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A prison officer faces a dilemma after a young man from her past is transferred to the jail where she works.
A writer tries to reconnect with his sons.
A family grives over the loss of their son in a freak diving accident.
An exploration of the legend that a woman was impregnated by a bullet during the US Civil War.
After his grandmother’s death, a Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown, nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly forests of Michoacán. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his hybrid identity, sparking a personal and spiritual metamorphosis.
Delightful comedy about childlike imagination and love of the movies.
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people tries to save a body from the flames.
A Nigerian soldier, haunted by his past, returns home after his sister's tragic death. Determined to uncover those responsible, he embarks on a vengeful path, while seeking redemption for his own actions.
The creator of a formula that will make men rich is tempted to betray his firm.
Documentary about the Millennium-trilogy author Stieg Larsson and his pioneering work of fighting right wing extremists and neo-Nazis.
Documentary charting the making of a plastic bowl.
An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home and embarks on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman’s hair for her funeral.
Animated antics from a galaxy far, far away.
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
An old man is taken shopping by a young girl from Community Services.
Documentary tracks the preparations for the Oklahoma State Penitentiary Rodeo in the second year that female cons are allowed to take part.
Documentary following the songwriters and stars of Once, after their triumphant Oscar win.
A film director explores the possibilities offered by tango.
There are other ways to create a monster.
TV series follows Sarah in her quest to save her son from the terminators.
The second, longer season of the Chronicles leads us further into stacked paradoxes and the genesis of a resistance machine intelligence.
Two petty crooks are hunted over rugged country after a gun goes off by mistake in a farmyard.
The plight of jailed Burmese comic Zarganar.
A Tokyo salaryman loses his job and tries to conceal it from his already dysfunctional family.
A young man with a pregnant wife strives to build a future for his family, but living in a refugee camp means that his options are strictly limited.
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, history, America and the human condition.
A scriptwriter is processing what is happening in her life. She meets an innkeeper while traveling.
Intimate portrait of the heavyweight boxer.
How China's Uyghur minority got caught up in the US invasion of Iraq and ended up illegally detained in Guantanamo.
A village competition leads to rivalry and romance in a local choir.
Behind the scenes at The White House when Martin Sheen is President.
Musical docudrama following six 17-year-olds on the cusp of leaving school.
The complicated love life of a compassionate undertaker and a dedicated midwife.
A misfit is brought in to coach his local girl's high school basketball team.
The second season of the Baltimore drug-ring cops - and an all-new case.
A fashion designer who holds workshops in a prison aims to put on a fashion show behind bars.
In Singapore, teacher Ling becomes the object of an infatuation when she takes one of her students under her wing.
Baltimore detective series sees a team of detectives take on a drug lord.
Four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Last series with David Duchovny, in which there are less supernatural shocks.
Sci-fi series soldiers on without David Duchovny, but can it survive?
Where crows are watching JP Davidson and Craig Russell on nature, belief, UK horror and The Cull
Truth and lies Sean Hogan on true crime documentaries, unknowable characters and The Dark Gets In
A walking contradiction Sinéad O'Shea on James 'Fergie' Chambers Jr and All About The Money
Unconventional families Milcho Manchevski on being blacklisted and making Sister Brother Manhole Cover
Expecting the unexpected Jordan Mark Windsor and Sean Wallace on Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant
Celluloid vampire Arthur Harari on Léa Seydoux, the mystery of ideas, and The Unknown
Patrick Stewart dies X-men and Star Trek actor was 86
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