast:
- Rie Rasmussen, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki
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