Eternity
In the afterlife, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) has to choose between spending eternity with the man (Miles Teller) she was married to for 67 years, or the one (Callum Turner) who…
A Merry Little Ex-Mas
In the small town of Winterlight, Kate and Everett (Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson) are divorcing, but spend one last Christmas together in the company of children, new lovers and tons…
The Ballad of Wallis Island
The former members of a once somewhat popular folk duo (who were also lovers) are reunited on an isolated island for a concert, arranged by their number-one fan, eccentric millionaire…
Is This Thing On?
After separating, Alex Novak (Will Arnett) tries something radically different, standup comedy, finding the experience therapeutic. The filmmakers were inspired by the real-life story of British comedian John Bishop for…
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
Blanche (Emmanuelle Chaulet) is interested in Alexandre (François-Éric Gendron), whom she meets at a public bathhouse together with a new acquaintance, Léa (Sophie Renoir); however, Léa’s boyfriend Fabien (Éric Viellard)…
Queen Christina: Angst on the Silver Throne
Greta Garbo. Photo: MGM In January 1934, Greta Garbo’s latest picture had not yet opened in her native country. Queen Christina depicted a Swedish 17th-century queen who abdicated the throne,…
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
David (Colin Farrell) rents a car at a mysterious agency and finds himself on a road trip with a woman (Margot Robbie) he met at a wedding; together, they journey…
Camille: An Unguarded Garbo
Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor. Photo: MGM This adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas play and novel became one of Hollywood wunderkind Irving Thalberg’s last as producer. As in so…
Pauline at the Beach
Éric Rohmer’s perhaps most famous film from the 1980s invites us to romance and misunderstandings among a group of young people who frequent a beach on the northwestern coast of…
Eleanor and Franklin
Joseph P. Lash had always been close to Eleanor Roosevelt, but his ambitious 1971 biography of the Roosevelts’ marriage, based on previously unpublished letters and papers, won him a Pulitzer…