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Erez (Omer Perelman Striks), a rising star on the elite swimming scene, arrives at a tough training camp with a singular aim - to win a fiercely contested place in the national Olympic team.

Intense rivalry precludes any chance of friendship with his fellow athletes until, that is, Erez meets the handsome and talented Nevo (Asaf Jonas), who unexpectedly stirs within him unconscious desires. As his resolve begins to falter, Erez must navigate a path through a heady mix of high-stakes competition and erotic longing in this electrifying, stylish and sexy drama.

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When gun fancier Bart Tare sees Annie Laurie Starr's sideshow sharpshooting act, he's a dead-bang goner. He and she go together, as Bart ultimately says, 'like guns and ammunition'.

The two become bank robbers on the run, eluding roadblocks and roaring into movie history as one of the benchmark film-noir works. Joseph H. Lewis directs this ferocious thriller, selected for the National Film Registry and often cited as a forerunner to 'Bonnie and Clyde'. Peggy Cummins and John Dall star, meeting in a sexually charged carny shooting contest and soon driven by impulses of violence and arousal they don't fully understand. They're young, foolish, doomed - and point blank in Gun Crazy's unforgiving sights.

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Fifty years after its first transmission, the BBC's 'Play for Today' anthology series remains one of British television's most influential achievements.

Between 1970 and 1984, it brought the UK's best writing, acting and directing talents into our living rooms, challenging audiences and pushing the boundaries of TV drama. 'Play for Today: Volume 1' brings together seven iconic feature-length dramas for the first time, in a collection that exemplifies the breadth and brilliance of this groundbreaking strand.

The Lie (1970)
The great Ingmar Bergman's first British teleplay foreshadows his better-known miniseries 'Scenes from a Marriage' in its characteristic examination of a disintegrating relationship.
Shakespeare or Bust (1973)
Brian Glover (Kes) features as Bard-loving miner Art, who, along with mates Ern and Abe, make a poignant, comedic canal-boat pilgrimage to Stratford-upon-Avon in a wistful waterways road movie.
Back of Beyond (1974)
Desmond Davis, whose career spanned 'Girl with Green Eyes' to 'Clash of the Titans', directs 'This Sporting Life's' Rachel Roberts as reclusive widow Olwen, befriended by papergirl Rachel with momentous consequences.
A Passage to England (1975)
Uncle and cousin in tow, Anand needs to get to England from Amsterdam and Brit fisherman Onslow is his best hope. 'The Long Good Friday' director John Mackenzie adds grit to the comedy, penned by 'Minder' creator Leon Griffiths.
Your Man from Six Counties (1976)
From the writer of 'Yanks' and 'Chariots of Fire' comes a tale of the Troubles as, after his father's death, Belfast boy Jimmy heads for his uncle's farm. But even in Ireland's far west, his new start is under threat.
Our Flesh and Blood (1977)
Alison Steadman (Abigail's Party) is set on a 'natural' birth while leading her husband (Bernard Hill, Boys From the Blackstuff) against an officious establishment in the satirical shape of Richard Briers' (The Good Life) Mr. Smythe.
A Photograph (1977)
When an inexplicable photograph arrives in the post, Michael Otway's world is turned upside down. John Stride (The Ice House) and Stephanie Turner (Juliet Bravo) star in what the Daily Mail called 'grand guignol in the British manner'.

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"The Inspection" is directed by Elegance Bratton and is inspired by his own true story - that of a young, gay, Black man (Jeremy Pope), who is rejected by his mother (Gabrielle Union), and with little future ahead of him, decides to join the Marines.

Forced to do whatever it takes to succeed in the system that has cast him aside, he must battle deep-seated prejudice alongside the gruelling routines of basic training. Against the odds he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.

During World War II, a group of G.I.'s are thrown together in the notorious German prison camp Stalag 17. For the most part, they spend their time scheming ways to help each other escape. But when two prisoners are killed in an escape attempt, it becomes obvious that there is a spy among them.

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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers is a vivid portrait of the complex genius behind the actor we knew as Peter Sellers (Geoffrey Rush). Despite his phenomenal success as an international film star, his comic virtuosity belied a troubled private life.

The film peers behind the facades of his many characters to expose the one that the legendary comedic actor never revealed to the public, himself.

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Stephen Frears produces six plays by Oscar-nominated writer Alan Bennett. Showcasing the talents of Thora Hird, Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge, Dave Allen and Alun Armstrong, Six Plays by Alan Bennett includes the BAFTA-nominated 'Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf'.

Frears himself directs four of the six plays, with the remaining two directed by BAFTA-winning Giles Foster and Palm d'Or winner Lindsay Anderson.

