Peter Straughan

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Conclave: Live Read
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Conclave: Live Read

Feb 10, 2025
Lies, betrayal, power plays, backstabbing, mystery, intrigue, scandal – this is the papal conclave: a shadowy, high-stakes assembly of the Catholic College of Cardinals, summoned when the pope dies, to elect the next Pope. Who could’ve imagined that so much drama lurks beneath the Vatican’s gilded ceilings? Now, experience the tension firsthand as Edward Berger, director of Academy Award winner All Quiet on the Western Front, brings his award-winning film Conclave to life with a one-night-only Live Read at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Drama
Nosferatu in Love
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Nosferatu in Love

May 08, 2014
In a fit of rebellion against his director which masks his own dark demons, a tormented movie actor (Mark Strong) starring as Nosferatu runs away to a nearby small Czech town when his young wife leaves him, teaming up with a local petty crook with unexpected, absurdest consequences. Loss and failure find their way to a redemption of sorts for both of them.
Drama
Gee Gee
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Gee Gee

Jan 01, 2011
Gee Gee follows the unsettling effect of drunken and riotous new-comer Gee-Gee on his neighbours in a fashionable block of flats. The closely-knit, respectable community finally force the trouble-maker to move, but one of them - the previously happy and respectable Michael - shows alarming signs of infection...
Conclave
7.2

Conclave

Oct 25, 2024
Gee Gee follows the unsettling effect of drunken and riotous new-comer Gee-Gee on his neighbours in a fashionable block of flats. The closely-knit, respectable community finally force the trouble-maker to move, but one of them - the previously happy and respectable Michael - shows alarming signs of infection...
Drama
Que le meilleur gagne
5.8

Que le meilleur gagne

Sep 11, 2015
Gee Gee follows the unsettling effect of drunken and riotous new-comer Gee-Gee on his neighbours in a fashionable block of flats. The closely-knit, respectable community finally force the trouble-maker to move, but one of them - the previously happy and respectable Michael - shows alarming signs of infection...
Comedy
Nosferatu in Love
10

Nosferatu in Love

May 08, 2014
In a fit of rebellion against his director which masks his own dark demons, a tormented movie actor (Mark Strong) starring as Nosferatu runs away to a nearby small Czech town when his young wife leaves him, teaming up with a local petty crook with unexpected, absurdest consequences. Loss and failure find their way to a redemption of sorts for both of them.
Drama
Sixty Six
6.6

Sixty Six

Nov 03, 2006
A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
Comedy
Ravens
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Ravens

Jan 01, 1970
When grifters Shaw and Romeo pull up at a convenience store in Georgia, their only thought is to fix a faulty tyre and be on their way to Florida. But this happens to be the store from which a $318 million Jackpot ticket has just been sold - and when the pretty clerk accidentally reveals to Shaw the identity of the winning family, he hatches a terrifyingly audacious plan.
Folio
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Folio

Jan 01, 1970
Four hundred years on from its original publication, ‘Folio’ follows the journey of Shakespeare’s former Kings Men colleagues – actors John Heminges and Henry Condell – as they embark on a picaresque road trip through an England on the brink of Puritanism and gather the material to keep their friend’s work and memory alive.
Drama
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
6.7
Based on a true story, Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution is the tale of a family from Bingley in Yorkshire, who defect to East Germany. Here they find a nightmare of rationing, censorship and the most spied upon people in history rather than the Marxist utopia they were expecting. But if they thought getting in was difficult wait until they try to get out.
Comedy
Gee Gee
1

Gee Gee

Jan 01, 2011
Gee Gee follows the unsettling effect of drunken and riotous new-comer Gee-Gee on his neighbours in a fashionable block of flats. The closely-knit, respectable community finally force the trouble-maker to move, but one of them - the previously happy and respectable Michael - shows alarming signs of infection...
Conclave
7.2

Conclave

Oct 25, 2024
Gee Gee follows the unsettling effect of drunken and riotous new-comer Gee-Gee on his neighbours in a fashionable block of flats. The closely-knit, respectable community finally force the trouble-maker to move, but one of them - the previously happy and respectable Michael - shows alarming signs of infection...
Drama
Le Chardonneret
7.151

Le Chardonneret

Sep 12, 2019
Gee Gee follows the unsettling effect of drunken and riotous new-comer Gee-Gee on his neighbours in a fashionable block of flats. The closely-knit, respectable community finally force the trouble-maker to move, but one of them - the previously happy and respectable Michael - shows alarming signs of infection...
Drama
Shackleton
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Shackleton

Jan 01, 1970
Ernest Shackleton led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, but the polar explorer is best remembered for how he handled adversity. His ship Endurance was crushed by ice floes and he managed to keep everyone alive in a harrowing journey to safety in sub zero temperatures.
Adventure
Frank
6.9

