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The Surprise (2015) #986
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Directed by Mike van Diem. With Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Georgina Verbaan, Jan Decleir, Henry Goodman. After both signing an agreement with a company that offers to end their lives when they least expect it, a dejected millionaire and a disheartened young woman fall in love and have to find a way to get out of their binding contracts. aka De surprise |
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The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale (2015) #1060
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Directed by Hoon-jung Park. With Min-sik Choi, Man-sik Jeong, Seok-won Jeong, Hong-pa Kim. While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese, an old and experienced hunter is challenged by the hunt of the last tiger. aka Daeho |
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Sweet Bean (2015) #1097
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Directed by Naomi Kawase. With Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno. The manager of a pancake stall finds himself confronted with an odd but sympathetic elderly woman looking for work. A taste of her homemade bean jelly convinces him to hire her, which starts a relationship that is about much more than just street food. aka AN |
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The Book of Life (2014) #476
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Directed by Jorge R. Gutiérrez. With Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman. Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where he must face his greatest fears. |
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I Never Tell Anybody Anything: The Life and Art of Edward Burra (2014) #851
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1 hour. BBC. Edward Burra (1905-76) was one of the most elusive British artists of the 20th century. Long underrated, his reputation has been suddenly rehabilitated, with the first major retrospective of his work for 25 years taking place in 2011 and record-breaking prices being paid for his work at auction. In this film, the first serious documentary about Edward Burra made for television, leading art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the remarkable story of his life. Crippled by a rare form of arthritis from an early age, Burra placed art at the centre of his life from his teenage years onwards. Although his illness meant that he would predominantly only be able to work in the physically undemanding medium of watercolour, he created unexpectedly monumental images peopled by the men and women who fascinated him. The follows Burra from his native town of Rye to the jazz clubs of prohibition-era New York, to the war-torn landscapes of the Spanish Civil War and back to England during the Blitz. It shows how Burra's increasingly disturbing and surreal work deepened and matured as he experienced at first hand some of the most tragic events of the century. Through letters and interviews with those who knew him, it paints an entertaining portrait of a true English eccentric. |
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Hacking: Power, Corruption and Lies (2014) #864
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1 hour. BBC. In a Panorama Special, Robert Peston investigates the questions behind the phone hacking trial which saw David Cameron's former spokesman, Andy Coulson, convicted and three other News of the World News editors plead guilty. Did politicians of all parties and police help to cover-up the hacking scandal for years because of their own close relationships with Rupert Murdoch's News International? |
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Mark Lawson Talks To... David Bailey (2014) #873
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1 hour. BBC. In a career spanning more than five decades, photographer David Bailey has captured many of the 20th century's most iconic faces. With his first major solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery currently on show, he talks frankly to Mark Lawson about his life, loves and illustrious career. |
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Dan Cruickshank and the Family That Built Gothic Britain (2014) #1528
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1 hour. BBC. As good as any Dickens novel, this is the triumphant and tragic story of the greatest architectural dynasty of the 19th century. Dan Cruickshank charts the rise of Sir George Gilbert Scott to the very heights of success, the fall of his son George Junior and the rise again of his grandson Giles. It is a story of architects bent on a mission to rebuild Britain. From the Romantic heights of the Midland Hotel at St Pancras station to the modern image of Bankside power station (now Tate Modern), this is the story of a family that shaped the Victorian age and left a giant legacy. |
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The Wolverine (2013) #276
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Directed by James Mangold. With Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima. When Wolverine is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons. |
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The Railway Man (2013) #611
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Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. With Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine. A former British Army officer, who was tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him. |
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Nina Conti: Talk to the Hand (2013) #749
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1 hour. BBC. Ventriloquist and comedian Nina Conti performs a show in Sydney, accompanied by characters like Monkey and Gran. |
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013) #754
DOCUMENTARY
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1 hour. BBC. Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. This programme tells the story of the how the march for jobs and freedom began, speaking to the people who organised and participated in it. Using rarely seen archive footage the film reveals the background stories surrounding the build up to the march as well as the fierce opposition it faced from the JFK administration, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and widespread claims that it would incite racial violence, chaos and disturbance. The film follows the unfolding drama as the march reaches its ultimate triumphs, gaining acceptance from the state, successfully raising funds and in the end, organised and executed peacefully - and creating a landmark moment in the struggle for civil rights and racial equality in the united states. Including interviews with some of the key actors: members of the inner circles of the core organizational groups such as Jack O'Dell, Clarence B. Jones, Julian Bond and Andrew Young; Hollywood supporters and civil rights campaigners including Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poitier; Performing artists at the March such as Joan Baez and Peter Yarrow; as well as JFK administration official, Harris Wofford; the CBS Broadcaster who reported from the March, Roger Mudd; Clayborne Carson, the founding director of Stanford's Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute and a participant in the March; as well as those who witnessed the march on TV and were influenced by it, such as Oprah Winfrey, and most of all, the remembrances of the ordinary citizens who joined some 250,000 Americans at the capital on that momentous. |
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The Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution (2013) #758
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1 hour. BBC. A film that looks at the genius of JMW Turner in a new light. There is more to Turner than his sublime landscapes - he also painted machines, science, technology and industry. Turner's life spans the Industrial Revolution, he witnessed it as it unfolded, and he painted it. In the process he created a whole new kind of art. The programme examines nine key Turner paintings and shows how we should rethink them in the light of the scientific and Industrial Revolution. Includes interviews with historian Simon Schama and artist Tracey Emin. |
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Nina Conti: Talk to the Hand (2013) #759
DOCUMENTARY
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1 hour. BBC. Ventriloquist and comedian Nina Conti performs a show in Sydney, accompanied by characters like Monkey and Gran. |
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Horizon: What Makes us Human? (2013) #761
DOCUMENTARY
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1 hour. BBC. Professor Alice Roberts is making a new human being - she is pregnant with her second child. But before he is born, she wants to find out what makes a human, human? What is that separates us from our closest living relatives - the chimpanzees? We share 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees and yet from the moment of birth, our lives are completely different. So are we just another animal, or is there something special about being human? Before her new baby emerges into the world, Professor Roberts sets out to explore what it is about our bodies, our genes and ultimately our brains that set us apart from our furry cousins - what is it that truly makes us human? |
| 56 |
The Hot Potato (2012) #83
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Directed by Tim Lewiston. With Ray Winstone, Colm Meaney, Jack Huston, David Harewood. London's East End 1969. Based on real events. Two chancers 'find' a lump of Uranium and crisscross Europe to find a buyer. Accompanied by Danny's girl, the lovely Carole. They encounter a diverse cast of bizarre characters, all trying to steal the 'Hot Potato', but a deal agreed inside the Vatican has the co-conspirators confounding each other. The story twists and turns to an exciting and ... |
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Emperor (2012) #251
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Directed by Peter Webber. With Matthew Fox, Colin Moy, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune. As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S. |
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Promised Land (2012) #262
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Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski, Hal Holbrook. A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources. |
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Perfect Sense (2011) #118
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Directed by David Mackenzie. With Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Lauren Tempany, Connie Nielsen. A chef and a scientist fall in love as an epidemic begins to rob people of their sensory perceptions. |
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Chalet Girl (2011) #126
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Directed by Phil Traill. With Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields. Former skateboard champion Kim wants to make more money after her mother's tragic death. She joins the elite posh servicing company, which sends her off to Austria. |
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