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A film version of the notorious events surrounding the demonization and media witchhunt of the religiously nutty mother of a baby who was gobbled by dingoes near Ayers Rock..... the famous 'dingo baby case'. Just shows that the Aussie press, owned by you know who, is as criminally irresponsible, ie full of lies, as the Pommie press, owned by you know who.
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IL DIVO (2008)
Certification15 Our Rating
Far more a portrait than a biopic this stunning film dissects the later years of Giulio Andreotti, a key player in Italian politics from the 70s through till today (he still sits in the Italian Senate (2009)), implicating him as the central instigator behind 'The Strategy of Tension', a policy that involved the murders of hundreds of innocent people, and blaming 'the left/Red Brigades' so as to allow the growth of an authoritarian state. Sorrentino fingers Andreotti for many political assassinat
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LET HIM HAVE IT (1992)
Certification15 Our Rating
The shocking and tragic true story of Derek Bentley, hanged for a murder he didn't commit, after a trial that shamed the British justice system. Powerful and moving performances and a brilliant recreation of the 50s by the director of "The Krays" in this truly disturbing and riveting drama.
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SOPHIE SCHOLL (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group based in Munich University, 1943. Sophie and her brother are captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by a Gestapo officer quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility. Armed with long-buried historical records of her incarceration, di
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TAKING SIDES (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
Furtwängler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, was considered by many the most brilliant of the 20th Century, but he served as one of the Nazi's foremost cultural assets and flag-bearers. 'Taking Sides' recreates his suspenseful post-World War II interrogation by a tough talking American Major examining his role during the Third Reich in the most uncompromising of terms. The confrontation between the soft-spoken cultural icon of the old world and the rough, emotional hard-hitter from the new
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TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Starting with the murder in an Afghan prison of an innocent taxi-driver by American soldiers, this brilliant documentary outlines the lines of command from Cheney and Rumsfeld down to those on the front line. We learn about the techniques of torture and who authorised which methods. We hear about some of the history of CIA torture methods, the irrelevance of torture to extracting information and its use as a weapon of terror and political posturing by those in power in Washington.
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THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996)
Certification18 Our Rating
Crude, rude and tasteless, Larry Flynt made a fortune from porn, before becoming an unlikely hero of the liberal left on the issue of free speech. Crippled by an assassin's bullet, he and his ex-hooker wife descend into madness and junkiedom. A highly amusing and irreverent film.
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THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
The Road To Guantanamo is the story, (part dramatic reconstruction/part documentary), of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later, only three of them returned home.
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THE US VS JOHN LENNON (2006)
Certification12 Our Rating
Before Iraq, before the Bush Administration, before the Dixie Chicks, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and before Sir Bob and Bono.... there was John Lennon, the celebrated musical artist who used his fame and fortune to protest against the Vietnam War and advocate for world peace. Filmmakers David Leaf and John Scheinfield trace Lennon's metamorphosis from loveable mop-top to anti-war activist to inspirational icon as they reveal the true story of how and why the US tried to silence him. There are
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THE WINSLOW BOY (1999)
CertificationU Our Rating
A remake of Terrence Rattigan's 'The Winslow Boy' by David Mamet. A boy, accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order from the navy, had his innocence only determined after a lengthy court battle which, at the time, caused a media sensation and put his family under enormous stress. Mamet moves the real story forward so that the sister, Catherine, can be a suffragette and the lengthy legal battle can be played out with the First World War looming on the horizon. The emphasis of the play is wi
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