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- DirectorCatherine CorsiniStarsVirginie EfiraNiels SchneiderJehnny BethA chronicle of the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, from 1958 to the present day, which is endangered by an unsteady and manipulative father. WARNING: Contains High Impact Sex Scenes.
- DirectorGabrielle BradyStarsArthur FloretPoh Lin LeeWhile the yearly crab migration takes place and locals perform rituals for ghosts, a therapist works in Christmas Island's asylum seeker detention center.
- DirectorKaryn KusamaStarsNicole KidmanToby KebbellTatiana MaslanyA police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
- DirectorJane MagnussonStarsIngmar BergmanLena EndreThorsten FlinckJourneying through 1957, the year Bergman released two of his most acclaimed features (The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries), made a TV film and directed four plays for theatre, Magnusson has amassed a wealth of archive and contemporary interviews, along with a fantastic selection of clips from his vast body of work.
- DirectorReinaldo Marcus GreenStarsJohn David WashingtonAnthony RamosKelvin Harrison Jr.The aftermath of a police killing of a black man, told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act, an African-American police officer and a high-school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.
- DirectorPhil GrabskyStarsHarry LloydPablo PicassoOlivier Widmaier PicassoArt historians discuss Pablo Picasso's early years as an artist and his early works.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsYalitza AparicioMarina de TaviraDiego Cortina AutreyA year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
- DirectorYen TanStarsCory Michael SmithVirginia MadsenMichael ChiklisA closeted young man goes home for the holidays and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghJudi DenchIan McKellenA look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare.
- DirectorJames GardnerStarsLiv HillSinead MatthewsCyril NriA young carer discovers an unlikely talent for stand-up comedy.
- DirectorNaoto KumazawaStarsYuriko YoshitakaTae KimuraKaya KiyoharaAdapted from a 2011 novel by author Mahokaru Numata, Yurigokoro has Ryosuke's father, who is stricken with advanced cancer, as a man with a diary. When the family discovers the father's diary in the latter's office leafing through it reveals notes written by a murderer. Are these fictional accounts or the memoirs of the diary's owner?
- DirectorMimi LederStarsFelicity JonesArmie HammerJustin TherouxThe true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
- DirectorToby MacDonaldStarsAlex LawtherJonah Hauer-KingPauline EtienneIn the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.
- DirectorMatthew HeinemanStarsRosamund PikeAlexandra MoenTom HollanderOne of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
- DirectorAlex HolmesStarsFrank BoughJohn ChittendenBruno Du BoisThe story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.
- DirectorPeter FarrellyStarsViggo MortensenMahershala AliLinda CardelliniA working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
- DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsKiKi LayneStephan JamesRegina KingA young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
- DirectorRichard BillinghamStarsPatrick RomerRichard AshtonJustin SalingerPhotographer Richard Billingham returns to the squalid council flat outside of Birmingham where he and his brother were raised, in a confrontation and reconciliation with parents Ray and Liz.
- DirectorAndrea PallaoroStarsCharlotte RamplingAndré WilmsStéphanie Van VyveIntimate portrait of a woman drifting between reality and denial when she is left alone to grapple with the consequences of her husband's imprisonment.
- DirectorStephen MerchantStarsDwayne JohnsonLena HeadeyVince VaughnA former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.
- DirectorChris FogginStarsJames PurefoyMeadow NobregaDavid HaymanTen fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album, "Sea Shanties."
- DirectorSara ColangeloStarsMaggie GyllenhaalGael García BernalAto Blankson-WoodA kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.
- DirectorChristophe HonoréStarsVincent LacostePierre DeladonchampsDenis PodalydèsJacques is an older writer from Paris. Arthur is a young student in Rennes. They instantly fall in love. But they'll have to face rejection and sickness to keep it that way.
- DirectorBing LiuStarsKent AbernathyMengyue BolenNina BowgrenFilmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.
- DirectorRalph FiennesStarsOleg IvenkoRalph FiennesLouis HofmannThe story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West.
- DirectorSimon AmstellStarsGabe GilmourJack RowanColin MorganIn Simon Amstell's affecting, bittersweet comedy, a rising young filmmaker is thrown into emotional turmoil by a burgeoning romance and the upcoming premiere of his second feature.
- DirectorCarol MorleyStarsMamie GummerToby JonesBri CollinsWhen Detective Mike Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.
