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Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family - power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Brothers Mitch and MikeMcClusky function as brokers between prisoners and the community of Kingstown, Michigan, where prisons operate like big business. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither. As unrest in the prison system reaches a breaking point, the dynamics of the McClusky family also teeters on the brink of chaos.
Offbeat Korean comedy from director Chan-wook Park. Young-goon (Su-jeong Lim ) is admitted to a mental institution and, believing she's a cyborg, charges herself with a transistor radio. Il-sun Park (Rain), a fellow inmate, steals the other inmates' personality traits and believes he is fading and will one day turn into a dot. When Young-goon refuses to eat, Il-sun decides it's his job to get her on her feet again.
Joaquin Phoenix and Josh Brolin star in this Academy Award-nominated crime comedy drama written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Private Detective Doc Sportello (Phoenix) is happily getting on with his life when his ex-wife Shasta (Katherine Waterston) shows up at his office with a story that her billionaire boyfriend Mickey Wolfmann (Eric Roberts)'s wife is plotting to kidnap her husband and get him committed to a psychiatric facility so that she can stake a claim on his money. As Doc reluctantly takes on the case he pays a visit to tight-fisted cop Bigfoot Bjornsen (Brolin) to see what he knows about the alleged kidnap victim. The all-star cast also includes Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro and Martin Short.
Belgian director Lucas Belvaux's ambitious debut is a trilogy of films, all set in the same 24-hour period, in which the characters' lives intertwine through a series of cross encounters and unexpected events. In 'One', Marxist revolutionary Bruno (Lucas Belvaux) escapes from prison after a 15-year incarceration, and heads off to settle some old scores and to enjoy a reunion with his beautiful ex-lover (Catherine Frot). But although he is always looking over his shoulder to keep tabs on Pascal, the cop assigned to track him down (Gilbert Melki), Bruno cannot imagine just how close to him Pascal really is. In 'Two', Ornella Muti plays Cecile, a teacher who adores her husband Alain (François Morel). But Alain is a hypochondriac, and, convinced that a routine operation he has to undergo will kill him, he keeps the operation a secret from his adoring wife. Sensing his secrecy, and coming to the conclusion that he must be having an affair, Cecile hires Pascal to track him down - but it isn't long before Pascal has fallen in love with her himself. In 'Three', Pascal finally captures escaped convict Bruno, who it turns out has been sheltered from the law by Pascal's estranged wife, schoolteacher and morphine addict Agnes (Dominique Blanc). His relations with Agnes become even more strained when he admits that he is passionately in love with her friend and colleague, Cecile.
Dark French thriller. Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) is a travelling cabaret singer whose van breaks down in the middle of the Ardennes forest on his way to a concert. His luck seems to change when he meets a kindly inn-keeper who offers him shelter while he arranges for his van to be fixed. Unfortunately for Marc, he reminds the inn-keeper of his long-dead wife, and it soon becomes clear that he has no plans to let Marc go. Stuck in the middle of nowhere with no means of escape, Marc's ordeal is only just beginning.
The entire third series of the BBC crime drama set on the tropical Caribbean island of Saint-Marie. When DI Richard Poole (Ben Miller) is discovered murdered the island is shaken to its core. DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) arrives to lead the investigation into his predecessor's death and has a number of suspects in mind. Elsewhere, one of Fidel (Gary Carr)'s old school friends is murdered, prompting another investigation on the lush island.
Marina de Van writes, directs and stars in this intense and visceral psychological drama about a young woman who spirals into a cycle of physical self-harm. When Esther (de Van), a sweet and self-conscious young woman with a good job and a steady boyfriend, falls and suffers injuries to her leg, she gradually becomes obsessed with her own body and skin to the point where she is aggressively carving wounds in her own flesh. Her boyfriend, Vincent (Laurent Lucas) is understandably concerned and angry, but his inability to understand her disturbed psychological state forces Esther into further isolation and torment. Modern jazz supremos Esbjorn Svensson Trio provide the soundtrack.
