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Live-in nurse Maud (Morfydd Clark) arrives to help Amanda (Jennifer Ehle), a famous dancer now frail from illness in her grand, isolated house. Amanda is intrigued by the religious young woman, distracting her from her failing health, and Maud is bewitched by her patient, but she is not what she seems...Tormented by a violent secret from her past and ecstatic messages she believes are from God, Maud becomes convinced she was sent to Amanda not as a nurse, but as a divine saviour. As her grip on reality weakens, Maud is determined to save Amanda's soul, by any means necessary. - Director:
- Rose Glass
- Cast:
- Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Knight
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A White, White Day (2019)Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur
Father, grandfather, policeman, widower. In a remote Icelandic town, Ingimundur (Ingvar Sigurdsson), an off-duty police chief begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. - Director:
- Hlynur Palmason
- Cast:
- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
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Bacurau (2019)Nighthawk
"Bacurau" is a wild, genre-blending siege thriller from Kleber Mendonga Filho (Aquarius, Neighbouring Sounds) and Juliano Dornelles. Set in the remote back-country of Brazil, it follows a tight-knit village community's bloody and brutal fight for its own survival. With unforgettable turns from Udo Kier and Sonia Braga, this is an audacious, original and spectacularly violent blend of neo-Western, revenge thriller and political allegory. - Director:
- Juliano Dornelles
- Cast:
- Barbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira
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"Stray" explores what it means to live as a being without status or security, following three strays as they embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society. Zeytin, fiercely independent, embarks on adventures through the city at night; Nazar, nurturing and protective, easily befriends the humans around her; while Kartal, a shy puppy living on the outskirts of a construction site, finds companions in the security guards who care for her. The strays' disparate lives intersect when they each form intimate bonds with a group of young Syrians with whom they share the streets. Director Elizabeth Lo's award-winning film is a critical observation of human civilisation through the unfamiliar gaze of dogs and a sensory voyage into new ways of seeing. - Director:
- Elizabeth Lo
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- Not Available
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The Invisible Man (2020)Untitled Universal Monster Project
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex suddenly dies, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turn lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel while she desperately tries to prove she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. - Director:
- Leigh Whannell
- Cast:
- Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer
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"Blinded by the Light" is an uplifting coming-of-age story about a teenager (Viveik Kaira) who learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the words and music of Bruce Springsteen. This heart-warming and inspiring depiction of a British Muslim boy growing up in 1980's Luton stars Kulvinder Ghir (Still Open All Hours), Hayley Atwell (The Avengers), Rob Brydon (The Trip), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones's Diary) and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones), and is based on the memoir "Greetings from Bury Park" by celebrated British journalist Sarfraz Manzoor. - Director:
- Gurinder Chadha
- Cast:
- Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra
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You Were Never Really Here (2017)A Beautiful Day
From celebrated British director Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin), 'You Were Never Really Here' is a powerful and intensely thrilling reworking of the crime genre. A tormented but brutal hired gun sets out to rescue a young girl from a sex ring, only to find himself weathering a storm of violent vengeance when matters go awry. Featuring a career best performance from Joaquin Phoenix as a solitary and deeply troubled underworld mercenary, 'You Were Never Really Here' is a stylish and brutal tale of vengeance and corruption. - Director:
- Lynne Ramsay
- Cast:
- Joaquin Phoenix, Cristina Dohmen, Dante Pereira-Olson
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Kate Beckinsale soar in this true story of the legendary rebel billionaire. Howard Hughes (DiCaprio) grew famous for his Hollywood movies, aviation records and glamorous women. He held a bold vision of the future and lived his dreams believing nothing could stop him. - Director:
- Martin Scorsese
- Cast:
- Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett
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Collective (2019)Colectiv
In 2015, a fire at Bucharest's Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system but also to the obstacles he faces. Following journalists, whistle-blowers, burn victims, and government officials, 'Collective' is an uncompromising look at the impact of investigative journalism at its best. - Director:
- Alexander Nanau
- Cast:
- Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag, Catalin Tolontan
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Rubika Shah's energising film charts a vital national protest movement - Rock Against Racism (RAR), formed in 1976. 'White Riot' blends fresh interviews with queasy archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches. As neo-Nazis recruited the nation's youth, RAR's multicultural punk and reggae gigs provided rallying points for resistance. The campaign grew from Hoxton fanzine roots to 1978's huge antifascist carnival in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse, Tom Robinson and of course The Clash, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR's message to the masses. - Director:
- Rubika Shah
- Cast:
- Red Saunders, Dennis Bovell, Mykael S. Riley
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Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, 'Harriet' tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Haunted by memories of those she left behind, Harriet (Cynthia Erivo) ventures back into dangerous territory on a mission to lead others to freedom. With allies like abolitionist William Still (Leslie Odom, Jr.) and the entrepreneurial Marie Buchanon (Janelle Monae), Harriet risks capture and death to guide hundreds to safety as one of the most prominent conductors of the Underground Railroad. Witness the story of a woman who defied impossible odds to change the course of her life and the fate of the nation. - Director:
- Kasi Lemmons
- Cast:
- Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn
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When Alice Guy-Blache completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. In 'Be Natural', Pamela B. Green acts as a detective, revealing the real story of Alice Guy-Blache and highlighting her pioneering contributions to the birth of cinema and her acclaim as a creative force and entrepreneur in the earliest years of movie-making. - Director:
- Pamela B. Green
- Cast:
- Jodie Foster, Alice Guy, Richard Abel
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Four ordinary men in two canoes navigate a river they only know as a line on a map, taking on a wilderness they only think they understand. Deliverance, written by James Dickey based on his novel, surges with the urgency of masterful storytelling, like Georgia's Chattooga River along which it was shot. Equally masterful is the portrayal of each man's change of character under stress, harrowingly enacted by award winners Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox. Director John Boorman sets us on the knife-edge of survival - and draws us in with the irresistible force of a raging current. - Director:
- John Boorman
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- Jon Voight., Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty
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Fourteen-year-old Tyler (Conrad Khan) attends a pupil referral unit, where he is isolated and bullied. At home he must look after his younger sister Aliyah (Tabitha Milne-Price) while his mother, Toni (Ashley Madekwe), works nights. When the preoccupied and exhausted Toni loses her job, she thrusts the family into a desperate financial situation, leaving Tyler vulnerable to a 'recruiter' who targets children to promote a drug-dealing enterprise out of the city. This powerful drama about a mother and her son who is groomed into a lethal nationwide drugs network - a 'county line' - is inspired by Henry Blake's first-hand experience as a youth worker on the frontline of child exploitation and drug trafficking in the UK. - Director:
- Henry Blake
- Cast:
- Harris Dickinson, Ashley Madekwe, Conrad Khan
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The first television project from Academy Award and BAFTA-winner Steve McQueen, this collection of films for television is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community. Set between 1968 and 1982, these standalone stories celebrate courage and community. From a group of activists taking on a seemingly hopeless battle against police persecution, to a teenager experiencing a blues party full of dance, danger and romance, they're a powerful reminder of how brave individuals can spark change. 'Small Axe' delivers a message our divided world needs to hear: even the most marginalised voices can challenge the most powerful. - Director:
- Steve McQueen
- Cast:
- John Boyega, Sheyi Cole, Shaun Parkes
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