• 1939
• US
• 83 min

• Directed by: Gregory La Cava
• Cast: Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale

In this Depression-era comedy, a wealthy man recruits an unemployed woman in order to annoy his neglectful family.

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• 2011
• US
• 89 min

• Directed by: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey
• Cast: Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L Jackson narrates the stories of a lion family and a cheetah family as they raise their young in the Kenyan savannah.

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• 1979
• US
• 116 min
• 18

• Directed by: Ridley Scott
• Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto

Agatha Christie in outer space as a freighter lands on a mysterious planet and is ingeniously invaded by a ravenous intruder which proceeds to chomp its way through the cast list. Edge-of-the-seat suspense thriller with a strong cast and ghastly special effects.

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• 1986
• US
• 137 min
• 18

• Directed by: James Cameron
• Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, Paul Reiser

Revived from a 57-year snooze in deep space, Warrant Officer Weaver is cajoled into joining a marine rescue mission to the planet that is home for the original alien beastie. Unrelentingly paced with a terrifically gutsy performance from Weaver, this nerve-shredding sequel not only matches its predecessor but cannily surpasses it. An Oscar winner for special effects.

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• 2010
• France
• 88 min
• 15

• Directed by: Alix Delaporte
• Cast: Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois, Evelyne Didi

Angèle (Hesme) starts a relationship with fisherman Tony (Gadebois) as a result of a personal ad; it seems doomed from the start, but a connection of sorts develops. Hesme and Gadebois are very good in Delaporte's debut feature, a beguiling and slow-moving story set in a remote Normandy fishing village.

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• 2012
• UK/France
• 15

• Directed by: Ken Loach
• Cast: Roger Allam, John Henshaw, Daniel Portman

New drama from top Brit director Loach about a young father with a criminal past who is determined to give his son a better life than he had.

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• 1977
• US
• 93 min
• 15

• Directed by: Woody Allen
• Written by: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
• Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, Colleen Dewhurst

Two decades before Sex And The City had its first orgasm, Annie Hall was laying bare the mores of modern, urban romance to devastating effect while also zoning in on the specific psyche of Allen Konigsberg: anti-Semitic paranoia, metaphysical angst, the search for true love. There's a highly charged on-screen electricity between Allen and Keaton, glorious vistas of the old New York and hilarious set pieces – Alvy fighting with lobsters, the scene of his childhood home below the rollercoaster – and a stream of one-liners to end them all: 'Don't knock masturbation; it's sex with someone I love.' They really don't make 'em like Annie Hall anymore.

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• 1960
• US
• 125 min
• PG

• Directed by: Billy Wilder
• Written by: Billy Wilder, IAL Diamond
• Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Jack Kruschen

Wilder's corrosive 1960 lampoon of corporate America tells the story of spineless insurance statistician CC Baxter (Lemmon). Having fallen into the practice of leasing his apartment to his superiors for illicit liaisons, Baxter is rewarded with high-speed promotion. All of which suits him fine until he realises that one of the ladies being taken back is the girl of his dreams.

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• 2009
• Ethiopia/US/Germany
• 89 min
• 15

• Directed by: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew
• Written by: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew, Mikael Aemiro Awake
• Cast: Rasselas Lakew

This intriguing and elegant hybrid of documentary and biopic tells the inspiring story of the Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who in 1960 became the first African athlete to win gold at the Olympics. This screening will be preceded by a short promotional film by the Global Concerns Trust on their projects in Malawi.

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• 2011
• South Africa
• 99 min

• Directed by: Oliver Hermanus
• Written by: Oliver Hermanus, Didier Costet
• Cast: Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott

South African drama about a man’s detachment and self-disgust with his own sexuality.

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• 1933
• US
• 67 min

• Directed by: Gregory La Cava
• Cast: Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Halliday

Two ex-prostitutes leave prison, determined to hook up with rich men. When one of them falls for a barge owner, she must choose which life to live.

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• 2011
• US
• 76 min
• U

• Directed by: Constance Marks
• Written by: Philip Shane, Justin Weinstein

Documentary on Sesame Street's almost-too-adorable scarlet fuzzball Elmo, and the likable and driven puppeteer Kevin Clash who turned him from a minor character into a breakout phenomenon. Although not especially deep, it has great charm and some interesting insights into the extraordinary Henson universe.

