Stephen Woolley
Language
English
Formats
Description
In England in 1962, a young couple (Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle) find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"There's splendid acting across the board and assured direction by Cooke, a stage veteran making his feature debut..." - Peter Howell, **Toronto Star***
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
With her employers out, a maid in 1920s England has a rare chance to meet with her secret lover, the son from a nearby manor. Class issues keep them apart, and although he is about to leave to marry a suitable wife, the events of this weekend could change their lives -- and love -- forever.
4) Living
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful after receiving a terminal diagnosis.
5) Colette
Language
English
Formats
Description
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its...
6) Their finest
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1940 set in London, the story is an ode to how women played a major role in boosting national morale during the Blitz of London in the second world war.
7) In dreams
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Claire Cooper dreams strange things from time to time. One night, she dreams about a little girl being taken away by a stranger, right in her neighbourhood. When her own daughter Rebecca is kidnapped and murdered only a little later, Claire is sure about the chilling truth that her and the killer's mind are connected to each other in dreams. But nobody believes her being able to foresee the killer's next steps, as she could with her own daughter....
8) The Miracle
Author
Language
English
Description
For teenage friends Jimmy and Rose, summer is time to while away the long days by making up fantastic stories about the tourists in their tiny seaside town outside Dublin. However, this summer is different. The circus comes to town. And so does a beautiful, mysterious woman – a woman who awakens in Jimmy an obsessive love. Instead of making up stories, it's time for Jimmy and Rose to live them.
Author
Language
English
Description
By Ian McEwan from his bestselling novel, the drama centers on a young couple of drastically different backgrounds in the summer of 1962. Following the pair through their idyllic courtship, the film explores sex and the societal pressure that can accompany physical intimacy, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. The film stars Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough, Emily Watson, and Samuel West.
Author
Language
English
Description
The city of London is gripped with fear as a serial killer – dubbed The Limehouse Golem – is on the loose and leaving cryptic messages written in his victim's blood. With few leads and increasing public pressure, Scotland Yard assigns the case to Inspector Kildare (Bill Nighy) – a seasoned detective with a troubled past and a sneaking suspicion he's being set up to fail. Faced with a long list of suspects, including music hall star Dan Leno...
11) The Crying Game
Author
Language
English
Description
The unpredictable, unconventional, multi-Oscar®-nominated masterpiece. Starring Stephen Rea and Miranda Richardson as Irish terrorists, Forest Whitaker as their hostage, and Jaye Davidson as Whitaker's exotic girlfriend, the film is a haunting, humorous a
12) The Actors
Author
Language
English
Description
Two failed actors decide to try to con a local gangster by pretending to be the people to whom he owes money.
