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When a counterterrorism raid goes tragically wrong, Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott refuses to participate in a cover-up. Ostracised by colleagues, he transfers to an anticorruption unit, AC-12, in the process of investigating one of the Force's most respected officers, Detective Chief Inspector Tony Gates. Not only has Gates just been awarded Officer of the Year, his squad has returned the best crime figures for three consecutive years. But can anyone really be that good? Arnott doesn't think so and soon he and Gates are embroiled in a game of cat-and-mouse but as the stakes get higher it isn't just careers on the line it's lives. - Director:
- David Caffrey
- Cast:
- Martin Compston, Darren Morfitt, Owen Teale
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A funny and touching coming-of-age story based on the beloved best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, feature is a modern classic that captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is a moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope – and the unforgettable friends that help us through life. - Director:
- Stephen Chbosky
- Cast:
- Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller
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Mr Duval, a country vet and his wife, live deep in provincial France. Their two children are 9 year old Olivier, the apple of his mother's eye and his older sister Nadine. Mrs Duval sends Olivier to deliver food to her ailing mother in law. The child goes missing and the loss breaks up the already fragile family in a mass of recriminations, Mr Duval taking a post in Africa. Six years later the policeman who had unsuccessfully investigated the case, now in the Paris vice squad, comes across a teenage rent boy who could be the lost son. The parents take him back unquestioningly lavishing presents upon him much to the alienation of Sister Nadine, for whom, Olivier's attention now is definitely sexual. - Director:
- Agnieszka Holland
- Cast:
- Brigitte Roüan, François Cluzet, Jean-François Stévenin
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In Cairo at the height of the Arab Spring, hotel night manager Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) receives a plea for help from the beautiful Sophie Alekan (Aure Atika). As the mistress of the powerful but dangerous hotel owner, Sophie has evidence of an arms deal that could help crush the popular uprising. Compelled to do what he thinks is right, Pine makes contact with his friend at the British Embassy. But his actions unwittingly draw him into the terrifying world of ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie). When Sophie's information makes its way to Angela Burr (Olivia Colman), a government anti-corruption agent intent on bringing down Roper's empire, a leak in her network triggers a chain of events that end in tragedy. - Director:
- Susanne Bier
- Cast:
- Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki
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The year is 2020, and the first manned mission to Mars, commanded by Luke Graham (Don Cheadle), lands safely on the red planet. But the Martian landscape harbors a bizarre and shocking secret that leads to a mysterious disaster so catastrophic, it decimates the crew. Haunted by a cryptic last message from Graham, NASA launches the Mars Recovery Mission to investigate and bring back survivors. Confronted with insurmountable dangers but propelled by deep friendship, the team finally lands on Mars and makes a discovery so amazing, it takes your breath away. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
- Cast:
- Tim Robbins, Bill Timoney, Gary Sinise
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Beatrice (Juliet Stevenson) and her teenage son Elliot (Alex Lawther) spend a week packing up the contents of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his sexuality and she in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément (Phénix Brossard) enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and finally, each other. "Departure" is an intimate story beginning at dawn on the first day and ending at night on the sixth day, charting the end of a summer, the end of a childhood and the end of an otherwise nuclear, middleclass family. - Director:
- Andrew Steggall
- Cast:
- Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard
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One moment there's a hand in yours - and the next moment it's gone. For Tony Hughes, the emptiness of those seconds that turn into panic-stricken minutes, then weeks, then years, it is a moment he cannot forget - and now he can never let go. What happened to Tony and Emily's son Oliver when they holidayed in France? Was he lost? Kidnapped? Trafficked? Murdered? The not-knowing haunts them, tears at them, shreds their marriage. And while Emily tries to move on, Tony can only go back - to that day, to that place and try to find his son... try and find the truth. Set in England and France over eight years, The Missing follows Tony and Emily's story along with the French police grappling with a small town and a way of life overturned by events as they witness a man out of control, out for the truth, out for some kind of justice. In a world full of hope and despair, passion and injustice - how far will one man go to ease the pain inside? The answer lies in 'The Missing'. - Director:
- Tom Shankland
- Cast:
- James Nesbitt, Sasha Waddell, Adam Thomas Wright