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• 2011
• France/UK/Czech Republic
• 139 min

• Directed by: Christophe Honoré
• Written by: Christophe Honoré
• Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Milos Forman, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Chiara Mastroianni, Michel Delpech

Elegiac musical contrasting the lives of Madeleine (Sagnier and Deneuve as younger and older incarnations) and her daughter Vera (Mastroianni), who were young in the 60s and the early 21st century respectively. A sprawling, poignant, ambitious epic of unrequited love.

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• 1997
• US
• 113 min
• 18

• Directed by: Joel Coen
• Written by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
• Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore

The Coen brothers give their unique twist to a Chandler-esque LA noir, as 70s hippy throwback Jeff 'The Dude' Lebowski (Bridges) is drawn into the sordid affairs of his millionaire namesake. Suddenly he has to sleuth his way through disorganised crime. Trademark oddball characters, surreal imagery and excellent performances grace this virtuoso comedy.

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• 1963
• France/Italy
• 118 min

• Directed by: Henri Verneuil
• Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval

Alain Delon forms a team with Gabin (who he later credited as a great influence) in this thriller about a casino heist in Cannes.

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• 1984
• US
• 82 min
• PG

• Directed by: Woody Allen
• Written by: Woody Allen
• Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte

Allen is on splendid form as manager of a stable of bottom-of-the-bill nightclub acts, who finally looks about to make it big when a fading crooner takes a sudden upsurge in popularity. Matters are complicated however by Mafia connections and a misplaced romantic involvement. Beautifully controlled narrative, sparkling screenplay and excellent performances make this one of the contemporary master's best.

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• 1981
• UK
• 123 min
• PG

• Directed by: Hugh Hudson
• Written by: Colin Welland
• Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Ian Holm

Worryingly jingoistic vision of the 1924 Paris Olympics and the exploits of runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell that, in its numerous slow-motion races, is to blame for Vangelis soundtracks becoming synonymous with athletics. Nevertheless, it won a fair few Oscars, although writer Colin Welland's legendary 'The British are coming' warning to Hollywood proved about as prophetic as Manchester's bid for the 2000 Olympics.

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• 1965
• UK/US
• 119 min
• 15

• Directed by: William Wyler
• Cast: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne

Auteur Wyler adapts John Fowles' novel about a lonely lepidopterist who stalks and kidnaps a young art student.

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• 2011
• Germany
• 95 min

• Directed by: Maggie Peren
• Cast: Álex González, Sabine Timoteo, Hubert Koundé

No good deed goes unpunished in Maggie Peren's impressive feature woven around attitudes to the waves of African refugees desperately seeking a better life in Europe.

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• 1980
• 15

• Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier
• Written by: Bertrand Tavernier, David Rayfiel
• Cast: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Max von Sydow

Katherine (Schneider) is a novelist living in Glasgow who's been diagnosed with a terminal disease; Roddy (Keitel) befriends her, but unknown to her he works for a TV company with its own agenda. The basic idea is amazingly prescient but the plot is rather preposterous; Schneider's moving performance anchors it in emotional reality.

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• 1978
• Germany/France
• 119 min
• 15

• Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch

Fassbinder directs Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Nabokov's novel featuring Dirk Bogarde as a Russian chocolate magnate who loses his mind between the two World Wars.

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• 2011
• US
• 97 min

• Directed by: Tony Kaye
• Cast: Adrien Brody, Christina Hendricks, Marcia Gay Harden

Kaye (American History X) directs Oscar-winner Brody in this drama about a supply teacher who avoids emotional attachment. His resolve is tested when he arrives at a school run by an apathetic administration where he becomes a role model.

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• 1972
• France
• 105 min
• 15

• Directed by: Luis Buñuel
• Written by: Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
• Cast: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Stéphane Audran, Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Cassel

A group of friends find their dinner gathering interrupted by a series of bizarre, mostly dreamt-up events. Not as savage a satire as Buñuel's earlier work, but he is certainly more assured as he fires at his constant targets - the church, the state and the army.

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• 2011
• US
• 113 min
• U

• Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
• Written by: Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi
• Cast: Harry Connick, Jr, Nathan Gamble, Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman, Jim Fitzpatrick, Winter

Freeman and Judd lend their talents to this family story about a boy's relationship with the ocean's friendliest mammal.

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• 2010
• Spain/France/Mexico
• 103 min
• 12

• Directed by: Icíar Bollaín
• Written by: Paul Laverty
• Cast: Luis Tosar, Gael García Bernal, Juan Carlos Aduviri, Karra Elejalde, Raúl Arévalo

Film director Sebastian (Bernal, bland) arrives in Bolivia to make an epic on the life of Columbus, but is so focused on history that he fails to appreciate present injustices. Laverty and Bolain's well-intentioned drama is heavy-handed, but there are enough touching moments to make it worthwhile.

