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The Ascent [Voskhozhdenie]
1977 111mins Soviet Union (12) War
Directed by Larisa Shepitko Starring Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergey Yakovlev

The crowning triumph of a career cut tragically short, the final film from Larisa Shepitko won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and went on to be hailed as one of the finest works of late Soviet cinema. In the darkest days of World War II, two partisans set out for supplies to sustain their beleaguered outfit, braving the blizzard-swept landscape of Nazi-occupied Belorussia. When they fall into the hands of German forces and come face-to-face with death, each must choose between martyrdom and betrayal, in a spiritual ordeal that lifts the film's earthy drama to the plane of religious allegory. With stark, visceral cinematography that pits blinding white snow against pitch-black despair, THE ASCENT finds poetry and transcendence in the harrowing trials of war.

The Virgin Suicides
1999 97mins USA (15) Thriller
Directed by Sofia Coppola Starring Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Josh Hartnett

In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obsess over them. A story of love and repression, fantasy and terror, sex and death, memory and longing. It is at its core a mystery story: a heart-rending investigation into the impenetrable, life-altering secrets of American adolescence.

Beau Travail
1999 93mins France (15) Drama
Directed by Claire Denis Starring Denis Lavant, Gregoire Colin, Michel Subor

Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.

The Matrix
1999 136mins USA (15) Sci-Fi / Action
Directed by Lana Wachowski|Lilly Wachowski Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

We're All Going to the World's Fair
2021 86mins (15) Horror / Thriller
Directed by Jane Schoenbrun Starring Anna Cobb, Michael J Rogers, May Leitz

Reality and fantasy begin to blur when a teenager, alone in her attic bedroom, immerses herself in a role-playing horror game online.

I Saw the TV Glow
2024 100mins (15) Horror / Drama
Directed by Jane Schoenbrun Starring Justice Smith, Ian Foreman

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen's view of reality begins to crack.

Twilight
2008 122mins USA (12A) Fantasy
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.

Cleo from 5 to 7 [Cléo de 5 à 7]
1962 89mins France, Italy (PG) Drama
Directed by Agnès Varda Starring Antoine Bourseiller, Corinne Marchand, Dominique Davray

Selfish pop singer Cléo (Corinne Marchand) has two hours to wait until the results of her biopsy come back. After an ominous tarot card reading, she visits her friends, all of whom fail to give her the emotional support she needs. Wandering around Paris, she finally finds comfort talking with a soldier in a park. On leave from the Algerian War, his troubles put hers in perspective. As they talk and walk, Cléo comes to terms with her selfishness, finding peace before the results come back.

Speed Racer
2008 135mins USA (PG) Action/Adventure
Directed by Lana Wachowski|Lilly Wachowski Starring Christina Ricci, Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox

Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is one of the track's hot stars. Sitting at the wheel of his Mach 5, he consistently deflates the competition. When Speed turns down an offer from the head of Royalton Industries, he uncovers a secret. Powerful moguls fix the races to boost profits. Hoping to beat the executive, Speed enters the same arduous cross-country race that killed his brother.

Wendy and Lucy
2008 80mins USA (15) Drama
Directed by Kelly Reichardt Starring Michelle Williams, Wally Dalton, Will Oldham

Wendy (Michelle Williams), a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down, and she is arrested for shoplifting dog food. When she posts bail and returns to retrieve Lucy, she finds that the dog is gone, prompting a frantic search for her pet.

Little Women [2019]
2019 135mins USA (U) Romance/Drama
Directed by Greta Gerwig Starring Eliza Scanlen, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Laura Dern, Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet

In the years after the Civil War, Jo March lives in New York and makes her living as a writer, while her sister Amy studies painting in Paris. Amy has a chance encounter with Theodore, a childhood crush who proposed to Jo but was ultimately rejected. Their oldest sibling, Meg, is married to a schoolteacher, while shy sister Beth develops a devastating illness that brings the family back together.

Zola
2020 86mins USA (18) Crime/Comedy
Directed by Janicza Bravo Starring Taylor Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo, Nicholas Braun

Zola (Taylour Paige), a Detroit waitress, strikes up a new friendship with a customer, Stefani (Riley Keough), who seduces her to join a weekend partying in Florida. What at first seems like a glamorous trip full of “hoeism” rapidly transforms into a 48-hour journey involving a nameless pimp, an idiot boyfriend, some shady guys in Tampa, and other unexpected adventures in this wild, see-it-to-believe-it tale.

Marie Antoinette
2006 123mins USA (12A) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Sofia Coppola Starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn

An Austrian teenager marries the Dauphin of France and becomes that country's queen following the death of King Louis XV in 1774. Years later, after a life of luxury and privilege, Marie Antoinette loses her head during the French Revolution.