A selection of recent new releases, brought back to the big screen for those of you who missed them first time around (or loved them so much you want to see them again!).
To nominate a film screened in the last few months for future Play It Again screenings, e-mail your suggestions to playitagain@homemcr.org stating why you think the film deserves a second chance to be screened here at HOME.
Previously in this season
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Spring Breakers
The latest feature from US indie filmmaking enfant terrible Harmony Korine is a visually ravishing tale of college break sleaze, sex and violence.
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The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
Acclaimed filmmaker Shane Meadows brings his unique directorial style, humour and emotional depth to The Stone Roses: Made of Stone, a film which captures the…
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The Act of Killing
In the year following the Indonesian military coup of 1965, pro-regime paramilitaries of the Pancasila Youth and sadistic criminals killed more than a million alleged…
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The Great Beauty
Jep, an attractive, aging socialite and one-time novelist attends a whirlwind of decadent parties and lavish dinners with his eclectic and eccentric group of friends,…
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Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
As members of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, three women performed a 40-second ‘punk prayer’ inside a Moscow cathedral. It led to their arrest…
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Blue Jasmine
After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal (Alec Baldwin), elegant New York socialite Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) moves…
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Blue is the Warmest Colour
This Palme d’Or-winning love story from Franco-Tunisian filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche is an enchanting film focusing on the life of Adele, as she navigates her late…
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Le Week-End
Meg and Nick are a middle-aged couple who travel to Paris for a weekend break, in the hope of escaping their humdrum lives in Birmingham…
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The Epic of Everest
The third attempt to climb Everest culminated in the deaths of two of the finest climbers of their generation, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, and…
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The Golden Dream
When a group of teenagers who are fleeing Guatemala for the US are joined by Tzotzil Indian Chauk, racial tensions come to the fore. Along…
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Inside Llewyn Davis
Set in 1961, Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a hapless folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene.…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson has gathered an impressive ensemble cast for his highly-anticipated new film. Ralph Fiennes leads as the charismatic Gustave H, concierge at the prestigious…
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Nymphomaniac Volume 2
Nymphomaniac is the highly anticipated new film from the legendary and controversial director Lars von Trier. Operatic in emotional scope and novelistic in structure, it…
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Nymphomaniac Volume 1
Nymphomaniac is the highly anticipated new film from the legendary and controversial director Lars von Trier. Operatic in emotional scope and novelistic in structure, it…
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The Double
Jesse Eisenberg stars as Simon James, a shy, low-ranking employee at an anonymous conglomerate. His banal life is made bearable by his infatuation with a…
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, but even as he turns 100, he’s not quite ready for…
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Citizenfour
In January 2013, filmmaker Laura Poitras was several years into the making of a film about abuses of national security in post 9/11 America when…
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Birdman (Or, The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Michael Keaton is a washed-up former superhero actor, vying once again for stardom by producing his own stage comeback on Broadway. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s brutal,…
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Wild Tales
This frenetic black comedy from Argentinian director Damián Szifrón, produced by the Almodóvar brothers’ El Deseo, features six stories offering a wry look at modern…
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The Salt of the Earth
Documentary filmmaking has proved a fertile hunting ground for German auteur Wim Wenders and The Salt of the Earth nestles comfortable amongst Pina and The…
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Stranger by the Lake
Summer time. A cruising spot for gay men seeking nameless sexual encounters is tucked away on the shores of a picturesque secluded lake in rural…
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Hard to be a God
Based on the book by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Hard to Be a God is a bleak medieval fantasia, although ostensibly it’s science fiction, since…
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Lawrence of Arabia – Director’s Cut
One of the screen's grandest epics, and a cinematic triumph from director David Lean, this monumental story recounts the true life experiences of the enigmatic…
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The Shining Extended Cut
Never released theatrically in the UK, we are pleased to present this magnificent new digital print of Kubrick’s US version, which runs 24 minutes longer…
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Of Gods and Men
In a remote part of Algeria the threat from violent Islamic fundamentalists grows and a group of French monks must decide whether to leave their…
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Blue Valentine
After the heady days of their youthful romance, Dean and Cindy’s marriage is slowly crumbling and the happiness of their early relationship is portrayed in…
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The Tree of Life
This visionary film chronicles youngster Jack’s early life in 1950s small-town America where he lives with his parents and two brothers. Director Terrence Malick interweaves…
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We Need To Talk About Kevin
Lynne Ramsay’s adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s best-selling novel was the talk of Cannes Film Festival 2011 and her assured direction and tightly controlled pacing make…
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Wuthering Heights
For her highly anticipated third feature, Oscar-winning writer-director Andrea Arnold turns her attentions to Emily Brontë’s classic gothic novel. Set on the hostile and windswept…
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Tyrannosaur
Paddy Considine’s feature directorial debut is an affecting tour de force, recounting the story of two lonely and damaged people brought together by chance and…
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Midnight in Paris
Adored at Cannes Film Festival this year, Woody Allen's latest feature is a witty romantic comedy starring Owen Wilson as Hollywood screenwriter Gil who is…
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967 – 1975
This fascinating documentary tells the story of the US Black Power movement from the perspective of filmmakers and journalists working for Swedish television at the…
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Good Vibrations
Set in 1970s Belfast, at the height of the Troubles, Good Vibrations is a fascinating portrait of Terri Hooley, a visionary and a rebel who…
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The Artist
Universally adored by critics worldwide and winner of 5 Oscars and 7 BAFTA awards, this uplifting and beguiling rags-to-riches tale is pure joy for classic…
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Patience (After Sebald)
A richly textured film essay on landscape, art, history, life and loss, Patience (After Sebald) offers a unique exploration of the work of internationally acclaimed…
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Monsieur Lazhar
Following the sudden and traumatic death of a teacher, immigrant Bachir Lazhar is hired to work as a supply teacher in a Quebec school. Monsieur…
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The Angels’ Share
Narrowly escaping a prison sentence, new dad Robbie is given one last chance and he vows to turn over a new leaf to pave the…
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Woody Allen: A Documentary
Few filmmakers have achieved such enduring success as Woody Allen, dominating American popular culture for over 50 years. Following the notoriously private filmmaker for over…
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On The Road
A much-anticipated adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s iconic beat novel from The Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles. Following a bout of illness and not long after…
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Killer Joe
Killer Joe is a brutal, blood-splattered and blackly comic thriller from The Exorcist director William Friedkin. Chris, a dropout drug-dealer with huge gambling debts and…
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Untouchable
Paralysed from the neck down following a paragliding accident, millionaire Philippe lives a quiet life in a stylish Parisian apartment. When he hires Driss, a…
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The Master
The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s first film since the stunning There Will Be Blood, boasts virtuoso performances from leads Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.…
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
This captivating American indie follows six-year-old Hushpuppy who lives with her irritable and sickly father, Wink, in the isolated Bayou community. When a giant storm…
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Coriolanus
In his directorial debut, Ralph Fiennes grapples with the power-play and politics of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. In this assured adaptation, Fiennes transports the tragedy to a…
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The Dance of Reality
After a 23-year hiatus, The Dance of Reality marks the triumphant return of Alejandro Jodorowsky, the visionary Chilean filmmaker behind cult classics El Topo and…