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Hairspray and Clueless
Amelie (Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain, Amelie from Montmartre)
(Country: France; Year: 2001; Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Writer: Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Urbain Cancellier, Dominique Pinon, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Nanty)
A girl with an eccentric, repressed childhood grows up attracted to the odd detail in everyday life and to the strangest people.
Bend It Like Beckham
(Country: UK; Year: 2002; Director: Gurinder Chadha; Writer: Paul Mayeda Berges, Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha; Stars: Parminder K Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Juliet Stevenson, Frank Harper, Kulvinder Ghir, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis)
An 18-year-old football-mad girl defies her parents' wishes to conform by pursuing her dream to play footie like David Beckham.
Bridget Jones's Diary
(Country: UK; Year: 2000; Director: Sharon Maguire; Writer: Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis, , based on the novel by Helen Fielding; Stars: Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent)
Overweight middle-class secretary has trouble with men and other appetites in London.
Casablanca
(Country: US; Year: 1942; Director: Michael Curtiz; Writer: Julius Epstein, Philip Epstein, Howard Koch, based on the play Everybody Comes To Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison; Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, Dooley Wilson, Marcel Dalio)
A reunion between former lovers forces a bar owner to make an impossible choice amid the incivility of war.
Clueless
(Country: US; Year: 1995; Director: Amy Heckerling; Writer: Amy Heckerling; Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison, Elisa Donovan, Breckin Meyer, Jeremy Sisto, Dan Hedaya, Aida Linares, Wallace Shawn, Twink Caplan, Justin Walker, Sabastian Rashidi, Herb Hall)
A rich high school student tries to give a fellow student a makeover but finds herself falling in love.
Amelie and Hunt For The Wilderpeople
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
(Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Melissa Mathison; Stars: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, K. C. Martel, Sean Frye, Tom Howell, Erika Eleniak, David M. O'Dell, Richard Swingler, Frank Toth)
Spielberg's beloved classic about a stranded and lonely alien.
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
(Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Amy Heckerling; Writer: Cameron Crowe; Stars: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, Scott Thomson, Vincent Schiavelli, Amanda Wyss, D.W. Brown, Forest Whitaker, Kelli Maroney, Tom Nolan, Blair Tefkin)
Coming-of-age comedy.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(Country: US; Year: 1986; Director: John Hughes; Writer: John Hughes; Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Kristy Swanson, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Charlie Sheen, Cindy Pickett, Lyman Ward)
A teen plots a day off school.
Frozen
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee; Writer: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Shane Morris, based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen; Stars: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Williams, Stephen J. Anderson, Maia Wilson, Edie McClurg, Robert Pine, Maurice LaMarche, Livvy Stubenrauch, Eva Bella)
The beauty and danger of ice exposed in an animated musical tale of royal siblings and treachery behind the throne.
The Goonies
(Country: US; Year: 1985; Director: Richard Donner; Writer: Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus; Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Ke Huy Quan, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey, Lupe Ontiveros, Mary Ellen Trainor, Keith Walker, Curtis Hanson)
A pirate treasure map leads a group of kids on an adventure.
Bridget Jones's Diary and The Wizard Of Oz
Grease
(Country: US; Year: 1978; Director: Randal Kleiser; Writer: Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr, based on the musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey; Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Michael Tucci, Didi Conn, Kelly Ward, Barry Pearl, Frankie Avalon, Sid Caesar, Jamie Donnelly, Dinah Manoff, Eve Arden)
Cult musical about the romance between a naive Aussie and school stud. Singalong version back in cinemas for Valentine's Day.
Hairspray
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Adam Shankman; Writer: Leslie Dixon, based on the screenplay by John Waters.; Stars: Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Zac Efron, Brittany Snow)
A big-budget remake of the John Waters classic, with a teenage hair hopper rebel becoming a star even without a dainty figure.
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2016; Director: Taika Waititi; Writer: Taika Waititi, based on the novel by Barry Crump; Stars: Julian Dennison, Rachel House, Rima Te Wiata, Oscar Kightley, Rhys Darby, Cohen Holloway, Mike Minogue, Stan Walker, Sam Neill)
A kid and his foster uncle run off into the New Zealand bush.