Meditative coming-of-age drama by Korean director Kim Ki-duk. The film, which is divided into five sections to reperesent the stages of a man's life, is set entirely on and around a remote mountain lake where a tiny Buddhist monastery floats on a raft amidst the breathtakingly beautiful landscape. Here an old Buddhist monk (Oh Young-Su) instructs his young child apprentice (Kim Jong-Ho) in Buddhist philosophy and shows him how to live in harmony with nature. But as the boy grows older, he becomes consumed by guilt, jealousy and sexual longing, and leaves the monastery to pursue his worldy desires. However, he eventually returns, exhausted and drained by his experiences, and (now played by the director, Kim Ki-duk) slowly matures and rebuilds himself to become a teacher himself. The film won the Audience Award at the 2003 San Sebastian film festival, among numerous other international awards.
Nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the 2004 Academy Awards, this unusual and disturbing documentary charts the scandal that surrounded the Friedman family from Long Island in the 1980s. Arnold, a well-respected schoolteacher, and his wife Elaine were a seemingly typical middle class couple who, along with their three boys, enjoyed making home movies of their daily lives. Their world was shattered in November 1987 when the police raided their home after Arnold and his eldest son Jesse were accused of multiple counts of child molestation. Arnold's home computer was found to contain a sizeable collection of child pornography. But how much truth was there behind the tide of allegations against the family? Andrew Jarecki pieces together footage from the Friedmans' home videos, news clips from the time and recent interviews with the family to assemble this thought-provoking film, which asks as many questions as it answers - and paints an intimate and devastating portrait of the collapse of a family.
An unfinished film by acclaimed director, Jean Renoir. Whilst on an idyllic country picnic with her family and fiancé, a young girl leaves for a short period of time and succumbs to an all-too-brief, romantic encounter.
Set in beautiful 14th century Sweden, the film tells a sombre, powerful fable of peasant parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by swineherds after her half sister has invoked a pagan curse. By a bizarre twist of fate, the murderers ask for food and shelter from the dead girl's parents, who, upon discovering the truth about their erstwhile lodgers, exact a chilling revenge. This cruel and sensational medieval allegory, made all the more powerful for the luminous, hauling black and white photography and Bergman's meticulous direction, was later to be re-made by horror director Wes Craven as Last House on the Left. In black & white.
Two modern day teenagers, brother and sister David and Jennifer (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon), are transported by their TV repairman into the world of Pleasantville, a 1950s sitcom which David constantly watches. In Pleasantville the world is black and white, there is no sex or violence, the basketball team never loses and the library is full of blank books. But the presence of the two teens contaminates the dream-like atmosphere, and soon colour is spreading across the town and its inhabitants are behaving like real people. As Pleasantville becomes more and more modern David and Jennifer have to decide which they prefer: real life or sugar-coated fantasy.
BBC adaptation of R.D. Blackmore's classic novel. Farmer John Ridd (Richard Coyle) vowed revenge after seeing his father murdered by the villainous Doone clan as a child. When he infiltrates the Doones' stronghold he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Lorna (Amelia Warner), who is betrothed to the violent and hot-headed Carver Doone (Aidan Gillen). John and Lorna's romance enrages Carver, setting the stage for a final, bloody showdown between the two men...
The true story of Derek Bentley (Christopher Eccleston), hanged, aged 19, in the 1950s after a controversial decision holding him responsible for the murder of a police officer. Despite a history of mental illness, and with the court accepting that he did not actually pull the trigger, Bentley was still sentenced to death - on the basis that his ambiguous cry of 'let him have it!' caused his young accomplice to fire the fatal shot. The release of this film focused attention on the case once more, and Bentley eventually received a posthumous pardon.
A love story about divorce, a marriage coming apart and a family coming together. Marriage Story is a hilarious and harrowing, sharply observed, and deeply compassionate film from the acclaimed writer-director Noah Baumbach. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson deliver tour-de-force performances as Charlie, a charismatic New York theater director wedded to his work, and Nicole, an actor who is ready to change her own life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces them to redefine their relationship and their family. Featuring bravura, finely drawn supporting turns from Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, and Laura Dern—who won an Academy Award for her performance here—as the trio of lawyers who preside over the legal battle, Marriage Story (nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture) is a work of both intimacy and scope that ultimately invokes hope amid the ruins.
