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Certain WomenCertain Women

Drama2015107 minsDirector: Kelly Reichardt

Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone and Jared Harris star in Kelly Reichardt's acclaimed portmanteau of women's stories; winner of Best Film at BFI London Film Festival 2016.

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Rare BeastsRare Beasts

Comedy202192 minsDirector: Billie Piper

Billie Piper stars in her own directorial debut, a no-holds-barred, Fleabag-esque anti-romcom about a modern woman’s struggles in work and love.

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Sky PealsSky Peals

Science Fiction202391 minsDirector: Moin Hussain

A coming-of-age tale about a father-son relationship that might just be out of this world.

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AkenfieldAkenfield

Drama197598 minsDirector: Peter Hall

Peter Hall’s extraordinary, long-unseen work of sublime poetic realism traces three generations of one Suffolk family and their lives in the farming industry.

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Big Banana FeetBig Banana Feet

Documentary197678 minsDirector: Murray Grigor and Patrick Higson

Captivating 'lost' record of Billy Connolly on the cusp of international stardom during his 1975 tour of Ireland.

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Evil Does Not ExistEvil Does Not Exist

Drama2023106 minsDirector: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Drive My Car is a hauntingly enigmatic eco-thriller. Winner of Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival.

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ApostasyApostasy

Drama201895 minsDirector: Dan Kokotajlo

A deeply religious family must decide whether to stick by their relation or abandon her, in this striking debut from Daniel Kokotajlo - a prizewinner at BFI London Film Festival 2017.

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The White ReindeerThe White Reindeer

Horror195368 minsDirector: Erik Blomberg

The wife of a reindeer herder acquires a potion to make her an irresistible object of desire, but at a terrible cost, in this extraordinary vampiric fairy-tale set amongst the starkly beautiful fells of Finnish Lapland.

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BaltimoreBaltimore

Historical drama202398 minsDirector: Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor

Imogen Poots grounds Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's meditative portrayal of terrorist, disinherited heiress and expectant mother Rose Dugdale.

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The Teachers' LoungeThe Teachers' Lounge

Drama202399 minsDirector: Ilker Çatak

A teacher’s life unravels when one of her students is accused of stealing in this arresting, Oscar-nominated thriller.

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Night TideNight Tide

Fantasy196185 minsDirector: Curtis Harrington

A young Dennis Hopper is on shore leave from the Navy when he falls for a mysterious woman who performs as a mermaid, in this intoxicating cult classic from underground filmmaker Curtis Harrington.

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Bottle RocketBottle Rocket

Comedy199591 minsDirector: Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson's rarely screened debut ditches the kitsch in favour of surprisingly subtle comedy, in this tale of a criminally inept gang led by Owen Wilson.

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Four Little AdultsFour Little Adults

Drama2023123 minsDirector: Selma Vilhunen

A Finnish couple facing a marital crisis venture into the world of polyamory, in this mature meditation on love.

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That They May Face the Rising SunThat They May Face the Rising Sun

Drama2023111 minsDirector: Pat Collins

A rural Irish community in the 1980s is portrayed with quiet beauty in this heartfelt drama, based on acclaimed writer John McGahern’s novel.

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ScrapperScrapper

Comedy202390 minsDirector: Charlotte Regan

A gorgeous and colourful heart-warming gem from Charlotte Regan, one of the best new voices in British film.

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TogetherTogether

Comedy2000106 minsDirector: Lukas Moodysson

Taken into a commune by her brother, a family of three find themselves co-habiting with an assortment of dropouts, hippies and free thinkers, in Lukas Moodysson's warm, bittersweet comedy.

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MonsterMonster

Drama2023127 minsDirector: Hirokazu Koreeda

Not all is as it seems in Hirokazu Koreeda’s powerful drama told from shifting perspectives.

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Les Enfants du paradisLes Enfants du paradis

Drama1945190 minsDirector: Marcel Carné

Marcel Carné's masterpiece of French cinema portrays the theatrical milieu of Paris' 'Boulevard du Crime'.

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Damsels in DistressDamsels in Distress

Comedy201199 minsDirector: Whit Stillman

Greta Gerwig shines as a college student challenging the male dominated culture on campus, in Whit Stillman’s sweet, eccentric and frequently hilarious comedy.

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The HandmaidenThe Handmaiden

Crime2016146 minsDirector: Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker) channels Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty psychological thriller full of erotic intrigue.

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House [Hausu]House [Hausu]

Horror197788 minsDirector: Nobuhiko Obayashi

An unforgettable mixture of bubblegum teen melodrama and grisly phantasmagoria, Obayashi’s deranged fairy tale House is one of Japanese cinema’s wildest supernatural ventures and a truly startling debut feature.

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Paris, TexasParis, Texas

Drama1984145 minsDirector: Wim Wenders

The late, great Harry Dean Stanton's finest role came as the near-mute Travis, on a journey across America to reunite his family, in Wim Wenders' moving tale of loss and redemption.

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Seven SamuraiSeven Samurai

Drama1954207 minsDirector: Akira Kurosawa

Farmers hire a band of samurai to defend them against marauding bandits in Kurosawa’s influential epic, a touchstone for action movies ever since.

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In Cold BloodIn Cold Blood

Crime1967135 minsDirector: Richard Brooks

Powerful adaptation of Truman Capote’s true-crime novel about the massacre of a family in Kansas, and the manhunt for the killers.

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La HaineLa Haine

Drama199598 minsDirector: Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz’s landmark mid-90s drama throws a cinematic Molotov cocktail at structural racism, police brutality and media manipulation.

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The Blood on Satan's ClawThe Blood on Satan's Claw

Horror197196 minsDirector: Piers Haggard

Depraved sexual practices and satanic violence envelop a remote country village in this exciting period horror.

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Crimes of the FutureCrimes of the Future

Science Fiction2022108 minsDirector: David Cronenberg

Referencing his 1970 feature of the same name, Crimes of the Future marks Cronenberg’s fully-fledged return to body horror and the cinema of transgression.

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Nosferatu the VampyreNosferatu the Vampyre

Horror1979107 minsDirector: Werner Herzog

English language version of Herzog’s stimulating take on the Dracula story starring Klaus Kinski, with echoes of Murnau’s 1922 Nosferatu.

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One False MoveOne False Move

Crime1990106 minsDirector: Carl Franklin

Explosive thriller starring Bill Paxton as a small-town Sheriff, out to bust a gang of LA drug dealers… until he learns his ex-girlfriend is one of them.

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sex, lies, and videotapesex, lies, and videotape

Drama1989100 minsDirector: Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh’s audacious debut, starring James Spader and Andie Macdowell, is an intimate exploration of sexual desire, and a landmark of 90’s American independent filmmaking.

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The HousemaidThe Housemaid

Thriller2010107 minsDirector: Im Sang-soo

An enigmatic housemaid and her wealthy, totalitarian employer begin an affair that will have disastrous consequences for them both.

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Wild TalesWild Tales

Comedy2014122 minsDirector: Damian Szifron

This Oscar-nominated, Almodóvar-produced anthology of six tales of ordinary madness is the most riotously enjoyable portmanteau film since Pulp Fiction.

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Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 BruxellesJeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Drama1975202 minsDirector: Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman's magnificent epic of experimental cinema offering a feminist perspective on recurrent events of everyday life.

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