For almost 13 centuries, from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 to the overthrow of the last Ottoman caliph in 1924, the Islamic world was ruled by a caliph. 　　Translated from the Arabic ‘Khalifa’, the word ‘caliph’ means successor or deputy. The caliph was considered the successor to the Prophet Muhammad. 　　It is a term that has, at times, been abused. 　　In June 2014, a militant group calling itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (known as ISIL or ISIS) declared the establishment of a caliphate and proclaimed its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a caliph. This proclamation was rejected by the overwhelming majority of the world’s Muslims. 　　ISIL had attempted to appropriate a title imbued with religious and political significance – and in doing so had cast a dark shadow over a rich history. 　　This is the story of the caliph, a title that originated 1,400 years ago and that spanned one of the greatest empires the world has ever known.

For almost 13 centuries, from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 to the overthrow of the last Ottoman caliph in 1924, the Islamic world was ruled by a caliph. 　　Translated from the Arabic ‘Khalifa’, the word ‘caliph’ means successor or deputy. The caliph was considered the successor to the Prophet Muhammad. 　　It is a term that has, at times, been abused. 　　In June 2014, a militant group calling itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (known as ISIL or ISIS) declared the establishment of a caliphate and proclaimed its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a caliph. This proclamation was rejected by the overwhelming majority of the world’s Muslims. 　　ISIL had attempted to appropriate a title imbued with religious and political significance – and in doing so had cast a dark shadow over a rich history. 　　This is the story of the caliph, a title that originated 1,400 years ago and that spanned one of the greatest empires the world has ever known.

请跟随迈克尔·凯恩的新片一起探究英国社会的现状，为那些受害者寻求公正。电影开始于一起发生在光天化日下的暴力枪击事件。几个年轻人因为吸食了毒品，…

70多岁的哈里·布朗（迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰）是一名退役的皇家海军军官，妻子去世后，靠退休金生活的哈里独自住在贫民窟附近的小公寓。附近的人行隧道是小混混们街头斗殴、毒品交易和肉体买卖的场所，跟布朗下象棋的好朋友，老头子莱昂纳德（大卫·布莱德利 David Bradley 饰）就常被这帮混混骚扰，甚至终被残忍杀害。女警官弗兰普顿（艾米莉·莫迪默 Emily Mortimer 饰）与下属负责调查案件，却因证据不足而不得不释放杀害莱昂纳德的凶手。一把年纪的布朗忍无可忍，决定亲自上阵，铲除混混，为莱昂纳德报仇。 　　本片获2010年英国《帝国》电影杂志评选的最佳英国影片、最佳惊悚片及最佳男主角（迈克尔·凯恩）提名，并获伦敦影评人协会最具突破性的英国影人（丹尼尔·巴伯 Daniel Barber）提名。

Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life exists.

Wickedly funny and observant slice of life NYC gangster pic, that's decidedly Jewish, quirky and anarchistic. The surprise cult comedy/drama hit was shot in 1969 and put on the shelf when no distributor was willing to take a chance on it when test audiences didn't laugh, but it was released in 1989 to play in the NYC Film Festival. Rave reviews gave this pic a new lease on life, and it got its long awaited theatrical release--only twenty years too late to help the splendid aging unknown cast advance their careers. 　　In this low-budget black and white shot indie, writer-director Michael Roemer ("Nothing But A Man") makes good use of location shots in the Big Apple, exhibits a winsome dead-on droll humor and gets a super performance from Max Priest--the washed-up small-time mob leader with a deadpan expression (perhaps equaling Buster Keaton's) that seemingly can absorb all kinds of bad news without letting on he's in pain. It's like a time capsule pic, as it takes us back to the 1960s when mafioso types were riding around the city in big gas-guzzling Cadillacs, stylish dames were sporting bee-hive hairstyles, Go-Go dancers were in vogue and there was liberal John Lindsay's racially changing NYC that altered forever the way urban America was to be from now on. 　　It's a scream as a cutting satire on middle-class Jewish aspirations, their showy bar mitzvah rituals and of the almost tragic downfall of a two-bit gangster who didn't have the heart for the rough business, just the will to lead a soft life. The cinéma-vérité pic looks authentic even if it's covering familiar territory, and has the balls to make such an unsympathetic low-life criminal as Harry as an almost sympathetic heroic one by the end of the day.