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For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook-handed killer. In present day, an artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and unleash a terrifying wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny. - Director:
- Nia DaCosta
- Cast:
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
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Dune (2021)Dune: Part One
Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive. - Director:
- Denis Villeneuve
- Cast:
- Jean Gilpin, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson
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Dead or Alive (1999)Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha
Welcome to Shinjuku - city of darkness and corruption. Here rapid-fire shoot-outs and twisted acts of perverse violence provide the backdrop for a vicious war between the Japanese Yakuza and the Chinese Triads, and make for one of the most dizzying and spectular openings ever committed to film. Ryuichi is a gangster who is driven by a desire for power and the memory of his deprived childhood. His younger brother, Toji, has just returned from studying in the U.S. Between them, they are about to learn some harsh lessons about life on the wrong side of the law. Meanwhile, Detective Jojima finds himself drawn deeper into the world of the Yakuza as he continues to make dirty deals he hopes will help raise the money to pay for his daughter's life-saving operation. - Director:
- Takashi Miike
- Cast:
- Shô Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Renji Ishibashi
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New Battles Without Honour and Humanity (1974)Shin jingi naki tatakai
1950. In Hiroshima's Kure City, ambitious yakuza soldier Makio Miyoshi (Bunta Sugawara) botches an attempt on the life of a rival boss, and is sent to prison for eight years. In the interim, his Yamamori gang benefits from the country's newfound prosperity and extends its underworld power. When he's released, Makio must mediate a split between the boss and his own bonded brother, Aoki (Tomisaburo Wakayama), which threatens to erupt into violence at anytime, even though Makio longs to embark on a more stable life with a beautiful, ethnically-Korean hostess (Reiko Ike) who's fallen for him. But when Boss Yamamori (Nobuo Kaneko) begs him to kill Aoki, Makio is faced with a crisis of honour which calls into question his loyalty to the gang. Kinji Fukasaku's immediate follow-up to his immensely popular five-film series is a darker, more violent re-telling of the original story, with a new cast of characters fighting to reach the top of the crime world of postwar Japan. - Director:
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast:
- Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Nobuo Kaneko
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22 year-old Mafioso Johnny Tempio lies dead in an open coffin, his grief-stricken family gather to pay their last respects. His brothers, Ray (Christopher Walken) and Chez (Chris Penn) want revenge. Their prime suspect is Gaspar Spoglia (Benicio del Toro) head of a rival crime family, whose wife was having an affair with Johnny. The surviving brothers' wives Jean (Annabella Sciorra) and Clara (Isabella Rossellini) want to avoid the inevitable bloodshed, but nothing can stop the insistent Ray and the volatile Chez from putting Johnny's killer in the ground. - Director:
- Abel Ferrara
- Cast:
- Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra
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In Japan, the sworn brotherhood of the Yakuza is described as being "thicker than the blood of kindred brothers". With his life under threat, disgraced Yakuza hard man Yamamoto escapes to Los Angeles in search of his half-brother Ken, a small-time drug dealer. Unable to speak the language and confused by his surrounding, Yamamoto teams up with Ken and his friend and fellow gang-member Denny. Soon Yamamoto finds himself back in the old routine. His ruthless efficiency in terrorising and killing rival gang members shocks even the blood hardened Americans, and before long Yamamoto's gang is strong enough to join forces with a rival Japanese crime lord called Shirase. The gang is now too big to be ignored, and they are quickly warned off by the Mafia. Yamamoto realises that there can be no turning back and as events draw towards their inevitable conclusion, the Yakuza learns that only Denny understands the ancient code of the "brotherhood". - Director:
- Takeshi Kitano
- Cast:
- Takeshi Kitano, Claude Maki, Omar Epps
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Hutch (Bob Odenkirk) is a nobody. As an overlooked and underestimated father and husband, he takes life's indignities on the chin and never rocks the boat. But when his daughter (Connie Nielsen) loses her beloved kitty-cat bracelet in a robbery, Hutch hits a boiling point no one knew he had. What happens when a pushover finally pushes back? Hutch flips from regular dad to fearless fighter by taking his enemies on a wild ride of explosive revenge. - Director:
- Ilya Naishuller
- Cast:
- Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen
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Led by Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) the families are soon lost and start to mistrust each other and their guide. After, days of wandering in the inhospitable landscape and becoming more disorientated, a Native American crosses their path. The group must decide if they can trust this man to lead them to water or a more sinister fate. - Director:
