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The Graduate and The Double
The Bride! (Country: US, France; Year: 2026; Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal; Writer: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Shelley; Stars: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Magaro, Matthew Maher, Jeannie Berlin)
In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.
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Certified Copy (Copie Conforme) (Country: France, Italy, Iran; Year: 2010; Director: Abbas Kiarostami; Writer: Abbas Kiarostami; Stars: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Gianna Giachetti, Adrian Moore) , Trailer
When an art historian persuades a writer to accompany her on a drive through rural Tuscany, a strange game develops.
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The Double (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Richard Ayoade; Writer: Richard Ayoade, Avi Korine; Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Rade Serbedzija, Cathy Moriarty, Gemma Chan, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Yasmin Paige, Nathalie Cox, Phyllis Somerville, Tony Rohr, Joanna Finata, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Jon Korkes) , Official Site , Trailer
Jesse Eisenberg finds his world turned upside down by the arrival of a confident and ambitious doppelganger.
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The Graduate (Country: US; Year: 1967; Director: Mike Nichols; Writer: Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, based on the novel by Charles Webb; Stars: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katherine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson, Norman Fell, Buck Henry)
Classic Sixties Californian satire on the sexual initiation of a shy 21-year-old virgin.
Full Review See: Dustin Hoffman still working out life's mysteries as he receives Crystal Globe
Mean Streets (Country: US; Year: 1973; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin; Stars: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, Cesare Danova, Victor Argo, George Memmoli, Lenny Scaletta, Jeannie Bell)
Trouble brews for a smalltime hood in Little Italy.
Full Review See: Harvey Keitel on Sorrentino, Campion and Scorsese
, Martin Scorsese talks at BAFTA life in pictures event
The Bride! The Bride!
The Bride! and The Order
The Order (Country: US, Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Justin Kurzel; Writer: Zach Baylin, based on the book by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt; Stars: Marc Maron, George Tchortov, Daniel Yip, Daniel Doheny, Sebastian Pigott, Jude Law, John Warkentin, Nicholas Hoult, Phillip Forest Lewitski, Vanessa Holmes, Bryan J McHale, Rae Farrer, Carter Morrison, Odessa Young, Tye Sheridan)
An FBI agent comes to believe a series of violent crimes are the work of domestic terrorists.
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