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  • 1:55:00

    The Rules of the Game = La Règle Du Jeu (1939)

    Cloaked in a comedy of manners, this scathing critique of corrupt French society is about a weekend hunting party at which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests, which are also mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs.
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    Footnote (2011)

    The story of a great rivalry between a father and son, both professors at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A prestigious national award brings the pair to a final, bitter confrontation.
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    Smoke (1995)

    Episodic story, divided into five chapters, each bearing the name of a character; main characters appear in most chapters. Most of the characters are connected by the fact that they hang out or work at the Brooklyn Cigar Store, where they tell stories and smoke a lot. Chapters explore the interpersonal relationships between this large and diverse group of characters.
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    The Kids Are All Right (2010)

    Lesbian couple Nic and Jules share a cozy suburban Southern California home with their teenage children, Joni and Laser, who were conceived by artificial insemination. Now, 15-year-old Laser wants Joni, 18, to help him find their biological father. Against her better judgment, Joni manages to make contact with "bio-dad" Paul, an easygoing restaurateur. As Paul comes into their lives, an unexpected new chapter begins, throwing everyone into chaos.
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    Fantail (2013)

    Tania thinks she's Maori. She works the graveyard shift at a petrol station to save money to take her brother Pi to Surfers. But one night a cheeky little bird ruins everything and Tania pays the ultimate price for being a hero.
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    La Muerte de un Burockata = The Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)

    Sarcastic and humorous portrayal of Cuban bureaucracy as seen in the story of a man's mounting frustration with his fruitless attempts to procure the pension of a recently-deceased uncle.
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    Bride & Prejudice (2004)

    Based on Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, with a Bollywood twist. In Ammritsar, the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find matches for her four daughters. Second sister, Lalita, meets American Will Darcy - is it love?
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    Boy (2010)

    It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king—even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters...
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    The Artist (2011)

    A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but when there is the arrival of talking pictures, their careers are sent in opposite directions.
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    The Book Of Eli (2010)

    In a post-apocalyptic America where the once-picturesque countryside has become a desolate and violent wasteland, one man (Denzel Washington) fights to protect that sacred tome that could hold the key to the survival of the human race.
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    Cyrus (2010)

    A down on his luck divorcee meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son, Cyrus. Soon the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love. (2010) Scott Free production ; produced by Michael Costigan ; written and directed by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. Starring: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Matt Walsh, Catherine Keener.
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    Housekeeping (1987)

    In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two sisters abandoned by their mother wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world don't quite live up the most people's expectations. Based on the book by Marilynne Robinson.
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    The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
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    Weird Science

    Two tormented teen rejects create a perfect woman with their computer. Soon, their willing sex goddess helps them boost their popularity and even the score against the cool cliques at school. (1985) Produced by Joel Silver ; written and directed by John Hughes. Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder.
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    Four Lions (2010)

    Four incompetent British jihadists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.
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    Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

    Rose Lorkowski is a single mother attempting to support her son Oscar and her unreliable sister Norah. She works a mundane job as a maid. Once the head cheerleader in school, with plenty of prospects, Rose now has little to show for her life. She still sees the former head football player, but it is little more than a despondent affair. When Oscar is expelled from public school, Rose takes a job as a bio-hazard crime-scene cleaner to help pay for a private education. She brings Norah on to help in her steadily growing business. As the sisters work to clean up the messes left behind by the chaotic lives of others, they must learn to reconcile their own differences and overcome a troubled past if they hope to prosper in their newfound venture.
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    In Bruges (2008)

    The tale of the fates of hit men Ray and Ken. After a job in London, the team is ordered by their boss Harry to hide out in Bruges but the men find themselves drawn into dangerous entanglements.
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    This Must Be the Place

    This Must Be the Place is a 2011 drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino starring Sean Penn as middle-aged wealthy rock star 'Cheyenne' who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding his father's tormentor, a Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the United States. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino; Produced by Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano, Andrea Occhipinti; Screenplay by Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello; Story by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Sean Penn and Frances McDormand. Music by David Byrne, Cinematography Luca Bigazzi, Editing by Cristiano Travaglioli.
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    The Station Agent

    When his old friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live in solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss. (PREMIERE) Senart Films production in association with Next Wednesday ; produced by Mary Jane Skalski, Robert May and Kathryn Tucker ; directed by Thomas McCarthy. Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Benjamin, Jase Blankfort.
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    The Ladykillers (2004)

    Marva Munson is a spry, elderly woman who is looking for a tenant for the spare room in her house. Goldthwait H. Dorr moves in and gains Munson's permission to use the basement for rehearsals with his "medieval music ensemble." Dorr is masterminding the robbery of a riverboat casino, and the fellow musicians in his ensemble are actually the crew he's assembled to pull off the job. Despite their best efforts, Munson finds out about their scheme and Dorr decides the best solution is to silence her permanently. Based on the novel "The Ladykillers" written by William Rose.
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    The Pa Boys (2014)

    Kiwi road-trip drama following three-piece Wellington reggae band The Pa Boys as they embark on a tour from the capital to Cape Reinga.
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    Firefly - Bushwhacked

    Season 1 , Episode 3
    Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
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    Firefly - The Train Job

    Season 1 , Episode 2
    The crew of Serenity takes on a train heist commissioned by a crime lord. They steal the goods, only to find it is medicine that is desperately needed by the town.
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    Firefly - Jaynestown

    Season 1 , Episode 7
    The crew has a job in a town where Jayne once robbed the magistrate but dropped the stolen money, making him a local folk hero, and a target for the local boss.
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    Firefly - Our Mrs. Reynolds

    Season 1 , Episode 6
    A woman claiming to be Mal's wife appears aboard Serenity.
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    Stranger than Paradise (1984)

