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From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee comes an epic American love story, 'Brokeback Mountain'. Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. - Director:
- Ang Lee
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams
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Kevin Costner is Lt. John Dunbar who, as a reward for an act of heroism, chooses reassignment to the Western Frontier. Dunbar becomes caught between two worlds as he drawn into the loving and honourable folds of a Sioux tribe living in the Dakota territory. This powerful story follows Dunbar's romances and friendships with extraordinary race of people, and ultimately, the crucial decision he must make as white settlers continue their violent and ruthless journey into the lands of the Native Americans. - Director:
- Kevin Costner
- Cast:
- Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene
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When a vivacious half-breed Indian girl named Pearl (Jennifer Jones) is sent to live with the Texas land baron Senator McCanles (Lionel Barrymore), conflict abruptly arises. Hot-blooded Pearl captures the attention of the Senator's sons: Jesse (Joseph Cotten) and fiery Lewt (Gregory Peck). Soon both of the brothers are vying for her affections, leading to betrayal, wild desert shoot-outs and a lustful but destructive love-hate relationship between Pearl and Lewt. - Director:
- King Vidor
- Cast:
- Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck
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With 'The Searchers', John Wayne and director John Ford forged an indelible saga of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, an ex-Confederate who sets out to find his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive quest, Ethan finds something unexpected: his own humanity. One of the most influential movies ever made. - Director:
- John Ford
- Cast:
- John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
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Revolving around a single drug-addled night-out in Cardiff, Human Traffic Remixed follows the fortunes of Jip (John Simm), Lulu (Lorraine Pilkington), Koop (Shaun Parkes), Moff (Danny Dyer) and Nina (Nicola Reynolds). Together they set out to escape their mundane McJobs and create their largest weekend yet. - Director:
- Justin Kerrigan
- Cast:
- John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes
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During the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa photographer Greg Marinovich (Ryan Phillippe) sets out to capture the best and most horrific pictures of his life. During his time in turbulent Soweto he meets Kevin Carter (Taylor Kitsch), and a team of photographers, working for national newspaper The Star, along with Picture Editor Robin (Malin Akerman). The four men become known as THE BANG BANG CLUB. As the chaos intensifies so do the pictures, with Greg winning a Pulitzer Prize for an image of a Zulu man on (ire. With tension and violence increasing between Government and Rebels, the four men have to decide how much they are willing to sacrifice in pursuit of the perfect shot. - Director:
- Steven Silver
- Cast:
- Ryan Phillippe, Malin Åkerman, Taylor Kitsch
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In 1958, 14-year old Robert James "Bobby" Fischer stunned the chess world by becoming the youngest Grand Master in history, launching a career that would make him a legend. Raised by his mother in Brooklyn, he taught himself to play chess at the age of six and started beating seasoned adult chess players at eight. Throughout the sixties, as his star rose, Bobby would appear regularly on TV and tour the world resoundingly beating all. His career highlight came in 1972 when he played the Russian Grand Master and reigning champion Boris Spassky - a series that was equally tied in with the Cold War as it was with chess. After his victory Bobby became the most famous person on the planet, and his already erratic behaviour began spiralling out of control, turning this genius into an unrecognisable recluse and pariah. - Director:
- Liz Garbus
- Cast:
- Bobby Fischer, David Edmonds, Anthony Saidy
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Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a rebellious sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in international cocaine smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door. However, when his enthusiastic new partner disappears, his favourite hooker attempts to blackmail him and the drug-traffickers themselves try to buy him off, sergeant Boyle finally realises that he needs to take matters into his own hands. - Director:
- John Michael McDonagh
- Cast:
- Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong
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Unsuccessful writer Eddie Morra's life is transformed by NZT, a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become the perfect version of himself. But when Eddie's enhanced abilities attract unwanted attention from the rich and powerful alike, he soon realises they'll stop at nothing to uncover his secret. - Director:
- Neil Burger
- Cast:
- Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish
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Pot Luck (2002)L'Auberge Espagnole
As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier (Romain Duris), an economics student in his twenties, signs on to a European exchange programme to gain a working knowledge of the Spanish language. Promising that they'll remain close, he says farewell to his loving girlfriend (Amelie's Audrey Tautou), then heads to Barcelona. An English girl (Kelly Reilly) and her brother (Kevin Bishop), a young woman from Belgium (Cecile de France), an Italian, a boy from Denmark, a German and a girl from Tarragona all join him in a series of adventures that serve as an initiation to life. - Director:
- Cédric Klapisch
- Cast:
- Romain Duris, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Reilly
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The Truth (2019)La Vérité
Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve), an ageing movie star, is about to publish her long-awaited memoirs. Sparks immediately fly when her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns to Paris from New York to confront this rose-tinted version of their family history. However, as the past is gradually addressed, their strained relationship takes a journey toward possible reconciliation. Also starring Ethan Hawke, 'The Truth' paints a moving portrait of family dynamics and human relationships. - Director:
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Cast:
- Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke
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