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• 2011
• France/Belgium
• 93 min

• Directed by: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy
• Cast: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Philippe Martz

A receptionist in a seaside hotel checks in a fairy who grants him three wishes in this blend of slapstick, circus, dance and illusion.

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• 2011
• France
• 99 min

• Directed by: Ismaël Ferroukhi
• Cast: Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby

Younes (Rahim) is a young Algerian working in WW II Paris when the Germans enter; the authorities give him the choice between prison, or spying on a mosque suspected of smuggling out Jews disguised as Muslims. Ferroukhi's film is worthy, but lacks dramatic tension and a properly fleshed-out protagonist.

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• 1971
• US
• 104 min
• 18

• Directed by: William Friedkin
• Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey

Friedkin's blistering crime thriller features one of cinema's classic car chases and launched 'Popeye' Doyle, the prototype 'bad cop'.

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• 1936
• B&W
• 101 min

• Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
• Cast: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell

This Busby Berkeley-choreographed tale sees a theatre company take out a huge insurance policy on their ageing producer who they then try to make sick in order to rescue the business.

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• 2011
• France/Germany
• 110 min
• 15

• Directed by: Mia Hansen-Løve
• Cast: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke

Vain, drippy, lugubrious teenager Camille (Créton) falls in and out of love with dumb puppy Sullivan (Urzendowsky). Lots of nice shots of breasts and landscapes don't alter the fact that this is about unlikable people exchanging faux-profundities. Might work as aversion therapy for people who think they miss being young.

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• 2012
• UK
• 119 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Dave McKean
• Cast: Michael Sheen, John-Paul Macleod, Hywel Simons

Sheen stars as a Christ-like figure in this Passion story set in Port Talbot, Wales.

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• 1978
• US
• 110 min
• PG

• Directed by: Randal Kleiser
• Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton John, Stockard Channing.

Thirty years on, Grease is still the word. Join in the fun and sing along.

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• 1932
• US
• 77 min

• Directed by: Gregory La Cava
• Cast: Lupe Velez, Lee Tracy, Eugene Pallette

This lampoon of celebrity worship sees a carnival man become a powerful agent when he turns a dancer into a Broadway star.

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• 1986
• US
• 107 min
• 15

• Directed by: Woody Allen
• Written by: Woody Allen
• Cast: Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Daniel Stern, Max von Sydow, Dianne Wiest

An achingly funny, insightful and well cast celebration of some surprisingly upbeat romantic perambulations within a family circle as only Woody knows how.

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• 1970
• Italy/France/West Germany
• 90 min

• Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre
• Cast: Jean Gabin, Danièle Ajoret, Michel Barbey

In one of the better examples of Gabin's later films, he plays a patriarchal landowner who takes on a gang of drug dealers, with dire consequences.

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• 2012
• US
• 142 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Gary Ross
• Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth

An adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopian thriller of a novel that successfully transcends its teen-fiction origins, with excellent cast and direction.

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• 1975
• US
• 125 min
• PG

• Directed by: Steven Spielberg
• Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton

Cracking shark adventure from the days when Spielberg movies were scary. See the citizens of Amity scream! Watch the bodycount pile up! Hear the authorities declare the water perfectly safe!

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• 2011
• Norway
• 101 min
• 15

• Directed by: Morten Tydlum
• Written by: Lars Gudmestad, Ulf Ryberg
• Cast: Askel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund

Roger (Hennie) is a successful headhunter living beyond his means, who supplements his income with a double life as a gentleman thief, until one of his victims (Coster-Waldau) fights back. Tyldum's adaptation of Jo Nesbo's novel is somewhere between a Road Runner cartoon and a Coen Brothers thriller: breathlessly, outrageously entertaining.

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• 1939
• France
• 93 min

• Directed by: Marcel Carné
• Cast: Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty

Gabin's masculinity and 'boy-next-door' charm are put to good use as a tragic working-class hero in this pre-war film which features groundbreaking use of flashbacks.

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• 2011
• US
• 103 min

• Directed by: William Friedkin
• Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple

Exorcist director Friedkin weaves a web of deceit and betrayal as man, desperate to pay off a drug debt, arranges for lawman Joe (McConaughey) to commit a murder.

