Metropolitan Crush

Harvey's Dream

2014

Inspired by the short story "Harvey's Dream" by Stephen King.

The Blind Squad

2014 · ★ 6.5

Matthew is a 23 years old young man who likes to spend his time doing nothing else than sleeping. He has no purpose in life, being a complete ignorant to everything around him. He lives with his mother, who tries her best to persuade him to get a job and make something of his life. After one fight, he finally decides to take the interview at the military unit his mother has arranged for him.

Walk on Water

2004 · ★ 6.9

Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country, during which Axel challenges Eyal's values.

All About My Mother

1999 · ★ 7.6

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

Breakfast Wine

2013 · ★ 7.7

In Ireland they say it takes just three alcoholics to keep a small bar running in a country town. But what if you’ve only got two?

Harvey's Dream

2015

A woman's senile husband predicts her daughter's death. Based on the Stephen King story of the same name.

Harvey’s Dream

2015

Adapted from the Stephen King short story, Harvey's Dream involves a father's nightmare bleeding through the real world.

Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives

2016 · ★ 7

An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

Billy Elliot

2000 · ★ 7.6

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

Antoine and Colette

1962 · ★ 7.2

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

Paréntesis

Sofía meets Azul at a bonfire and is strongly hooked. Years later they meet again in a bar and finally decide to get closer. The two of them, the sea, fire and art that night. An indelible scar and the clock that haunts them.

The David Dance

2014 · ★ 3.6

Away from the microphone, David is soft spoken, shy and unsure of himself. However, as his on-air alias ‘Danger Dave,’ the host of “Gay Talk,” he’s poised, witty, and every listener’s best friend. His sister, Kate, a thrice divorced banker has a yen for Schumann and cats. Though successful, the siblings suffer from a secret, yet vast, sense of inadequacy. Kate decides to adopt and asks David to be a father figure. David gawkily romances his coworker. Past and present intertwine to tell the story of a man learning to love and accept himself.