DocumentaryRestrepo is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, "Restrepo," named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. The only goal is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 90- minute deployment. This is war, full stop. The conclusions are up to you.
DramaThe Bikeriders captures a rebellious time in America when the culture and people were changing. After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy (Jodie Comer) is inextricably drawn to Benny (Austin Butler), the newest member of Midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals led by the enigmatic Johnny (Tom Hardy). Much like the country around it, the club begins to evolve, transforming from a gathering place for local outsiders into a dangerous underworld of violence, forcing Benny to choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
DocumentarySleep Furiously is set in a small farming community in mid Wales, about 50 miles north of Dylan Thomas' fictional village of Llareggub – and there is a sense in which this is a film 'for' Dylan Thomas, if not a contemporary translation of 'Under Milk Wood'. This is a place where Koppel's parents - both refugees - found a home. It is a landscape and population that is changing rapidly as small scale agriculture is disappearing and the generation who inhabited a pre-mechanised world is dying out. Gideon Koppel leads us on a poetic journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire.
IndependentCapturing not only a raw, tender intimacy but also the growing claustrophobia and danger of a life in the shadows, this powerful, award-winning feature debut by LA-based Israeli director Michael Mayer is a compelling portrayal of love between barriers, and of a man facing insurmountable odds on his journey to experience it. Palestinian student Nimr's dreams of a better life abroad come into sharp focus when he meets Roy, an Israeli lawyer, and the two men fall in love. As the relationship deepens, Nimr is confronted with the harsh realities of a Palestinian society that refuses to accept him for his sexual identity, and an Israeli society that rejects him for his nationality. When a close friend is brutally murdered as a suspected collaborator, Nimr finds himself forced to choose between the life he thought he wanted, and his love for Roy.
HorrorART THE CLOWN IS BACK! After being resurrected by a sinister entity, demented killer Art the Clown returns to Miles County. With an appetite for murder and mayhem Art sets his sights on a bereaved family, in particular teenage Sienna and her younger brother Jonathan. It’s Halloween and the streets are about to run with blood.
IndependentFrom writer-director Noah Baumbach comes this witty comedy starring Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke. Tracy (Kirke) is a lonely college freshman who longs for confidence, a guy and membership in a snobby writers’ group. But when she meets her free-spirited future stepsister Brooke (Gerwig), the two have a wild New York adventure that gives Tracy a new outlook on dreams, friendship and cat ownership.
DramaAs 36-year-old Dito (Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man) looks back at his childhood with Laurie (Rosario Dawson - Sin City) we are whisked off to the sweltering New York summer of 1986. For 16-year-old Dito (Shia LaBeouf - Transformers) this is his Queens - battleground, playground, school and home. But to a kid like Dito, poised on the brink of manhood, a long hot summer can change a lot.
ThrillerThree detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident, that leaves a child in critical condition, tests their moral standings. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth? From the producers of Lawless and Margin Call comes this intense psychological thriller starring Joel Edgerton (Warrior, The Great Gatsby), Tom Wilkinson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol), Jai Courtney (Divergent, Jack Reacher, A Good Day to Die Hard) and Melissa George (Triangle, 30 Days of Night).
DocumentaryWilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. The young couple battles entrenched tradition, and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.
DocumentaryFilm director Corinna Belz was granted extraordinary access to the studio of eminent German painter Gerhard Richter. The result is rare, immediate insight into the genesis of a series of his abstract paintings, from the first stroke of paint on canvas, through countless layers of over-painting, to an exhibition opening in New York. The perceptive feature-length documentary allows the viewer to become immersed in the quietly suspenseful cycle of an artistic process. Born in 1932, Gerhard Richter has been at the cutting edge of his field for five decades. His first 13 years were spent under the National Socialist regime, followed by 16 years of East German Communism and then a half century of what Richter has jokingly referred to as "Capitalist Realism". The artist remains fundamentally sceptical of all belief systems and ideologies. Throughout the film we are treated to Richter's pithy comments, which reveal not only wry humour but also hard-won insight into life and art. Filmmaker Cori
DramaRJ and Chris are two teenage boys raised in Mormon communities. Though both are poster boys for their church with perfect academic records and pretty girlfriends, buried feelings soon rise to the surface when they are assigned to serve a mission together as part of their rite of passage. Now, they will have to make sense of the conflict between their desires and the rules that govern the only world they know.
