Born to Be Blue (2015)
Biography | Drama | Music
A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker's musical comeback in the late '60s.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Tony Nappo, Callum Rennie, Stephen McHattie, Janet-Laine Green
Director: Robert Budreau
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History | Music | Musical
In 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, Gilbert and Sullivan's latest work, "Princess Ida," receives lukewarm press. Sullivan rejects Gilbert's next idea as "topsy-turvy" and unbelievable, and although Gilbert tries to accomodate him, they cannot agree. Mired at a creative impasse, Gilbert and Sullivan can barely converse. Then, Gilbert's wife, Lucy "Kitty" Gilbert, drags him along to a Japanese exhibition–exposure to the very different culture begins inspiration to embark on the production of "The Mikado."
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Lesley Manville, Eleanor David, Ron Cook, Timothy Spall
Director: Mike Leigh
Miles Ahead (2015)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
Starring: Don Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Keith Stanfield, Austin Lyon
Director: Don Cheadle
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport
The story of Great Britain's first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics.
Starring: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Jo Hartley, Tim McInnerny, Daniel Ings
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Close-Up / Close Up / Nema-ye Nazdik (1990)
Biography | Drama
Internationally revered Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami ('Taste of Cherry', 'Ten') has created some of the most inventive and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years, and Close-up is his most radical, brilliant work. This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves. With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots, Close-up continues to resonate with viewers around the world.
Starring: Hohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah, Monoochehr Ahankhah, Mahrokh Ahankhah, Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
I Saw the Light (2015)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, David Krumholtz, Cherry Jones, Maddie Hasson
Director: Marc Abraham
Bobby (2016)
Biography | Documentary | Sport
A film which marks the 50th anniversary of England's victory in the 1966 World Cup, and uncovers the truth behind the man who led them to it… Bo66y is a powerful, dramatic and deeply personal portrait of a genuine footballing icon. Moore fought many battles besides those witnessed by millions on the football field. Behind the glory lies the story of a man who faced highs and lows with the same strength and bravery. But he died young, cruelly shunned by the game and by the very people who owed him so much. The story is told by his two wives, his friends and fans, including Pele, Sir Geoff Hurst Harry Redknapp, Ray Davies, Ray Winstone and Russell Brand, and more than 30 others, whose words are mixed with as yet unseen archive footage.
Starring: Gordon Banks, Geoff Hurst, Bobby Moore, Pelé, Harry Redknapp
Director: Ron Scalpello
Persona Non Grata / Sugihara Chiune (2015)
Adventure | Biography | History | War
The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is the story of a man who believed in doing all he could do for the benefit of his beloved Japan, including trying to keep her from becoming embroiled in a worldwide conflict he saw as inevitable. Along the way, he came face to face with the plight of the European Jews as they tried to escape the onslaught of the Nazi's and the rapidly advancing German army. Caught between the unbending policies of his country now bound by treaty with Nazi Germany and his awakening moral responsibilities, we follow his life from his early days in Manchuria to his eventual posting in Lithuania and his appointment with destiny which would forever brand him a hero.
Starring: Toshiaki Karasawa, Koyuki, Fumiyo Kohinata, Takashi Tsukamoto
Director: Cellin Gluck
Holding the Man (2015)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years to laugh in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve, tried to destroy them.
Starring: Ryan Corr, Sarah Snook, Guy Pearce, Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Fox, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Neil Armfield
I Am Ali (2014)
Biography | Documentary | Sport
Unprecedented access to Muhammad Ali's personal archive of "audio journals" as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legend's life story.
Starring: Muhammad Ali Jnr, Hana Ali, Maryum Ali, Muhammad Ali, Rahaman Ali, Jim Brown
Director: Clare Lewins
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport
The story of Great Britain's first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics.
Starring: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Jo Hartley, Tim McInnerny, Daniel Ings
Director: Dexter Fletcher
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Memoria (2015)
Biography | Drama
Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists and a dysfunctional family life, he is struggling to find his place in the world.
Starring: Sam Dillon, Thomas Mann, James Franco, Teo Halm
Director: Vladimir de Fontenay, Nina Ljeti
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Love Records: Anna mulle Lovee (2016)
Biography | Drama | Music
The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960's and 1970's Finland.
Starring: Jarkko Niemi, Riku Nieminen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Alina Tomnikov, Kari Hietalahti, Enni Ojutkangas
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä
Concussion (2015)
Biography | Drama | Sport
A look at how American football players suffer from major head injuries and life-long debilitating problems as a result of repeated concussions and efforts by the National Football League to deny it.
Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morse, Arliss Howard
Director: Peter Landesman
Neerja (2016)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
The film revolves around the Libya backed Abu Nidal Organization's hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Pakistan on 5 September 1986. The film is shown from the point of view of the flight's head purser Neerja Bhanot who thwarted the hijack attempt by preventing the plane from taking off, and saved the lives of 359 passengers and crew on board.
Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi
Director: Ram Madhvani
Electric Slide (2014)
Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A chronicle of the life of furniture salesman turned bank robber Eddie Dodson.
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Isabel Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Vinessa Shaw, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Lambert
Director: Tristan Patterson
The Lady in the Van (2015)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Alan Bennett’s big-screen comedic adaptation of his own memoir and stage play. Bennett’s story is based on the true story of Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who “temporarily” parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.
Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent, Frances de la Tour, Roger Allam
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Bound for Glory (1976)
Biography | Drama | Music
Based on the life of Woody Guthrie, Bound for Glory explores the social, economic, and political hardships that molded his beliefs. Beginning with his life in Texas and his horrific experiences in the Southwest Dust Bowl, the film follows Guthrie as he moves to California to begin his radio career. There he discovers the political power of music, which he harnesses by writing and singing his own songs about human suffering.
Starring: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Director: Hal Ashby
Selena / Selena: The Movie (1997)
Biography | Drama | Music
The true story of Selena Quintanilla Pérez, a Texas born tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Constance Marie, Jacob Vargas, George Perez
Director: Gregory Nava
Nina (2016)
Biography | Drama | Music
The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
Starring: Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo, Mike Epps, Ella Thomas, Ronald Guttman, Mary Pat Gleason
Director: Cynthia Mort
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