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Nadezhda (Margita Gosheva) is an English teacher who also works as a translator to earn extra cash. Stunned by a theft by one of her students she is determined to find the culprit. But meanwhile her personal life is put under huge pressure. A bailiff tells her that her house is about to be seized because of unpaid mortgage payments. Determined to keep the house, she will do everything she can to get the money before it is too late. Her personal and professional life converge as she wonders, whilst her options start to run out, whether to question the principles she teaches her students. - Director:
- Kristina Grozeva
- Cast:
- Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov
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Solo, a Senegalese immigrant driving a taxi in North Carolina, has aspirations of becoming a flight attendant and help provide a better life for his pregnant wife and step-daughter. One night he picks up William, a tough Southern old-timer with a lifetime of regrets. One man's dream is just beginning, while the other's is quickly winding down. But despite their differences, both men soon realise they need each other more than either is willing to admit. - Director:
- Ramin Bahrani
- Cast:
- Souleymane Sy Savane, Red West, Diana Franco Galindo
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Srinavasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) is a 25-year-old shipping clerk and self-taught genius. Determined to pursue his passion despite rejection and derision from his peers, Ramanujan writes a letter to G. H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons), an eminent British mathematics professor at Trinity College, Cambridge. Hardy recognises the originality and brilliance of Ramanujan's raw talent and despite the skepticism of his colleagues, undertakes bringing him to Cambridge so that his theories can be explored. Ramanujan leaves his family, his community, and his beloved young bride, Janaki (Devika Bhise), to travel across the world to England. There, he finds understanding and a deep connection with his sophisticated and eccentric mentor. Under Hardy's guidance, Ramanujan's work evolves in ways that will revolutionise mathematics and transform how scientists explain the world. - Director:
- Matt Brown
- Cast:
- Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair
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The Psycho Legacy (2010)The Psycho Legacy: 50 Years of Norman Bates
In 1960 Anthony Perkins scared the world with his chilling portrayal of a murderous madman obsessed with his dead mother, catapulting the horror genre into a new realm of possibility. Alfred Hitchcock s original Psycho spawned three sequels and one remake, and the series continues to affect popular culture over 50 years later. The Psycho Legacy follows the indelible film making legacy left by the Psycho movies and unravels the screenwriting, casting and directing of all these motion pictures starring Anthony Hopkins, examining their undeniable longevity and success. Interweaving ultra-rare and never before-seen footage of Anthony Perkins and dozens of interviews, including Robert Loggia, Olivia Hussey, Henry Thomas, Diana Scarwid, Tom Holland, Hilton Green, Mick Garris, and many more. 'The Psycho Legacy' is the first documentary to unite and explore decades of Psycho movies in one place revealing surprises and insights into what is considered the "granddaddy of modern horror". - Director:
- Robert V. Galluzzo
- Cast:
- Jason Allentoff, Sharen Camille, Clint Carney
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Charismatic and ruthless businessman, Rick Carver (Michael Shannon), is making a killing by repossessing homes - gaming the real estate market, Wall Street banks and the US government. When he evicts Dennis Nash (Andrew Garfield), a single father trying to care for his mother (Laura Dern) and young son, Nash becomes so desperate to provide for his family that he goes to work for Carver - the very man who evicted him in the first place... - Director:
- Ramin Bahrani
- Cast:
- Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern
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"The Revenant" follows the story of legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) on his quest for survival and justice. After a brutal bear attack, Glass is left for dead by a treacherous member of his hunting team (Tom Hardy). Against extraordinary odds, and enduring unimaginable grief, Glass battles a relentless winter in uncharted terrain. This epic adventure captures the extraordinary power of the human spirit in an immersive and visceral experience unlike anything before. - Director:
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Charles Fathy, Tom Hardy
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Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is the music world's latest superstar, but the pressures of fame have her on the edge...until she meets Kaz (Nate Parker), a handsome young cop with political ambitions who's been assigned to protect her. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of Noni's mother (Oscar Nominee Minnie Driver) and Kaz's father (Danny Glover). But Kaz's love might be the missing piece that gives Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be. - Director:
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Cast:
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver
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The Artist and the Model (2012)El Artista y la Modelo
In a secluded French border town during the Nazi occupation of WWII, an ageing artist, Marc Cros (Jean Rochefort), is once again inspired to pick up his tools after his wife Lea (Claudia Cardinale) brings home a refugee on the run from Franco's Spain, the beautiful but naive Merce (Aida Folch). Amidst his peaceful, hilltop idyll, an unlikely friendship develops between the young girl, just starting out in life, and the old man who senses his end is approaching. - Director:
- Fernando Trueba
- Cast:
- Jean Rochefort, Aida Folch, Claudia Cardinale
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Happy Together (1997)Chun gwong cha sit