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This second gripping tale sees the return of French detective Julien Baptiste who finds a connection between a new case and one he could never solve. When a young British woman stumbles through the streets of her German hometown and collapses, it soon becomes apparent that she is a young girl who went missing 11 years earlier, Alice Webster. Alice's return sends shockwaves through the tight-knit community, as her distraught family are thrown into turmoil. Alice appears to hold vital clues to the whereabouts of a second missing girl, Sophie Giroux. Upon hearing this, Baptiste races to Germany to pursue a case that he could never let die. Leaping backwards and forwards in time, present and past converge as the shockwaves from Alice's return drive the Webster family apart; and we join Baptiste in Iraq, searching for an AWOL British soldier he believes is the key to finding the second missing girl. - Director:
- Ben Chanan
- Cast:
- Roger Allam, Isabelle Barth, Florian Bartholomäi
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Winner of three Academy Awards including best picture, "Moonlight" is a breath-taking coming-of-age story and the best reviewed film of the year. "Moonlight" follows the story of Chiron (Ashton Sanders) from his early childhood in his depressed Miami neighbourhood to adulthood in Atlanta as he navigates the dangers of drugs, violence, family, love and sexuality. - Director:
- Barry Jenkins
- Cast:
- Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson
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Blessed with astonishing power and poise, Sergei Polunin took the dance world by storm and became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal. At the peak of his success, aged 21. he walked away, driven to the brink of self-destruction by stardom - his talent more a burden than a gift. From archive footage of Polunin training at the age of four to be an Olympic gymnast, to intimate material shot by both his parents, and in-depth interviews with family, friends, colleagues through to footage of Sergei's life on and off the stage now, we witness every step of his journey. The film includes a special contribution from renowned photographer and director David LaChapelle, who in 2015 shot Polunin's dance to Hozier's 'Take Me to Church' and generated over 10 Million YouTube views within two months of its release online. 'Dancer' is an unprecedented look into the life of a complex young man who has made ballet go viral. - Director:
- Steven Cantor
- Cast:
- Jade Hale-Christofi, Sergei Polunin
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When Ellen (Morven Christie), a successful architect in her mid-thirties, becomes pregnant, she finds maternity cover in Paula (Vicky McClure): brilliant and enthusiastic. Ellen champions her, but quickly begins to feel uneasy, as she is convinced something is not right about Paula. Are her suspicions simply a result of female rivalry and her own insecurity or do they speak to something deeper? This psychological thriller set in Glasgow examines workplace rivalry, motherhood and the issues that arise from making 'the right choice'. - Director:
- Not Available
- Cast:
- Morven Christie, Vicky McClure, Richard Rankin
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Benny (Matthew Frias) and Christopher (Edmund Donovan), college freshmen, meet playing football and begin a relationship. They fall in love supported by their family and friends. As their love for each other grows, a past tragic event involving their mothers comes to light. This revelation tests their own love and Benny's close-knit family. Throughout this reflective love story, with the beauty of rural Ohio as its backdrop, Benny travels an emotional journey that examines both his own feelings and his family's ability to come to terms with the past. Emotionally resonant and beautifully crafted, 'Akron' is a progressive queer story, heralding a new age in gay cinema. - Director:
- Sasha King
- Cast:
- Joseph Melendez, Andrea Burns, Matthew Frias
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Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, and his cold unforgiving family. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband's estate, a force is unleashed inside her so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. - Director:
- William Oldroyd
- Cast:
- Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Christopher Fairbank
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Deutschland '83 (2015)Deutschland! / Deutschland '83: Series 1
It's 1983. The Cold War is heating up. Russian SS20 Missiles in East Germany are pointed West, American Pershing II Missiles will soon be placed in West Germany, to point East. The very real threat of nuclear conflict looms. Against this perilous political backdrop, 'Deutschland 83', a gripping coming-of-age story and a suspenseful, fast-paced thriller, follows Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay), a 24 year old East Germany native, who is thrust from the world as he knows and sent over the wall to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy while trying to resist the pleasures that the West has to offer. Everything is new to him, nothing is quite what it seems and everyone he encounters is harbouring secrets. - Director:
- Edward Berger
- Cast:
- Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen
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Joseph (Peter Mullan) is an unemployed widower, drinker, arid a man stifled by his own volatile temperament and furious anger. Hannah (Olivia Colman) is a Christian worker at a charity shop, a respectable woman who appears wholesome and happy. When the pair arc brought together, Hannah appears to be Joseph's potential saviour, someone who can temper his fury and offer him warmth, kindness and acceptance. As their story develops Hannah's own secrets are revealed — her relationship with husband James (Eddie Marsan) is violent and abusive — and as events spiral out of control. Joseph becomes her source of comfort. - Director:
- Paddy Considine
- Cast:
- Peter Mullan, Archie Lal, Jag Sanghera
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