DiG!
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Two bands turn from friends to rivals as they struggle to make it big in the Nineties rock scene.
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Festival
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A cynical ensemble comedy of life on the inside of the Edinburgh Festival.
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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Gregory Peck plays the iconic role of Atticus Finch, a small town lawyer who defends a negro in the lynch mob years before civil rights.
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Les Miserables In Concert
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10th Anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
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The Sound Of Music
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Julie Andrews climbs every mountain in the record-breaking World War II-ish musical.
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The Skeleton Key
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Spooky goings on in an old house with old people (and Kate Hudson) in Louisiana.
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The Muppet Show: Series One
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Anarchic humour for TV puppets in 1976.
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The Polar Express
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A sceptical boy rides on a magic train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. Out on re-issue.
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Whispering Corridors
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Ghostly murder at a South Korean girls school.
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Fighting fit for a debut feature Valéry Carnoy talks toxic masculinity, memory, confidence and Belgian 'soft-power'

Collective power We look ahead at the programme of this year's Folk Film Gathering

Writing hidden messages Arnaud Desplechin on guilt, melodrama, feeling haunted, and Two Pianos

Clever crafting with Idiots Chris Barfoot on his six-camera set up and three-day shoot of his debut feature

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