DramaAcclaimed adaptation of the Marcel Pagnol novel, and Best Film BAFTA winner. City-dweller Jean moves his family to the Provence countryside in the 1920s to forge a new life as a farmer. But his proud, cocky neighbouring rival Le Papet schemes with his simple-minded nephew to acquire some nearby land ensuring the novice owner never discovers an all-important natural spring on the property. A wholly captivating, emotionally powerful and beautifully photographed classic epic of innocence, greed, envy and revenge.
HorrorGeorge A. Romero's original 1968 cult classic, now in color & restored, is one of the scariest movies of all time. The dead are walking and hunger for human flesh. A group of panicked survivors are barricaded in a deserted farmhouse while the army of flesh eating zombies hovers outside their door.
DramaAcademy Award® winner Gary Oldman gives a “towering performance” (Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair) in acclaimed director Joe Wright’s soaring drama DARKEST HOUR. As Hitler’s forces storm across the European landscape and close in on the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill (Oldman) is elected the new Prime Minister. With his party questioning his every move, and King George VI (Ben Mendelsohn) skeptical of his new political leader, it is up to Churchill to lead his nation and protect them from the most dangerous threat ever seen. Also starring Academy Award® nominee Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James, DARKEST HOUR is a powerful, inspirational drama.
Action & AdventureBAFTA nominated ‘Kajaki: The True Story’ follows a small unit of British soldiers positioned on a ridge overlooking the Kajaki Dam in Helmand Province in 2006.
Acclaimed across the board and declared as the ‘British Hurt Locker’ (Charles Gant, 'Heat'), never before has the brutality of war been so beautifully shot in this tense and powerful story of a three-man patrol unit who sets out to disable a Taliban roadblock.
Faced with unimaginable terrain and miles from home, this band of brothers end up in a dried out river bed where one of their unit detonates a land mine, resulting in life changing injuries. Confronted with adversity, the rest of the unit does what they do best; they do not give in. Setting in motion a desperate and determined rescue mission, where time is against them if they are going to survive the aftermath of this deadly mine strike.
From the BAFTA & Academy Award Winning producer of ‘The King’s Speech’, ‘Kajaki the True Story' ‘… may
ComedyThe misadventures begin when Miles (Paul Giamatti), an un-recovered divorcé and would-be novelist with a wine fixation, decides to gift old college buddy and washed-up actor Jack (Thomas Haden Church) with a celebratory trip to the vineyards of the Santa Ynez Valley the week before Jack's wedding. The two couldn't be an odder couple. Jack is an over-sexed charmer; Miles is a sad-sack worrier. Jack is looking for his "last taste of freedom"; Miles just wants to taste perfection in a bottle. Jack is fine with cheap Merlot; Miles pines for the elusive, perfect Pinot. Indeed, the only thing they seem to share in common is the same heady mix of failed ambitions and fading youth. And yet, as they make their way up the coast, Miles and Jack soon find themselves drowning in wine and women. Both men careen dangerously and comically toward mid-life crises. Now, the wedding approaches and with it the certainty that Miles and Jack won't make it back to Los Angeles unscathed or unchanged...if they
ComedyJenny Taylor (Amanda Bynes) has found her ideal man who she just knows would sweep her off her feet. The only problem? He's Jason Masters (Chris Carmack), the world's biggest rock star. Hoping for a chance to get close to her idol, Jenny takes a job in his favourite Caribbean resort with her best friend Ryan (Jonathan Bennett). When Jason is washed overboard in a storm, Jenny jumps in to save him and the pair find themselves stranded on a seemingly-deserted tropical island. Jenny discovers that they have landed mere miles away from the resort, but instead of telling Jason the truth she lets him believe they are stranded so she can make him fall in love with her. As Jenny's plans fall apart, she begins to realise her personal paradise may have been closer to home all the time...
