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Costume Drama

House of Pleasures

Written & Directed by Bertrand Bonello Produced by Bonello & Kristina Larsen Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles France. 125 min. Not rated With Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel, Noémie Lvovsky, Alice Barnole & Iliana Zabeth Set in a brothel at the turn of the 20th century Paris, this methodical […]

A Dangerous Method

Directed by David Cronenberg Produced by Jeremy Thomas Written by Christopher Hampton, based on his play The Talking Cure, and the book A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein by John Kerr Released by Sony Pictures Classics UK/Germany/Canada/Switzerland. 99 min. Rated R With Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah […]

Young Goethe in Love

Directed by Philipp Stölzl Written by Philipp Stölzl, Müller & Alexander Dydyna Produced by Christoph Müller & Helge Sasse Released by Music Box Films In German with English subtitles; Germany. 102 mins. Not rated With Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, Moritz Bleibtreu & Volker Bruch The opening scene of Young Goethe in Love is a tip-off. […]