The Little Stranger

England 1959. Krigsänkan Florence anländer till en idyllisk liten kuststad för att öppna ortens första bokhandel – och stöter på oväntat motstånd. Framför allt från generalens inflytelserika fru, som plötsligt får för sig att inreda en konstsalong i den sedan länge övergivna lokalen, men som mest är ute efter att starta bråk. Snart är hela […]

Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is “the perfectly devoted wife”. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his ‘art’ with grace and humor. Their fateful pact has built a marriage […]

When Ellen, the reclusive grandmother of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited.  Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a […]

Xavier Beauvois’ period drama goes some way to redressing the balance regarding the representation of women in films dealing with the First World War. Natalie Baye is outstanding amongst a strong female cast, who detail the lives women led during the five-year conflict, and the challenges they faced.  Shot in a verité style, it […]