ComedyHaving spent her twenties comfortably inert, 28 year old Megan (Keira Knightley) reaches a crisis when she finds herself squarely in adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to pursue any and no one to relate to, including her high school boyfriend (Mark Webber). When he proposes, Megan panics and given an opportunity to escape - at least temporarily - she hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz) and Annika’s world-weary single dad (Sam Rockwell). Lynn Shelton, whose unique directorial voice created such astutely observed comedies as YOUR SISTER'S SISTER and HUMPDAY, crafts a warm, funny romantic journey of three people who find their lives intertwined in sudden, unexpected ways, as they try to make their way in the imperfect reality of modern day life.
DramaIn his highly acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day) created a remarkable story of love, loss and hidden truths. Kathy (Oscar® nominee Carey Mulligan, An Education), Tommy (Andrew Garfield, Boy A, Red Riding) and Ruth (Oscar® nominee Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) live in a world and a time that feel familiar to us, but are not quite like anything we know. They spend their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. When they leave the shelter of the school and the terrible truth of their fate is revealed to them, they must also confront the deep feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them apart.
DramaKate Mercer (2016 Best Actress Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling) is excitedly planning a party to celebrate her 45th wedding anniversary. One week before the celebration however, a letter arrives for her husband, Geoff (Tom Courtenay). The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen in the glaciers of the Swiss Alps after a tragic accident on a hiking holiday in 1962. Though Kate continues to prepare for the anniversary, she becomes increasingly concerned by Geoff’s preoccupation with the accident and with his past relationship. By the time the party comes round, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.
Drama'The Peanut Butter Falcon' is a modern Mark Twain-esque adventure starring Shia LeBeouf ('American Honey', 'Fury') as a small time outlaw turned unlikely coach who joins forces with Zak, a young man with Down Syndrome on the run from the nursing home with the dream of becoming a professional wrestler. Dakota Johnson ('Susperia', 'Fifty Shades of Grey') is Zak's loving, but stubborn, carer. From writer/director duo Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz the film also stars Jon Bernthal ('Baby Driver', 'Fury'), Thomas Haden Church ('Sideways'), Bruce Dern ('Nebraska'), John Hawkes ('Three Billboards Outside Ebbing', 'Missouri') and introducing Zack Gottsagen as Zak.
ThrillerThe collateral damage of civil war is all-encompassing and unforgiving; a brutal setting for tense negotiations, especially when the results could have monumental consequences. The Negotiator, starring Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike, is a suspenseful drama that questions government loyalties, how far one person is willing to push themselves in the pursuit of justice and where the moral line in the sand is drawn when faced with the severest of situations. Clandestine operations and a web of intrigue intertwine.
DocumentaryThe ground-breaking documentary and worldwide phenomenon featuring leading scientists, authors, doctors, and philosophers who reveal the Secret that transformed the lives of all those who lived it. This is the great Secret of life.
Sci-Fi & FantasyIn a kill-or-be-killed world where starvation is rife and strangers are always dangerous, The Survivalist lives off the grid, and by his wits. When a starving woman and her teenage daughter discover his forest refuge, his loneliness drives him to overcome his suspicion and strike a bargain with them in return for bed and board. But as desire becomes stronger than necessity, the exchange becomes an uneasy, ongoing arrangement which threatens not only his carefully constructed world but also his life. The Survivalist is a captivating thriller from Stephen Fingleton and features performances from Martin McCann ('71, Shadow Dancer, X+Y), Mia Goth (Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, A Cure for Wellness) and Olwen Fouéré (This Must Be the Place).
