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https://youtu.be/d40vsr6iSr8 Kermode
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Dave Calhoun
Time Out May 20, 2016
A sombre, ravishing study of grief, guilt and burden.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Francesca Rudkin
New Zealand Herald November 16, 2016
This is a restrained, mature work from Almodovar that compliments the Hitchcock-like mystery as it unravels slowly before us.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

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Rotten Tomatoes 92%
Critics Consensus: Julieta finds writer-director Pedro Almodóvar revisiting familiar themes — and doing so with his signature skill.

After a chance meeting, middle-aged Julieta (Emma Suarez) learns that her long-lost daughter has resurfaced in Madrid. This begins a painful reflection by Julieta into her checkered past, flashing back to the moments of pain that defined her current life. This drama is directed by Spanish master Pedro Almodóvar.

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After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events about her stranded daughter.

Julieta (Emma Suarez) is a middle-aged woman living in Madrid with her boyfriend Lorenzo. Both are going to move to Portugal when she casually runs into Bea, former best friend of her daughter Antia, who reveals that this one is living in Switzerland married and with three children. With the heart broken after 12 years of total absence of her daughter, Julieta cancels the journey to Portugal and she moves to her former building, in the hope that Antia someday communicates with her sending a letter. Alone with her thoughts, Julieta starts to write her memories to confront the pain of the events happened when she was a teenager (Adriana Ugarte) and met Xoan, a Galician fisherman. Falling in love with him, Julieta divides her time between the family, the job and the education of Antia until a fatal accident changes their lives. Slowly decaying in a depression, Julieta is helped by Antia and Bea, but one day Antia goes missing suddenly after a vacation with no clues about where to find … Written by Chockys

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TYPE Feature

APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 97

RELEASE DATES 26/08/2016

BBFCINSIGHT strong sex

GENRE(S) Drama

DIRECTOR(S) Pedro Almodóvar

CAST INCLUDES Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Michelle Jenner, Darío Grandinetti, Rossy de Palma, Susi Sánchez, Pilar Castro, Joaquín Notario, Nathalie Poza, Mariam Bachir

SUMMARY JULIETA is a Spanish drama about a mother’s search for her estranged daughter.

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Rotten Tomatoes 54%
Critics Consensus: Emily Blunt’s outstanding performance isn’t enough to keep The Girl on the Train from sliding sluggishly into exploitative melodrama.
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A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay), Paula Hawkins (based on the novel by)
Stars: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson | See full cast & cre

The Girl on the Train is the story of Rachel Watson’s life post-divorce. Every day, she takes the train in to work in New York, and every day the train passes by her old house. The house she lived in with her husband, who still lives there, with his new wife and child. As she attempts to not focus on her pain, she starts watching a couple who live a few houses down — Megan and Scott Hipwell. She creates a wonderful dream life for them in her head, about how they are a perfect happy family. And then one day, as the train passes, she sees something shocking, filling her with rage. The next day, she wakes up with a horrible hangover, various wounds and bruises, and no memory of the night before. She has only a feeling: something bad happened. Then come the TV reports: Megan Hipwell is missing. Rachel becomes invested in the case and trying to find out what happened to Megan, where she is, and what exactly she herself was up to that same night Megan went missing.

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TYPE Feature

APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 116

RELEASE DATES 05/10/2016

BBFCINSIGHT strong language, sex, violence

GENRE(S) Thriller, Drama

DIRECTOR(S) Tate Taylor

CAST INCLUDES Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Laura Prepon, Rebecca Ferguson, Luke Evans, Justin Theroux, Lisa Kudrow

SUMMARY THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN is a US mystery thriller in which a woman becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a person’s disappearance.

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https://youtu.be/6k3LK1b7vQ8 Kermode
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Peter Travers
Rolling Stone September 23, 2016
Directed by the great Mira Nair, the film hits you like a shot in the heart. Nyong’o and Oyelowo are both extraordinary, giving newcomer Nalwanga a chance to shine as Phiona grows into her own woman.
Full Review | Original Score: ¾

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Rex Reed
New York Observer September 28, 2016
The story is true, and the message it delivers-with care and help, the disenfranchised can become role models and inspire others-is unabashedly sentimental, but in a good way.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

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Rotten Tomatoes 88%
Critics Consensus: Queen of Katwe is a feel-good movie of uncommon smarts and passion, and outstanding performances by Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo help to elevate the film past its cliches.

“Queen of Katwe” is the colorful true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion. Directed by Mira Nair (“Monsoon Wedding”) from a screenplay by William Wheeler (“The Hoax”) based on the book by Tim Crothers, “Queen of Katwe” is produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher (“The Darjeeling Limited”) and John Carls (“Where the Wild Things Are”) with Will Weiske and Troy Buder serving as executive producers. The film stars Golden Globe (R) nominee David Oyelowo (“Selma”), Oscar (R) winner and Tony Award (R) nominee Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave”) and newcomer Madina Nalwanga. For 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi (Nalwanga) and her family, life in the impoverished slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle. Her mother, Harriet (Nyong’o), is fiercely determined to take care of her family and works tirelessly selling vegetables in the market to make sure her children are fed and have a roof over their heads. When Phiona meets Robert Katende (Oyelowo), a soccer player turned missionary who teaches local children chess, she is captivated. Chess requires a good deal of concentration, strategic thinking and risk taking, all skills which are applicable in everyday life, and Katende hopes to empower youth with the game. Phiona is impressed by the intelligence and wit the game requires and immediately shows potential. Recognizing Phiona’s natural aptitude for chess and the fighting spirit she’s inherited from her mother, Katende begins to mentor her, but Harriet is reluctant to provide any encouragement, not wanting to see her daughter disappointed. As Phiona begins to succeed in local chess competitions, Katende teaches her to read and write in order to pursue schooling. She quickly advances through the ranks in tournaments, but breaks away from her family to focus on her own life. Her mother eventually realizes that Phiona has a chance to excel and teams up with Katende to help her fulfill her extraordinary potential, escape a life of poverty and save her family. Disney’s “Queen of Katwe” will open in U.S. theaters on September 23, 2016.