All 22 episodes from the final season of the re-imagined drama
following an elite task force formed to investigate serious crimes in
the Hawaiian Islands. Commander Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), an
ex-Navy SEAL, heads up the Five-0 task force and is joined by Detective
Danny Williams (Scott Caan), Officer Tani Rey (Meaghan Rath) and
Special Consultant Jerry Ortega (Jorge Garcia). Together they set out
to maintain order in paradise and have to deal with such issues as
state corruption, terrorism threats, homicide and human trafficking.
Based on the internationally bestselling Neapolitan novels by Elena Ferrante, the critically acclaimed global smash hit returns for a second season. Lila and Elena, now 16, are on the cusp of womanhood. Lila is just married but worries that she has lost her identity in taking her husband's name; Elena is a model student but acknowledges that while she no longer belongs in the neighbourhood she is yet to find her place in the outside world. During a holiday in Ischia, the two girls reconnect with their childhood acquaintance Nino, an encounter that will forever change the nature of their bond, propelling the girls onto two completely contrasting paths, threatening their close connection with jealousy and betrayal as they follow, lose and find each other again.
Inspired by real events and from the director of The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo), Military Wives is the heartfelt story of friendship, love, and support on the home front. When Kate persuades a disparate group of women on the base to form the Military Wives Choir, Lisa is initially sceptical and embarrassed by such an amateur bunch. However, she is quickly transformed by the choir's friendship, humour and courage. Finding their voice together, Kate, Lisa and the choir put aside their own personal differences and, by singing their hearts out, bring joy, hope and strength to the world.
David Lean directs this classic adaptation of Dickens's novel about a young orphan who develops 'great expectations' after a mysterious benefactor pledges to sponsor his transformation into a gentleman. Pip (Anthony Wager) is visiting the graves of his deceased parents when he finds himself confronted by an escaped convict, Magwitch (Finlay Currie). Unfortunately for Pip, Magwitch isn't the only frightening adult he becomes acquainted with. When Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt), an eccentric old woman still dressed for the wedding at which she was abandoned by her groom years ago, seeks a playmate for her charge, Estella (Jean Simmons), it is Pip who is sent for. The boy quickly falls in love with Estella, though his hopes seem forlorn due to the gap in social standing between the two. When an older Pip (John Mills) discovers that he has a benefactor, he feels that Estella may be won, but has he read the situation correctly?
Opening with the funeral of Winston Churchill in January 1965, season nine continues with Nonnatus House entering a bold and innovative era. As the tower blocks multiply, and a new East End rises from the ashes of the old, society becomes more prosperous, but more complex. Our familiar team of medics and midwives face unexpected challenges as the population shifts, rules change, and old diseases come back to haunt them. Meanwhile, their own experiences are fuelled by love, loss, and doubt - and the very fabric of their lives is jeopardised when Nonnatus itself comes under threat of demolition.
Includes the 90 minute Christmas special:
Experience all the emotional excitement of one of the greatest TV dramas of all time as critically acclaimed series, Friday Night Lights, unveils the compelling stories of the close-knit lives within the small town of Dillon, Texas. Join Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his wife, Tami (Connie Britton) as they lead an all-star cast through heart wrenching challenges and uncertainties both on and off the field in this 22-disc set that includes all 76 gripping episodes from all five inspirational seasons, plus the original feature film from 2004 that starred Billy Bobn Thornton.
Based on unbelievable but true events, I, Tonya is a dark comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous and poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan. Featuring an iconic turn by Margot Robbie as the fiery Harding, and joined by an all-star cast, I, Tonya is an absurd, irreverent, and piercing portrayal of Harding's life and career in all of its unchecked—and checkered—glory. (Academy Award winner for: Best Supporting Actress. Nominated for Best Actress, Best Editing)
Phillip Calvert is a secret agent assigned to stop the ruthless pirating of millions of pounds of gold bullion in the Irish Sea. His search takes him to a small port in the Hebrides where numerous fishing boats, yachts and people have mysteriously been disappearing. A trail of deceit and subterfuge leads him to fabulously wealthy resident Sir Anthony Skouras and his beautiful wife, who may hold the answers to the truth.
Adapted from Deborah Harkness' best-selling All Souls trilogy. Brilliant historian Diana Bishop is a witch living in denial of her own heritage. But when she unwittingly calls up an age-old bewitched manuscript from the depths of Oxford's Bodleian Library, she finds herself throw into the heart of a dangerous mystery - and the path of the enigmatic vampire Matthew Clairmont. |
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