DocumentaryBetween 2009 and 2013, the England Test Cricket team rose from the depths of the rankings to become the first and only English side to reach world number one. The Edge is a compelling, funny and emotional insight into a band of brothers’ rise to the top, their unmatched achievements and the huge toll it would take. One of the toughest sports on the planet, and psychologically perhaps the most challenging, this is test cricket like you’ve never seen it before. Directed by Barney Douglas (Warriors), the film explores the ruthless intensity of the game, the impact it can have on players’ mental health and the extreme price of success. Featuring incredible unseen footage from the period and compelling new interviews from star players and coaching staff including: Andrew Strauss, Sir Alastair Cook, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott and Andy Flower, The Edge will reveal the team’s intense and often hilarious pursuit of success.
DramaHITLER’S WAR MACHINE IS UNSTOPPABLE! At least, that’s how it seemed. History tells many tales but none as thrilling as civilian vessels transporting weapons for the Allied forces who find themselves going toe to toe with Nazi forces attacking from the air. Facing a relentless assault from Nazi squadrons these men can either choose to face reality or fight to the last in an epic standoff. With no military training at their disposal, courage becomes their only lifeline in a moment that could change the tide of war.
DocumentaryA famous prison escape sparks the idea for a cult-like race that has seen only 10 finishers in its first 25 years. This award-winning, oddly inspiring, and wildly funny documentary reveals the sports world’s most guarded secret.
ComedyComedy drama as Robert Carlyle plays Barney Thomson, a downtrodden barber who has fallen from grace in his meagre barbering life. One day whilst almost losing his job, Barney comically falls into the unthinkable role of a serial killer. As he sweats out his predicament, and attempts to cover his tracks clumsily, a Police Detective investigating a series of murders in the area begins to suspect Barney may not be all he appears to be. All the while Barney’s mother Cemolina cheerfully emasculates her son, setting off a bloody chain of events.
DramaA Queens (New York) couple who specialise in robbing Mafia social clubs stumble upon a score bigger than they could ever imagine, becoming targets of both the Mob and the FBI in the process. This thrilling and poignant crime-thriller is directed by Raymond De Felitta (City Island), produced by William Teitler (What Maisie Knew, The Polar Express) and stars Michael Pitt (Seven Psychopaths, Boardwalk Empire), Andy Garcia (Ocean's Twelve, The Godfather: Part III), Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond), Nina Arianda (Midnight in Paris), Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction) and Burt Young (Rocky).
HorrorAfter Dani is brutally murdered, her blind occultist twin sister, Darcy, goes after those responsible using inherited haunted items as her tools of revenge.
ThrillerA seminal cult classic from acclaimed director Shane Meadows, starring Paddy Considine. In this brutal story of revenge and catharsis, Richard returns from serving in the army to find his brother Anthony has fallen victim to a vicious drug gang's bullying and cruelty. With vengeance the only thing on his mind, Richard begins his blood-fuelled campaign to destroy the gang. One by one these local thugs are picked off by the terrifying angel of death that Richard has become.
Horror'Deadpool' meets 'The Matrix' meets Jason Bourne meets John Wick... but a whole lot more twisty, violent and jaw-dropping. 'The Witch' follows a high school student with amnesia as she tries to uncover what has happened to her - leading her into a chilling descent and ultimately revealing a darkness she could not have imagined, as she turns from an innocent teenage girl in to a cold blooded, knife wielding super killer. The Witch will take you to places you never thought possible as it reaches its insane blood-soaked finale.
DramaThe latest from acclaimed filmmaker Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st, Louder Than Bombs), The Worst Person in the World is a wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. The film revolves around Julie (a dazzling star-making central performance from Renate Reinsve), a vibrant and impulsive young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, is faced with a series of drastic choices that force her to continually reinvent and pursue new perspectives on her life. Over the course of several years, Julie navigates multiple love affairs, existential uncertainty and career dissatisfaction as she slowly starts deciding what she wants to do, who she wants to be with, and ultimately who she wants to become. Co-starring Trier regular Anders Danielsen Lie and Herbert Nordrum as the men pivoting around Julie’s magnetic presence, this is as much a formally playful character study as it is a poignant and perceptive observation of quarter-life angst.
