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Miles Ahead Miles Ahead
Miles Ahead and Love & Friendship
Demolition (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jean-Marc Vallée; Writer: Bryan Sipe; Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, Heather Lind)
A man unravelling after the death of his wife forms an unexpected bond with a customer service representative.
Full Review See: Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Cooper in conversation on Demolition
, Jean-Marc Vallée and Judah Lewis in conversation on Demolition
, Bryan Sipe in conversation on Demolition
Disorder (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2015; Director: Alice Winocour; Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Percy Kemp)
When her world starts to crumble, a businessman's isolated wife turns to her bodyguard for help.
Green Room (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jeremy Saulnier; Writer: Jeremy Saulnier; Stars: Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Patrick Stewart, Mark Webber, Joe Cole)
A young punk band is trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling on a murder committed by neo-Nazis.
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Hail, Caesar! (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen; Writer: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen; Stars: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes. Alden Ehrenreich, Heather Goldenhersh, Jonah Hill, Frances McDormand, Christopher Lambert, Michael Gambon)
Capitol Pictures is about to complete its biggest film of the year, but its star has been kidnapped. Can the studio fixer solve the problem in time?
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High-Rise (High Rise) (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Ben Wheatley; Writer: Amy Jump, based on the novel by JG Ballard; Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Dan Renton Skinner, Sienna Guillory, Enzo Cilenti, Peter Ferdinando, Reece Shearsmith, Augustus Prew, Stacy Martin, Leila Mimmack), Trailer
Class war breaks out in a tower block.
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Louder Than Bombs Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs and Demolition
Louder Than Bombs (Country: Norway, France, Denmark, US; Year: 2015; Director: Joachim Trier; Writer: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt; Stars: Rachel Brosnahan, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Ryan, Gabriel Byrne, Ruby Jerins, Isabelle Huppert)
Three years after the death of a war photographer, secrets begin to emerge.
Full Review See: Interview with Isabelle Huppert and Gabriel Byrne about Louder Than Bombs
Love & Friendship (Lady Susan, Love And Friendship) (Country: US, Ireland; Year: 2016; Director: Whit Stillman; Writer: Whit Stillman, from the novella by Jane Austen; Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, Stephen Fry, Emma Greenwell, James Fleet, Jemma Redgrave, Jenn Murray, Lochlann O'Mearáin, Morfydd Clark, Tom Bennett, Justin Edwards, Kelly Campbell, Conor MacNeill, Ross Mac Mahon)
A widowed woman tries to manipulate her daughter into marriage.
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Miles Ahead (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Don Cheadle; Writer: Steven Baigelman, Don Cheadle; Stars: Ewan McGregor, Keith Stanfield, Don Cheadle, Michael Stuhlbarg, Emayatzy Corinealdi)
A biopic of legendary musician Miles Davis.
Full Review See: Don Cheadle and Emayatzy Corinealdi in conversation on Miles Ahead
Time Out Of Mind (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Oren Moverman; Writer: Jeffrey Caine, Oren Moverman; Stars: Jena Malone, Richard Gere, Danielle Brooks, Abigail Savage, Geraldine Hughes, Yul Vazquez, Brian d'Arcy James, Ben Vereen, Jeremy Strong, Tonye Patano, Colman Domingo, Dominic Colon, Lisa Datz, Victor Pagan, Faye Yvette McQueen)
A homeless man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Full Review See: Q&A with Richard Gere
, Richard Gere and Oren Moverman in conversation on Time Out of Mind
Truth (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: James Vanderbilt; Writer: Mary Mapes, James Vanderbilt; Stars: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Bruce Greenwood, David Lyons, Toni French, John Benjamin Hickey, Lee Anne Ford, Rachael Blake, Andrew McFarlane, Martin Sacks, Natalie Saleeba, Nicholas Hope)
Docudrama about the journalistic team who probed whether George W Bush had dodged the draft.
Time Out Of Mind Time Out Of Mind
Time Out Of Mind and High-Rise
Urban Hymn (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Michael Caton-Jone; Stars: Shirley Henderson, Letitia Wright, Isabella Laughland)
A former sociology lecturer out of her depth in front line care bonds with a troubled teenager and invites her to join her choir.
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