- DirectorJason WingardStarsAntonio AakeelEmily SpowageChristopher HollinsheadWhen Pete and Omar lose their beloved Gran they go in search of Omar's estranged father, confronting him on the day of his daughters engagement party.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsBehnaz JafariJafar PanahiMarziyeh RezaeiThree actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the country, and a young girl longing to attend a drama conservatory.
- DirectorS. Craig ZahlerStarsMel GibsonVince VaughnTory KittlesOnce two overzealous cops get suspended from the force, they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their proper compensation.
- DirectorSimon FellowsStarsAndrew ScottBronagh WaughDenise GoughWhen a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.
- DirectorJonah HillStarsSunny SuljicKatherine WaterstonLucas HedgesFollows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 1990s-era Los Angeles who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.
- DirectorMarcus H. RosenmüllerStarsDavid KrossFreya MavorJohn HenshawThe love story of a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsJohn C. ReillyJoaquin PhoenixJake GyllenhaalEli and Charlie Sisters, an infamous duo of gunslinging assassins, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally in 1850s Oregon.
- DirectorBill BuckhurstStarsTom VareyEsme Creed-MilesAngus ImrieIn summer 1994 in a quiet mining village just outside Doncaster, a rumour stirs about the legend of a giant carp in the nearby decoy ponds. Trevor takes watch one night at the water's edge. The following night, he decides to lead a brigade of young friends and neighbours on a fishing expedition. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes, and rumbling political fever, these friends, with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony that they will never forget as they witness the carp for themselves.
- DirectorWolfgang FischerStarsSusanne WolffGedion Oduor WekesaKelvin Mutuku Ndinda"Styx" depicts the transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip.
- DirectorIain CunninghamStarsDuncan CunninghamIain CunninghamIsla CunninghamIrene's Ghost follows a son's search to find out about the mother he never knew. He breaks the silence and tracks down her friends and family to rebuild a picture of her.
- DirectorJosephine DeckerStarsHelena HowardMolly ParkerMiranda JulyA theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
- DirectorBrady CorbetStarsNatalie PortmanJude LawStacy MartinAn unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.
- DirectorTrevor NunnStarsJudi DenchSophie CooksonStephen Campbell MooreThe story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.
- DirectorBo BurnhamStarsElsie FisherJosh HamiltonEmily RobinsonAn introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.
- DirectorDome KarukoskiStarsNicholas HoultLily CollinsColm MeaneyTolkien's novels were inspired by his mom's storytelling, falling in love with another orphan, Edith, forming a brotherhood with 3 other misfits at school, the trench war of WWI and later telling stories to his own kids.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsRobert PattinsonJuliette BinocheAndré 3000A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
- DirectorAlan ElliottSydney PollackStarsAretha FranklinJames ClevelandAlexander HamiltonA documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.
- DirectorEmmanuel FinkielStarsMélanie ThierryBenoît MagimelBenjamin BiolayMarguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War.
- DirectorCristina GallegoCiro GuerraStarsCarmiña MartínezJosé AcostaNatalia ReyesDuring the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
- DirectorTim Travers HawkinsStarsChelsea ManningNancy HollanderVincent J. WardA look at the life and career of Chelsea Manning, a trans woman soldier in the United States Army, who was sentenced to serve 35 years at an all-male military prison for leaking information about the country's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- DirectorNaziha ArebiAn intimate look at post-revolution Libya through the eyes of an aspiring all-female soccer team, whose struggle to gain mainstream acceptance mirrors the broader challenges facing women in contemporary Libyan society.
- DirectorJim CummingsStarsJim CummingsKendal FarrNican RobinsonA police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
- DirectorFrédéric TchengStarsHalstonTom FallonJacqueline KennedyProdigiously talented, Halston reigned over fashion in the 1970s and became a household name. But everything changed in the Wall Street era. With his empire under threat, Halston took the biggest gamble of his life.
- DirectorJeremiah ZagarStarsEvan RosadoRaúl CastilloSheila VandManny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsJulianne MooreJohn TurturroCaren PistoriusA free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs.
- DirectorCharlie PaulFrom conception to completion the story of an oil painting and its subsequent sale. An unflinching examination of the intention and techniques of the artist Peter Howson, as he creates his monumental, apocalyptic painting; Prophecy.
- DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsEriq EbouaneySandrine BonnaireAalayna LysAn African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a roof for him and his family.
