Born in Seattle, Washington, Frances Farmer (Jessica Lange) was a rebel from a young age, winning a high school award by writing an essay called “God Dies” in 1931. Later that decade, she became controversial again when she won an all-expenses-paid trip to the USSR in 1935. Determined to become an actress, Frances was equally […]
Shine
Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the traumatic early years through adulthood. Telling the story in flashback we see David as a child prodigy (Alex Rafalowicz) and as he grows up (Noah Taylor) while his patriarchal father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his […]
A Dangerous Method
Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) arrives at the Burghölzli, the preeminent psychiatric hospital in Zurich, with a typical case of hysteria and begins a new course of treatment with the young Swiss doctor, Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender). He is using word association and dream interpretation as part of his approach to Freud’s radical new science of […]
Bernie
In small-town Carthage, Texas, local assistant mortician Bernie Tiede (Jack Black), a beloved member of the community, becomes the only friend of the wealthy, recently widowed Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine), who is widely considered cold and unpleasant by the other townsfolk. Tiede, in his late 30s, and the elderly Nugent quickly become inseparable, frequently traveling […]