Though at times the film feels like a puff piece, it does provide a thorough account of many of the challenges associated with the sport, and at the same time succeeds in getting across some of why people want to do it.
A man trying to recover his reputation and his confidence after a financial scandal decides to take on the Oceans Seven marathon swimming challenge.
David Gleeson is skilled when it comes to building up atmosphere but doesn't lay it on too thick; he knows that what will keep people watching here is the element of mystery.
Devastated by his daughter's death in a terrible accident, Ben becomes convinced that he can bring her back through a recurring dream. But is it just a dream? Or is Ben losing his mind?
Bell...brims with confidence and keeps her character believable even when the story loses its grip.
A young woman trying to overcome her traumatic past is walking through the park one day she sees a man brutally assaulted while passers-by stop to film it on their phones. Later, one by one, the witnesses fall prey to someone or something seeking revenge.
We see the pernicious and warped modern US in all its glory, turning common sense and science on its head and it's hilarious.
Two low-level astronomers face a wall of indifference as they go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet earth.
The plotting is completely incoherent and balanced atop a trembling tower of absurdities.
A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding disturbing secrets.
If you like the post-apocalypse films of the Eighties and fancy seeing another one that just happened to have been made 19 years late, this is the film for you.
Many years after a plague has devastated Scotland, it reappears in London, and a special team is sent north in search of a rumoured cure.
Adrianne is approachable, open, brave and - most of the time - impressively coherent.
After years of prescription medications failed her a suicidal woman, Adrianne, turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine like magic mushrooms and iboga.
Portaluppi makes a great lead, fully invested in his character and easy to relate to no matter one's opinion of his choices.
Marcos is an experienced nurse. He works in the night shift of a provincial private clinic. He is applied and professional but has a secret: in some extreme cases he applies euthanasia. Then he meets a handsome young nurse who kills patients on a whim.
While the framing of cinematographer Gerardo Guerra has a steady calm, González uses every inch of it from side to side and top to bottom to such a consummate degree that even the subtitles have to make way at one point.
In the bucolic hills of Mexico's Jalisco highlands, iron-willed businesswoman Maria Garcia fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory.
The thing that will keep you watching Dough is the cast and performances.
One woman finds a bag of money buried in the ground while another is hunted by criminals in this mini-series about robbery, money laundering and running a bakery.
Recursive nostalgia is no substitute for quality, and it drowns everything else in tepidity.
When Mary finds herself in a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.
By mixing the situations of a crime drama with dysfunctional family dynamics, the everyday becomes accentuated, meaning that outbreaks of violence are absurdly comic but still retain a nasty edge.
Killers consider retribution round the kitchen sink.
Dictated by the protagonists' headstrong personalities, the uneven pacing can overwhelm the viewer, but their story finds an endearing balance, driven by their playfulness and desire to finish a shared charitable project.
During a seemingly endless dispute, two neighbours discover an unexpected and growing affection for each other.
Jude masterfully keeps the audience attached to the screen for almost three hours without relying on heightened tensions or conventional plot twists.
Overworked and underpaid, Angela drives around the city of Bucharest to film the casting for a 'safety at work video' commissioned by a multinational company. When one of the interviewees reveals the company’s liability in his accident, a scandal erupts.
This is the first [documentary] to really get to grips with the crisis and opportunity that humanity is facing and to deliver an overview that is deserving of the label 'intelligent' itself.
A documentary about the development of artificial intelligence and its potential consequences for humanity.
Somewhere between the low brow cock jokes and the high stakes – by which, I mean the sharp wooden pointy ones – Radu Jude serves up a sharp edged critique of populism, capitalism and the modern world.
Landry Jones is...expanding his range into a conventional space rather than delivering a refreshingly unconventional take.
When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes a vampire. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope - to be reunited with his lost love.
A disillusioned Dr John Seward regains his faith in humanity through a bond with Mina and her daughter Lucy, only to be hunted by the legendary evil force that thrives on their destruction.