ComedyA highly anticipated return to fiction feature filmmaking from Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire), Perfect Days takes the writer-director to Tokyo to tell a story celebrating the hidden joys and minutiae of Japanese culture. Winner of the Best Actor award at Cannes 2023, Kôji Yakusho (Babel, 13 Assassins) stars as Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man who lives a life of modesty and serenity, spending his days balancing his job as a dutiful caretaker of Tokyo's numerous public toilets with his passion for music, literature and photography. As we join him on his structured daily routine, a series of unexpected encounters gradually begin to reveal a hidden past that lies behind his otherwise content and harmonious life. Combining a refreshingly unstereotypical depiction of the Japanese capital with a soundtrack comprised of iconic hits from the 60s and 80s, this is a subtle, shimmering and ultimately life-affirming reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around u
DramaThe eagerly-anticipated film from iconic writer-director Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette), Priscilla is a moving, nuanced and visually ravishing exploration of the dark side of celebrity, delicately retelling and re-examining one of history's most complicated love stories. West Germany, late 1950s. Teenage Priscilla Beaulieu (Golden Globe nominee Cailee Spaeny) receives an invitation to a party with Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi, Saltburn). Already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar at this time, Elvis becomes someone entirely unexpected in their private moments together: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a gentle best friend. Through Priscilla's eyes, Coppola presents the unseen story of their long courtship and turbulent marriage: a great American myth spanning decades and oceans, from the army base where they met to his dream-world estate at Graceland. Faithfully adapting Priscilla's own memoir, and anchored by Spaeny's Venice Best Actress winning performa
Action & AdventureBuckle up for intense against-the-clock action as Aaron Eckhart stars in the explosive real-time thriller 'In the Line of Duty', from the producers of 'John Wick' and 'Sicario'. The film finds disgraced cop Frank Penny (Aaron Eckhart: 'The Dark Knight') on a rogue mission of redemption to find the Chief of Police's (Giancarlo Esposito: 'Breaking Bad') abducted daughter. With the girl's chances of survival already slim, Penny makes a fatal mistake and kills the twisted abductor, eliminating their only lead as to the girl's whereabouts. Now joined by ambitious reporter Ava (Courtney Eaton) who is live streaming the search, all hell breaks loose when the dead abductor's brother (Ben McKenzie: 'Gotham') arrives on the scene with a bloody thirst for revenge...
IndependentCITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving unprecedented access to Edward Snowden as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass incriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the NSA.
Comedy"Life is sweet", or so you might think if you were in Mark's shoes. He's about to make £20 million on a business deal that he's kept secret from everyone, even his best friend Tim. To add to his luck, a chance encounter at a funeral has given him another shot with the love of his life, Connie. The two fall head over heels in love and not long after get engaged. Two problems though: first, Connie doesn't genuinely love him; and second, his belief that no-one knows about his impending success and wealth is, in fact, incorrect. An old classmate, Johnny, knows everything and encourages Connie to marry Mark. After stumbling upon some incriminating texts, Mark discovers their plan to rob him of half his impending fortune. Refusing to be made the fool, Mark quickly puts a plan into action. With the help of Tim and Connie's ex-bff, Kendra, he embarks on a mission to see just how far the devious pair are willing to go to get their hands on that money.
Action & AdventureVENGEANCE WILL RISE. When a brutal crime sees London's underworld shaken to its core, one man steps up to seek revenge on the crime boss who murdered his friend. Pat Tate (Craig Fairbrass) prepares for one night of mayhem which will see the streets and the clubs of Soho bathed in blood. Tate will stop at nothing as he gets closer to his goal - making both friends and enemies along the way.
