Claire Foy
1) Homecoming
Author
Language
English
Description
Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tumbilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia. Sixty years later, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London...
3) First man
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost, on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself; of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
4) Wolf Hall
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Lisbeth Salander, the highly-skilled vigilante from the acclaimed Millennium book series is back. Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials, as they race to rescue a dangerous program capable of global destruction held by shadowy figures linked to Lisbeth's past.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
At the end of the 70s, Charles is still unmarried and England's first female Prime Minister locks horns with the Queen, causing some unrest among the entire country. As Margaret Thatcher leads England into the Falklands war and a prince courts a "commoner", the Lady Diana Spencer, the country may unite under a fairytale ending but the royal family's division grows wider.
9) Breathe
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.
10) Wolf Hall
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. Into this impass steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry VIII is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?
11) Going postal
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sentenced to death for forgery and swindling, Meist Von Lipwig accepts a pardon in exchange for revamping an ancient post office, but his efforts are thwarted by murderous characters who want the post office shut down.
12) Unsane
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear, but is it real or a product of her delusion?
13) Women talking
Publisher
Orion Releasing LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
14) Going postal
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Moist von Lipwig is a con man and a charlatan. When the law finally catches up to him, the city's shrewd leader, Lord Vetinari, offers von Lipwig a choice --either take over the job as Postmaster General in the derelict Ankh-Morpork Post Office or suffer a painful death.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
One of the most popular television series of all time is brought back to life with a fresh cast and sumptuous production values. It's 1936, and six years since parlor maid Rose left 165 Eaton Place, when fate brings her back as housekeeper to its new owners: Sir Hallam, his wife Lady Agnes, and Maud, Lady Holland, his mother. Rose soon finds she has her work cut out as she recruits a new 'downstairs' family to help run the elegance and finery of the...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"This is the spellbinding story of royal 'fixer' Thomas Cromwell during the brutally capricious reign of Henry VIII. Based on Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning trio of novels, Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, stars as Thomas Cromwell and Emmy Award winner Damian Lewis, as King Henry VIII. The first installment 'Wolf hall' focuses on Cromwell's rise to power in the king's court and his role in the downfall of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn....
Series
Criterion collection volume 1234
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A metaphysical exploration of queer love and loneliness, familial grief and healing, this delicate but audacious chamber drama confirms director Andrew Haigh's gift for bringing complicated emotions to the screen. Isolated in a seemingly empty new high-rise, London screenwriter Adam finds his solitary existence upended when he begins a passionate romance with the impulsive Harry, then reconnects with his parents in a reunion that pushes beyond the...