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George Michael - A Different Story
United Kingdom, 2005, 101 min.
The extremely private George Michael candidly shares his life and career in this riveting documentary. Michael leads us through his professional and private highs and lows, from pop fame with Wham! to solo superstardom. Featuring performance footage and interviews including Elton John, Mariah Carey,... more
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Gold
United Kingdom, 2005, 10 min.
Gold interprets the adrenaline-fuelled world of the teenage girl, full of promise, magic and attitude, through the skills and competition of two young girls in their local gym.... more
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Imagine Me and You
United Kingdom, 2005, 94 min.
Imagine a romantic-comedy in the vein of Four Weddings and a Funeral, and then substitute Piper Perabo for Hugh Grant and Lena Headley for Andie McDowell/Julia Roberts… This debut feature is a witty lesbian take -- full of classically English one-liners and comic set pieces -- on the middle-c... more
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Love + Hate
United Kingdom, 2005, 84 min.
Winner - New Voices/New Visions Award
A modern Romeo and Juliet love story set across racial divides in a northern British town, Love + Hate finds Naseema and Adam wrestling with their undeniable mutual attraction. The young couple embark on a passionate journey of self-discovery. B... more
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Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
United Kingdom, 2005, 109 min.
Winner - Audience Awards, Best Narrative Feature
This sweet, beguiling story about the unlikely friendship between an elderly widow (Joan Plowright) and a dashing young writer (Rupert Friend), who meet quite by chance in contemporary London and come to share an enchanting and unexpectedly ... more
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Sisters In Law
United Kingdom, 2005, 105 min.
The only documentary selected for the 2005 Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, this is a totally fascinating, often hilarious look at the work of one small courthouse in Cameroon where the tough-minded state prosecutor and court president help women in their Muslim village find the courage to fight abus... more
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Tempesta
United Kingdom, 2005, 102 min.
A young American art appraiser finds himself drawn into a complex web of mystery, intrigue and betrayal set against the ghostly backdrop of the Venetian waterways when he is sent to Italy to authenticate three priceless paintings belonging to the famous Galleria dell'Academia.... more
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Unknown White Male
United Kingdom, 2005, 89 min.
A young man with a British accent turns up one rainy day in Coney Island, frightened and alone, with no clue to his identity. The process of re-establishing his family ties and life story forms a fascinating portrait of a man who, as far as he knows, doesn't have a past.... more
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Wah-Wah
United Kingdom, 2005, 100 min.
One of cinema's most compelling drunks (on-screen), Richard E. Grant is best known for his delightfully debauched performance in Withnail and I. Wah-Wah, a semi-autobiographcal dramedy of English colonial life in Swaziland, is his not-to be missed directorial debut featuring standout p... more
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White Countess
United Kingdom, 2005, 136 min.
In this Merchant Ivory production set in pre-WWII China, we follow the chaste courtship between a Russian countess (Natasha Richardson) fallen on rough times and a former American Ambassador (Ralph Fiennes). Written by the novelist Kazuo Ishiguro (“The Remains of the Day”), the film is full of assur... more
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