Frank

May 09, 2014
Ernest Shackleton led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, but the polar explorer is best remembered for how he handled adversity. His ship Endurance was crushed by ice floes and he managed to keep everyone alive in a harrowing journey to safety in sub zero temperatures.
Comedy
Crime 101
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Crime 101

Jan 01, 1970
Ernest Shackleton led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, but the polar explorer is best remembered for how he handled adversity. His ship Endurance was crushed by ice floes and he managed to keep everyone alive in a harrowing journey to safety in sub zero temperatures.
Crime
Conclave: Live Read
1

Conclave: Live Read

Feb 10, 2025
Lies, betrayal, power plays, backstabbing, mystery, intrigue, scandal – this is the papal conclave: a shadowy, high-stakes assembly of the Catholic College of Cardinals, summoned when the pope dies, to elect the next Pope. Who could’ve imagined that so much drama lurks beneath the Vatican’s gilded ceilings? Now, experience the tension firsthand as Edward Berger, director of Academy Award winner All Quiet on the Western Front, brings his award-winning film Conclave to life with a one-night-only Live Read at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Drama
Cérémonie des Oscars
6.9
Les Oscars du cinéma (Academy Awards) sont des récompenses cinématographiques américaines décernées chaque année depuis 1929 à Los Angeles et destinées à saluer l'excellence des productions américaines du cinéma. L'attribution de ces distinctions dans les domaines choisis pour représenter les métiers de la création cinématographique (réalisation, interprétation, scénario, technique) est organisée, gérée et dirigée par l'association professionnelle Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Cérémonie des Oscars
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Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. The four-part adaptation of A Country Doctor's Notebook was also broadcast on the strand in December 2012. Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, Nixon’s The One. They say the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Nixon and Henry Goodman as Kissinger, will return for the series run, which will be filmed in September 2012. The series will broadcast in 2013. The second series began airing in April 2013 featuring Kathy Burke, Frances Barber, Julia Davis, Idris Elba, Anna Friel, Rebecca Front, Stephen Graham, David Harewood, Ian Hart, Sharon Horgan, Mathew Horne, Suranne Jones, Kylie Minogue, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Serafinowicz, Matt Smith, Johnny Vegas, Marc Warren, Jack Whitehall and Reggie Yates.
Drama
Cérémonie des Oscars
6
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. The four-part adaptation of A Country Doctor's Notebook was also broadcast on the strand in December 2012. Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, Nixon’s The One. They say the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Nixon and Henry Goodman as Kissinger, will return for the series run, which will be filmed in September 2012. The series will broadcast in 2013. The second series began airing in April 2013 featuring Kathy Burke, Frances Barber, Julia Davis, Idris Elba, Anna Friel, Rebecca Front, Stephen Graham, David Harewood, Ian Hart, Sharon Horgan, Mathew Horne, Suranne Jones, Kylie Minogue, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Serafinowicz, Matt Smith, Johnny Vegas, Marc Warren, Jack Whitehall and Reggie Yates.
Drama
Cérémonie des Oscars
7.5
1520. Si Henry VIII meurt sans héritier mâle, l'Angleterre pourrait voir son royaume détruit par la guerre civile. Thomas Cromwell, fils d'un forgeron brutal, est un génie politique, un corrupteur, un tyran et un charmeur. Dans son ascension au pouvoir, il a su briser tous les codes d'une société rigide et est prêt à continuer sur la voie de la destruction. S'opposant au Parlement, à l'ordre politique établi et à la papauté, il est prêt à remodeler l'Angleterre à sa manière et aux désirs de Henry VIII.
Drama
Cérémonie des Oscars
7.5
1520. Si Henry VIII meurt sans héritier mâle, l'Angleterre pourrait voir son royaume détruit par la guerre civile. Thomas Cromwell, fils d'un forgeron brutal, est un génie politique, un corrupteur, un tyran et un charmeur. Dans son ascension au pouvoir, il a su briser tous les codes d'une société rigide et est prêt à continuer sur la voie de la destruction. S'opposant au Parlement, à l'ordre politique établi et à la papauté, il est prêt à remodeler l'Angleterre à sa manière et aux désirs de Henry VIII.
Drama
Cérémonie des Oscars
7.5
1520. Si Henry VIII meurt sans héritier mâle, l'Angleterre pourrait voir son royaume détruit par la guerre civile. Thomas Cromwell, fils d'un forgeron brutal, est un génie politique, un corrupteur, un tyran et un charmeur. Dans son ascension au pouvoir, il a su briser tous les codes d'une société rigide et est prêt à continuer sur la voie de la destruction. S'opposant au Parlement, à l'ordre politique établi et à la papauté, il est prêt à remodeler l'Angleterre à sa manière et aux désirs de Henry VIII.
Drama