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Dance First and Umbrella Men II: Escape From Robben Island
Amelia's Children
(Country: Portugal; Year: 2023; Director: Gabriel Abrantes; Writer: Gabriel Abrantes; Stars: Alba Baptista, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Carloto Cotta)
An adoptees search for his biological family turns to horror when he discovers he is linked to them by a monstrous secret.
Bonus Track
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Julia Jackman; Writer: Mike Gilbert, Josh O'Connor; Stars: Jack Davenport, Josh O'Connor, Alison Sudol, Ellie Kendrick, Josh Cowdery, Ray Panthaki)
A 16-year-old believes he is a future star musician, even when no-one else in his small town does. The arrival of the son of a famous musical duo, who helps him rehearse for a talent show, leads both boys to learn from each other and grow closer.
Borderline
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jimmy Warden; Writer: Jimmy Warden; Stars: Samara Weaving, Eric Dane, Ray Nicholson, Jimmie Fails, Alba Baptista)
A bodyguard protects a pop superstar and her athlete boyfriend from a determined stalker in 1990s Los Angeles.
The Boy In The Woods
(Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Rebecca Snow; Writer: Maxwell Smart, Rebecca Snow; Stars: Richard Armitage, Christopher Heyerdahl, Jett Klyne, Ari Millen, Berkley Silverman, Masa Lizdek)
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.
Dance First
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: James Marsh; Writer: Neil Forsyth; Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Fionn O'Shea, Sandrine Bonnaire, Léonie Lojkine, Aidan Gillen, Bronagh Gallagher, Maxine Peake, Barry O'Connor, Lisa Dwyer Hogg, Caroline Boulton, Rebecka Johnston, Gráinne Good, Caleb Johnston-Miller, Andrew Hefler, Patrik Piró,)
Biopic of author and playwright Samuel Beckett.
Amelia's Children and Borderline
The Home
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: James DeMonaco; Writer: James DeMonaco, Adan Cantor; Stars: Pete Davidson, Marilee Talkington, Jimmy Gary Jr., Matthew Miniero)
A man comes to believe that the residents and caretakers in the retirement home where he recently started working are concealing sinister secrets.
Inheritance
(Country: US, UK, Egypt, India; Year: 2023; Director: Neil Burger)
A young woman suddenly finds herself at the centre of an international conspiracy after discovering that her father was a spy.
My Mother's Men (Les Hommes De Ma Mère)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Anik Jean; Writer: Maryse Latendresse; Stars: Léane Labrèche-Dor, Marc Messier, Benoît Gouin, Patrick Huard, Colm Feore, Anne-Marie Cadieux)
A young woman is shocked to learn that her eccentric mother wanted her ashes to be scattered among her five ex-husbands.
Orah
(Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Lonzo Nzekwe; Writer: Lonzo Nzekwe; Stars: Oyin Oladejo, Lucky Ejim, Morgan Bedard, Agape Mngomezulu)
A Nigerian immigrant taxi driver in Toronto, agrees to launder dirty money for her boss in exchange for bringing her son over from Nigeria. When the plan goes horribly wrong, she takes matters into her own hands to settle the score.
Queen Of Bones
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Robert Budreau; Writer: Michael Burgner; Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Martin Freeman, Julia Butters, Christopher Heyerdahl, Taylor Schilling)
A folktale about twin siblings who suspect their father is hiding secrets to their deceased mother's connection with the supernatural.
My Mother's Men and The Boy In The Woods
Umbrella Men II: Escape From Robben Island (The Umbrella Men: Escape from Robben Island, The Umbrella Men 2)
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2023; Director: John Barker; Writer: John Barker, Philip Roberts; Stars: Shamilla Miller, Bronté Snell, Jacques Da Silva, Keenan Arrison, Kagiso Lediga, June van Merch, Joey Rasdien, Sivuyile Ngesi, Rob van Vuuren)
When it emerges that they were double crossed during the heist in the previous film, two of the Umbrella Men are arrested, and it is up to the women to bust them out of the supposedly escape-proof prison.
Vera And The Pleasure Of Others (Vera Y El Placer De Los Otros)
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2023; Director: Federico Actis, Romina Tamburello; Stars: Inés Estévez, Luciana Grasso)
In between school and volleyball classes, a teenager rents out an empty flat to classmates looking for a place to have sex. A way to make money develops into her discovery of her own sexual desires.
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