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1) Mrs. Brown
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Dramatisation of one of history's most unusual love stories. Queen Victoria is grieving over her husband's death and finds herself unable to carry out public duties. John Brown is summoned from Balmoral to walk the Queen's pony in the hope that she will start to become herself again. The confident Highlander displays a distinct lack of respect for court protocol and quickly becomes the Queen's most trusted companion.
2) Listen
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LISTEN portrays the tireless battle of Portuguese immigrant parents in the UK against the law to keep their family together.
3) Ray & Liz
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“Richard Billingham’s blisteringly honest photos of his alcoholic dad and his mountainous, tattooed mom – RAY AND LIZ, as they have come to be intimately known – were the toast of Charles Saatchi’s epochal late ‘90s exhibition Sensation.” – Elizabeth Fullerton, British art critic. One of Britain’s most celebrated artists, Billingham has made an autobiographical debut feature that immerses the viewer in his Midlands childhood of...
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Joe (Daniel Craig) is an accomplished writer and professor whose rational life is thrust into a downward spiral of guilt after witnessing a freak, fatal ballooning accident while picnicking with girlfriend Claire (Samantha Morton). Jed (Rhys Ifans), another man involved in that fateful day, seeks out Joe looking for consolation and a way to make sense of this tragedy they’ve both witnessed. Jed soon becomes as inescapable to Joe as his guilt, and...
5) Trust Me
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Harry delights in conning people, but comes gloriously unstuck when he poses as a hitman trying to sell his memoirs. With irate reporters and two real hitmen after him, and his brother's marriage and career to salvage, can Harry's glib tongue save his skin?
6) Threads
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A docudrama about the effects of a nuclear attack on the working-class city of Sheffield, England as the fabric of society unravels. In 1984, it was aired on the BBC and shocked tens of millions of UK viewers. Four months later, it was broadcast in America and became the most watched basic cable program in history. It remains one of the most acclaimed made-for-television movies ever. Nominated for seven prizes, winner of four awards, including Best...
7) Glitterbug
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A stunning collage of ecstatic Super-8 fragments, GLITTERBUG is a loving tribute to Derek Jarman posthumously assembled by friends from his prolific filming of everyday events and his experimental investigations of the format. Jarman’s vibrant photography combined with dynamic cutting reveals glimpses into his picaresque life, from London streets to Spanish countryside—with visions of dances, performances, intimate moments and quiet observations....
8) The Mercy
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The incredible true story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth) who competes in a historic race to sail around the world. Leaving behind a loving wife (Rachel Weisz), he embarks on a harrowing journey and risks everything.
9) Ali & Ava
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Sparks fly as two lonely people develop a deep connection despite the lingering legacy of past relationships. A compelling love story enveloped in music and imbued with humor. BAFTA nominee for Best British Film.
10) A quiet passion
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Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson as she personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. Acclaimed British director Terence Davies (*House of Mirth, The Deep Blue Sea*) exquisitely evokes Dickinson’s deep attachment to her close knit family along with the manners, mores and spiritual convictions of her time that she struggled with and...
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“He has other reputations as well—as an academic, as a maker of curious artifacts, as a cataloguer of the bizarre and as a librarian of the absurd.” Peter Greenaway might well have been describing himself in this thumbnail sketch of Canton Remodell, a character in an unmade project. Before his international arthouse hits like THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER, Greenaway made a series of highly inventive films that established all the...
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Watch this film ticket-free through February 19, 2024 and discuss the film with others on the [Big Movie Watch discussion board]( https://lib.kanopy.com/bigmoviewatch/join-the-discussion/?utm_medium=web&utm_source=[…]=big_movie_watch&utm_content=discussionboard_titledescription). How do you find lasting love in today’s world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe (Lily James), swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr....
14) Unwelcome
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A couple escapes their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to hear stories of mysterious beings who live in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden.
15) Loving Memory
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A brother and sister living in an isolated farmhouse in Yorkshire accidentally run down and kill a cyclist. The body is taken to their house, where the woman slowly comes to imagine that he is their dead elder brother.
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills and Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and moving stories of three very different women affected by the brand's success: co-founder Charles Boon's wife Mary, daydreaming 1970s writer Janet and modern-day literature lecturer Kirstie.
17) The Italian job
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Charlie (Michael Caine) is out of jail and planning the heist of the century. Aided by top criminal mastermind Mr Bridger (Noël Coward), Charlie sets off with a team of villains and to lift {dollar}4,000,000 from under the noses of the Turin Police. Nominated for Best-English Foreign Film at the **Golden Globes.** "*A freewheeling, completely unpretentious chase comedy.*" - Eric Henderson, ***Slant Magazine***
18) Disobedience
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Ronit (Rachel Weisz) returns to the Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a childhood friend Esti (Rachel McAdams). Once reunited, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality. Winner of Best Supporting Actor (Alessandro Nivola) and nominated for Best British Independent Film at the **British Independent Film Awards.** Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film...
20) Exhibition
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When D and H decide to sell the home they have loved and lived in for two decades, they begin a process of saying goodbye to their shared history under the same roof. The upheaval causes anxieties to surface, and wife and performance artist D struggles to control the personal and creative aspects of her life with H. Dreams, memories, and fears have all imprinted themselves on their home, which exists as a container for their lives and has played such...
