Truly Ederle was a sickly girl (Olive Abercrombie) not long for this world, but defying all odds she recovered from her bout with measles and when she was grown (Daisy Ridley), she defied all odds again by being the first woman to swim across the English Channel in 1926. Her remarkable story was of course…
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Sometimes I Think About Dying
Fran (Daisy Ridley) wakes up every morning, commutes to the office where she sits at her desk, surrounded by chit-chat that she does not engage with, orders office supplies, and goes home to prepare to do it all over tomorrow. The highlight of her day is when her mind begins to wander and she daydreams…
The Marsh King’s Daughter
Helena (Daisy Ridley) lives an idyllic life with her husband, Stephen (Garrett Hedlund), and their daughter, Marigold (Joey Carson) in the Michigan suburbs not too far from the open wilderness where Helena grew up. She harbors a dark secret, though, a troubled upbringing at the hands of her rigid father Jacob (Ben Mendelsohn) and distant…
The Inventor
Famed inventor, painter, and thinker Leonardo da Vinci (Stephen Fry) is chased from his home by pressure from Pope Leo X (Matt Berry) when another one of his interests – human dissection – is discovered. He moves to France as King Francis I (Gauthier Battoue) is preparing a celebration where King Henry VIII (Daniel Swan)…
The Marquee Topic 