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Friday, December 27, 1945. Five military veterans gather in the ornate parlour of a Brooklyn brownstone. Best friends since childhood, they’ve reunited to support their troubled host – but when his invitation for cocktails turns into an impromptu séance, the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.
Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife.
A naturalist philanderer and an Iroquois martial artist search for a peasant-eating beast in 18th century.
A young woman working as a servant on the Isle of Skye struggles with the consequences of male attention and is caught up in a doomed love affair.
Conjoined twins exploited by the music business slowly succumb to psychosis.
The story of Lukas, a lonely child who lives with his father, and baby eagle Abel.
A solitary man becomes convinced that someone hacked into all of his devices and that they're being used to manipulate and control him.
Newly-fired reporter Sloane Sawyer reluctantly returns to her rural California hometown to investigate the harassment of local vineyard workers and uncovers a tangled web of crime and corruption.
A talentless would-be artist finds sudden success after accidentally covering his landlady's cat in clay - and wants more.
A singing cowboy faces his final duel - with Death.
The first film to deal with the AIDS crisis tells the story of a man who becomes a voluntary 'buddy' for an AIDS patient and finds their relationship changing
A documentary about multi-talented, indispensable service dogs and their loving owners.
A woman finds her calling in an ethically debatable industry - debt collecting.
A man and his sons spend years in exile, working as cowboys in the American West, before returning to Indonesia bent on revenge.
Cynical depiction of life as a US soldier in Germany, 1989.
Late night local television adverts reveal the sinister tale of two restaurants battling it out in the town of Westridge County.
In a near-abandoned subdivision west of Houston, a wayward teen runs headlong into her equally wilful and unforgiving neighbour, an ageing bullfighter who’s seen his best days in the arena; it’s a collision that will change them both.
During World War III, the American government initiates a secret project codenamed ‘Army Bacon’ in order to create super soldiers by inbreeding humans with pigs. 25 years later the hybrid Muzzles have occupied the top of the food chain, eating and farming humanity.
A documentary about bullying looking at causes, effects and possible solutions.
Eugene, a shy 10-year-old boy, is bullied every day until he discovers a secret underneath the school that keeps him safe, but there is a price to pay.
A teenager bullied because of his weight is persuaded to learn to box so he can defend himself.
In a climate-collapsed 2030 Australia, young Bunny roams the ruins of the post-apocalyptic world she never got to grow up in. Raised by her deceased father on old books and B-movies, she now lives alone in the shack they once shared. Supplies are scarce. There is nothing left to hunt… except other people.
A small group of Russian soldiers have the task of taking Hitler's discovered remains back to Stalin in Moscow.
In a suburban village, a house belonging to a young family who recently lost their firstborn is burning. Neighbours say that the house bears the mark of a curse, as no one understands how the fire started, and eyewitnesses to the incident each have entirely different versions of what happened.
The forbidden love between Andrea, the reluctant heir of the Malatesta family, and Marilena, the beautiful wife of the Camporeale boss, rekindles an old feud between two rival families.
The story of an affair unfolds backwards over a series of summers to reveal long-held secrets.
An Arab Israeli man working in a supermarket in Tel Aviv is accused of tearing down hostage posters in the break room. He sets out to prove his innocence to keep this job that he desperately needs.
In the sea, a man swims. As he does, memories come to the surface. From his early childhood to his life as a man, all his memories are linked to water.
A man and his son compete for the affections of the same woman.
After a child goes missing, a newly sober detective comes to suspect that his sponsor has a super power that makes animals, objects, and humans disappear up his backside.
Animated feature about the master of Spanish surrealist cinema.
Two young people undertake a doomed summer road trip through Japan, which in turn reflects on the dissipating promise of 1960s counterculture and free love.
Invisible immortals watch over their human subjects and intervene in (or interfere with) their lives.
A conventional young gay man struggles to come to terms with his attraction to bears and inadvertently falls in love in the process.
A lonely old bear tells his life story through the mechanical puppet show he has created.
,A search for sunken gold inadvertently disturbs a nest of sea vampires.
The story of the legendary hop hop act, from high school to superstardom and beyond.
Drama sees old wounds reopened when a man returns home to his dying father.
A desperate young mother tries to get money from the man who abused her when she was a child.
Born with a female anatomy, the child of musicians Sonny and Cher, Chaz Bono is now transitioning to live as a man, and he discusses his experiences in this very personal documentary.
A new look at the Scottish highlands as imagined by the Victorian aristocracy.
A hotel handyman glimpses the prospect of success when the bedtime stories he tells his nephew and niece start to come true.
Two naive Americans encounter a secret German beer-drinking society and must start training in order to defend their honour.
Two twins face choices as they reach adulthood.
An HIV positive man comes to terms with age, illness, and the death of his lover.
An candid portrait of American icon Robert "Evel" Knievel and his legacy.
Matt Busby comes out of retirement to help a young football team.
A waitress facing a crisis in her personal and work life makes an unexpected discovery about the chef who takes her side.
A pregnant woman goes to extreme lengths to stay glamorous and thin.
Animated tale of a boy who loves cycling, his supportive Gran and a dog called Bruno.
The serpent's call Composer Stephen Lukach on creating tension and awe in Beware Boiúna
Care and community Mike Leigh and the Tender Loving Care cast on humanity and looking out for one another
The aftermath Jorge Thielen Armand on returning to Venezuela to make Death Has No Master
Making magic Gregg Bishop on witches, inspiring actors, instinctive filmmaking and The Heretiks
The road to The Guests Cristina Diz and Stefan Butzmühlen on working together on their latest film
Beyond Saturn Tina Gharavi, Tala Calil and Assaad Bouab on Shadows Of Beirut
Puppy love Brad Pitt on the 'moving' Heart Of The Beast shoot thanks to furry co-star Odin
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