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Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.　　The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).　　The title music sets the tone a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.　　The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.　　Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.　　Roger Philip Mellor

Following the crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s involvement in Syria, the world is closer to super power confrontation than at any time since the end of the Cold War. Now a committee of senior former British military and diplomatic figures comes together to war game a hypothetical ‘hot war’ in Eastern Europe, including the unthinkable - nuclear confrontation. The War Room faces a scenario that has haunted western strategists since civil war broke out in Ukraine potential Russian military involvement in the Baltic States of Latvia and Estonia. Like Ukraine these countries have sizable Russian speaking minorities, but unlike Ukraine they are members of NATO, whose founding treaty states that an attack on one ally is an attack on all of them. Because of this, western analysts regularly war game a situation where Russia seeks to exploit ethnic tensions in the Baltic and test the strength of the NATO Alliance.

A dark comedy anthology, which was supposed to be center on unavoidable jeopardize of life and has four different stories set in a quintessential Indian metro

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This is a romantic historical drama based on the true story of the first woman "conquistador" who went to the South American land that would become Chile, and helped to form the city of Santiago. It is based on a 2006 - novel by Isabel Allende.

A banjo player seeks fame, success, and respect.Story : The quintessential Mumbaiyya music of a few Banjo players, led by Taraat (Riteish Deshmukh) catches the fancy of a budding American singer Chris (Nargis Fakhri). She travels to Mumbai all the way from New York to hunt for Taraat and his quirky coterie, hoping to take their music international. But given their social and financial background, can the men live up to Chris' expectations?

黄河中游的三门峡湿地,是野生大天鹅主要的越冬栖身地。每年吸引一万余只越冬的大天鹅。一只雌性大天鹅“美峡”同党受伤,不得不永远留在越冬地。在这里,它与另一只受伤的天鹅组建家庭并孵化出了7只幼崽,这是野生大天鹅在黄河道域越冬地天然滋生胜利的首例。随后的五个月里,美峡先后得到 老公跟一个孩子,家庭遭遇伟大变故。单亲母亲难题重重。秋末,大天鹅连续到达黄河中游的越冬地。美峡的领地也遭到了挑衅。第二年春季,越冬的天鹅开端飞回南方滋生地。面临迁移,六个孩子又将何去何从呢！ "A female swan Meixia, whose wings were injured and could not fly, had to stay permanently in the wintering grounds, where she and another wounded swan fell in love, then started to breed and rear their young. However, Meixia lost her husband and one child sequentially in five months, the single mother suffered deeply from her family lost and life bristled with difficulties for her unexpectedly. At the end of autumn, the wintering ground in the Yellow River Basin is crowded with other swans which means Meixia’s territory is facing challenge. Next year spring, swans are flying back to their breeding grounds. When facing migration, what will be the destiny of her six children?"

TheFutureofWorkandDeathisadocumentaryconcerningthegrowthofexponentialtechnologyandwhereitistakingus.Thefilmfocusesonhowfuturetechnologycouldsignificantlychangethetwoinevitablefeaturesofthehumanexperience;punchingtheclockandfadingaway.Itexploreshowadvancedautomation,AIandtechnologicalsingularitycouldbeachievableinthenext30years.Howjobobsolescenceandtechnologicalunemploymentcouldconsequentlyoccurandhowdigitalimmortalitymaynotbeathingofsciencefiction.Butwhatarethesocio-politicalrepercussionsoftheseinnovationsandarewereadyforthem?Doesworkinglessmeanlivingmoreandisendingageingincumbentonus?Worldwideexpertsinthefieldsoffuturology,anthropology,neuroscienceandphilosophysharetheirthoughtsonthesefutureadvancements.