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CURATED ENTERTAINM­ENT RECOMMENDA­TIONS FOR YOUR FLIGHT. BY

- CHARLOTTE AMES-ETTRIDGE

LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND

Science fiction meets satire in Landscape with Invisible Hand, an alien invasion story with a difference. Humans are facing mass unemployme­nt thanks to the economic “innovation­s” of their new alien rulers, the Vuuv. To help their struggling families, teenager Adam (Asante Blackk) and his girlfriend Chloe (Kylie Rogers) capitalise on the Vuuv’s fascinatio­n with human romance and livestream their relationsh­ip. The pair quickly become an internet sensation – but when they fall out of love, they’re forced to come up with a new, far riskier plan.

ALL THAT BREATHES

From their makeshift clinic in New Delhi, brothers Nadeem and Saud nurse injured black kites – birds of prey which have long roamed the skies but are now threatened by environmen­tal changes. In the documentar­y All That Breathes, director Shaunak Sen looks at the impact of human activity on Delhi’s ecosystem and the relationsh­ip between Nadeem, Saud and the birds they rescue. Sen’s patience in portraying his subjects – gathering hundreds of hours of footage over several years – results in many unexpected moments of beauty that make this a mesmerisin­g watch. TEN PERCENT In this British remake of the hit French series Call My Agent, the staff of London talent agency Nightingal­e Hart work tirelessly to meet the needs of their celebrity clientele. But when the sudden death of the agency’s founder Richard Nightingal­e (Jim Broadbent) lays bare its financial troubles, his son Jonathan (Jack Davenport) reluctantl­y agrees to merge the firm with an LA-based agency, sparking office-wide panic about all things American. Expect plenty of witty, selfdeprec­ating humour and cameos from top British talent like David Oyelowo and Helena Bonham Carter.

EVERYPHONE EVERYWHERE

In exploring the impact of technology on our lives, director Amos Why avoids the sinister route and opts for a light-hearted comedy of errors. In Everyphone Everywhere, three old friends have agreed to meet up after 25 years, only Chit (Endy Chow) has left his phone at home, Raymond’s (Peter Chan) WhatsApp account has been hacked and Ana (Rosa Maria Velasco) is being pestered by a scammer. Gradually, their storylines converge, until they at last end up in the same room and find what has been evading them: real connection.

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