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Stranger in My Own Skin (2023)Peter Doherty: Stranger in My Own Skin
Discover English punk singer-songwriter and Libertines' legendary front man, Peter Doherty, as he plunges into the depths of addiction at the very height of his popularity. Over a period of 10 years, Peter Doherty was intimately filmed by director-musician Katia de Vidas who shot over 200 hours of exclusive footage. We experience, in the artist's own words, Doherty's moving and emotionally charged fight to overcome his demons and emerge from darkness back into the light. - Director:
- Katia de Vidas
- Cast:
- Pete Doherty
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"Toni Erdmann" is a touching and remarkably funny portrait of an offbeat father-daughter relationship. Sandra Huller plays Ines, a highly-strung career woman whose life in corporate Bucharest takes a turn for the bizarre with the arrival of her estranged father Winfried (Peter Simonischek). An incessant practical joker, Winfried attempts to reconnect with Ines by introducing the titular eccentric alter ego to catch her off guard, unaware of how capable she is of rising to the challenge... This breakout German comedy, which has been met with universal critical acclaim, is as humanist as it is absurdist - a film about the importance of celebrating the humour of the everyday. - Director:
- Maren Ade
- Cast:
- Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn
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Twisters (2024)Twister
When her friend Javi lures her back into the field for the first time since a devastating tornado encounter, storm chaser Kate crosses paths with Tyler, a charming daredevil with a thirst for tornado-tracking adventures. Kate's caution clashes with Tyler's risk-taking, but as storm season intensifies, they'll need to team up to tame, and survive, an unprecedented outbreak of destructive tornadoes. - Director:
- Lee Isaac Chung
- Cast:
- Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos
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When private detective Philip Marlowe (Liam Neeson) is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, it looks a open and shut case, but Marlowe soon finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood's film industry of the 1930s and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress (Jessica Lange) and her subversive, ambitious daughter (Diane Kruger). Based on John Banville's novel 'The Black-Eyed Blonde' directed by award winning director Neil Jordan. - Director:
- Neil Jordan
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange
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Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman fresh off an almost career-ending accident. Colt is persuaded to return to his stunt career when he's told his ex, Jody (Emily Blunt), is directing a film and asked for him specifically. With hopes of winning back the love of his life, Colt returns to set only to find the movie's leading man missing and production in peril. Ensnared in an increasingly wild conspiracy, he must solve the mystery to save Jody's film and get one last shot with her. What could possibly go wrong? - Director:
- David Leitch
- Cast:
- Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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Last Man Standing (2021)Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac
Suge Knight, the former CEO of legendary rap music label Death Row Records was recently sentenced to 28 years imprisonment for manslaughter in a long line of violent crimes not typically associated with a highly successful record executive. This film takes a look at Death Row and how L.A. 's street gang culture had come to dominate its business workings as well as an association with corrupt LA police officers who were also gang affiliated. It would be this world of gang rivalry and dirty cops that would claim the lives of the world's two greatest rappers, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. People have only now started talking since Suge comrnenced his 28-year sentence and the film comes up with new evidence showing the involvement of the LAPD in these murders and their attempt to conceal evidence. - Director:
- Nick Broomfield
- Cast:
- Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Trevor Nelson
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Licorice Pizza is the timeless story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
- Director:
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Cast:
- Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn
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The Bikeriders captures a rebellious time in America when the culture and people were changing. After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy (Jodie Comer) is inextricably drawn to Benny (Austin Butler), the newest member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals, led by the enigmatic Johnny (Tom Hardy). Much like the country around it, the club begins to evolve, transforming from a gathering place for local outsiders into a dangerous underworld of violence, forcing Benny to choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club. - Director:
- Jeff Nichols
- Cast:
- Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy
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It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend (James Ransone) hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity. - Director:
- Sean Baker
- Cast:
- Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian
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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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The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (Dominic Sessa) — and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da'Vine Joy Randolph). - Director:
- Alexander Payne
- Cast:
- Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
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As the world falls, young Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and ends up in the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel, presided over by Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme). While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home. - Director:
- George Miller
- Cast:
- Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke
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Rock's premier metalmen Led Zeppelin, whose blend of gutsy blue and scathing rock catapulted them into the music world's pantheon, take you on a spellbinding journey of song and imagination. This high-impact movie captures the group's legendary 1973 Madison Square Garden concert and uncorks a freewheeling mix of scenes showing group members at home and in elaborate fantasy settings. Robert Plant's raw lead vocals, Jimmy Page's explosive riffery and the sonic-boom rhythm wall of bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham all swirl, clash and collide - on classic tunes like Stairway to Heaven, Dazed and Confused, Whole Lotta Love and many others. No one goes down heavier than Zep! - Director:
- Peter Clifton
- Cast:
- Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones
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In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, California, telemarketer Cassius Green (LaKeith Stanfield), finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magical key that leads to material glory. As Green's career begins to take off, his friends and co-workers organise a protest against corporate oppression. Cassius soon falls under the spell of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), a cocaine-snorting CEO who offers him a salary beyond his wildest dreams. - Director:
- Boots Riley
- Cast:
- David Cross, Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson
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To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken (Ryan Gosling).
- Director:
- Greta Gerwig
- Cast:
- Helen Mirren, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling
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