Maxine Peake
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One of the major works of fiction written during the twentieth century, D. H. Lawrence's last novel is an erotic celebration of life. Described by the New York Times as "our time's most significant romance," the controversial book was banned, burned, and the subject of a landmark obscenity trial. Printed privately in Florence in 1928, it was not published in Great Britain until 1960, after having long scandalized society with its sexually explicit...
22) Rabbit hole
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Alice Armitage is a police officer. Or she was. Or perhaps she just imagines she was. Whatever the truth is, following a debilitating bout of PTSD, self-medication with drink and drugs, and a psychotic breakdown, Alice is now a long-term patient in an acute psychiatric ward. Though convinced that she doesn't really belong there, she finds companionship with the other patients in the ward despite their challenging and often intimidating issues. So...
23) If I Let You Go
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Every morning Janet Brown goes to work cleaning offices. It calms her, cleanliness, neatness. All the things she's unable to do with her soul can be achieved with a damp cloth and a splash of bleach. However, the guilt she still carries about a devastating loss that happened eleven years ago, cannot be erased.
Then, Janet finds herself involved in a train crash and, recognising the chance to do what she couldn't all those years ago, she makes a decision....
24) Peterloo
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The epic recreation of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester. Directed by 7-time Oscar nominee, Mike Leigh.
26) Private Peaceful
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Set in WW1, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.