Cult director Wong Kar Wai's first film shot outside of Hong Kong is a spellbinding tribute to blind passion that features two of Asian cinema's biggest stars. Lai (Tony Leung) and Ho (Leslie Cheung) arrive in Argentina as lovers, but while driving south in search of adventures, something goes wrong and Ho leaves for Buenos Aries. Devastated, Lai finds work in a tango bar but is consumed by thoughts of being happy together once more with Ho. A heady cocktail of sound and vision, Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle marry the rythms of Buenos Aries and Frank Zappa's jazz to an astonishing array of images. - Director:
- Kar-Wai Wong
- Cast:
- Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chen Chang
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Peppermint Candy (1999)Bakha satang
Shown in reverse chronological order, Peppermint Candy is the tale of a solitary man's painful growth in life set against the back drop of nearly three decades of Korean history. A distraught and weathered man, Yong-ho stands on the rails of a train track staring oncoming death in the face. Through divided sequences we retrace the steps that brought him to this place and this state of mind. From his failed marriage and unsuccessful career, to his first love and his traumatizing experience in the army, we are shown all of the elements that went into the psychological demise of a broken man. - Director:
- Chang-dong Lee
- Cast:
- Kyung-gu Sol, Yeo-jin Kim, Jung Suh
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The second series of the hilarious sketch show that plundered every tacky aspect of cheap satellite broadcasting continued where it left off. Great themes and sharp scripts from Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins and a great comedy ensemble that kept the laughs coming. The second series saw KYTV merge with ''BSE Television'', (co-incidentally just as Sky were merging with BSB) and included ''Brown Nose Day'' - the KYTellyThon; Good Morning Calais with Anna Daptor reporting from France on the opening of the Chunnel; and a visit from the Right Reverend Reverend Wright, the resident Head of Religious Affairs, with a penchant for heavy metal hymns. - Director:
- John Stroud
- Cast:
- Helen Atkinson-Wood, Tony Blackburn, Ann Bryson
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Four Moons (2014)Cuatro Lunas
Sometimes explicit, sometimes confronting, but always deeply affecting, 'Four Moons' delves in to the lives of four very different sets of gay boys and men as they navigate their romantic lives. A young boy fights to suppress his growing attraction to his male cousin, a relationship between two reunited friends threatens devastating repercussions, the appearance of a third party throws off the balance of a committed gay relationship, and a family man gives into his obsession over a handsome male prostitute in this film featuring four stunning and intimate tales of personal struggle... - Director:
- Sergio Tovar Velarde
- Cast:
- Alberto Estrella, Antonio Velázquez, Alejandro de la Madrid
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This hilarious sketch show, starring and written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins, began its life as the comical radio series Radio Active. Made famous for lampooning commercial radio stations, it was destined for the small screen, crossing over effortlessly to mock satellite television. KYTV succeeded at combining irreverent sketches and variety elements with a broad-based satire of the public perception of UK satellite television at the time - that of opportunistic entrepreneurs producing cheap, low-quality television! With clumsy links and amateurish presentation the order of the day, KYTV wouldn't be complete without malfunctioning equipment, underpaid and incompetent staff; not to mention the relentless commercial intrusions, including plugging home shopping channel the Sofa Shop! - Director:
- John Stroud
- Cast:
- Helen Atkinson-Wood, Tony Blackburn, Angus Deayton
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Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)Kiseijuu
Tiny creatures called "Parasites" have arrived on Earth with the sole purpose of taking over human bodies and preying on mankind. One such Parasite latches on to ordinary high school student, Shinichi Izumi. Fortunately, he is able to fight it off before it reaches his brain. But unfortunately, it is now stuck within his right hand. Shinichi cannot reveal his terrible secret to those around him, but a strange relationship develops between himself and the creature he calls "Migi". Before long, they begin to encounter other Parasites which launch savage attacks against them and endanger the life of his childhood friend, Satomi. When Shinichi's beloved mother is killed and taken over by a Parasite, it becomes an all-out war between humanity and the Parasites. But nothing is black and white in this struggle. Why were the Parasites created? Are they here to cull our numbers? The planet needs to be preserved, but we also want to protect our loved ones. Amidst this conflict of values, Shinichi and Migi have no choice but to hurl themselves into the fight against the ever more complex attack of the Parasites. - Director:
- Takashi Yamazaki
- Cast:
- Sadao Abe, Shôta Sometani, Eri Fukatsu
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'Camp 14: Total Control Zone' is the award winning, powerful story of Shin Dong-Hyuk who was born as a political prisoner in a death camp in North-Korea. From the age of six, he was subjected to forced labour, hunger beatings and torture. He was always at the mercy of the wardens, and knew nothing of the world outside the barbed wire fences. He thought everybody lived that way. With the help of an older prisoner, he succeeded in escaping at the age of 23 and encountered a world completely strange to him. The film offers a unique insight into this incredible story, from one of the few people ever who can talk first-hand about the ordeal of being raised in a North Korean prison camp. With CGI animation to bring Shin's memories to life and the testimony of two former high-ranking North-Korean officers involved in the prison-camp system, 'Camp 14: Total Control Zone' portrays shocking stories and perspectives in a film that is difficult to believe is real. - Director:
- Marc Wiese
- Cast:
- August Diehl, Shin Dong-Huyk, Hyuk Kwon
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