Lindsay Duncan
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing...
2) November 1st
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Traveling to witness the execution of her son’s murder, a mother is torn between retaliation and reconnecting with her estranged daughter.
3) Gifted
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy, his spirited young niece Mary, in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable mother Evelyn, whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
"The emotionally absorbing story of a grade-school math prodigy caught in a messy custody dispute."--Boston...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
THE REFLECTING SKIN is a cult classic set in the heartlands of America and stars 3 times Oscar-nominee Viggo Mortenson (GREEN BOOK), in this haunting web of misguided fantasies. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A heart-warming father son story set in glorious Tuscany about bohemian London artist Robert who returns to Italy with his estranged son Jack (Richardson) to make a quick sale of the house they inherited from his late wife. Neither expects to find the once beautiful villa in such a state of disrepair. As Robert and Jack painstakingly restore the villa to its previous glory, they also start to mend their relationship. The future may now look quite...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
An Athenian storyteller and his dog fall into the underground labyrinth of Knossos. There he recounts the story of the Minotaur confined to the maze by King Minos ten centuries earlier. When the young hero Theseus comes of age, he begins walking the heroes path. Reclaiming his rightful place as the son of Athenian king Aegeus, Theseus insists on traveling to Crete to face the dreaded Minotaur.
14) A Banquet
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Jessica Alexander) experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.
15) My Zoe
Publisher
Blue Fox Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After an unexpected tragedy strikes, a divorced geneticist looks to protect her daughter by taking the young girl’s fate into her own hands.
16) The Paring Knife
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Nessa fights to save her life and find a way home in the desert wastelands.
18) The Killing Call
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Nessa's security advisor follows a lead as he hunts down the missing boy.
19) The Split: S3
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Hannah and Nathan try to navigate their own divorce agreement until shock revelations prompt a painful showdown. Meanwhile Ruth is spending more time with lover Prof Ronnie than being a helpful grandmother, Nina is juggling life as a single mum and an unexpected event turns Rose and James' lives upside down.
20) The Empty Chair
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Powerful businesswoman Nessa Stein is thrown into a game of political cat-and-mouse.