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With unprecedented access, Cartel Land is a harrowing look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy - the murderous Mexican drug cartels. In the Mexican state of Michoacan, Dr.

Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor", leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cadet that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley - a narrow, 52-mile-tong desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley - Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goat is to stop Mexico's drug wars from seeping across our border.
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman embeds himself in the head of darkness as Nailer, El Doctor and the cartels each vie to bring their own brand of justice to a society where institutions have failed. Cartel Land is a chilling meditation on the break-down of order and the blurry line between good and evil.

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Oscar winner Juliette Binoche gives a "powerhouse performance" in this visually stunning portrait of a year in the life of Camille Claudel, the sculptor Auguste Rodin's infamous mistress.

The French auteur Bruno Dumont, whose previous masterpieces include Flanders and Hors Satan, draws up a beautifully stark vision of a woman denied her art, confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France where she will never sculpt again. We follow Camille through her story as she struggles to adjust to life in the asylum and awaits a visit from her brother, the writer Paul Claudel. Binoche gives an excruciatingly honest performance, acting alongside real patients, in what is a must-see cornerstone of cinema history.

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Al Pacino heads a stellar cast (including Nastassja Kinski, Donald Sutherland, Richard O'Brien and Joan Plowright) in this powerful and unsentimental depiction of the American War of Independence.

Epic in scale and execution, Hugh Hudson's film follows the fortunes of single father Tom Dobb (Al Pacino) as he fights to protect his only son against the violent course of History. Superb performances, breathtaking set pieces and a poignant score by John Corigliano combine to produce an uncompromising evocation of the chaos and squalor of war.

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Dora (Montenegro) is a lonely and cynical older woman who spends her days unhappily writing letters for illiterate customers at Rio de Janeiro's Central Station. But things begin to change when she reluctantly befriends a homeless orphan, Josue.

When she agrees to help Josue search for the father he's never known, Dora also rediscovers something she'd thought was lost forever: her heart.

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Atom Egoyan himself stars as a Canadian photographer sent to Armenia to document historic churches for a calendar commission in this haunting, beguiling and poignant romantic drama.

Taking his Armenian wife with him as a translator, the couple's relationship begins to unravel as she becomes more and more drawn to her ethnic roots and to their local guide. A bold, precise and sometimes painfully honest depiction of love, loss and the strange twists of fate that life can throw our way, 'Calendar' is one of Egoyan's most accomplished and celebrated works.

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The future looks promising for amateur actors Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) as they prepare for opening night on their production of Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman'.

However, when dangerous work on a neighbouring building forces the couple to leave their home and move into a new apartment, a case of mistaken identity sees a shocking and violent incident throw their lives into turmoil. What follows is a series of wrong turns that threaten to destroy their relationship irreparably. Academy-Award winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) returns with 'The Salesman', a characteristically taut drama exploring how unexpected cracks can form in the foundations of a seemingly happy marriage.

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One hundred and fifty miles south of Sicily, sits Lampedusa, a small, quaint island home to just six thousand people.

But as their ordinary lives continue, Lampedusa forms the stage for a different story, one of tragedy - it is the first port of call for African and Middle-Eastern refugees whose last hope for a peaceful life is Europe.

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Churchill follows Britain's iconic Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) in the days before the infamous D-Day landings in June 1944.

As allied forces stand on the south coast of Britain, poised to invade Nazi-occupied Europe, they await Churchill's decision on whether the invasion will actually move ahead. Only the unflinching support of Churchill's brilliant, unflappable wife Clementine (Miranda Richardson) can halt the Prime Minister's physical and mental collapse and help lead him to greatness. Also starring John Slattery as General Eisenhower. Supreme Commander of the Allied D-Day operations, and Julian Wadham as British military commander Field Marshal Montgomery.

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In the high-stakes game of big-wall climbing, the Shark's Fin on Mount Meru may be the ultimate prize. It's a deadly route that has seen more failed attempts by elite climbing teams over the past 30 Years than any other ascent in the Himalayas.

When Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk attempted the 21,000ft climb they suffered set back after set back including dwindling supplies, 10 feet snow storms and sub-zero temperatures. Beaten back even when the summit is in sight, heartbroken and totally defeated, Anker, Chin and Ozturk face up to some extraordinary challenges that makes Meru a unique story of friendship, sacrifice, hope and obsession.

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Gerry (Ben Mendelsohn) is a talented but struggling poker player, about to be swallowed up by his unshakable gambling habit, when his luck begins to change after he meets the young, charismatic Curtis (Ryan Reynolds).

Gerry convinces his new lucky charm to hit the road with him towards a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans, and an undeniable bond forms between them. Also starring Sienna Miller, Mississippi Grind is a bittersweet road movie about friendship and the refusal to give up - even when the odds are stacked against you.

Five strangers wake up in a locked warehouse with no memory of who they are or how they got there. As secrets are revealed and clues unraveled, they must race against time to figure out who is good and who is evil in order to stay alive.

'Detroit' tells of the events that transpired one terrifying evening during the civil unrest that tore apart the city of Detroit, and its traumatic aftermath. Starring John Boyega and Will Poulter, 'Detroit' is a brutally tense thriller based on one of the most explosive events in recent history.

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New York 1988, Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has changed his name to conceal his family connection to a long line of distinguished New York cops in order to pursue ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner.

As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealers around him, he comes face to face with the family he abandoned when his brother (Mark Wahlberg) and father (Robert Duvall) crack down on the club. Now Bobby must choose a side. Is he going to turn informant or will he help run the biggest crime ring in New York history?

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Open Your Eyes is an intriguing mix of fantasy and horror, exploring the collision between dreams and reality.

Central to the film is a remarkable performance by the sexy, Spanish enchantress Penelope Cruz, star of Volver and Vanilla Sky, which was the Hollywood remake of 'Open Your Eyes', starring Cruz alongside Tom Cruise. Fate has always smiled on Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) until now. The night he meets his ideal woman, Sofia (Cruz), he is confronted by Nuria, a woman infatuated with him to the point of obsession. Insane with jealousy, Nuria crashes her car, killing herself and horribly disfiguring Cesar. After the fateful crash, reality, dreams, memory and madness blend together. Cesar awakens in a psychiatric prison, undergoing evaluation for a murder he can't quite remember. As he slowly begins to piece together a past of mistaken identities and betrayals, Cesar learns that sometimes you can't wake up from a nightmare, even if you do Open Your Eyes.

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"Gold" is the story of Kenny Wells (Academy Award winner, Matthew McConaughey), a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, desperate for a lucky break.

Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia, and when they make the largest gold find in the history of time, they realise this dream is only the beginning of the adventure.