ComedyBrian and Charles follows Brian, a lonely inventor in rural Wales, who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work. Undeterred by his lack of success, Brian attempts his biggest project yet. Three days, a washing machine, and various spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and has an obsession with cabbages. What follows is a humorous and entirely heartwarming story about loneliness, friendship, family, finding love, and letting go.
DocumentaryEnthralling and intimate, director Daniel Roher’s Navalny unfolds with the pace of a thriller as it follows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in his quest to identify the men who poisoned him in August 2020. Shot in Germany as the story unfolded and offering extraordinary access to the investigation, Navalny is a fly-on-the-wall documentary that is also a study of Navalny the man -a portrait of a leader intent on reform who will not be cowed by anything, including his own poisoning.
DramaUnashamedly sentimental love story and a quirky ghost starring Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman. Nina misses her lover so much that he obligingly returns from the other side to visit her. But when a new relationship starts to blossom, she must choose. Stay with the man she truly, madly, deeply loves - or begin again?
ComedyPaterson is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey — they share the name. He’s also a poet, recording his daily observations and thoughts in the form of beautiful prose. Paterson thrives on routine: he drives his bus route, he goes home for dinner with his wife Laura, he walks his dog, he visits his local bar for one beer. By contrast, Laura’s world is ever-changing, with new projects and ideas striking her daily. During the course of one fateful week, Paterson experiences both triumph and disaster, and finds inspiration from the most unlikely source. A sublime new film from Jim Jarmusch (Only Lovers Left Alive), starring Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Golshifteh Farahani (Rosewater).
RomanceA charming and endearing romantic comedy starring Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld) and Scott Speedman (The Strangers).
The "black sheep" son (Scott Speedman) of a wealthy family meets a free-spirited, but sheltered woman (Evan Rachel Wood). To convince his family that he's finally straightened out his life, he takes her home for his brother's wedding where an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.
DramaIn a frontier town run by corrupt forces, fiercely independent Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) embarks on a relationship with the passionate, hard-working Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen) but it’s one that leads to danger for them both. With the threat of the Civil War looming, their future becomes uncertain when Holger decides to fight for the Union, leaving Vivienne on her own to face the dangerous threats of the corrupt mayor (Danny Huston), the power-hungry ranch owner (Garret Dillahunt) and the rancher’s violent son (Solly McLeod). From writer director Viggo Mortensen comes a powerful new western about love and survival that is both epic and intimate.
DramaCaye is a middle-class prostitute whose family are unaware of her profession. While many of Caye's days are spent hanging out with her fellow prostitutes cursing the rapid proliferation of cheaper immigrant prostitutes on the city streets, a chance encounter with Zule, who hails from the Dominican Republic, soon prompts Caye to re-evaluate her condemnation. A dedicated mother who sells her body in order to send money back home, Zule is taken to the hospital by Caye after being badly beaten and left for dead. Now, as a warm bond bgins to develop between the two women whose dreams of financial stability ad kind companionship help to ease the pain of familial separation, the resulting discovery of self-determination leads Caye and Zule in a journey of self-discovery that will leave both women changed forever.
ComedyA delightful family comedy based on the best-selling books chronicling the adventures of Nicolas, a mischievous French schoolboy. When Nicolas overhears his parents talking about a new arrival, he knows it can only mean one thing - a baby! Convinced they are making plans to abandon him in the forest to make room for his sibling he enlists the help of his fellow classmates to make sure he will survive. Offering a wonderful child's eye view of the world, this Gallic-style Diary of a Wimpy Kid is bound to enchant children and parents alike.
ComedyA slapstick frostbitten battle between a drunken applejack salesman and diabolical beavers - hundreds of them - who stand between him and survival.
ComedyAfter falling in love with a U.S. Army sergeant, an East Berlin boy named Hansel undergoes a sex-change operation so that he can legally marry his beloved. But the operation is botched, leaving the boy less than a man, but not quite a woman. Deserted in a Kansas trailer park, the boy/girl, now named Hedwig, reinvents himself/herself as a rock star.