A League Of Their Own
(Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Penny Marshall; Writer: Kim Wilson, Kelly Candaele, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel; Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Megan Cavanagh, Tracy Reiner, Bitty Schram, Ann Cusack, Anne Ramsay, Freddie Simpson, Renée Coleman, Robin Knight, Patti Pelton, Kelli Simpkins)
Story of a women's baseball team formed while the men were at way during the Second World WAr.
Lessons Of The Hour
(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Isaac Julien; Stars: Ray Fearon, Cara Horgan, Joan Iyiola, Mikael Olsson, Sharlene Whyte, Ray Fearon, Cara Horgan, Joan Iyiola, Mikael Olsson, Sharlene Whyte)
A poetic meditation on the life and times of the visionary African American orator, philosopher, intellectual, and self-liberated freedom-fighter, Frederick Douglass.
Moulin Rouge! and The Goonies
Mamma Mia!
(Country: UK, US, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Phyllida Lloyd; Writer: Catherine Johnson; Stars: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried, Nancy Baldwin, Rachel McDowell, Colin Davis), Official Site, Trailer
When her daughter wants to get married, Donna has to explain that any one of three men could be her father.
Moulin Rouge!
(Country: Australia; Year: 2001; Director: Baz Luhrmann; Writer: Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce; Stars: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald, Jacek Koman)
Modern romantic musical based around the mythology of a famous Parisian nightclub in 1900. On re-release.
Murder On The Orient Express
(Country: UK; Year: 1974; Director: Sidney Lumet; Stars: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Vanessa Redgave)
Hercule Poirot steps in to solve a mysterious crime on the famous train.
Restless Natives
(Country: UK; Year: 1985; Director: Michael Hoffman; Writer: Ninian Dunnett; Stars: Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Teri Lally, Ned Beatty, Robert Urquhart, Bernard Hill, Mel Smith, Bryan Forbes, Nanette Newman, Ann Scott-Jones, Rachel Boyd, Iain McColl, Dave Anderson, Eiji Kusuhara, Ed Bishop)
Two friends start holding up tour buses.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(Country: GB; Year: 1975; Director: Jim Sharman; Writer: Jim Sharman, Richard O'Brien; Stars: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Little Nell, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood, Meat Loaf)
Gothic horror meets rock musical.
Frozen and Restless Natives
Sleepless In Seattle
(Country: US; Year: 1993; Director: Nora Ephron; Writer: Jeff Arch, Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch; Stars: Tom Hanks, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Tom Riis Farrell, Carey Lowell, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Le Clanché du Rand, Kevin O'Morrison, David Hyde Pierce, Valerie Wright, Frances Conroy, Tom Tammi, Calvin Trillin)
A recently-widowed man's son calls a radio talk show to try to find his dad some romance.
See:
Nora Ephron obituary
Singin' In The Rain
(Country: US; Year: 1952; Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly; Writer: Adolph Green, Betty Comden; Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno, Dawn Addams, John Albright, Betty Allen)
A silent film idol romances a Hollywood starlet in this much-loved classic.
Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope (Star Wars)
(Country: USA; Year: 1977; Director: George Lucas; Writer: George Lucas; Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker)
Cult space opera.
Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back (The Empire Strikes Back)
(Country: USA; Year: 1980; Director: Irvin Kershner; Writer: Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan; Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, David Prowse, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Julian Glover, Michael Sheard)
Superior sequel, to Lucas's space hit.
Star Wars: Episode 6 - Return Of The Jedi (Return Of The Jedi)
(Country: US; Year: 1983; Director: Richard Marquand; Writer: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas; Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, David Prowse, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness)
Finale to the space saga.
Casablanca and Bend It Like Beckham
Superman: The Movie (Superman)
(Country: UK, USA; Year: 1978; Director: Richard Donner; Writer: Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, Robert Benton, Tom Mankiewicz; Stars: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine)
Classic comic book adaptation about an orphaned alien who becomes humanity's saviour.
The Wizard Of Oz
(Country: US; Year: 1939; Director: Victor Fleming; Writer: Noel Langley, based on the book by L Frank Baum; Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Pat Walshe, Clara Blandick)
Swept away to a magical land, young Dorothy sets out to find the wizard who can help her get home, meeting some unusual friends along the way. Out on IMAX reissue.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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