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A peculiar young boy, blurring reality and fantasy, assumes the responsibilities of a family man in his father's absence.
A writer re-evaluates her life after overhearing conversations in the psychiatrist's consulting room next door.
A man and a mechanical bear head to an observatory to confront his past.
Sprawling epic sees English toff and drover bond over cattle and kids.
A fragile new relationship is imperilled when tragedy strikes.
An attorney is haunted by his past.
Psychological drama about a young, inexperienced film reviewer who falls for the charms of a well-established female colleague.
A group of hooligans get ready to go to the 1982 world cup.
A man is intrigued when he sees his doppelgänger passing by his flat.
Love, lust and naked women in a quartet of linked tales.
An Englishman gets more than he bargained for when an American on his cruise ship offers to tell him the story of his relationship with a beautiful but dangerous woman.
Flip books tell the disturbing story of the black dog.
A psychological thriller set in the world of the New York City ballet.
An optimistic documentary following a refugee family who live in a cave besides the ruins of the giant Buddha statues blown up by the Taliban.
A writer falls for his mysterious socialite neighbour. Re-issue.
Story of two actors whose lives mirror their onstage characters in an anti-evangelical musical.
Two lovers in a long-distance relationship turn to extortion to fund their wedding.
During the plague years a young monk is sent to investigate reports of the dead being restored to life.
Meat is murder in a grisly fairy tale.
A documentary about life in Afghanistan.
Three short, silent Charlie Chaplin comedies - A Dog's Life, Shoulder Arms and The Pilgrim - in a restored edition with new music.
The Little Tramp takes a job as a clown and falls for the ringmaster's daughter.
Reporters clamour to uncover the secrets of a newspaper tycoon after his demise. Frequently acclaimed as the best film ever made.
A little tramp falls for a flower-seller.
A young girl is disappointed on her birthday.
Urban horror about a culture-clash between an upper-crust couple, and trouble with local boys.
Two men form a relationship against the background of an anti-gay rally in the Bahamas.
Cigarette smuggler and dealer wants to quit.
In 2368, scientists tap into the memory of a man who died in the 1990s.
Documentary about a group of gay exhibitionists whose lives are caught on camera for a controversial website.
Acidic middle-class drama set in Calcutta.
A teacher who thinks two of her pupils are responsible for the death of her daughter takes revenge.
A couple argue over a chipped vase.
Making a game out of sex, love and relationships has dire consequences in eighteenth century France.
A couple who have lost their child go to Venice to recover, but the husband is haunted by visions of a small figure in a red coat.
A trio go on a crime spree.
A toothy alien horror goes on the rampage.
An inspirational teacher transforms the lives of boys at a strict private school.
Teens on vacation fall foul of a Nazi-zombie battalion.
The acclaimed TV dramatist's final work.
The complex social life of an English professor forms a mirror for a complex country.
Trying to get your ideal home can be murder.
A US soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.
The stand-up comedian brings his acclaimed stage show to DVD.
Tale of a middle-aged suburbanite whose life is crumbling.
A drunken argument leads to trouble.
A man dreams of murder and wakes to the suspicion it may have been a reality.
Two men from the same town but from different sides of the Irish political divide discover that the past is never dead - in fact it isn't even past.
Two half-brothers form an unusual bond.
An assassin-for-hire finds his latest job cuts close to home.
Expanding the possible Fernanda Salgado on fantasy, reality, Jan Švankmajer and Ana, En Passant
A burning thing Sneha Mehta and Teddy Stern on falling in love with Mumbai, and making Getar Hero
Nothing is impossible Paul Rowley on moving to New York, the Pulse massacre, and Gays Against Guns
‘The only thing that makes a story universal is emotions’ Warsaw’s Industry panel discuss reaching audiences abroad
The only thing worth saying Chuko and Arie Esiri on adapting Mrs Dalloway and making Clarissa
European Film Academy shortlist announced 68 features vie for nomination
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