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In 1843 London, author Charles Dickens finds himself in financial trouble and desperate for a hit. Dickens relies on real-life inspiration and vivid imagination to bring Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and others to life in A Christmas Carol.

A professional who specialises in career transition counselling (a euphemism for firing people) looks to accomplish his two main goals in life - to accumulate 1 million frequent flyer miles, and to land a job at a mysterious management company called MythTech.

The true-life story of the spontaneous Christmas Eve truce declared by Scottish, French and German troops in the trenches of World War I. Enemies leave their weapons behind for one night as they band together in brotherhood and forget about the brutalities of war. Stars Diane Kruger, and Daniel Bruhl.

'My plan was to die before the money ran out,' says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price (Michelle Pfeiffer), but things didn't go as planned. Her husband Franklin has been dead for 12 years and with his vast inheritance gone, she cashes in the last of her possessions and resolves to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris, accompanied by her dire

A mother with a sketchy past washes windows at traffic lights, saving every cent to win back custody of her kids. After promising her daughter a birthday party, she fights social services and breaks the rules to keep her word.

Twist is a Dicken's classic brought thrillingly up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday. The film features an all-star British cast including two-time Academy Award winner Sir Michael Caine as Fagin, Lena Headey as Sikes, Rita Ora plays Dodge, Franz Drameh as Batesey, Sophie Simnett as

Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv and is about to be married off to a promising young man. Everything changes when her older sister, Esther dies during childbirth and her now-widower becomes a proposed match to Shira instead. She will have to choose between her heart's wish and her family duty. Directed by Rama Burshtein and stars Hadas Y

In 1843 London, author Charles Dickens finds himself in financial trouble and desperate for a hit. Dickens relies on real-life inspiration and vivid imagination to bring Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and others to life in A Christmas Carol.

Scrabble-obsessed Merseyside tailor Alan's eldest son Michael stormed out of the house after a particularly heated round of the popular board game, never to return. Years later, Alan and his other son Peter continue the search while trying to repair their own strained relationship.

An unlikely bond forms between a single woman's 12-year-old son and the boozy misanthrope who lives next door.

'My plan was to die before the money ran out,' says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price (Michelle Pfeiffer), but things didn't go as planned. Her husband Franklin has been dead for 12 years and with his vast inheritance gone, she cashes in the last of her possessions and resolves to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris, accompanied by her dire

Classic film review series hosted by living legends Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton. In this episode, they interview Jeff Katzenberg and James Baxter.

Twelve-year-old Antoine Doinel is given extra homework as a severe punishment. It happens that he is unable to do it. Not daring to go back to school the next day, Antoine, together with his best friend Rene, discovers the joys of playing truant. That afternoon, he stumbles across his mother on the arm of a strange man.

Set in 1890s England, a comedy of mistaken identity ensues when two young gentlemen friends use the same alias (Ernest) to pursue the women they love. Based on the Oscar Wilde play. Directed by Oliver Parker and stars Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Rupert Everett and Judy Dench.

The late Dame Maggie Smith was a prominent figure in British culture for six decades. This episode takes a look back at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning actress.

Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability.

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.

A young woman vampire is unable to kill to meet her need for blood, but may have found a solution in a young man with certain tendencies.

It's 1969 and London isn't exactly swinging for struggling, unemployed actors Withnail and I. Living among the crumbling squalor of a Camden flat, their uneventful existence is fuelled by cheap booze, drugs, and lighter fluid.

From gothic-look outsider in Beetlejuice to struggling mother in Stranger Things, Winona Ryder's career is just like her - anything but ordinary. Colleagues such as director David Seltzer, who first met the 14-year-old Winona on the set of his film, Lucas, and Karron Graves, who played alongside her in The Crucible, have their say. They provide previously unknown insights into the life of the actr

Twelve-year-old Antoine Doinel is given extra homework as a severe punishment. It happens that he is unable to do it. Not daring to go back to school the next day, Antoine, together with his best friend Rene, discovers the joys of playing truant. That afternoon, he stumbles across his mother on the arm of a strange man.

When a group of Shaolin monks fail in city life, they form a soccer team under the coaching of a disgraced soccer legend.

Catherine Deneuve and real-life sister Francoise Dorleac play sisters who dream of love and happiness outside of their town of Rochefort. This perky and energetic French musical was made by award-winning director Jacques Demy and also stars Gene Kelly and George Chakiris.

