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Curzon Film is the film distribution label of Curzon Cinemas with a strong legacy of releasing and connecting critically acclaimed films to audiences across the UK. Curzon film was born in 1976 releasing and introducing some of the greatest film directors of all time to discerning U.K. audiences such as – Michael Haneke, Lars von Trier, Andrei Tarkovsky and Abbas Kiarostami amongst others.

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paris, texas

director wim wenders

starring Harry Dean Stanton · Nastassja Kinski · Dean Stockwell

language(s) english · spanish subtitles english

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Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas is a haunting road movie and mystery, set to Ry Cooder’s sublime score. Harry Dean Stanton stars as Travis, a man re-emerging from the desert after a four-year disappearance. Picked up by his brother, he sets out to reunite with his ex, Jane, and their son. Through this journey, Travis faces the painful disconnection of his past. With stunning cinematography by Robby Muller and a script by L.M. Kit Carson and Sam Shepard, Paris, Texas explores myth, the American West, and lost connections, capturing an emotional landscape that words alone can’t express.

wings of desire

director wim wenders

starring Bruno Ganz · Solveig Dommartin · Otto Sander

language(s) german subtitles english

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Wim Wenders directs and co-writes this romantic drama starring Bruno Ganz as Damiel, one of two angels who watch over the citizens of Berlin, listening to their thoughts. When he falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin), he dreams of becoming human. With the help of an American actor (Peter Falk), in Berlin to make a film about the war, Damiel achieves his desire.

portrait of a lady on fire

director céline sciamma

starring noémie merlant · adèle haenel · luàna bajrami

language(s) french · italian subtitles english

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celine sciamma writes and directs this french historical drama starring noemie merlant and adele haenel. in 1770, artist marianne (merlant) travels to brittany to paint a portrait of heloise (haenel), the daughter of a french countess, to celebrate her impending marriage to an italian nobleman. however, heloise objects to the marriage, so marianne is tasked with completing her portrait in secret and acting as heloise’s companion. as the two women spend more time together, their relationship evolves into a forbidden affair.

the souvenir

director Joanna Hogg

starring Honor Swinton Byrne · Tom Burke · Tilda Swinton

language(s) english

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Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke and Tilda Swinton star in this drama from British film-maker Joanna Hogg. Set in the 1980s, the film follows 24-year-old film student Julie (Swinton Byrne) as she falls in love with Anthony (Burke), a worldly but troubled upper-class man who works at the Foreign Office. Despite the concerns of her friends and family, Julie allows Anthony to move in with her. She begins to notice warning signs of his destructive behaviour, with Anthony becoming increasingly dependent on her, but she fails to fully comprehend the extent of his addictions until they tear them apart.

godland

director Hlynur Pálmason

starring Elliott Crosset Hove · Ingvar Sigurdsson · Vic Carmen Sonne

language(s) Danish/Icelandic subtitles english

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In the late 19th century, Denmark regards Iceland as its territory, which extends beyond matters of geography and governance to the spiritual health of the population. So Lucas, a Lutheran priest, is sent by the Church of Denmark to establish a parish. Ever an optimist, Lucas believes his faith will guide him, even when he is warned of the obstacles, including a people who may be less than welcoming. Godland makes the most of a breathtakingly austere Icelandic landscape in its story of a man on a singular mission.

robot dreams

director Pablo Berger

language(s) no dialogue subtitles english

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A bittersweet buddy comedy, Robot Dreams follows Dog, who is lonely, whiling away long evenings in his Manhattan studio apartment. Tired of his solitary life, he decides to purchase a friend, Robot, a fun-loving companion. After an idyllic day on the beach, they soon become separated. Devastated at the loss of his friend, Dog does everything in his power to get Robot back.

in fabric

director peter strickland

starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste · Hayley Squires · Leo Bill

language(s) english

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Peter Strickland writes and directs this British horror comedy starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Hayley Squires. In Dentley & Soper’s department store, during a busy sales period in the 1980s, bank clerk Sheila (Jean-Baptiste) purchases what she thinks is the perfect dress, only to discover it is cursed. After Sheila serves her purpose, the dress makes its way to a number of new owners

melancholia

director Lars Von Trier

starring Kirsten Dunst · Charlotte Gainsbourg · Kiefer Sutherland

language(s) english

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Lars von Trier directs this sci-fi drama about the effects of depression on two sisters, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg). Played out in two acts, the film opens with the wedding of Justine (Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgard): a sumptuous affair paid for by Justine’s Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her husband John (Kiefer Sutherland). However, when Justine notices a strange star in the sky, she starts behaving oddly and the wedding is ruined. The film’s second act follows Justine, now extremely weak and ill, after she goes to live with her sister. As Claire and John struggle to deal with Justine’s condition, astronomy buff Claire becomes increasingly concerned about a large blue planet that is threatening to collide with the earth. Charlotte Rampling and John Hurt co-star.

