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Gummo and Woman At War
Alphaville
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 1965; Director: Jean-Luc Godard; Writer: Jean-Luc Godard, Paul Éluard; Stars: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Valérie Boisgel, Jean-Louis Comolli, Michel Delahaye, Jean-André Fieschi, Christa Lang, Jean-Pierre Léaud, László Szabó, Howard Vernon)
A US secret agent hunts for a missing person in a space city.
Black Hawk Down
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Ridley Scott; Writer: Ken Nolan, Steve Zaillian; Stars: Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, Ewen Bremner, Gabriel Casseus, Kim Coates, Hugh Dancy, Jason Isaacs, Ron Eldard, Ioan Gruffudd, Tom Guiry, Charlie Hofheimer, Danny Hoch)
Attempt by US Special Forces to arrest Somali war lords in Mogadishu goes hideously wrong.
Days (Rizi)
(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2020; Director: Tsai Ming-liang; Stars: Lee Kang-sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy)
Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their days flowing on as before.
Final Report
(Country: Hungary; Year: 2020; Director: István Szabó; Writer: István Szabó; Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Károly Eperjes, Dorottya Udvaros, András Stohl, Éva Kerekes, Mari Csomós, Ági Szirtes, Péter Andorai, Eszter Csákányi, Tímea Virga, Ákos Orosz, Enikö Börcsök, Dorina Martinovics, András Bálint, Péter Barbinek)
A cardiologist forced into retirement, returns to a GP practice in his home village and soon finds the stark realities bringing him into conflict with local politicians.
Good Will Hunting
(Country: US; Year: 1997; Director: Gus Van Sant; Writer: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck; Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, Minnie Driver, Casey Affleck, Cole Hauser)
A janitor is discovered to be a mathematical genius.
Spring Breakers and Mogul Mowgli
Gummo
(Country: US; Year: 1997; Director: Harmony Korine; Writer: Harmony Korine; Stars: Jacob Sewell, Nick Sutton, Lara Tosh, Jacob Reynolds, Darby Dougherty, Chloë Sevigny)
Bored teenagers wander round their suburban neighbourhood.
The Lodger
(Country: UK; Year: 1927; Director: Alfred Hitchcock; Stars: June Tripp, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen)
The streets of London are being stalked by a Jack the Ripper-like killer, and a young blonde showgirl is torn between her policeman sweetheart and a mysterious stranger.
Mogul Mowgli
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2020; Director: Bassam Tariq; Writer: Riz Ahmed, Bassam Tariq; Stars: Riz Ahmed, Aiysha Hart, Nabhaan Rizwan, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Anjana Vasan, Alyy Khan, Jill Buchanan, Abdul Hakim Joy, Sudha Bhuchar, Jag Patel, Ali Barouti, Jeff Mirza, Eva Von Mitzka, Olivia Brady, Khariis Ubiaro)
Zed, a British rapper, is about to start his first world tour when a crippling illness strikes him down and he has to move back in with his parents. He tries to find himself between an international music career and Pakistani family traditions.
Spring Breakers
(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Harmony Korine; Writer: Harmony Korine; Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Heather Morris, James Franco, Rachel Korine)
Four college students form an unlikely allegiance with a drug dealer.
Woman At War (Kona Fer í Stríð)
(Country: France, Iceland, Ukraine; Year: 2018; Director: Benedikt Erlingsson; Writer: Ólafur Egilsson, Benedikt Erlingsson; Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson)
A middle-aged woman declares war on the heavy industry in her small town, but everything changes when a Ukrainian orphan enters her life.
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