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Christine

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Lion

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Silence

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DVD/Blu-ray: Indochine

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Last Tango in Halifax, Christmas special, BBC One

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Love, National Theatre

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The Pass

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DVD/Blu-ray: Theo & Hugo

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The Little Matchgirl, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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DVD: The Music of Strangers

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King Lear, RSC, Barbican

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Removal Men, The Yard Theatre

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Francofonia

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Cymbeline, RSC, Barbican

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Aberfan: The Green Hollow, BBC Four

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DVD/Blu-ray: Dekalog and Other TV Works

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