parasite

director Bong Joon Ho

starring Song Kang-ho · Lee Sun-kyun · Cho Yeo-jeong

language(s) Korean Subtitles English

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Korean satirical black comedy co-written and directed by Joon-ho Bong. Kim Ki-taek (Kang-ho Song) sees a way out of his struggling family’s poverty when he is employed by the wealthy Park family to tutor their daughter Da-hye (Ji-so Jung). He quickly ingratiates himself with the Park family and convinces them to employ the rest of his impoverished family disguised as his acquaintances. However, their scheme to infiltrate the Park’s lavish life soon turns awry when their true identities come under scrutiny.

cleo from 5 to 7

director agnes varda

starring corinne marchand · antoine bourseiller · dominique davray

language(s) french subtitles english

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agnes varda directs this early 1960s french realist drama. while waiting for the result of a medical test, french singer cleo (corinne marchand) spends a couple of hours – shown in real time – wandering through the streets of paris. along the way she meets up with her lover and with her composers, visits her model friend dorothee (dorothee blank), has a brief affair with a passing soldier, drinks coffee and buys a new hat with her maid before finally meeting up with her doctor to receive the diagnosis.

120 bpm

director Robin Campillo

starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart · Arnaud Valois · Adèle Haenel

language(s) french subtitles english

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Robin Campillo co-writes and directs this French drama centred on the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s. The film follows a group of activists as they try to effect change as part of the ACT UP movement in Paris. Frustrated by the government and the pharmaceutical industry’s lack of action, the guerrilla group stages a number of public protests as they try to agree on a strategy and its passionate members struggle with their own experiences with the deadly virus.

compartment no.6

director Juho Kuosmanen

starring Yuriy Borisov · Seidi Haarla · Valeriy Nikolaev

language(s) Finnish · Russian subtitles english

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Winner of the Grand Prix at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6 is a warming and unexpected tale of adventure, self-discovery and human connection. Young Finnish archaeology student Laura (Seidi Haarla) is convinced by her lecturer – and lover – to take a trip to an ancient site of petroglyphs near the Arctic Circle. However, when she boards the long-distance train to take her there, she finds that she has to share her carriage with the boorish and belligerent Ljoha (Yuriy Borisov), a foul-mouthed, misogynistic drunk travelling to his new job as a miner. Initially, they seem to have nothing in common, but, like the landscape they’re travelling through, the more time Laura spends with Ljoha the more he thaws, revealing an unforeseen kindness beneath the macho facade. This chance meeting between the two occupants of compartment no. 6 brings about an awakening within them, forming a bond they will never forget. There are echoes of Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise (1995), but Kuosmanen’s film, which was Finland’s entry for the Academy Awards last year, has its own distinct sensibility, and his two leads bring charm and warmth to their characters as their journey progresses.

disobedience

director Sebastián Lelio

starring Rachel Weisz · Rachel Mcadams · Alessandro Nivola

language(s) english

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Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams star in this romantic drama directed by Sebastian Lelio and based on the novel by Naomi Alderman. Following the death of her estranged father, Ronit Krushka (Weisz) returns from New York to the Orthodox Jewish community in London in which she was raised but chose to abandon. Staying with her childhood friend Dovid (Alessandro Nivola), Ronit rekindles an illicit passionate love affair with his wife, Esti (McAdams), which threatens to spark outrage in their community and causes both women to question their faith and their future.

amour

director michael haneke

starring jean-louis trintignant · emmanuelle riva · isabelle huppert

language(s) french subtitles english

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michael haneke directs this academy award-winning drama exploring death, ageing and the fear of loss. anne and george (emmanuelle riva and jean-louis trintignant) are a couple in their 80s who are enjoying their retirement, but that changes when, after an operation following a stroke, anne is left wheelchair-bound and paralysed. although she expresses her wish to die, even going so far as to make an attempt at taking her own life, george tries to remind her of the beauty and worth of life itself and the love that they share for each other. the feature won the academy award, a golden globe and a bafta for best foreign language film, and received a bafta for best leading actress (riva).