- DirectorGeorgia ParrisStarsBobbi Jene SmithTemi Ajose-CuttingLaure BachelotMARI is a moving dance-drama focused on a mother and her two daughters dealing with the devastating gradual decline and eventual passing of their mother and grandmother, Mari. Centered on the tensions that linger over the family's strained relationships, Mari's ill health brings them all together, forcing them to deal with their issues and find a way through a time of shared loss.
- DirectorThomas PiperDirector Thomas Piper filmed the garden designer Piet Oudolf over five seasons as he designed gardens from New York's High Line and Hauser and Wirth's prairie garden in Somerset, England to his own private garden at Hummelo in Holland.
- DirectorKim NguyenStarsJesse EisenbergAlexander SkarsgårdSalma HayekA pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
- DirectorNisha GanatraStarsEmma ThompsonMindy KalingJohn LithgowA late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.
- DirectorGavin FitzgeraldCharlie LighteningStarsLiam GallagherDavid AdcockPaul ArthursRockumentary following British singer, Liam Gallagher, as he attempts to make a solo comeback.
- DirectorChristopher Dillon QuinnStarsNatalie PortmanJim KeenBruce FriedrichAn examination of our dietary choices and the food we put in our bodies. Based on Jonathan Safran Foer's memoir.
- DirectorMichael HerbigStarsFriedrich MückeKaroline SchuchDavid KrossEast Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.
- DirectorPhilippe FauconStarsMoustapha MbengueEmmanuelle DevosMareme N'DiayeNIne years ago, Amin came from Senegal to work in France, leaving his wife Aisha and their three children behind. In France, there is nothing but work for him, no friends but the people he lives with at his workers' home.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMark 'Bez' BerryClaire DavisCathal SmythCharts the history of the island Ibiza, leading to its current status as the clubbing capital of the world.
- DirectorYann GonzalezStarsVanessa ParadisNicolas MauryKate MoranParis, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.
- DirectorChanya ButtonStarsGemma ArtertonElizabeth DebickiIsabella RosselliniThe fascinating true story of the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.
- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsNatalia LópezPhil BurgersCarlos ReygadasA family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the beasts. Although in an open marriage, their relationship begins to crumble when Esther falls in love with an American horse-breaker and Juan is unable to control his jealousy.
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsTom SchillingSebastian KochPaula BeerGerman artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
- DirectorHarry WootliffStarsLaia CostaStuart MartinLisa McGrillisElena and Jake meet by chance on New Years Eve, arguing for the same taxi. However, instead of going their separate ways after sharing a taxi, they initiate a determined relationship.
- StarsAgnès VardaSandrine BonnaireHervé ChandèsAgnès Varda, photographer, installation artist and pioneer of the Nouvelle Vague, is an institution of French cinema. Taking a seat on a theatre stage, she uses photos and film excerpts to provide an insight into her unorthodox oeuvre.
- DirectorRita MaiaVasco VianaA musical journey through the suburbs of Lisbon. Musicians with identity struggles, who are not always given recognition. People from different generations and backgrounds, young and old.
- DirectorFilipe MatzembacherMarcio ReolonStarsShico MenegatBruno FernandesGuega PeixotoSet in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre, the film focuses on a socially repressed young man who only comes out of his shell during chatroom performances, when he strips and smears neon paints on his lithe body.
- DirectorIsabella EklöfStarsVic Carmen SonneLai YdeThijs RömerA love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of a petty drug lord, caught up in a web of luxury and violence in a modern dark gangster tale set in the beautiful port city of Bodrum on the Turkish Riviera.
- DirectorRitesh BatraStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiSanya MalhotraSachin KhedekarA struggling street photographer in Mumbai, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develop a connection that transforms them in ways they could not expect.
- DirectorJamie AdamsStarsLaura HarrierBria VinaiteKate DickieCaitlin, an art student at the Glasgow School of Art, struggles with the recent death of her father. Consumed with her loss, she finds herself re-examining both her life and inner circle.
- DirectorDominic DromgooleStarsMatthew TennysonLuke ThompsonBarbara MartenMAKING NOISE QUIETLY is a delicate, witty and poetic triptych of stories that paint a human picture of the subtly devastating effects of war.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayAdam DriverTilda SwintonTwo pioneers fight for their lives and their love on the American frontier during the Civil War.
