Cahit's life is on the rocks, his wife's dead, his job's collecting empties in a rock bar, his clothes are a mess and his flat is a garbage tip. He meets fellow third generation Turkish-German Sibel, who wishes nothing more than to escape the embraces of her deeply religious family, and who proposes a marriage of convenience. The film charts the long and tortuous relationship of these two self-destructive rock'n'rollers in a 'narcotically vivid love story'. More than just a movie.
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HOBSON'S CHOICE (1954)
CertificationU Our Rating
Set in the 1890s this adaptation of Harold Brighouse's working class comedy sees a tyrannical bootmaker brought to heel when his plain-speaking daughter marries his down-trodden simple-minded employee and sets up a successful rival business. Keen direction and fine performances make this a great comedy.
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HOBSON'S CHOICE / THE SOUND BARRIER (1954)
Certification15 Our Rating
1st feature: Set in the 1890s this adaptation of Harold Brighouse's working class comedy sees a tyrannical bootmaker brought to heel when his plain-speaking daughter marries his down-trodden simple-minded employee and makes a successful business. Keen direction and fine performances make this a great comedy.
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IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993)
Certification15 Our Rating
Sheridan and Lewis team up once more in this rightly acclaimed story of the injustice suffered by the Guildford Four. Some liberties may well have been taken with Conlon and Hill's story, but it makes for riveting, gut-wrenching viewing. Absolutely brilliant dramatisation that should have won Oscars.
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IN THIS WORLD (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
We follow young Jamal on the long dangerous land journey from a refugee camp on the Pakistan Afghanistan border thru' Iran, Turkey, Italy and France to the new Mecca; London. Minimalist in dialogue and very naturalistic. Superb.
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INTIMACY (2001)
Certification18 Our Rating
Joe and Claire are utter strangers but they share one very personal and intimate thing, Sex. Once a week the pair come together and have a passionate coupling, it is only when Joe decides to find out more about his mysterious partner that their strange and wordless relationship becomes jeopardised. Intimacy is a powerful and explicit drama, dark and stylish.
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MAGNOLIA (2000)
Certification18 Our Rating
A tour de force with a stellar cast, events unfold over the period of just one day as a series of apparently random characters, from a game show host too an ex-boy genius, weave into each others lives through chance, circumstance and even divine intervention. 'Magnolia' is a drama of the highest order with both comic and very dark touches, some fine performances and an absorbingly intricate story line.
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MUSIC BOX (1989)
Certification15 Our Rating
Stirring courtroom drama with Lange as a lawyer called upon to represent her own father. The accusation that he perpetrated hideous war crimes 50 years previously seems at first preposterous, but as the trial continues she is forced to face some painful truths and make a heartbreaking decision.
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RAIN MAN (1988)
Certification15 Our Rating
Ruthless and insensitive Charlie Babbitt discovers his Dad has left his huge wealth to his autistic elder brother. So he kidnaps Raymond and as they get to know one another they both learn a few lessons in life. A brilliantly acted and poignant tale of brotherly love which scooped several Oscars.
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RED SORGHUM (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
In 1930s North China, a young girl is given to a 50-year-old leper in exchange for a mule, but as she's carried to him through the wilderness she is saved from bandits by a handsome young peasant. Later the leper mysteriously dies and the peasant returns and the pair settle down to make the traditional red sorghum wine. The film shifts from fable to realism when Japanese troops invade the area, destroying the fields with forced labour from the vineyard until the workers revolt against them.
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