the killing of a sacred deer

director Yorgos Lanthimos

starring Colin Farrell · Nicole Kidman · Raffey Cassidy

language(s) english

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Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman star in this horror drama written and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Steven Murphy (Farrell) is a successful cardiac surgeon who lives a happy life with his ophthalmologist wife Anna (Kidman) and their two children Kim (Raffey Cassidy) and Bob (Sunny Suljic). However, his perfect life starts coming apart at the seams after he befriends 16-year-old Martin (Barry Keoghan). Steven spends much of his time hanging out alone with the teenager and also invites him round to his upper-class home to socialise with his kids. However, when Steven visits Martin and his mother (Alicia Silverstone) for dinner, the teenager’s motives for their unusual friendship become clear and it transpires he’s willing to go to great lengths to get what he wants, to the detriment of Steven and his family.

blue is the warmest colour

director abdellatif kechiche

starring léa seydoux · adèle exarchopoulos · salim kechiouche

language(s) french subtitles english

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french award-winning gay-themed drama directed by abdellatif kechiche. the film follows the 17-year-old closeted student adele (adele exarchopoulos) as she pursues a passionate and fiery relationship with an older and ‘out’ blue-haired lesbian called emma (lea seydoux). throughout their relationship the two young women learn a lot about the pains and joys of being in love and the importance of staying true to oneself.

paris, 13th district

director Jacques Audiard

starring Lucie Zhang · Makita Samba · Noémie Merlant

language(s) english

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Jacques Audiard returns to Paris with an adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s 2015 collection of graphic short stories Killing and Dying. Written in collaboration with Portrait of a Lady on Fire writer-director Celine Sciamma, and Lea Mysius, Paris, 13th District is set in the French capital’s 13th arrondissement, on the left bank of the Seine, and charts the interwoven relationships between four twenty-somethings. Capturing a very different Paris to the one that appeared in his previous films, which were dominated by the city’s underworld, Paris, 13th District is a modern story of love and life, reflecting shifting attitudes towards identity and fidelity in today’s Paris.

nymphomaniac

director Lars Von Trier

starring Charlotte Gainsbourg · Stellan Skarsgård

language(s) english

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Controversial and sexually-explicit drama directed by Lars von Trier and starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgard. When the well-read and knowledgeable bachelor Seligman (Skarsgard) finds a beaten and bruised young woman in an alleyway, he takes her home to his flat to tend to her injuries. The woman introduces herself as Joe (Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, whose carefree and hedonistic lifestyle has led to her situation. Seligman presses Joe to tell her story and she proceeds to recount her experiences, from her childhood up to the present, where sex has been the most important thing in her life.

the square

director Ruben Ostlund

starring Claes Bang · Elisabeth Moss · Dominic West

language(s) english · Swedish · Danish

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Ruben Ostlund writes and directs this satirical comedy drama starring Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West. Christian (Bang) is a curator for a prestigious art museum in Stockholm who is putting together a new installation entitled ‘The Square’, a space symbolising trust and safety where everyone in society looks out for one another. While Christian hunts for his expensive stolen possessions after being the victim of a petty street crime, the publicity campaign for the museum’s new exhibition begins to gain unintended viral attention.

the american friend

director wim wenders

starring dennis hopper · bruno ganz · nicholas ray

language(s) english · german subtitles english

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This adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley’s Game is dominated by the electric interplay of Bruno Ganz and Dennis Hopper. Ganz plays Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer with a terminal medical condition. Through a series of encounters and machinations, he accepts money to kill a criminal in order to support his family after his death. He is aided by Tom Ripley (Hopper), an art forger. Unbeknown to Jonathan, Ripley is behind all the plans. However, the criminal and borderline sociopath’s feelings towards Jonathan eventually change and he feels a responsibility to take care of his new friend. Wenders’ neo-noir is a far cry from the previous adaptation of a novel featuring Highsmith’s most famous character. Rene Clement’s Plein Soleil, a 1960 adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley was all sun and glamour. (As was Anthony Minghella’s 1999 version.) Wenders’ take on the third novel in the Ripley series – which also used an element of the plot from the second, Ripley Under Ground – is grittier. And in Dennis Hopper, Ripley is a far more unsettling figure. The actor allegedly arrived on set high as a kite and was not the easiest person to work with. But his performance exudes a menace that Hopper would later develop into the terrifying presence that is Frank, the psychopath who dominates David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. Ganz, by contrast, plays Jonathan with a subtlety that makes his transformation as the story progresses all the more unsettling. Their odd-couple relationship is the lynchpin of the film, one of the few adaptations of her work that Highsmith admired.