- DirectorAndy HeathcoteThe Pullars are the last family using traditional methods to fish for wild Atlantic salmon off the coast of Scotland. When these include killing seals, the salmon's natural predators, conflict erupts. Animal activist groups Sea Shepherd and Hunt Saboteurs oppose the Pullars at every turn. Challenging preconceptions, this ambiguous doc puts modern environmentalism under the microscope.
- DirectorDaniel GrahamStarsWillem DafoeAndrés AlmeidaCarlos AragónPaul, a composer, arrives in a remote Mexican village where his father has passed away. As his attention shifts to the fate of a missing woman, Paul must come to terms with the memory of his father and the uncertainty of his future.
- DirectorKirill SerebrennikovStarsRoman BilykIrina StarshenbaumTeo YooA love triangle emerges around a rock and roll musician, his protege and his wife in 1980s Russia.
- DirectorLouis GarrelStarsLouis GarrelLaetitia CastaLily-Rose DeppA couple's relationship becomes complicated when she leaves him for his best friend, and returns after he dies.
- DirectorGarry KeaneAndrew McConnellStarsDana AbedA beautiful portrait of everyday Gazan citizens, leading meaningful lives beyond the rubble of perennial conflict.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsFranz RogowskiPaula BeerGodehard GieseA man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.
- DirectorPeter WebberStarsKen BootheKiddus IWinston McAnuffA portrait of a group of pioneering reggae musicians, 'Inna De Yard' captures the ongoing relevance of reggae and its social values, and the music's passion to revitalize an older generation while passing it on to younger listeners.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsBilly BarrattRonak Singh Chadha BergesViveik KalraIn England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
- DirectorGene StupnitskyStarsJacob TremblayKeith L. WilliamsBrady NoonThree 6th-grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for a long-awaited party.
- DirectorLorene ScafariaStarsConstance WuJennifer LopezJulia StilesInspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
- DirectorPella KagermanHugo LiljaStarsEmelie GarbersBianca CruzeiroArvin KananianA spaceship carrying settlers to Mars is knocked off course, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe.
- DirectorMarc CollinStarsAlma JodorowskyPhilippe RebbotGeoffrey CareyThe late 1970s arrival of electronic music to France is dealt with in the story of 24 hours in the life of a young woman composer in Paris.
- DirectorMaxime GovareCédric Le GalloStarsNicolas GobAlban LenoirMichaël AbiteboulMatthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, an amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia.
- DirectorTamara KotevskaLjubomir StefanovStarsHatidze MuratovaNazife MuratovaHussein SamThe last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.
- DirectorJoanna HoggStarsNeil YoungTosin ColeJack McMullenA young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
- DirectorShola AmooStarsNicholas PinnockGbemisola IkumeloDenise BlackAfter a happy childhood in the countryside, a teenager moves to London, where he must navigate an unfamiliar environment on his road to adulthood.
- DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsOakes FegleyAnsel ElgortNicole KidmanA boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
- DirectorJames GrayStarsBrad PittTommy Lee JonesRuth NeggaAstronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
- DirectorAdrian PanekStarsKamil PolnisiakNicolas PrzygodaSonia MietielicaChildren liberated from a Nazi concentration camp have to overcome hunger, thirst and vicious dogs in an abandoned mansion surrounded by the forest.
- DirectorCamilla Strøm HenriksenStarsYlva Bjørkaas ThedinMaria BonnevieSverrir GudnasonFrom a young age, Jill has acted as the responsible adult in her small family. She cares for her loving but mentally unstable mother and her younger brother. The news that their estranged father will be visiting on Jill's birthday gives the children much needed hope. When the family is struck by tragedy, Jill keeps it a secret.
- DirectorLulu WangStarsShuzhen ZhaoAwkwafinaX MayoA Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.
- DirectorDolly WellsStarsGrace Van PattenGary RichardsonEbon Moss-BachrachSet in current day Brooklyn, Good Posture is the gentle comedy story of a lazy but charming and beautiful young woman who has got used to using men to make her life easier, but after finally pushing one man too far, is forced to discover that she can live a happier life by taking responsibility for herself and not rely on those around her as easy props.
- DirectorMichael EnglerStarsStephen Campbell MooreMichael FoxLesley Nicol1927. The Crawleys prepare to host King George V and Queen Mary at Downton Abbey.
- DirectorDavid MichôdStarsTom Glynn-CarneyGábor CzapTom FisherYoung Henry V encounters deceit, war and treachery after becoming King of England in the 15th century, in the aftermath of his brother's death.