A professional who specialises in career transition counselling (a euphemism for firing people) looks to accomplish his two main goals in life - to accumulate 1 million frequent flyer miles, and to land a job at a mysterious management company called MythTech.

A young woman vampire is unable to kill to meet her need for blood, but may have found a solution in a young man with certain tendencies.

In 1843 London, author Charles Dickens finds himself in financial trouble and desperate for a hit. Dickens relies on real-life inspiration and vivid imagination to bring Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and others to life in A Christmas Carol.

An anarchic and offbeat story of thirty-six hours in the lives of the Beatles as they travel from Liverpool to London to perform on a TV show. However, things take a dramatic turn as they realise that their drummer, Ringo, has gone missing. Director Richard Lester uses a variety of cinematographic styles including documentary, surrealism and neo-realism to create one of the milestone pictures of t

A conservative lawyer marries a vivacious woman and the two move into a busy Greenwich Village apartment.

In 1950s London, a humourless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.

Follows seven men and women from Cologne on their search for a balance between emotional security and sensual fulfillment.

After the death of her beloved husband, Marie Curie's commitment to science remains strong as she tries to explain previously unknown radioactive elements. But it soon becomes terrifyingly evident that her work could lead to applications in medicine that could save thousands of lives - or applications in warfare that could destroy them by the billions.

Set during the final days of the admired photo development system known as Kodachrome, Matt and his father Benjamine, who is terminally ill, hit the road in order to reach the Kansas photo lab before it closes its doors for good.

Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability.

An anarchic and offbeat story of thirty-six hours in the lives of the Beatles as they travel from Liverpool to London to perform on a TV show. However, things take a dramatic turn as they realise that their drummer, Ringo, has gone missing. Director Richard Lester uses a variety of cinematographic styles including documentary, surrealism and neo-realism to create one of the milestone pictures of t

Set in 1890s England, a comedy of mistaken identity ensues when two young gentlemen friends use the same alias (Ernest) to pursue the women they love. Based on the Oscar Wilde play. Directed by Oliver Parker and stars Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Rupert Everett and Judy Dench.

Twelve-year-old Binti was born in the Congo but has lived with her father Jovial in Belgium since she was a baby. Despite not having any legal documents, Binti wants to live a normal life, and dreams of becoming a famous vlogger like her idol Tatyana.

Gilbert Grape is a young man trapped in an eccentric family in a small American town. He works hard to care for his developmentally disabled teenage brother Arnie, and their mother, while trying to maintain a crumbling house. When Becky arrives in town, she befriends the Grape family and Gilbert develops feelings for her, changing their lives forever. Stars Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Julie

Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability.

In 1950s London, a humourless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.

A charming comedy in which Leaud wanders into a job as a private detective and falls hopelessly and idealistically in love with a client's wife. The film is comprised of several flawlessly observed episodes and Paris has never looked so nice or its inhabitants so whimsically attractive.

Monty Wildhorn, an alcoholic novelist of Westerns, has lost his drive. His nephew pushes him to summer in quiet Belle Isle. He begrudgingly befriends a newly single mom and her 3 girls who help him find the inspiration to write again.

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as Sophie tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.

Eliu is incarcerated in a centre for minors in the heart of the Colombian forest, where the teenagers perform manual labour and intense group therapy.

Sam and Tusker, partners for 20 years, embark on a road trip as dementia starts to take hold of one of them in a bid to hold memories and visit friends, family and places from their past in this bittersweet drama. Stars Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, and Pippa Haywood.

Follows seven men and women from Cologne on their search for a balance between emotional security and sensual fulfillment.

This fascinating culinary documentary follows the endearing yet brutal everyday life of the Faroe Islands and its culinary pearl, two-star Michelin restaurant KOKS. Directed by Rasmus Dinesen, this tells the story of how they cook based on the rough nature where the elements have shaped the landscapes and the mentality.

Catherine Deneuve and real-life sister Francoise Dorleac play sisters who dream of love and happiness outside of their town of Rochefort. This perky and energetic French musical was made by award-winning director Jacques Demy and also stars Gene Kelly and George Chakiris.

Monty Wildhorn, an alcoholic novelist of Westerns, has lost his drive. His nephew pushes him to summer in quiet Belle Isle. He begrudgingly befriends a newly single mom and her 3 girls who help him find the inspiration to write again.

