7.2

Never Let Me Go

2010, UK, USA

• Actors: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley, Izzy Meikle-Small, Charlie Rowe, Ella Purnell, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins, Kate Bowes Renna, Hannah Sharp, Christina Carrafiell, Oliver Parsons, Luke Bryant, Fidelis Morgan, Damien Thomas, Nathalie Richard, Huggy Leaver, Charles Cork, Sylvie Macdonald, David Sterne, Andrea Riseborough, Domhnall Gleeson, Kate Sissons, Amy Lennox, Anna Maria Everett, John Gillespie, Rachel Boss, Lydia Wilson, Monica Dolan, Chidi Chickwe
• Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Director(s): Mark Romanek
• Available languages:
  • English English.

As children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy, spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.

  7.1

Made in Dagenham

2010, UK

• Actors: Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Lorraine Stanley, Nicola Duffett, Geraldine James, Bob Hoskins, Matthew Aubrey, Daniel Mays, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Phil Cornwell, Karen Seacombe, Thomas Arnold, Sian Scott, Robbie Kay, Andrew Lincoln, Rosamund Pike, Joseph Mawle, Kenneth Cranham, Gina Bramhill, Rupert Graves, Marcus Hutton, Miranda Richardson, Joseph Kloska, Miles Jupp, Frank Baker, Philip Perry, Richard Schiff, Peter-Hugo Daly, Simon Armstrong
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
• Director(s): Nigel Cole
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In 1968, the Ford auto factory in Dagenham was one of the largest single private employers in the United Kingdom. In addition to the thousands of male employees, there are also 187 underpaid women machinists who primarily assemble the car seat upholstery in poor working conditions. Dissatisfied, the women, represented by the shop steward and Rita O'Grady, work with union rep Albert Passingham for a better deal. However, Rita learns that there is a larger issue in this dispute considering that women are paid an appalling fraction of the men's wages for the same work across the board on the sole basis of their sex. Refusing to tolerate this inequality any longer, O'Grady leads a strike by her fellow machinists for equal pay for equal work. What follows would test the patience of all involved in a grinding labour and political struggle that ultimately would advance the cause of women's rights around the world.

  5.7

Brighton Rock

2010, UK

• Actors: Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Andy Serkis, Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Sean Harris, Philip Davis, Steven Robertson, Maurice Roëves, Steve Evets, Nonso Anozie, Adrian Schiller, Kenneth Collard, Mark Cooper Harris, John Warman, Dennis Banks, Melissa Stepney, Andre Hopley, Andrew Care, Lexy Howe, Michael Daniels
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Director(s): Rowan Joffe
• Available languages:
  • English English.

An adaptation of Graham Greene's classic novel about a small-town hood who marries a waitress who witnessed him murdering a rival thug in order to keep her quiet. As his gang begins to doubt his abilities, the man becomes more desperate and violent.

  4.2

Mad Sad & Bad

2009, UK

• Actors: Meera Syal, Nitin Ganatra, Zubin Varla, Andrea Riseborough, Leena Dhingra, Ayesha Dharker, Tony Gardner, Govind Gautama, Gordon Kennedy, Dominic Kinnaird, Les Loveday, Jeff Mirza, Danni Rossi, Zita Sattar, Francesca Wilson
• Genre: Comedy
• Director(s): Avie Luthra
• Available languages:
  • English English.

HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad is a 90-minute comedy about mixed race relationships set in Luton. It's about mid-thirties siblings and friends whose personal lives are continuously messed up by their own selfish needs. Mad, Sad and Bad explores our contemporary metropolitan neuroses through the intersecting lives of these siblings and their friends. The narrative slips from one character to the next as they escape and attack each other. all reluctant members of the same dysfunctional family.

  7.0

Happy-Go-Lucky

2007, UK

• Actors: Sally Hawkins, Elliot Cowan, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough, Sinead Matthews, Kate O'Flynn, Sarah Niles, Eddie Marsan, Joseph Kloska, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Anna Reynolds, Nonso Anozie, Trevor Cooper, Karina Fernandez, Philip Arditti, Viss Elliot Safavi, Rebekah Staton, Jack MacGeachin, Charlie Duffield, Ayotunde Williams, Stanley Townsend, Samuel Roukin, Caroline Martin, Oliver Maltman, Stephanie Cannon, Tim Glanfield
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Director(s): Mike Leigh
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Poppy Cross is happy-go-lucky. At 30, she lives in Camden: cheeky, playful, frank while funny, and talkative to strangers. She's a conscientious and exuberant primary-school teacher, flatmates with Zoe, her long-time friend; she's close to one sister, and not so close to another. In this slice of life story, we watch her take driving lessons from Scott, a dour and tightly-wound instructor, take classes in flamenco dance from a fiery Spaniard, encounter a tramp in the night, and sort out a student's aggressive behavior with a social worker's help. Along the way, we wonder if her open attitude puts her at risk of misunderstanding or worse. What is the root of happiness?

  6.0

Magicians

2006, UK

• Actors: Robert Webb, David Mitchell, Sarah Hadland, Paul Mark Elliott, Karen Seacombe, Phil Nice, Jessica Hynes, Darren Boyd, Miranda Hart, Angel Coulby, Robin Weaver, Priyanga Burford, Andrea Riseborough, Geoffrey McGivern, Marek Larwood, Tim Plester, Steve Edge, Lucy Rhodes, Katy Wix, Eleanor Matsuura, Gemma Charlotte, Patrick Page, Peter Capaldi, Luigi D'Allessandro, Ron Brooks, Rasmus Hardiker, Scott Penrose, George Keeler, Juliet Cowan, James Bachman
• Genre: Comedy
• Director(s): Andrew O'Connor
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition.

  7.1

Venus

2006, UK

• Actors: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Beatrice Savoretti, Philip Fox, Lolita Chakrabarti, Carolina Giammetta, Jodie Whittaker, Kellie Shirley, Ashley Madekwe, Ony Uhiara, Cathryn Bradshaw, Joanna Croll, Liam McKenna, Meg Wynn Owen, Sam Spruell, Tom Brooke, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths, Harvey Virdi, Emma Buckley, Marlene Sidaway, Christine Bottomley, Daniel Cerqueira, Sam Kenyon, Andrea Riseborough, Tom Mison, Paul Chahidi, Piers Harrisson, Bronson Webb, Tim Faraday
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Roger Michell
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Maurice Russell, once a great actor, is now living in London in the twilight of his life. Those of his generation remember him fondly, while those in the younger generations have no idea who he is. He spends most of his time hanging out with his friends Ian, also an actor, and Donald, or visiting with his wife Valerie for who he has great affection but with who he no longer lives. His acting career is virtually over, he only taking roles on the odd occasion when he needs the money. Ian has decided to invite his young great-niece Jessie from the provinces to come and stay with him, basically to act as his caregiver in case he falls ill, but also to be his companion. He envisions listening to Bach with her and her cooking him food to which he is accustomed. Jessie's stay is nothing as he envisions. She doesn't know how to cook, she drinks all his alcohol, and she has unrealistic visions of what she will accomplish in her life. Maurice, however, sees in Jessie, a person who can help him recapture part of his youth and vigor, including more fully realizing his thoughts of sex. Maurice calls her Venus, after one of his favorite paintings. As Maurice and Jessie spend more time together, they use each other to get what they want. But it isn't until Maurice approaches the end of his life will either understand if what they have is true friendship.