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• 2010
• Norway
• 115 min

• Directed by: Marius Holst
• Written by: Dennis Magnusson
• Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Benjamin Helstad, Kristoffer Joner

Based on a true story of the brutal uprising at Bastoy reform school for underprivileged boys. Stellan Skarsgård plays the condescending school governor who turns a blind eye to obvious abuse whilst administering brutal punishment to his unfortunate young charges.

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• 2009
• France/Belgium
• 91 min

• Directed by: Laurent Tirard
• Written by: Laurent Tirard, Gregoire Vigneron
• Cast: Maxime Godart, Valerie Lemercier, Kad Merad

French comedy about families and growing up, in which young boy Nicholas becomes concerned when he thinks that his mother is pregnant. After his friend Joachim gets a baby brother, but later disappears from school, Nicholas worries that his parents will want to get rid of him when the new baby arrives.

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• 2010
• Belgium/Israel/France/Palestine
• 83 min

• Directed by: Sameh Zoabi
• Cast: Razi Shawahdeh, Bassem Loulou, Loai Nofi

A Palestinian man enjoys chatting with potential girlfriends on his mobile phone. When his father is convinced the local Israeli cell tower is poisoning the locals, the two find themselves at odds.

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• 2012
• US
• 106 min

• Directed by: Matthew Akers
• Cast: Marina Abramovic, Ulay, Klaus Biesenbach

A feature-length documentary film following notorious performance artist Abramovic as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at MoMA in New York.

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• 2012
• US/UK
• 144 min
• 15

• Directed by: Kevin Macdonald

Kevin Macdonald's documentary chronicles the rise of Bob Marley, the first musical superstar from the developing countries to gain a global audience. With many archival treasures, the result is a comprehensive portrait but it's overly reverential and the interviews could have delved a little deeper.

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• 1999
• Switzerland/Germany/UK
• 94 min
• 15

• Directed by: Kevin Macdonald

The extraordinary story of the kidnapping of Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September during the 1972 Munich Olympics is retold through archive footage, stills and interviews.

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• 1937
• France
• 94 min

• Directed by: Julien Duvivier
• Cast: Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre

This romantic crime drama starring Jean Gabin was remade twice in Hollywood. A dashing gangster falls for a glamorous moll, with tragic consequences.

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• 1982
• US
• 124 min
• 18

• Directed by: Robert Towne
• Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly

Towne's tale of two sportswomen competing to join the pentathlon squad for the 1980 US Olympic team explores their mutual attraction and how it develops into a passionate relationship.

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• 2011
• France
• 127 min
• 15

• Directed by: Maiwenn
• Written by: Maiwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot
• Cast: Karin Viard, Joey Starr, Marina Fois

Sprawling ensemble drama about the daily routines of a Child Protection Unit of the Paris police. There are strong performances and writer/director Maiwenn conveys a powerful sense of naturalism – except for her credibility-stretching decision to cast herself as a glamorous civilian photographer who gets involved with a cop.

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• 194
• US
• 93 min
• PG

• Directed by: Gregory La Cava
• Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau

A teenager from a bad background escapes into marriage with a handsome cafe owner. When he finally meets her family, the troubles begin.

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• 1938
• France
• 91 min
• PG

• Directed by: Marcel Carné
• Cast: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan

In pre-WWII Le Havre, army deserter Jean (Gabin) tries to protect beautiful Nelly (Morgan) from a gang of small-time hoods. The great collaboration between director Carné and poet/screenwriter Prévert begins here; it's dark, bitter, fatalistic and wonderful, and has been given a meticulous and well-deserved digital restoration.

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• 2011
• UK/France/South Africa
• 84 min

• Directed by: Simon Bright

This combination of archival footage and interviews sheds light on how a man who brought hope turned into a ruthless dictator.

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• 2012
• Denmark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany
• 137 min
• 15

• Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
• Written by: Rasmus Heisterberg
• Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Folsgaard, Alicia Vikander

In 18th century Denmark, Johann Struensee (Mikkelsen) becomes personal physician to King Christian VII (Folsgaard); but then the unhappily married Queen Caroline (Vikander) starts cavorting with the doctor. The script is enjoyably literate and it's a welcome break from morbid Scandinavian thrillers, but the cast lacks chemistry.

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• 2008
• Australia/US
• 120 min

• Directed by: Matt Norman

On the podium after the 1968 Olympic 200-metre final, two Americans raised their fists in a 'black power' salute. This is the story of the third man that day, silver medallist Australian Peter Norman.