    When Eddie and Willie's inert lifestyle is suddenly intruded upon by Willie's Hungarian cousin, they decide to leave behind their boring lives in search of "paradise." But as their unforgettable road trip to Florida unfolds, they find that amidst the sunshine, blue skies and palm trees their pursuit of happiness is constantly road-blocked by the very thing they can't run away from ... themselves.
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    Beginners (2010)

    A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: That he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
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    The Sapphires (2012)

    It's 1968, and four young and talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam.
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    Coconut (2014)

    Friendship is put to the test when two best friends go on a road trip together. 2014. NZ. Director: Charlie Bleakley
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    Kick-Ass (2010)

    Dave is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. Based on the comic book written by Mark Millar and John S. Romita, Jr.
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    Firefly - Out of Gas

    Season 1 , Episode 8
    After Serenity suffers a catastrophe that leaves her crew with only hours of oxygen, flashbacks show how Mal and Zoe acquired Serenity and assembled their motley crew.
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    Burn After Reading (2008)

    Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer. The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee of the gym, Chad Feldheimer obtains the disc and ascertains that it contains classified government information. Along with his fellow employee, Linda Litzke, he intends to use the disc to blackmail Osbourne. When blackmailing him fails, Linda decides to take the information to the Russian embassy. At the embassy, she hands the disc over to the Russians, promising that she will give them more information. Linda and Chad don't have any more information, so they decide to break into Cox's house. This brings about a series of events that no one foresees.
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    Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

    Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangiers, an underground musician, Adam, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover, Eve. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister, Ava. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?
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    The Wind in the Willows (1996)

    Mole's underground home is bought by the Weasles from wealthy landowner Mr Toad and Mole is thrown out. He and Rat start to fight to get his home back from evil Weasels. (Also known as "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride").
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    Tea with Mussolini (1999)

    Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935. Luca is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has run off and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary, an English woman visiting Italy to soak up European culture. Mary and her friends enjoy the cultured, creative atmosphere of life in Italy, and their initial response to the rise of fascism is to arrange a polite meeting with Mussolini to make sure he and his soldiers mean well.
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    Firefly - Trash Trash

    Season 1 , Episode 11
    Mal is shocked to discover his friend's new wife is Saffron. She offers him a cut on the big-time scam she's planning.
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    Firefly - The Message The Message

    Season 1 , Episode 12
    Mal and Zoe receive a package that contains the body of their old war buddy, Tracey.
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    Eat Drink Man Woman - Yin shi nan nü (1994)

    In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim. What will happen when they both fall for the same woman?
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    Firefly - Heart of Gold Heart of Gold

    Season 1 , Episode 13
    The crew comes to the aid of a brothel when its madam, an old acquaintance of Inara, asks for help after a gunslinger claims a prostitute's baby is his and takes it because his wife is barren.
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    Firefly Serenity

    Season 1 , Episode 1
    Malcolm Reynolds, a veteran and the captain of Serenity, is smuggling goods alongside his crew but they also need to pick up some passengers for extra money. However, not all is as it seems.
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    Firefly - Safe

    Season 1 , Episode 5
    While visiting an outlying planet, Simon and River are kidnapped by local villagers in need of a doctor. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew are forced to seek medical help from an unlikely source when one of their own is shot.
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    Firefly - Ariel

    Season 1 , Episode 9
    Serenity travels to the core world Ariel and Simon comes up with a plan to steal drugs from the hospital.
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    Firefly - War Stories War Stories

    Season 1 , Episode 10
    Crime lord Niska finally gets his revenge on Mal when his men find him and Wash on a planet. Meanwhile, Zoe and the crew decide to mount a daring rescue to get their friends back.
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    Firefly - Objects in Space Objects in Space

    Season 1 , Episode 14
    A bounty hunter named Jubal Early sneaks aboard Serenity hoping to capture River for an enormous reward. Simon is taken captive but River is nowhere to be found.
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    The Deadly Ponies Gang (2013)

    Two best mates trawl the edges of rural West Auckland on their pimped out horses. A docu-comedy about friendship and the lengths people go to for their mates. Meet Clint and Dwayne- The extremely quotable members of the two-member Deadly ponies Gang who trawl the edges of rural New Zealand on their pimped-out rides (i.e.. ponies decorated with glitter, beads and sunglasses). Not short of a suave move with the ladies, Clint worries that Dwayne's not pulling the way he once did- most likely because he has no teeth! So Dwayne organises a gig to fundraise for a new set, the 'Help my mate Dwayne get some teeth Fundraising gig'. Along with some drug deals to supplement their income, the pair go in search of a life of hustling, riding and partying.
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    Firefly - Shindig

    Season 1 , Episode 4
    Inara attends a formal society dance, only to find Malcolm there as well, attempting to set up a smuggling job. Mal argues with Inara's date and finds himself in a duel with a renowned swordsman
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    A Long Way Down (2014)

    Four strangers happen to meet on a London rooftop with the intent of committing suicide on New Year's Eve. They decide to call off their plans for six weeks and form an unconventional, dysfunctional family and friendship.
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    Catastrophe (2015)

    Season 1 , Episode 1
    School-teacher Sharon picks up visiting American Rob for a wild weekend of non-stop sex. He returns to the States but when Sharon calls to tell him that she is pregnant he returns and suggests that they become an item, especially after a doctor has told them that the pregnancy needs close monitoring.
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    Catastrophe (2015)

    Season 1 , Episode 2
    Nobody seems to think it a good idea that Rob marries Sharon, certainly not his mother, whom he phones long distance, or Dave, his only friend in London.
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    Catastrophe (2015)

    Season 1 , Episode 3
    Sharon keeps waking in the night worrying about her pregnancy whilst Rob is having problems generating business for the advertising agency and is relieved to run into Chris, who, on a night out, suggests a career change.