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  • 2017
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    Arcadia

    Arcadia

    7.10 2017 HD

    A provocative and poetic exploration of how the British people have seen their own land through more than a century of cinema. A hallucinated journey...

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  • 2014
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    Electricity

    Electricity

    5.90 2014 HD

    A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip.

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  • 1941
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    Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch

    Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch

    1 1941 HD

    Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".

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  • 1992
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    The Long Day Closes

    The Long Day Closes

    7.26 1992 HD

    Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the...

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  • 1902
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    Lord Kitchener's Arrival at Southampton

    Lord Kitchener's Arrival at Southampton

    4.90 1902 HD

    Horatio Herbert Kitchener gets an enviable welcome on his return from the Second Boer War.

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  • 1973
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    My Ain Folk

    My Ain Folk

    7.00 1973 HD

    When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off to a welfare home and Jamie goes to live with his...

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  • 2021
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    The Real Charlie Chaplin

    The Real Charlie Chaplin

    7.50 2021 HD

    A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.

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  • 2019
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    Rocks

    Rocks

    6.60 2019 HD

    15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has...

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  • 2019
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    XY Chelsea

    XY Chelsea

    5.90 2019 HD

    The historic story of whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Shot over two years and featuring exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes verité with...

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  • 1976
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    Children

    Children

    5.59 1976 HD

    Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his...

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  • 1966
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    Jemima + Johnny

    Jemima + Johnny

    1 1966 HD

    A white boy and a black Jamaican girl have a day out in a city where racial hostility prevails.

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  • 2022
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    Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen

    Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen

    5.70 2022 HD

    The story of Queen Elizabeth II in her own words, featuring never-before-seen home movies.

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  • 2016
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    Spaceship

    Spaceship

    4.70 2016 HD

    When his daughter goes missing in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel's search takes him dangerously close to her strange group of so-called...

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  • 1993
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    Wittgenstein

    Wittgenstein

    6.41 1993 HD

    A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose...

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  • 2024
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    Edge of Summer

    Edge of Summer

    1 2024 HD

    A summer holiday and an old folk tale bring two 11-year-olds together as they set out to explore just what, or who, is calling to them, from deep...

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  • 2020
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    The Reason I Jump

    The Reason I Jump

    7.20 2020 HD

    Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, filmmaker Jerry Rothwell examines the lives of five non-speaking, autistic youngsters.

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  • 1996
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    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    6.40 1996 HD

    In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into...

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  • 1991
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    Young Soul Rebels

    Young Soul Rebels

    5.00 1991 HD

    Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

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  • 1976
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    Enemy

    Enemy

    8.00 1976 HD

    Frightening events unfold that may or may not be figments of Marigold’s imagination.

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  • 2018
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    Been So Long

    Been So Long

    5.60 2018 HD

    A single mother in London's Camden Town hears music when she meets a handsome stranger with a past. But she's not sure she's ready to open her heart.

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