One Life (2024)
A movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn and Helena Bonham Carter
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Radioactive (2020)
From the 1870s to the modern era, RADIOACTIVE is a journey through Marie Curie’s enduring legacies – her passionate relationships, scientific breakthroughs, and the consequences that followed for her and for the world. After meeting fellow scientist Pierre Curie, the pair go on to marry and change the face of science forever by their discovery of radioactivity ... (more)
Selma (2014)
A movie starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson and Carmen Ejogo
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act.
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 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)