In 1950s London, a humourless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.

A conservative lawyer marries a vivacious woman and the two move into a busy Greenwich Village apartment.

Philippe and his wife are separating, their love irretrievably damaged by the pressures of work.

An anarchic and offbeat story of thirty-six hours in the lives of the Beatles as they travel from Liverpool to London to perform on a TV show. However, things take a dramatic turn as they realise that their drummer, Ringo, has gone missing. Director Richard Lester uses a variety of cinematographic styles including documentary, surrealism and neo-realism to create one of the milestone pictures of t

Twelve-year-old Binti was born in the Congo but has lived with her father Jovial in Belgium since she was a baby. Despite not having any legal documents, Binti wants to live a normal life, and dreams of becoming a famous vlogger like her idol Tatyana.

At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown until now. RBG is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg's exceptional life and career.

In 1951 in Africo, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time.

Queen Margarete has united Denmark, Norway and Sweden in a union, which she rules through her son, King Erik.

Bruno is an unsuccessful director who has just separated from Anna, with whom he had two children. When he is diagnosed with leukemia, he must find a compatible stem cell donor. His father reluctantly reveals a secret which could give a new hope.

This is the farm where Thomas was born. This is his family. His brother, who won't be coming back, his mother, who is going down the same road, and his father, who has always stood aloof. Thomas gets back to everything he ran away from twelve years ago. Only today, there is Alex, his six-year-old nephew, and Mona,the boy's radiant mother.

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as Sophie tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.

At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown until now. RBG is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg's exceptional life and career.

A charming comedy in which Leaud wanders into a job as a private detective and falls hopelessly and idealistically in love with a client's wife. The film is comprised of several flawlessly observed episodes and Paris has never looked so nice or its inhabitants so whimsically attractive.

When her best friend announces his upcoming marriage to a wealthy woman studying in the UK, Gu Jia (Hsu Chi) suddenly realises that she's actually in love with him. She then vows to stop the lavish wedding at all costs. But when she's invited to the bridal party, things get even more complex.

Eliu is incarcerated in a centre for minors in the heart of the Colombian forest, where the teenagers perform manual labour and intense group therapy.

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as Sophie tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.

Monty Wildhorn, an alcoholic novelist of Westerns, has lost his drive. His nephew pushes him to summer in quiet Belle Isle. He begrudgingly befriends a newly single mom and her 3 girls who help him find the inspiration to write again.

A teenage girl and her father have lived undetected for years in Forest Park, a vast forest on the edge of Portland, Oregon. A chance encounter leads to their discovery and removal from the park and into the charge of a social service agency. They try to adapt to their new surroundings, until a sudden decision sets them on a perilous journey into the wilderness seeking complete independence.

Sir Robert Chiltern is a highly respected politician, well-off and with a loving family. But all this is threatened when an old acquaintance appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Only Sir Robert's dissolute best friend, Lord Goring, is scheming enough to come to his aid.

Based on the book by world-renowned author Michael Morpurgo, this film tells the powerful and true story of a young shepherd and a reclusive widow who work together to smuggle Jewish children across the southern border of France into Spain during the horrors of WWII.

Faced with a future of strict ceremonies and royal duties, Empress Elisabeth of Austria rebels against her public image.

Set in Santa Barbara in 1979, a determined single mother enlists the help of two women to help raise her adolescent son in hopes of reconnecting with him.

Queen Margarete has united Denmark, Norway and Sweden in a union, which she rules through her son, King Erik.

Philippe and his wife are separating, their love irretrievably damaged by the pressures of work.

A teenage girl and her father have lived undetected for years in Forest Park, a vast forest on the edge of Portland, Oregon. A chance encounter leads to their discovery and removal from the park and into the charge of a social service agency. They try to adapt to their new surroundings, until a sudden decision sets them on a perilous journey into the wilderness seeking complete independence.

Six fractious dwarfs steal a precious map that shows the locations of a series of time holes scattered across the universe, enabling them to travel back in time. Crashing through the bedroom wardrobe of 11-year-old Craig Warnock and taking him along with them for the ride, they find themselves involved in a series of eccentric encounters with famous historical figures, among them Napoleon, Robin H

In 1951 in Africo, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time.