DramaA love triangle between Deco and Naldinho and stripper Karina. Lower City is a tale of jealousy, temptation and lust: the ultimate test of friendship.
IndependentChelsea (Grey) is an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl
who thinks she has her life totally under control. She runs
her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour,
and has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle.
But when she meets a new client from LA, she discovers
that not everything is perfect and that some rules are
meant to be broken.
DramaWhen his perfect world crashes down around him, Ben Kalmen (Michael Douglas) is forced to pick up the pieces and start his quest for success all over again. Once a successful car dealership owner, he embarks on a major comeback but old habits die hard. Once again threatening both his career and family, Ben must learn to control his ongoing lust for every attractive woman he sees, especially one whose influential family connections could make or break his latest business plan.
ThrillerIN CINEMAS NOW. Blood, gore, severed heads and a tender love story at its heart. Takashi Miike ('Audition', '13 Assassins', 'Ichi The Killer') is back! One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer down on his luck meets his 'first love' Monica, a call girl and an addict but still an innocent, selling her body to pay a debt. Unwittingly caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, Leo and Monica find themselves pursued throughout the night by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis and a female assassin hired by the Chinese Triads. Prepare for unadulterated mayhem and carnage and fall for 'First Love'.
Action & AdventureFormer CIA station chief Ben (Aaron Eckhart), faces tragedy when his ex-operative wife dies. A cryptic message thrusts him back into espionage. With his protégé and a rogue agent, he unravels a conspiracy, driven by vengeance to reclaim his shattered world amid shifting alliances and deceit.
ComedyFrom C. Jay Cox, the writer of the hit comedy "Sweet Home Alabama," comes a heartwarming and tender gay romantic drama that combines laughs, seduction and tears with plenty of romance. The handsome Aaron (Steve Sandvoss), a Mormon missionary, travels door-to-door in Los Angeles spreading the word of his religion. Christian (Wes Ramsey), a cute West Hollywood party boy, goes from man to man without much commitment. Opposites will soon attract when Aaron and Christian meet and sparks begin to fly. Featuring two star-making performances from Sandvoss and Ramsey, the film also features a terrific supporting cast including Mary Kay Place ("Further Tales of the City"), Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("Third Rock from the Sun") and international screen legend Jacqueline Bisset.
ClassicsThe best moments from the most comical duo in film history: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy! This compilation features some of the funniest scenes from the comedies that made this pair into household names. See Stan and Ollie sing “Good Ole’ Summertime” in the freezing winter weather, watch them bumble their way through a hostile jail takeover, and be witness as hijinks ensue when Stan and Ollie’s twin brothers, Bert and Alf, unknowingly come to town. Legend Films is proud to present these classic moments in comedy, now restored and presented in color for the very first time!
DramaA powerful story of forbidden love and colliding cultures unfolds when hard-working single father Luke meets beautiful, seductive drag queen Aysha. Unable to deny the spark between them the pair are forced down the unexpected path of transformation, where they must question their identities and confront their individual truths. Co-directed by Sally El Hosaini and filmmaker-actor James Krishna Floyd, the film alternates between the thrill of raw desire, the gravity of familial responsibility, and the transformative power of being seen for who you really are. Ben Hardy and newcomer Jason Patel shine in this summer’s must-see romance.
ComedyFlung together at a New Year’s Eve party, Minnie and Quinn quickly realise they share a connection - they were born on New Year’s Day of the same year, in the same London hospital. Minnie grew up convinced that this mysterious Quinn stole all her luck, setting her on a path of misfortune. Horrified at the misunderstanding, Quinn is set on making amends. But is it Quinn or is it fate that is scheming to bring the two together?
