A Call to Spy is an historical drama inspired by the true stories of women recruited into England’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Desperate for new recruits, … Continue reading A Call to Spy
Yentl is an American romantic musical drama film directed, co-written, co-produced, and starring American entertainer Barbra Streisand. It is based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story ‘Yentl the Yeshiva Boy’. The film incorporates humour and … Continue reading Yentl
Director Woody Allen, featuring Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels Radio Days is an American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, who also narrates. The film looks back on an American family's … Continue reading Radio Days
USA 2023, 106 mins, English, Director Kelly Fremon Craig, featuring Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson This coming-of-age comedy drama film, written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, is based on the … Continue reading Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Netherlands/UK 2022, 69 mins, English, Polish, German, Yiddish; Director Bianca Stigter, narrated by Helen Bonham Carter Three Minutes: A Lengthening presents a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 … Continue reading Three Minutes: A Lengthening
USA 2019, 91 mins, English Director Matt Ratner, featuring Billy Crystal, Ben Schwartz, Eloise Mumford In this comedy drama, the unlikely friendship between a failing stand-up comedian and an alcoholic … Continue reading Standing Up, Falling
Israel, Poland, Columbia 2022, 96 mins, English sub-titles Director Leon Prudovsky, featuring David Hayman, Udo Kier Colombia, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbour … Continue reading My Neighbor Adolf
Australia, South Africa, UK 2020, 106 mins, English Director Francis Annan, featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, this is … Continue reading Escape from Pretoria
A Private Life France 2025, 103 mins, French with English subtitles Director Rebecca Zlotowski, featuring Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil Jodie Foster stars as psychiatrist, Lilian Steiner, in this gloriously … Continue reading A Private Life
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