- Kelly Reichardt
- Cast:
- Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano
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A former crime boss, known as 'Samurai', is instructed by corrupt Mafia families to use his influence and connections to help turn the derelict waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. His resultant actions spark a collision course of epic proportions as a seven day countdown to the fall of Rome begins. As the road to the looming 'apocalypse' approaches, secrets begin to quickly unravel, as powerful gangsters, immoral politicians, and even the Pope, become caught in the crossfire. As Rome crumbles, all those involved must choose to sink or swim, by betraying those closest to them. - Director:
- Stefano Sollima
- Cast:
- Pierfrancesco Favino, Greta Scarano, Jean-Hugues Anglade
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"Echo in the Canyon" celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA's Laurel Canyon in the mid-60's as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. Featuring Jakob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Beck and Norah Jones, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. - Director:
- Andrew Slater
- Cast:
- Lou Adler, Fiona Apple, The Beach Boys
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Award-winning director Kelly Reichardt (Meek's Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy) returns with the eagerly awaited 'First Cow', a gripping and glorious story of friendship, petty crime and the pursuit of the American dream on the harsh frontier of the Pacific Northwest. In 1820's Oregon, two loners team up to seek their fortune through a scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner's prized Jersey cow - the first, and only, in the territory. A true masterpiece from one of the great modern American filmmakers. - Director:
- Kelly Reichardt
- Cast:
- Alia Shawkat, John Magaro, Dylan Smith
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Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is a lone wolf in chic clothing. He's a Boston tycoon, who masterminds a daring bank job, even though he doesn't need the money. What he needs is the thrill of the heist, the adrenaline rush of not getting caught. Catching crooks is where insurance investigator Vicky Anderson (Faye Dunaway) comes in. She always gets her man. But this time she may be too much in love to give him up. - Director:
- Norman Jewison
- Cast:
- Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke
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Election 1 (2005)Hak se wui
From acclaimed director Johnny To (The Mission, Fulltime Killer) comes a gripping action thriller set in the secret, elusive world of triad society. Election offers a rare insight into what it means to be a gangster in modern Hong Kong. The time has come, as it does every two years, for the senior members of Hong Kong's oldest Triad, The Wo Shing Society, to elect a new chairman. Although the elders of the triad, the Uncles, favour the calm and measured Lok (Simon Yam - Hong Kong Gigolo, Bullet in the Head) for the coveted position, unstable hothead Big D is convinced that he's the better candidate. Big D (Tony Leung Ka Fai - Love Will Tear Us Apart, Farewell China) will stop at nothing to win the vote and an epic battle for power is joined. When Wo Shing's ancient symbol of leadership, the Dragon's Head Baton, goes missing, the ruthless power struggle escalates and the race to retrieve the Baton threatens to tear Wo Shing in two. Can Wo Shing balance their traditional brotherhood ways with the cut-throat modern world of 21st century business? - Director:
- Johnnie To
- Cast:
- Louis Koo, Suet Lam, Tony Leung Ka Fai
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May 1985 - Peru. Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, ambitious young mountaineers, set off to scale the hitherto unclimbed West Face of Siula Grande, a remote and treacherous peak in the Peruvian Andes. Simpson and Yates reach the summit but shortly after starting the descent, an accident turns their daring expedition into a desperate fight for survival. Based on Joe Simpson's international bestseller, Touching The Void documents one of the most extraordinary true stories of human endurance of our time. Made by Academy Award winning director Kevin MacDonald, this gripping, inspiring film combines dramatic reconstructions of the fateful climb and interviews with the two men it nearly killed. - Director:
- Kevin Macdonald
- Cast:
- Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Brendan Mackey
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fter serving a five year sentence for a crime he didn't commit, a bitter, violence-prone Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) is released from prison. Billy is hell-bent on convincing his dysfunctional parents that he is leading a respectable life and has spent the last five years doing top-secret CIA work. To back up his story, he impulsively kidnaps Layla (Christina Ricci) and forces her to pose as his girlfriend. Bizarrely, Layla takes to the role with a great enthusiasm, and remains alongside Billy as he tries to impress his parents and take revenge on those he blames for his prison term. Layla's understanding of the comical grimness of Billy's life leads him to explore new levels of redemption, acceptance and ultimately... love. - Director:
- Vincent Gallo
- Cast:
- Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara
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