DramaPowerful and rewarding, filled with striking imagery shot by cameraman Ed Lachman (Erin Brockovich, Far From Heaven) and featuring extraordinarily potent performances from its cast, Import Export is the new film from director Ulrich Seidl (Dog Days). A tour de force journey through modern-day Europe, Import Export tells two parallel stories: Olga (Ekateryna Rak) who leaves behind her mother and young child in the Ukraine to seek out a better life in Vienna; and a headstrong young security guard (Paul Hofmann) who leaves Vienna to accompany his stepfather on a trip delivering gumball machines in Eastern Europe. Hailed by critics as a startling and bold film, it is without doubt recent European cinema’s most provocative and audacious investigation of the post-Soviet universe and the new relations between East and West.
Kids & FamilyOne the most uplifting, feel-good movies of the year, The Miracle of Saint Ralph is an inspirational, funny and heart-warming story of one boy's triumph over adversity.
Ralph Walker, a normal 14 year-old boy, is desperate to help his seriously ill mother, but is told it will take a miracle for her to recover. Ordered to join the school running club, Ralph finds the miracle he's been looking for and sets himself the challenge of winning one of the world's toughest races - The Boston Marathon.
ComedyA successful male escort describes in a series of confessions his tangled romantic relationships with his two roommates and an older, enigmatic male client.
Drama'In from the Side' is the story of an adulterous affair between two members of a fictional South London gay rugby club. The film explores the multiple types of connections that can occur within a large group of gay men in a team sports environment, illuminating the very real emotional tensions and pressures this can create. The story centres on Mark, a relatively new and inexperienced club member in a dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy older distant partner Richard, and his adulterous romantic involvement with the more seasoned rugby player, Warren. Warren, however, is also a taken man, having a long-standing but strained relationship with his partner and fellow teammate John. Following a drunken encounter, Mark and Warren unwittingly embark on a romantic affair that they struggle to keep concealed from both their partners and teammates. As this dangerous game begins to unravel, their uncovered infidelity has far-reaching consequences, creating deep divisions and fractures wit
DramaMysterious and deeply moving, Monster is a breathtaking piece of cinema from master director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Broker, Shoplifters). When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, single mother Saori knows that there is something wrong. Discovering that one of his teachers might be responsible, she storms into the school demanding answers. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, shocking truths begin to emerge. A timely tale of family, false impressions, and, ultimately, hope, Kore-eda's typically sensitive work features powerful performances by Ando Sakura, Tanaka Yuko and Nagayama Eita, and a sublime score from the Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
HorrorA horror film like no other, Possession is an intense, shocking experience that was banned in the UK as a 'video nasty' at the Cannes Film Festival however the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or and Isabelle Adjani won Best Actress for her mesmerising performance. With their marriage in pieces Anna and Mark's tense relationship has become a psychotic descent into screaming matches, violence and self mutilation. Believing his wife's only lover is the sinister Heinrich, Mark is unaware of the demonic, tentacled creature that Anna has hidden away for liaisons in a deserted apartment and will stop at nothing to protect. 1981 Oliane Production. All Rights Reserved.
DramaThis taut psychological thriller stars Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener, Bruce Greenwood, Xavier Dolan and The Matrix trilogy's very own Carrie-Anne Moss. Elephant Song follows the events that transpire after the mysterious disappearance of an eminent psychiatrist who vanishes from his office. The last person to see him is a troubled and manipulative patient named Michael. The hospital director, Dr Greene, is called in to interview Michael. Miss Peterson, the head nurse, understands all too well the devastating loss that still haunts Dr Greene and warns him to steer clear of this particular patient but to no avail. Michael prattles on about elephants and opera (with the occasional hint of murder and foul play) and lures the hospital director into a devious trap. Dr Greene’s redemption will come at a hefty price...
DocumentaryThe Bill in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street and Evening Hours. Documenting uptown fixtures Anna Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace.
ComedyDay after day ambitious good girl Lucy (Lucy Hale – Pretty Little Liars) is trapped in a shared office with her work-efficient arch nemesis Joshua (Austin Stowell - Whiplash). Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, she embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against Joshua, a rivalry that is increasingly complicated by her growing attraction towards him.