Our Friends in the North

Cracker

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.

The Leftovers

Am 14. Oktober 2011 verschwinden plötzlich 140 Millionen Menschen und zeitgleich zwei Prozent der Weltbevölkerung spurlos. Die Zurückgeblieben sind traumatisiert, suchen verzweifelt nach einem Sinn. Urteilte das Jüngste Gericht darüber, wer die Erde verlässt und wer bleibt? Kevin Garvey, Polizeichef eines New Yorker Vororts, versucht, ein normales Leben aufrecht zu erhalten. Doch seine Frau schließt sich einer Sekte an, sein Sohn folgt einem Heiler und seine 16-jährige Tochter verliert ...

A Year in the Life of a Year 2019

Rhys Thomas reviews 2019 in his usual inimitable way

The Borrowers

Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving by borrowing bits and pieces from the large residents who dwell above. After being discovered by 'human beans', borrower Arrietty and her parents are forced to leave their home while attempting to evade the clutches of obsessive scientist Professor Mildeye.

Wintersonnenwende – Die Jagd nach den sechs Zeichen des Lichts

An seinem 14. Geburtstag erfährt Will Stanton, dass er einer Gruppe von Auserwählten angehört, die ihr Leben dem Kampf gegen die Mächte der Finsternis verschrieben haben. Um sich auf seinen Kampf vorzubereiten, reist er durch die Zeit und findet dort zahlreiche Hinweise, die ihm helfen seine magischen Fähigkeiten zu verstehen und einzusetzen. Als eines Nachts ein fürchterlicher Schneesturm über sein Heimatdorf hereinbricht, setzen die Mächte der Finsternis zum finalen Schlag an und es ist ...

Revengers Tragedy

A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the revenge-obsessed Vindice, who has sworn to kill the evil Duke (Derek Jacobi) who murdered his one true love.

I Am Dina

In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living.

The Invisible Circus

After learning that her sister, Faith (Cameron Diaz), has committed suicide in Portugal, Phoebe (Jordana Brewster), an 18-year-old hippie, decides to uproot from her San Francisco home to travel to Europe. Phoebe hopes to discover and experience the life that led to her sister's death by retracing her footsteps, which eventually leads to Wolf (Christopher Eccleston) -- Faith's boyfriend. However, as Phoebe's journey continues, a series of visions of Faith pushes her mind to the brink.

The Others

Jersey, England. 1945. Grace, deren Ehemann nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs noch immer nicht von der Front zurückgekehrt ist, lebt mit ihren beiden Kindern Anne und Nicholas und einigen Bediensteten in einem unheimlichen viktorianischen Anwesen. Anne und Nicholas leiden an einer seltenen Krankheit durch die sie allergisch auf direktes Sonnenlicht reagieren. Das Haus muß daher stets in Dunkelheit gehüllt sein, um die Gesundheit der beiden nicht zu gefährden.

With or Without You

Rosie and Vincent know each other for ten years, and are married for five. She doesn't like her job, he isn't too pleased working with her dad. They're trying to have a baby. One morning Benoit, a Frenchman and former pen pal of Rosie, whom she never met, comes to visit. Did Rosie love him? Does she love him now?

Heart

A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.

A Price Above Rubies

About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of the woman wanting something more out of her life.

Elizabeth

Im unruhigen Fahrwasser des späten 16. Jahrhunderts sieht sich Elizabeth der größten Herausforderung ihres königlichen Lebens gegenüber. Intrigen am Hof bedrohen ihren Thron genauso wie die Kriegserklärung durch den spanischen König Philip II, der das protestantische England mit seiner gigantischen Armada für den katholischen Glauben zurückerobern will. Geprüft auch durch ihre Gefühle für den jungen Seefahrer Sir Walter Raleigh zieht Elizabeth in den Krieg gegen Spanien, während ihr ...

Hillsborough

Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. This movie follows three Liverpudlian families before the match, during the tragedy and at the ensuing court battles which tried to decide who was to blame and what went wrong.

Jude

In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.

Kleine Morde unter Freunden

Die Krankenschwester Juliet, der Buchhalter David und der Journalist Alex suchen für seine WG einen vierten Mitbewohner. Die Drei entscheiden sich für den mysteriösen Hugo, den sie am nächsten Tag prompt nach einer Überdosis tot in seinem Zimmer finden - einen Koffer voller Geld neben ihm. Nach langem Hin und Her beschließen sie, das Geld zu behalten und die Leiche zu vergraben. Weil dies leichter gesagt als getan ist, wird in der Folge die WG-Freundschaft auf eine mörderische Probe gestellt.

Death and the Compass

In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate a insane crime lord. (Re-released in 1996 as a feature film, 86 minutes.)

Rachel’s Dream

Fantasy drama Rachel's Dream was set sometime in the future when the world is besieged by technology, young Rachel discovers that through a large bank of video screens in her sister's apartment, her wishes can come true when she brings to life the image on an anti-pollution poster. This new friend helps her to make up her mind about her own future.

Let Him Have It

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.