Nov 30, 2020
Dir: Henry Blake | Cast: Conrad Khan, Ashley Madekwe,
First time filmmaker Henry Blake directs this unflinching slice of social realism about a teenage boy who finds himself drawn into a...
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Nov 23, 2020
Dir. Veiko Ounpuu. Estonia, Finland. 2020. 117 mins
The vast wastelands of Lapland are the setting for this tortured tale of limited opportunities for those fighting to survive an uncertain future....
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Nov 16, 2020
Dir: Yoon Sung-a | Doc, 90'
It you are bored with the daily grind of working from home in these tedious Covid times then spare a thought for Filipino domestic workers...
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Nov 14, 2020
Dir.: Mathieu Kassovitz; Cast: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kuondé, Said Taghmaoui, Francois Levental, Karim Belkhadra, Edoard Montoute, Ahmed Ghilli; France 1995, 97 min.
French writer and director Matthieu Kassovitz was just 27...
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Nov 13, 2020
Dir: James Erskine | US Biopic, 97'
James Erskine's documentary about one of the greatest jazz legends of all time pays exuberant tribute to its focus: Billie Holiday. Born Eleanor Fagan...
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Nov 13, 2020
Dir: Werner Herzog | Doc 97'
Close encounters of the cosmic kind are the focus of Werner Herzog's latest documentary as he joins up again with volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer (Into the...
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Nov 13, 2020
Dir/wri: Krzysztof Zanusssi | Cast: Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul-Podlasky, Mariusz Dmochowski, Wojciech Alaborski | 106min Comedy Drama Polish with subtitles
Krzysztof Zanusssi’s Camouflage is a satire worthy of Lubitsch, set in a summer...
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Nov 13, 2020
Dir.: Monica Jordan-Mlodzianowska; Cast: Julia Kijowska, Barthlomiej Tapa, Lukasz Simlat, Andrzej Konopka; Poland 2019, 85 min.
The coal mines of Silesia form the gritty backdrop to this fraught menage a trois...
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Nov 12, 2020
The UK Jewish Film Festival presents an online edition from 5 – 19 November 2020 exploring Jewish and Israeli life, history and culture.
Festival screenings will take place on their own...
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