The Unforgettable Character

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Mike Leigh

Cast

Imelda Staunton, Sally Hawkins, Phil Davis

Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Nicolas Winding Refn

Cast

Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Rikke Louise Andersson

Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunate...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Lesli Linka Glatter

Cast

Madeleine Stowe, Robert Loggia, Bronia Wheeler

Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Harmony Korine

Cast

Ewen Bremner, Brian Fisk, Chloë Sevigny

Seminary student Michael Kovak reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Mikael Håfström

Cast

Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga