Tesla (2020)
A movie starring Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan and Hannah Gross
Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla’s uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison and his patron George Westinghouse. Another thread traces Tesla’s sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P ... (more)
The Apprentice (2024)
A movie starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong and Maria Bakalova
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
The Crime Is Mine
A movie starring Isabelle Huppert, Dany Boon and Nadia Tereszkiewicz
In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend Pauline, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
A movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy and Andrea Riseborough
Louis Wain, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, was one of the most famous British painters of his time and, together with the love of his life Emily, played by Claire Foy, conquered the hearts of millions of art and cat lovers at the end of the 19th century ... (more)
The Favourite (2018)
A movie starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah ... (more)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
A movie starring Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer and Jonathan Pryce
In 1843, Dickens was a literary rock star, but struggling financially after the slow sales of his previous novel, Martin Chuzzlewit. Seized with the vision of a story that would fire the hearts of humanity, Dickens pitched his publishers A Christmas Carol, but they passed. Desperate, Dickens declared he would publish it himself ... (more)