Tagline: First love burns brightest. London, 1818 – a secret love affair begins between 23-year-old English poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. But when Keats’s younger brother falls…
Category: Period Films
Cheri (2009)
An adaptation of the 1920s novel by French author Colette. about the lingering effects of a romance between a middle-aged woman and a wealthy young man. Set in 1920s Paris, where the young son of a wealthy courtesan is educated in the ways of love by a middle-aged friend of the man’s mother. When he…
Coco Before Chanel (2009)
“Coco Before Chanel” is the story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who began her life as headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. The film portrays the formative years of Chanel’s life, the years of Chanel spent…
The Damned United (2009)
Set in 1960’s and 1970’s England, “The Damned United” tells the confrontational and darkly humorous story of Brian Clough’s doomed 44 day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football Leeds United. Previously managed by his bitter rival Don Revie, and on the back of their most successful period ever as a football…
Easy Virtue (2009)
Tagline: Let’s misbehave. A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future – blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window. The twenties have roared… the thirties have yet to swing. John Whittaker, a young Englishman, falls madly in love…
The Edge of Love (2009)
Tagline: The only thing more dangerous than war… is love. A beautifully-drawn love story, the film revolves around two feisty, free-spirited women, Caitlin Thomas (Sienna Miller) and Vera Killick (Keira Knightley); Vera’s husband, William Killick (Murphy); and the brilliant, charismatic poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys) who loves both women. Broken promises, passion, betrayal, the shadow…