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Max Schindler

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21 Apr

Bloody Oranges

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A retired couple deeply in debt try to win a rock dance competition. A minister is suspected of tax fraud. A teenager makes the acquaintance of a pervert.Rated: UnratedRelease Date: Mar 18, 2022
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21 Apr

Saturday Fiction

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1941. Since the Japanese occupation, China has become a wartime intelligence battlefield for the Allies and the Axis Powers. Iconic actress Jean Yu (Gong Li) returns to Shanghai, ostensibly to appear in the play “Saturday Fiction” directed by her former lover. But what is her true aim? To free her ex-husband? To gather intelligence for the Allied Forces? To work for her adoptive father? Or to escape from war with her lover? As she embarks on her mission, with friends ever more difficult to distinguish from undercover agents, as everything spirals out of control, Jean Yu starts to question whether…
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20 Apr

The White Fortress

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In the rundown Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje, Faruk is an orphan who lives with his ill grandmother and spends his days foraging for scrap metal and dabbling in petty crime. One day he meets Mona, a timid teen from a politically powerful and affluent family. As Mona dreams of escaping the overbearing toxicity of her home life, she seeks refuge and opens herself up to Faruk, a boy from a world entirely different than her own. Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Apr 22, 2022
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20 Apr

We Own This City (HBO)

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The limited series co-created by David Simon and George Pelecanos centers on members of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force that robbed and extorted citizens for several years before a federal investigation uncovered their crimes in this adaptation of Justin Fenton's non-fiction book.Premieres Apr 25, 2022
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20 Apr

The Ipcress File (ITV)

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Joe Cole (Harry Palmer) begins his intelligence career in Berlin, while Jean Courtney (Lucy Boynton) get close to CIA agent Paul Maddox (Ashley Thomas) in this loose adaptation of Len Deighton's 1962 book with influences from the 1965 film with Michael Caine. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 6 Mar 2022 and set to air in the US on AMC+ in 19 May 2022]Premieres May 19, 2022
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19 Apr

White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch

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Abercrombie & Fitch conquered malls in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s with gorgeous models, pulsing dance beats and a fierce scent. But while the brand was running white hot, its popular “all-American” image began burning out as controversy came to light surrounding its exclusionary marketing and discriminatory hiring.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Apr 19, 2022
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19 Apr

Petite Maman

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Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a treehouse.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Dec 03, 2021
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18 Apr

The Bad Guys

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Never have there been five friends as infamous as The Bad Guys—dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf (Sam Rockwell), seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake (Marc Maron), chill master-of-disguise Mr. Shark (Craig Robinson), short-fused “muscle” Mr. Piranha (Anthony Ramos) and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula (Awkwafina), aka “Webs.” But when, after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, the gang is finally caught, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal (that he has no intention of keeping) to save them all from prison: The Bad Guys will go good. Under the tutelage of their mentor Professor Marmalade (Richard Ayoade), an arrogant (but adorable!)…
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18 Apr

Islands

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Still living with his aging parents, Joshua (Rogelio Balagtas), a Filipino immigrant to Canada, prays every night for God to rid him of his shyness. The Almighty seemingly answers his petition when his beatific cousin Marisol (Sheila Lotuaco) arrives and slowly transforms Joshua's house back into a home.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Apr 12, 2022
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18 Apr

Charlotte

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Charlotte is an animated drama that tells the true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which emboldens her resolve. But the world around her is changing quickly and dangerously, limiting her options and derailing her dream. When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, she leaves Berlin for the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is…
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18 Apr

Gaslit (Starz)

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Martha Mitchell (Julia Roberts), the wife of Nixon's Attorney General (Sean Penn) and the Nixon administrations attempts to keep her from talking about Watergate are at the center of the limited series based on the first season of the Slate podcast Slow Burn.Premieres Apr 24, 2022
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18 Apr

The Northman

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From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. With an all-star cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe.Rated: RRelease Date: Apr 22, 2022
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18 Apr

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

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Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Nicolas Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Apr 22, 2022
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15 Apr

Chariot

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Dr. Karn (John Malkovich), an odd, eccentric specialist, guides unknowing patients through the reincarnation transition. When Harrison (Thomas Mann) experiences mysterious recurring dreams, he turns to Dr. Karn for help and reveals his encounter with a woman (Rosa Salazar) he loved in a previous life. Noticing a glitch in the system, the doctor must fix the issue before permanently derailing his patient's future. Rated: RRelease Date: Apr 15, 2022
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15 Apr

Choose or Die

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After firing up a lost '80s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Apr 15, 2022
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