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My Octopus Teacher (2020)

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world

My Old Man (1974)

"40 years you live in a house then suddenly someone decides its a slum. So down it comes and out you goes. Daft beggars!"

My Son Rueben (1975)

A middle-aged man, still living at home with his mother, is completely under her thumb.

Mystery Hall (1967)

A boy witnesses a murder - but who will believe him when the victim turns up alive and well?

The Naked Civil Servant (1975)

The story of Quentin Crisp, from his youth in the early 20th century to his emergence as a flamboyant gay icon, made a star of actor John Hurt and catapulted Crisp himself into overnight celebrity status

The Name of the Rose (2019)

Based on the international bestseller by Umberto Eco, the story, set in 1327, revolves around an enlightened friar and his young apprentice who investigate a series of mysterious deaths at an abbey - risking the wrath of a powerful Inquisitor.