Metropolitan

Witty adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella from film-maker Whit Stillman. Kate Beckinsale stars as Lady Susan, a high-class widow whose waning finances threaten her status and lifestyle. Accompanied by her American confidante Mrs. Alicia Johnson (Chloë Sevigny), who is waiting for her elderly husband (Stephen Fry) to pass on, the sharp-tongued Lady Susan sets her […]

One of the great American independent films of the 1990s, the surprise hit Metropolitan, by writer-director Whit Stillman, is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a young man’s romantic misadventures while trying to fit in to New York City’s debutante society. Stillman’s deft, literate dialogue and hilariously highbrow observations earned this first film an Academy Award […]

Familjen Jarjeau har varit lantbrukare i generationer. Både far och son arbetar på gården, men sonen är på gränsen till ett sammanbrott. Han har drivor av skulder och pappan gör inte livet lättare. Trots kärleken till fru och barn känner Pierre att han sjunker ner i avgrunden. Landsbygdsdrama om kampen för överlevnad i en lantbrukarfamilj […]

When her best friend and roommate abruptly moves out to get married, Susan (Melanie Mayron), trying to be an artist while making ends meet as a bar mitzvah photographer on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, finds herself adrift in both life and love. A wonder of American independent cinema by Claudia Weill (who, when she was […]