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Reeling from two devastating tragedies, Emily (Zola Grimmer) takes refuge at a summer camp for troubled youth, where she has been offered a position as counsellor. She finds friendship, but also something more unexpected, something truly troubling...

Venice, 1716. Composer Antonio Vivaldi teaches at an orphanage for abandoned girls, and establishes a deep rapport with violinist Cecelia — but their collaboration is threatened by her impending arranged marriage.

This disconcerting film from the director of Bait and Enys Men feels like a message from another era: two men sign on to a Cornish fishing trawler, but when they return to port they are welcomed into the community 30 years before they left...

Chungking Express is a fluid, poetic, almost throwaway film set in Hong Kong's edgy Chungking Mansions district, and comprising two simple, short story-like through-lines, both involving forlorn cops.

Frank Darabont's directorial debut is an engrossing, slow burn prison drama with stellar turns from Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. It's a firm fan favourite.

With its beautifully drawn East African setting, its humour, pathos, and engaging characters, as well as its stirring songs, The Lion King stands as the pinnacle of traditional Disney family entertainment.

Image: © Disney, 1994