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"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" spotlights Robert Durst, heir to a New York real estate empire, accused of three murders over 30 years. Brilliant, reclusive and the subject of relentless media scrutiny, Durst has never spoken publicly - until now. The filmmakers' ten-year investigation ultimately reveals secrets that have baffled authorities for decades. Mr. Durst was arrested the day before the airing of the final episode. - Director:
- Andrew Jarecki
- Cast:
- Robert Durst, Andrew Jarecki, Gary Napoli
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Shoplifters (2018)Manbiki Kazoku
After a successful shoplifting spree, Osamu (Lily Franky) and his son rescue a little girl in the freezing cold and invite her home with them. Osamu's wife Nobuyo (Sakura Ando) reluctantly agrees to shelter her. Although the family is poor, they live happily together until an unforeseen incident upsets the delicate balance they have created, revealing long-buried secrets... - Director:
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Cast:
- Rirî Furankî, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka
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Rosa Luxemburg (1986)Geduld der Rosa Luxemburg, Die / Rosa L.
Rosa Luxemburg (Barbara Sukowa), a dedicated Marxist and pacifist, is arrested in 1905 for her political activities. Determined to stick to her principles, she goes on to be repeatedly convicted and imprisoned for her protests and speeches. In 1915, growing disillusioned with the German Social Democrats when they endorse World War I, she founds the Spartacist League, later the Communist Party of Germany. Despite the many men in her life, Rosa remains focused on social justice. - Director:
- Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast:
- Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander
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In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed and the past floods back. Under the microscope of demise he reviews the flailed attempt to reconcile with his wife Constance, the ensuing reprisal of his fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and the warmth and devotion of Robbie Ross who tried and foiled to save him from himself. From Dieppe to Naples to Paris, freedom is elusive and Oscar is a penniless vagabond, always moving on, shunned by his old acquaintances, but revered by a strange group of outlaws and urchins to whom he tells the old stories - his incomparable wit still sharp. - Director:
- Rupert Everett
- Cast:
- Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson
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Marcello (Marcello Fonte) is a small and gentle dog groomer who wants two things, to look after his dogs and take his daughter on exotic holidays. But to fund this lifestyle he runs a side business which has more unsavoury clientele and he soon finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorises the entire neighbourhood. When Simone exploits him too much, Marcello must make a crucial and potentially dangerous decision in order to regain his dignity. - Director:
- Matteo Garrone
- Cast:
- Marcello Fonte, Nunzia Schiano, Edoardo Pesce
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Zama (Daniel Giménez Cacho), an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer to a better place. His situation is delicate. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama notices everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a dangerous bandit. - Director:
- Lucrecia Martel
- Cast:
- Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele
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The Measure of a Man (2015)La loi du marché
This gripping and intelligent film by Stephane Brize is in the social realist tradition of the Dardennes and of Laurent Cantet, examining the dehumanizing effects of unemployment and also the workplace itself. At the age of 51 and after twenty months of unemployment, Thierry (Vincent Lindon) starts a new job in security at a supermarket that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept in order to keep his hard-won job is the central question that Measure of a Man (La Loi du Marche) addresses. - Director:
- Stéphane Brizé
- Cast:
- Vincent Lindon, Christophe Rossignon, Karine de Mirbeck
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"A Very English Scandal" is the shocking true story of the first British politician to stand trial for conspiracy to murder. It's the late 1960's, homosexuality has only just been decriminalized, and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party and the youngest leader of any British political party in a hundred years, has a secret he's desperate to hide. As long as Norman Scott, his vociferous ex-lover is around, Thorpe's brilliant career is at risk, and eventually Thorpe can see only one way to silence Scott for good. The trial of Jeremy Thorpe changed politics forever as the British public discovered the darkest secrets of the Establishment and the lengths they'd go to conceal them. - Director:
- Stephen Frears
- Cast:
- Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Alex Jennings
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Award-winning director Paul Wright (For Those in Peril) explores our complex connection to the land we live in with an archival remix drawn from more than 100 years of Britain on film. With a new score by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp), 'Arcadia' embarks on a visceral sensory journey through the seasons, exploring the beauty, brutality, magic and madness of our changing relationship with both the land and each other. This fresh new work crafted from the past is a folk horror wrapped in an archive film; get ready for a very strange trip indeed... - Director:
- Paul Wright
- Cast:
- Laura Rennie, Ian Sexon
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Custody (2017)Jusqu'à la garde
After a bitter divorce, Miriam (Léa Drucker) and Antoine (Denis Ménochet) battle for sole custody of their son, Julien (Thomas Gioria). Miriam claims the father is violent but lacks proof. Antoine accuses her of manipulating their son for her own ends. Both sides seem to be hiding something with the truth buried in a web of deceit and jealousy. When the judge awards joint custody, an already tense situation soon brings the family's fraught past to light. And as the truth slowly begins to emerge, a chain of events is set in motion with Julien an innocent bystander in an increasingly dangerous situation. - Director:
- Xavier Legrand
- Cast:
- Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet, Thomas Gioria
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Loveless (2017)Nelyubov
Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) and Boris (Aleksey Rozin) are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page - even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha (Matvey Novikov). Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears. - Director:
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast:
- Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin
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In October 1968, Donald Crowhurst (Justin Salinger), a 35-year-old engineer and father of four, embarked on one of the last great adventures of the 20th Century. He was one of nine men who set out from the English coast that autumn as part of the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, chasing to be either the first or the fastest man to circumnavigate the globe single-handed and non-stop. But for Donald the dream turned into a nightmare. Tragic, heartbreaking and enthralling, 'Crowhurst' is a stunning biopic portrayal of a brave man who was too proud to fail and too much alone to live. - Director:
- Simon Rumley
- Cast:
- Justin Salinger, Amy Loughton, Haydn May
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Cairo just before January 2011: Noredin (Fares Fares) is an everyday corrupt police detective who makes a buck accepting bribes from street vendors and landlords. By routine, he extorts money from the local criminals. Under the influence of drugs and alcohol, he can still function in a system that is on the brink of collapse. One night he is assigned a murder investigation. A singer is found dead at the Nile Hilton. What initially seems to be a crime of passion turns into something that concerns the very powerful elite of Egypt. As Noredin follows the clues, he finally has to start acting for something beyond his own self-interest. A political thriller based on a true story. - Director:
- Tarik Saleh
- Cast:
- Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Yasser Ali Maher
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Four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee Amy Poehler returns for the hilarious fourth season of 'Parks and Recreation'. The ever-enthusiastic Leslie Knope (Poehler) has her sights set on the City Council, but political campaigns are never easy - Leslie must deal with shady journalists, a deep-pocketed opponent (Paul Rudd), bus accidents, and even a still smitten old flame in her quest to serve her beloved hometown. - Director:
- Troy Miller
- Cast:
- Amy Poehler, Stephen Stanton, Rashida Jones
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From acclaimed director Ken Loach comes this astonishing story of triumph and adversity in modern day Britain. Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) has worked as a joiner for most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with single mother Katie (Hayley Squires) who is battling to keep her two young children fed. Daniel and Katie find themselves in a no-man's land, striving to pull themselves out of the welfare bureaucracy of modern day Britain. - Director:
- Ken Loach
- Cast:
- Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy
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