Morgan (2016)
Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being.
Starring: Rose Leslie, Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Paul Giamatti, Boyd Holbrook, Toby Jones
Director: Luke Scott
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
Family
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit.
Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Andrew Scott, Rafe Spall, Jessica Hynes, Harry Enfield
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Toni Erdmann (2016)
Comedy | Drama
A father tries to reconnect with his adult daughter.
Starring: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Hadewych Minis
Director: Maren Ade
Perdiendo el norte / Losing the North (2015)
Comedy
Two young Spanish men, with a university education, are tired of unemployment and decide to move to Germany. But soon they will find out that finding a better living is not as easy as they expected.
Starring: Julián López, Blanca Suárez, José Sacristán, Javier Cámara, Carmen Machi, Úrsula Corberó
Director: Nacho G. Velilla
"Sense8" A Christmas Special (TV Episode 2016)
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The journey continues as these eight singular hearts and minds weave in and out of each other's lives finding deeper connections, learning darker secrets about one another and struggling to identify with more than just oneself.
Starring: Doona Bae, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton, Toby Onwumere, Max Riemelt, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Brian J. Smith
Director: Lana Wachowski
Dear John (2010)
Drama | Romance | War
A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.
Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, Scott Porter, Luke Benward
Director: Lasse Hallström
Gandhi (1982)
Biography | Drama | History
Ben Kingsley stars as Mahatma Gandhi, who rose from small-time lawyer to India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule in India.
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills
Director: Richard Attenborough
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
Drama
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.
Starring: Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa
Director: Maria Schrader
Heaven Sent (2016)
Drama | Family
Echoing in the deepest depths of space, a humble prayer ascends: One from Maire Taylor, a smart, beautiful businesswoman who asks that her husband find the strength and wisdom to let go of their 9 year old marriage … While a second prayer simultaneously comes from Billy Taylor, a hopelessly romantic artist who asks that his wife receive the strength and wisdom to hold on. From these humble pleas, comes an answer in the form of a little miracle who takes it upon herself to rekindle the once intimate friendship and romance that has slowly, but surely slipped away from Billy and Maire due to a heart-wrenching loss. Using all of her skill and charm our little 8 year old runaway comically sets out to heal their broken hearts and save their marriage by helping them get back to the basics of love.
Starring: Christian Kane, Marley Shelton, Ryan McPartlin, Mallory James Mahoney, Ernie Hudson, Andi Davis, Hannah Marie Hines
Director: Michael Landon Jr.
Shadow World (2016)
Documentary
Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Hiroshima mon amour / Hiroshima, My Love (1959)
Drama | Romance
A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.
Starring: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
Director: Alain Resnais
La Dolce Vita / La dolce vita / The Sweet Life (1960)
Comedy | Drama
Marcello's beat is Rome's international jet-set, an exotic world indelibly brought to life. In pursuit of the next big scandal, Marcello is continually seduced and repulsed by the hedonistic lifestyle of the rich, amoral and bored to whom nothing is sacred. Marcello's unforgettable encounters with an American sexpot, his wealthy lover, his suicidal girlfriend, his cultured mentor, and his estranged father lay bare the emptiness behind the glitz of "the sweet life.
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny
Director: Federico Fellini
Planet Single / Planeta singli (2016)
Comedy | Romance
He is one of the top celebrities in the country: a fast-talking TV host, who can joke his way out of any situation. Women want to be with him, men want to be like him. He is looking for a new topic to discuss in his popular talk-show. She is a teacher at a musical school – a timid girl looking for Mr. Perfect on an internet dating site. He will help her realise her potential and teach her how to recognise various types of men for what they are, she will teach him what real life is about. The show will become a huge hit. It seems they are destined to fall in love and be together, but one day she actually does meet Mr. Perfect on the net.
Starring: Maciej Stuhr, Agnieszka Wiedlocha, Piotr Glowacki, Weronika Ksiazkiewicz, Tomasz Karolak
Director: Mitja Okorn
Aquarius (2016)
Drama
Clara, a 65 year old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Boa Viagem Avenue, Recife. All the neighboring apartments have already been acquired by a company which has other plans for that plot. Clara has pledged to only leave her place upon her death, and will engage in a cold war of sorts with the company. This tension both disturbs Clara and gives her that edge on her daily routine. It also gets her thinking about her loved ones, her past and her future.
Starring: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Emma (1996)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend, Harriet, and so causes her to come to grief. Through the sharp words of Mr. Knightley, and the example of the opinionated Mrs. Elton, someone not unlike herself, Emma's attitudes begin to soften.
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Bernard Hepton, Mark Strong, Samantha Morton, Olivia Williams, James Hazeldine
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Che? / What? (1972)
Comedy
A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems right. Her visit becomes an absurd, decadent, oversexed version of "Alice in Wonderland", with Marcello Mastroianni as the maddest of mad hatters and Roman Polanski a kinky March hare.
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Hugh Griffith, Sydne Rome, Roman Polanski
Director: Roman Polanski
Nitro Rush (2016)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
We find Max in jail, after loosing his young wife. When he learns that his son Theo has just been hired by a criminal organization, Max will risk everything to save him. His car chase and athlete skills will prove to be a great asset.
Starring: Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Raymond Bouchard, Antoine Desrochers, Madeleine Péloquin, Myriam Tallard
Director: Alain Desrochers
Dragonwyck (1946)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.
Starring: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Goodfellas (1990)
Biography | Crime | Drama
The life and times of Henry Hill, who grew up idolizing the wise guys in his neighborhood and eventually became one of them. With his friends Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, Henry lived the dream life of taking whatever he wanted and answering to no one – until everything caught up with him.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero
Director: Martin Scorsese
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
Biography | Drama | History
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
Starring: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Jackie Earle Haley, Aja Naomi King, Mark Boone Junior, Penelope Ann Miller
Director: Nate Parker
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