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TYPE Feature

APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 124

RELEASE DATES 21/10/2016

BBFCINSIGHT mild sex references, injury detail, distressing scenes

GENRE(S) Drama

DIRECTOR(S) Mira Nair

CAST INCLUDES Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo, Madina Nalwanga, Martin Kabanza, Taryn ‘Kay’ Kyaze, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Esther Tebandeke

SUMMARY QUEEN OF KATWE is a drama based on the true story of a young girl from the slums in Uganda who trained to become a chess champion.

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Anthony Lane
New Yorker October 19, 2015
When a film is as enjoyable as this one, its timing so sweet, and its atmosphere conjured with such skill, do you really wish to register a complaint? Would it help?
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Peter Travers
Rolling Stone October 16, 2015
Who doesn’t like to cozy up to an old-school spy thriller that knows how to build tension and tighten it?
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

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Rotten Tomatoes 87%
Critics Consensus: Bridge of Spies finds new life in Hollywood’s classic Cold War espionage thriller formula, thanks to reliably outstanding work from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks stars as the American attorney tasked with negotiating the release of a U-2 spy plane pilot who was shot down over Russia at the height of the Cold War in this historical drama from DreamWorks Studios. Steven Spielberg and Mark E. Platt produce a film written by Matt Charman. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen | 1 more credit »
Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda | See full cast & crew »

In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the company of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. Written by Gusde
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TYPE Feature

APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 138

RELEASE DATES 26/11/2015

BBFCINSIGHT infrequent strong language, moderate threat, violence

GENRE(S) War, Drama

DIRECTOR(S) Steven Spielberg

CAST INCLUDES Tom Hanks, Eve Hewson, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Peter McRobbie, Billy Magnussen, Austin Stowell, Domenick Lombardozzi, Mark Rylance, Michael Gaston, Sebastian Koch

SUMMARY BRIDGE OF SPIES is a Cold War drama in which a US lawyer is recruited to defend a Soviet spy and help the CIA to rescue a missing pilot.

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https://youtu.be/4ZheAEHxRXs Kermode

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Dave Calhoun
Time Out November 23, 2016
It echoes Hansen-Løve’s previous films in her delicate approach to the passing of time and her sensitivity toward life’s expectations and disappointments.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
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David Ehrlich
indieWIRE October 4, 2016
Convincing proof that Mia Hansen-Løve is one of the best filmmakers on the planet.
Full Review | Original Score: A

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Rotten Tomatoes 86%
Critics Consensus: A union to cherish between a writer-director and star working at peak power, Things to Come offers quietly profound observations on life, love, and the irrevocable passage of time.

Nathalie teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She is passionate about her job and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking. Married with two children, she divides her time between her family, former students and her very possessive mother. One day, Nathalie’s husband announces he is leaving her for another woman. With freedom thrust upon her, Nathalie must reinvent her life

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BBFC 12A
TYPE Feature

APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 100

RELEASE DATES 02/09/2016

BBFCINSIGHT infrequent strong language, drug misuse

GENRE(S) Drama

DIRECTOR(S) Mia Hansen-Løve

CAST INCLUDES Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob, Sarah Le Picard, Solal Forte

SUMMARY THINGS TO COME is a French drama about a middle-aged philosophy teacher who struggles on with her life following several unexpected changes of fortune.

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https://youtu.be/gHoNKEfGeJE Amy Adams Interview

https://youtu.be/3CulyFD9N_0 Amy Adams with THR

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Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune November 10, 2016
The focus is serious human drama, gripping in a way that sci-fi seldom achieves. The film is intricately handsome and rarely showy, flawlessly made and earnest-minded.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
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Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle November 15, 2016
The revelation here is Villeneuve, who expands on the symphonic pacing showcased last year in the drug war drama Sicario. Even though the concept of Arrival is far-out fiction, Villeneuve treats it with no less detail or urgency.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
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Christopher Orr
The Atlantic November 14, 2016
The best film of the year to date, ambitious in conception and extraordinary in execution, has arrived.
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Sara Stewart
New York Post November 10, 2016
“Arrival” makes a moving case that we’ve only scratched the surface of what we think is possible – and what we define as intelligence.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

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Rotten Tomatoes 82%
Critics Consensus: Arrival delivers a must-see experience for fans of thinking person’s sci-fi that anchors its heady themes with genuinely affecting emotion and a terrific performance from Amy Adams.

When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team–lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams)–are brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers–and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
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TYPE Feature

APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 116

RELEASE DATES 10/11/2016

BBFCINSIGHT infrequent strong language

GENRE(S) Science Fiction

DIRECTOR(S) Denis Villeneuve

CAST INCLUDES Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma, Mark O’Brien

SUMMARY ARRIVAL is a science fiction film about an expert linguist employed to communicate with extra-terrestrials.

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