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1) Curiosa
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Français
Description
Paris 1895. Pierre Louÿs is a Parisian dandy and poet on the verge of fame. Pierre and his friend Henri De Régnier are both madly in love with Marie de Heredia (Noemie Merlant), the cheeky daughter of their mentor. Despite her feelings for Pierre, Marie eventually marries Henri who has a better situation. Badly hurt, Pierre leaves for Algeria where he meets Zohra, a bewitching local girl with whom he shares a tumultuous relationship and a passion...
Publisher
Lifetime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Born in New Orleans, Mahalia began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement. Her recording of the song “Move on Up a Little Higher” sold millions of copies, skyrocketing her to international fame and gave her the opportunity to perform at diverse settings including in front of a racially integrated audience at the prestigious Carnegie...
4) Esther
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Experience the Bible story of Esther, who infiltrated the King of Persia's harem in order to stop a planned genocide of Jewish people, saving many innocent lives.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm return to star in a second series inspired by the works of Russian novelist Mikhail Bulgakov. Revisiting the small village of Muryevo in 1918, we find the Young Doctor battling an all-consuming morphine addiction. Under the critical gaze of his older self, the Young Doctor struggles to cope with life in the hospital and the efforts of his medical staff, the Civil War and the distractions of a beautiful young aristocrat,...
8) Paint
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Owen Wilson stars as Carl Nargle, Vermont's #1 public TV painter who is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke... until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.
9) Golda
Language
English
Formats
Description
On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel's holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan begin a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Outnumbered and outgunned, Israel's only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir, confronts the immediate, clear, and present danger of a ticking timebomb that she hoped never to face. Surrounded, isolated, and frustrated by the infighting...
12) Tom & Viv
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
In 1915, Tom and Viv elope, but her gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their honeymoon. Her father is angry because Tom's poetry doesn't bring in enough to live, but her mother is happy Viv has found a tender and discreet husband.
13) Nicolas Le Floch
Publisher
MHz Networks
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Français
Description
Paris, 1761. Brilliant young Parisian police commissioner Nicolas Le Floch works under Monsieur de Sartine, the Royal Lieutenant General of Police. Louis XV's kingdom is plagued by conspiracies and murders. With the help of his faithful subordinate Bourdeau, Nicolas solves mysterious disappearances and sorts out awkward scandals in this French series.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Six years after the wedding of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, a coach races up to Pemberley with an hysterical Lydia shrieking, “Murder!” So continues Jane Austen’s timeless classic, Pride and Prejudice, in DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, a star-studded adaptation of crime-writer P.D. James’ bestselling whodunit.
Publisher
Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An original musical film, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE is a love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s, amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock 'n roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, the killing fields of Vietnam...
16) W.E
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Madonna's beautifully crafted film tells the story of a lonely New Yorker who begins to explore the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's abdication of the throne for the woman he loved.
17) Love Gets a Room
Publisher
Buffalo 8 Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events during the 1942 Nazi occupation of Poland, LOVE GETS A ROOM is the story of a Jewish stage actress who must make the gut-wrenching decision to follow her heart or to escape the Warsaw ghetto. Told in real time like Cortés’ acclaimed Buried, the film is a romantic tale of love and survival in the face of harrowing circumstances.
18) Mona Lisa Smile
Publisher
Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts heads an all-star cast featuring Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marcia Gay Harden in MONA LISA SMILE, an uplifting and poignant drama about one woman's desire to enrich the lives of her students. In 1953, a time when women's roles were rigidly defined, novice art history professor Katherine Watson (Roberts) begins teaching at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, which despite its academic...
19) Mrs. Soffel
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winners Mel Gibson and Diane Keaton star in a drama based on the true story of the forbidden romance between Ed Biddle and Mrs. Soffel. 1901. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wife and mother Kate Soffel (Keaton) chafes within the confines of her repressive life and yearns for something more than her proper, boring husband can offer. She devotes her free time to reading to the inmates of the county prison--where she meets and falls in love with...
20) Oppenheimer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
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