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Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) and her 6 year-old son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman) are still suffering from their loss. When a disturbing storybook called 'The Babadook' lurns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the creature in the book is coming to kill them both. As he becomes more unpredictable and violent, Amelia is genuinely frightened by her son's behaviour. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, she fears that The Babadook may be real after all. - Director:
- Jennifer Kent
- Cast:
- Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
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On discovering her husband Terry has cancer, beautician Jill Tyrell is eager to move on and find new love. It comes in the form of a bearded doctor, Don Cole. Jill's only obstacles are Terry's return to health and Don's disabled wife, Cath. But when Jill wants something, she will stop at nothing to get it. - Director:
- Tony Dow
- Cast:
- Julia Davis, Angus Deayton, Rebecca Front
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Oscar nominees James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal star in a gritty new drama from David Simon and George Pelecanos that traces the evolution of the porn industry in NYC's Times Square in the 1970s, as the business of pleasure begins its climb to become a billion-dollar industry. 'The Deuce' features a vivid assortment of characters - barkeeps, prostitutes, pimps, police and nightlife regulars - as they swirl through a world of sex, crime and high times. - Director:
- Michelle Maclaren
- Cast:
- James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gbenga Akinnagbe
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When Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young African-American man, visits his white girlfriend's (Allison Williams) family estate, he becomes ensnared in the more sinister, real reason for the invitation. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behaviour as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined. - Director:
- Jordan Peele
- Cast:
- Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
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Is there someone who lingers in your memory - someone who makes you wonder what might have been? Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy make magic again, reprising their 'Before Sunrise' roles of Jesse and Celine and reuniting with director Richard Linklater (School of Rock) in this engaging tale of love and renewal. When Jesse and Celine first met in the mid 90's, their few hours together in Vienna were spontaneous and life-altering. Nine years later, lightning strikes twice. They unexpectedly meet in Paris...and have only one fading afternoon to decide if they should share their tomorrows. Smart, witty, real and unfolding largely in real time to heighten its immediacy, 'Before Sunset' glows with the moments that are every heart's greatest adventure. - Director:
- Richard Linklater
- Cast:
- Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff
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Yesterday strangers, today inseparable soulmates. But separate they must in just a few hours. Jesse and Celine are making every moment count, pouring as much living as they can into the time 'Before Sunrise'. From Richard Linklater comes another smartly observed tale of young people at a crossroads. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy play twenty-somethings who meet on a train in Europe, sense a connection and explore after-hours Vienna together. The people, places and allure of the city become their sudden itineraries. Love is their destination. On the way there's the mutual sharing of hopes, jokes, dreams, worry and wonder. It's a day to linger in their memories. And a valentine to young love forever. - Director:
- Richard Linklater
- Cast:
- Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert
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The Hunt (2012)Jagten
"The Hunt" unfolds in a small provincial town in the days leading up to Christmas. Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen), a forty year old divorcee, is finally getting his life under control. He's got himself a new girlfriend, a new job and is in the process of re-building his relationship with his teenage son, Marcus. But things soon start to unravel. Nothing significant, just a slight comment here, a random lie there. And as the snow falls and the Christmas lights are lit, the lie spreads like an invisible virus. The shock and mistrust gets out of hand, and the small community suddenly finds itself in a collective state of hysteria, while Lucas fights a lonely fight for his life and dignity. "The Hunt" is a disturbing depiction of how a lie can quickly become truth - a modern tale of a witch-hunt, injustice, guilt and, ultimately, forgiveness. A fable on how fragile a community can become when gossip, doubt and malice are allowed to flourish. It is a stirring portrait of a man struggling to exonerate himself, and a father and a son reaching out for one another as their world crumbles. - Director:
- Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast:
- Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp
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The Fugue Quartet has performed together for over 25 years, attracting worldwide acclaim. But when one member admits that time may have finally caught up with him the group finds itself faced with an uncertain future of shifting dynamics and strained relationships, echoed by the complexities of their swansong piece - Beethoven's notoriously difficult String Quartet No. 14. - Director:
- Yaron Zilberman
- Cast:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener
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In the late '60s, a musician was discovered in a Detroit bar by two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. Despite overwhelming critical acclaim, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumours of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, it became a phenomenon. Feature follows two South African fans who set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation led them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez. This is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music. - Director:
- Malik Bendjelloul
- Cast:
- Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey
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Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, feature tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore - and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in every which way. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Steve Smith, Jared Gilman, Charles L. Campbell
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This Academy Award nominated classic, directed by George Lucas and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, features the coming of age of four teenagers on their last summer night before college. Rediscover drag racing, driveins and Inspiration Point in this nostalgic look back at the early '60s that also brings you an incredible soundtrack with the most memorable rock 'n' roll hits of the era. Starring Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard and Charlie Martin Smith, American Graffiti captures the heart and spirit of America's last age of innocence. - Director:
- George Lucas
- Cast:
- Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat
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Polish cinema's first 'cult film', Marek Piwowski's 'The Cruise' is a satirical masterpiece. Shot in quasi-documentary style with a cast of mostly nonprofessional actors, the absurd plot parodies life in the People's Republic of Poland of the 1970s, transforming a seemingly harmless river cruise into an hilarious caricature of the ruling Communist system. Piwowski's astute observation of the games played in ordinary life, his shrewd sense of humour and the film's exposure of a national pathology made 'The Cruise' one of the most popular Polish films of the 1970s. Today, it remains a compelling testament to the art of ridicule, demonstrating the power of laughter to undermine tyrannical authority everywhere. - Director:
- Marek Piwowski
- Cast:
- Stanislaw Tym, Jolanta Lothe, Wanda Stanislawska-Lothe
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Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Angelica Huston), had three children - Chas, Margot, and Richie - and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal., failure, and disaster. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Gene Hackman, Wes Anderson, Gwyneth Paltrow
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Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mum (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. 'Lady Bird' is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home. - Director:
- Greta Gerwig
- Cast:
- Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts
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The Way, Way Back (2013)The Way Way Back
"The Way Way Back" is the funny and poignant coming-of-age story of 14-year-old Duncan's (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in gregarious Owen (Sam Rockwell), manager of the Water Wizz water park. Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up and begins to finally find his place in the world - all during a summer he will never forget. - Director:
- Nat Faxon
- Cast:
- Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney
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