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.
Doris and Doreen (1978)
Doris (Prunella Scales) and Doreen (Patricia Routledge) work for a large unnamed corporation. Changes are afoot, though they are not entirely sure what they are. Equipped with an in depth knowledge of regulations and paperwork they feel compelled to get to the bottom of it.
The Old Crowd (1979)
George (John Moffatt) and Betty (Isabel Dean), a middle-class English couple, have just moved into a big Edwardian house in London and are throwing a party to celebrate. Unfortunately, after ten days none of their furniture has arrived, having been sent to Carlisle by mistake, three of the four toilets don't work and cracks are starting to appear in the ceiling. However, nothing can dent their determination to have a good time.
Afternoon Off (1979)
Lee (Henry Man), a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
One Fine Day (1979)
George Phillips (Dave Allen), a middle-aged Londoner, works as an estate agent for the firm of Frobisher, Rendell and Ross. His home life is soured by clashes with his wife over whether their teenage...
All Day on the Sands (1979)
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are staying at a boarding-house in the seaside resort of Morecambe with their small children, Colin (Gary Carp) and Jennifer (Susan Hopkins). Mr Cooper has just been made redundant, but the family are trying to keep this a secret from the other guests...

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Off-screen pals James Cagney and Pat O'Brien teamed for the sixth time in this enduring gangster classic. Cagney's Rocky Sullivan is a charismatic ghetto tough whose underworld rise makes him a hero to a gang of slum punks.

O'Brien is Father Connolly, the boyhood chum-turned-priest who vows to end Rocky's influence. Other ace talents join them: Humphrey Bogart as a scheming lawyer, Ann Sheridan as Rocky's hard-edged girlfriend and the Dead End Kids as worshipful street urchins, all ably directed by Michael Curtiz.

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One by one, the victims fell, each death more gruesome than the last. The actual murders that rocked Boston in the 60's are the gripping subject matter of this unforgettable police thriller. Henry Fonda stars as the investigating police detective.

Tony Curtis delivers a stunning performance as the psychopath Fonda must conquer. Filmed in a documentary style that makes the horrifying events all the more real, 'The Boston Strangler' is one of the most powerful films in its genre.

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This, the last film Preston Sturges made for Paramount, is another great satire on the American penchant for hero worship. It stars Eddie Bracken as Woodrow Truesmith, a soldier who, due to an unfortunate misunderstanding, never actually went to war.

His attempts to keep his secret are scuppered when his home town has him repatriated for a civic celebration of his exploits. In this sentimental comedy, many of Sturge's regular repertory of character actors give the performances of their lives.

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James Cagney is C.R. "Mac" MacNamara, a top soft drinks executive shipped off to (then West) Berlin and told to keep an eye on his boss' 17-year-old Atlanta socialite daughter Scarlett (Pamela Tiffin) while she visits Germany.

Scarlett's tour seems endless, and Mac discovers she's fallen for a (then East) Berlin communist agitator and the young couple are bound for Moscow! Mac has to bust up the burgeoning romance before his boss learns the truth, all the while dealing with his wife Phyllis (Arlene Francis) and her own impatience with German living.

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At sixteen, David (Mauricio Di Yorio) is much like any teenager, but his boyish good looks rest upon a hulking, muscular body.

His weightlifting obsession is driven by his mother Juana (Umbra Colombo), a troubled artist whose only goal is to have her son reach physical perfection by his seventeenth birthday. With countless hours spent at a grungy gym in the company of a motley clique of pumped-up gym rats, David desperately searches for what it means to be a man, whilst also navigating his burgeoning sexuality. With his birthday approaching, Juana demands growth at any cost. Soon David's cohorts offer him dangerous chemical shortcuts, sending David in a dangerous spiral. 'The Perfect David' is at once a delicious ode to the beauty of the male form, a warning of the dangers of seeking absolute perfection, and a striking character study of a teenager in trouble.

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"Private Desert" tells the story of Daniel (Antonio Saboia), a troubled cop with a history of run-ins with th*authorities, who seeks refuge from a potentially career-ending scandal with a faraway stranger with whom he has been conducting an intense affair entirely on social media.

But when his paramour abruptly ghosts him, Daniel impulsively sets off thousands of miles cross-country in a desperate attempt to salvage the lost relationship - a quest that will profoundly change the course of both their lives. The critically acclaimed 'Private Desert' is a riveting Brazilian romantic drama that melds stunning road movie vistas, twisting narrative turns and a swelling forbidden love story to the beat of Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. .

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Penniless husband, Tom Jeffers (Joel McCrea) looks like he is losing his scatterbrained wife, Gerry (Claudette Colbert) to multi-millionaire John D. Hackensacker (Rudy Vallee) when she walks out on him and heads for fun and sun in Palm Beach, Florida.

They become involved with any number of outrageous characters, played by many of the Sturges regulars in hilarious cameos. The witty, sparkling dialogue, poking merciless fun at, amongst other targets, money and sex, is unforgettable.

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"No Bears" is the outstanding new film from acclaimed Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi. In the film Panahi plays himself, a filmmaker trying to direct a cast and crew in Turkey, who is forced to remain in an Iranian village close to the border.

As his actors perform their own story of attempted escape to Europe, Panahi finds himself coming up against suspicion and local traditions in the village where he is staying. Panahi's latest film is a testimony to how artistry and protest can find inspiration in the very restrictions that he and other creative voices face.