The Pope’s exorcist is sent to Spain to free a demon-possessed boy and discovers a long-kept secret about the Spanish Inquisition.
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
A humble London cleaning woman’s dream of buying a Christian Dior dress inspires her to go to Paris and struggle to make it come true.
The Dig (2021)
In the UK right before WW 2 a widow hires a commoner to excavate a mound on her estate, much to the dismay of museum professionals.
Sir (2018)
A village widow with a dream of becoming a clothing designer works for a wealthy single man in Mumbai where his growing love for her causes her to leave.
Nomadland (2020)
A widow takes to the road in a converted van and befriend various fellow nomads while supporting herself at seasonal jobs.
A Case of Deadly Force (1986)
The true story based on Lawrence O’Donnell’s book about how his lawyer father fought successfully to prove the Boston Police Depart. covered up their shooting of a black man.
The Good Liar (2019)
An elderly scammer thinks he has an easy mark in a widow until they take a trip together to Berlin where she reveals a traumatic connection between them dating back to WW 2.
The Bookshop (2017)
I discovered the wonders of bookshops while still a middle schooler in Indianapolis, so I was absorbed from the very beginning by Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s film. Adapted by the director from a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald, the story is set in 1959 in the fictional town of Hardborough on the coast of Suffolk. The …
The Cakemaker (2017)
In Berlin Israeli city planner Oren (Roy Miller) has become more than friends with Thomas (Tim Kalkhof), the talented baker at the small café where they had met. While eating the baker’s delicious Black Forest gâteau, Oren seduces the young German. During his monthly visit the pair bed down together. Although he has a wife …
Love & Friendship (2016)
Widowed Lady Susan visits her in-laws in pursuit of a rich husband, & finds her plans complicated when her daughter runs away from school & becomes a rival.