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• 2011
• USA
• 104 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Susanne Rostock

Documentary about singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. Despite occasional strays into hagiography, great use of archive footage emphasises Belafonte's charisma and allure as well as the seriousness of his political engagement.

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• 1973
• US
• 88 min
• 15

• Directed by: Woody Allen
• Written by: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
• Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Marya Small, Susan Miller

Vintage early Allen, as our paranoiac hero finds himself 200 years in the future, challenging the evil machinations of a totalitarian regime in his accustomed manner.

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• 2011
• Belguim/Italy/France
• 124 min
• 15

• Directed by: Radu Mihaileanu
• Written by: Alain-Michel Blanc, Radu Mihaileanu
• Cast: Leila Bekhti, Hafisa Herzi, Biyouna

In a drought-ridden village somewhere between Africa and the Middle East, the men do little while the women are expected to fetch the water in sweltering heat; eventually, Leila (Bekhti) organises a revolt. What could have been a one-dimensional tale deepens into something more considered, told with engaging warmth.

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• 1937
• US
• 92 min
• PG

• Directed by: Gregory La Cava
• Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou

Nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, this comedy follows a group of actresses all living together in one New York boarding house.

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• 1980
• US
• 92 min
• 15

• Directed by: Woody Allen
• Written by: Woody Allen
• Cast: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Tony Roberts

A famous director of comedy films undergoes much soul-searching when the public and critics fail to appreciate his attempts at serious cinematic statement. Occasionally shrill and self-pitying autobiographical movie.

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• 2011
• France
• 84 min
• U

• Directed by: Michel Ocelot
• Cast: Voices of Julien Beramis, Marine Griset, Michel Elias

Animated feature in which an elderly writer and a young actress dream up and perform six stories about a young hero's attempts to win the hand of a princess. The old-fashioned imagery is highly distinctive, and the sedate pace and dialogue-heavy storytelling allow the viewer to appreciate the beauty.

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• 2010
• France
• 106 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Philippe le Guay
• Written by: Philippe le Guay, Jérôme Tonnerre
• Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke

A man's unexciting married life is turned upside down when a flock of lively Spanish maids moves into the sixth floor of his building.

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• 1954
• France/Italy
• 94 min
• 15

• Directed by: Jacques Becker
• Cast: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll

Gabin's career was resurrected post-war by this turn as an underworld godfather pushed into doing one last job.

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• 2011
• Hungary/France
• 154 min
• 15

• Directed by: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky
• Written by: Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai
• Cast: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos

A father and daughter scrabble for a living in a remote farm, but their livelihood is threatened when their ageing horse starts to sicken. Maybe not a first-date movie but a compellingly vivid one, in which workaday tasks are endowed with mythic grandeur and ordinary people with mysterious dignity.

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• 2011
• UK
• 88 min

• Directed by: Ben Rivers

Documentary about Jake Williams, a man living an isolated existence in northern Scotland. Rivers' debut feature has no voiceover or dialogue – there are no interviews with Williams – but with breathtaking images and a bewitching soundtrack, it's a handsome and meditative film, ultimately honest and uplifting.

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• 2011
• France/Lebanon/Italy/Egypt
• 100 min

• Directed by: Nadine Labaki
• Cast: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Leyla Hakim, Nadine Labaki

From Caramel director Nadine Labaki. A village in the Lebanese countryside is pock-marked with landmines, the legacy of a devastating conflict. As tensions rise once more, women in the village band together to distract their belligerent menfolk by any means necessary, ­from Ukranian showgirls to hash cookies.

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• 1998
• US
• 117 min
• 12

• Directed by: Robert Towne
• Cast: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter

One of two biopics about the legendary runner Steve Prefontaine, Towne's iteration features Crudup as the athlete battling adversity.

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• 2011
• UK
• 95 min
• E

• Directed by: Anthony Baxter
• Cast: Michael Forbes, Donald Trump

Documentary charting one of the US's most famous hairpiece models, aka Donald Trump, as he moves to build an enormous golf and residential development on land in the north east of Scotland, much to the dismay of the local populace.

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• 1983
• US
• 79 min
• PG

• Directed by: Woody Allen
• Written by: Woody Allen
• Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow

Allen's trickery with photography, which places 'human chameleon' Leonard Zelig at the heart of key scenes in the 20th century, is imaginative and funny; but behind it lies an affecting story about a nobody who'll go to desperate lengths to be liked. The mock-doc feel and use of music are perfect.

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