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Megalopolis and The Friend
Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Cosima Spender)
A documentary about the celebrated Italian tenor, going beyond the stage to explore his upbringing and influences.
Better Man
(Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Michael Gracey; Stars: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvany, Frazer Hadfield, Tom Budge, Anthony Hayes)
A documentary portrait of pop music superstar Robbie Williams.
The Deb
(Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Rebel Wilson; Stars: Rebel Wilson, Shane Jacobson, Tara Morice, Natalie Abbott, Charlotte MacInnes, Julian McMahon, Hal Cumpston, Stevie Jean, Costa d'Angelo, Steph Tisdell, Scarlett Crabtree, Susan Prior)
A musical about a once-popular young woman whose ill-advised adventures lead to her getting cancelled by her peers, but who joins forces with her very different cousin to make a splash at their small town's debutante ball.
Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2024; Director: Embeth Davidtz; Writer: Embeth Davidtz; Stars: Lexi Venter, Embeth Davidtz, Zikhona Bali, Fumani Shilubana, Rob Van Vuuren, Anina Reed)
The collapse of colonialism in Rhodesia (soon to be Zimbabwe) as seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy.
Eden
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Ron Howard; Writer: Noah Pink; Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Jude Law, Daniel Bruehl)
A European couple seek a new life on a previously uninhabited island in the Galápagos, but struggle to cope with their neighbours.
Unstoppable and Oh Canada
Elton John: Never Too Late
(Year: 2024; Director: RJ Cutler, David Furnish; Stars: Elton John)
An intimate documentary about the popular musician.
The Friend
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: David Siegel, Scott McGehee; Writer: Scott McGehee, David Siegel; Stars: Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Sarah Pidgeon, Carla Gugino, Constance Wu, Noma Dumezweni, Ann Dowd, Felix Solis, Owen Teague, Bing)
When an author dies, his best friend is left to deal with his literary legacy, his three former wives and a dog who isn't supposed to be allowed in her Manhattan apartment.
Harbin
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: Woo Min-ho; Writer: Kim Kyoung-chan, Woo Min-ho; Stars: Hyun Bin, Park Jeong-min, Jeon Yeo-been, Jo Woo-jin, Lee Dong-wook)
During the struggle for Korean independence, a spy is sent on a dangerous mission to assassinate Itō Hirobumi, the country's first Japanese Resident-General.
Meet The Barbarians (Les Barbares)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Julie Delpy; Writer: Julie Delpy; Stars: Julie Delpy, Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Lafitte, Ziad Bakri, Jean-Charles Clichet, India Hair)
A small town in France preparing to welcome a Ukrainian refugee family is surprised when a Syrian family shows up instead.
Megalopolis
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Francis Ford Coppola; Writer: Francis Ford Coppola; Stars: Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Adam Driver, Kathryn Hunter, Laurence Fishburne, Dustin Hoffman, James Remar, Jason Schwartzman, Forest Whitaker, Jon Voight, Chloe Fineman, D.B. Sweeney, Talia Shire)
Power play and corruption unfold in a futuristic city.
Will & Harper and The Wild Robot
Nutcrackers
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: David Gordon Green; Writer: Leland Douglas; Stars: Ben Stiller, Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker, Toby Huss, Homer Janson, Ulysses Janson, Atlas Janson, Arlo Janson)
After his sister and her husband have a terrible accident, a real estate developer finds himself responsible for their house, farm, and four boys whom he has no idea how to raise. Then he learns that they love ballet.
Oh Canada
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Paul Schrader; Writer: Paul Schrader; Stars: Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman, Richard Gere, Michael Imperioli, Kristine Froseth, Penelope Mitchell, Victoria Hill, Aaron Roman Weiner, Cornelia Guest, Dylan Flashner, Gregory Connors, Ryan Woodle, John Way, Jean Brassard, Gary Hilborn)
A documentary filmmaker, who is terminally ill, reflects on his life.
The Penguin Lessons
(Country: Spain, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Peter Cattaneo; Writer: Jeff Pope; Stars: Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Vivian El Jaber, Björn Gustafsson, Alfonsina Carrocio, David Herrero)
An Englishman in Uruguay adopts a penguin, smuggles it back to his home in Argentina, and gradually wakes up to the political violence going on around him.
The Return
(Country: Italy, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Uberto Pasolini; Writer: John Collee, Edward Bond, Uberto Pasolini; Stars: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Claudio Santamaria, Ángela Molina)
Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca after returning from the Trojan war.
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Thom Zimny; Stars: Bruce Springsteen)
A documentary about the musicians.
The Shrouds
(Country: France, Canada; Year: 2024; Director: David Cronenberg; Writer: David Cronenberg; Stars: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt, Al Sapienza, Elizabeth Saunders, Jennifer Dale, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Jeff Yung, Matt Willis, Eric Weinthal, Steve Switzman, Paddington)
A widower invents a gadget that lets the bereaved connect with their loved ones inside a burial shroud... as they decompose.
Superboys Of Malegaon
(Country: India; Year: 2024; Director: Reema Kagti; Writer: Varun Grover; Stars: Adarsh Gourav, Vineet Kumar Singh, Shashank Arora)
The true story of Nasir Shaikh, who turned his community into a film industry.
Takin' Care Of Business
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Tyler Measom; Stars: Randy Bachman, Tal Bachman, KoKo Bachman, Lorelei Bachman, Bannatyne Bachman Matson, Takeshi Kaneda, William Long)
The story of Canadian rock musician Randy Bachman and his work with The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Unstoppable
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: William Goldenberg; Stars: Jharrel Jerome, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Anthony Robles, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Lopez)
A disabled college wrestler dreams of going professional.
The Wild Robot
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Chris Sanders; Writer: Chris Sanders; Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pasca, Catherine O'Hara, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill)
A robot designed to assist humans finds herself stranded on an island populated only by animals.
William Tell
(Country: Italy, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Nick Hamm; Writer: Nick Hamm; Stars: Claes Bang, Connor Swindells, Golshifteh Farahani, Jonah Hauer-King, Ellie Bamber, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Jonathan Pryce, Sir Ben Kingsley)
William Tell has returned home weary after fighting with the Knights Templar in the Holy Land. Now he is called upon to help a farmer who is seeking revenge against the villains of the Hapsburg court.
Will & Harper
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Josh Greenbaum; Stars: Will Ferrell, Harper Steele)
When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.
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