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Misbehaviour

Website: ALTAVOD

Synopsis: In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition. Not only that, when the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favorite but Miss Grenada, the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.

Release Date: September 25, 2020
Directed by: Philippa Lowthorpe
Screenplay by: Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe
Starring: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Keeley Hawes, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Manville, Rhys Ifans, and Greg Kinnear
Distributor: Shout! Studios
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 1 hour 46 minutes
Not Rated

The Artist’s Wife

Website: Strand Releasing

Synopsis: Claire (Lena Olin) lives a domestic life in the Hamptons as the wife of celebrated artist Richard Smythson (Bruce Dern). Once a promising painter herself, Claire now lives in the shadow of her husband’s illustrious career. While preparing work for his final show, Richard’s moods become increasingly erratic, and he is diagnosed with dementia. As his memory and behavior deteriorate, she shields his condition from the art community while trying to reconnect him with his estranged daughter and grandson from a previous marriage. Challenged by the loss of her world as she knew it, Claire must now decide whether to stand with Richard on the sidelines or step into the spotlight herself.

Release Date: September 25, 2020
Directed by: Tom Dolby
Screenplay by: Tom Dolby, Nicole Brending, and Abdi Nazemian
Starring: Lena Olin, Bruce Dern, Juliet Rylance, Avan Jogia, and Tonya Pinkins
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Not Rated

Kajillionaire

Website: Focus Features

Synopsis: From acclaimed writer/director Miranda July comes a profoundly moving and wildly original comedy. Con-artists Theresa (Debra Winger) and Robert (Richard Jenkins) have spent 26 years training their only daughter, Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), to swindle, scam, and steal at every opportunity. During a desperate, hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger (Gina Rodriguez) into joining their next scam, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

Release Date: September 25, 2020
Directed by: Miranda July
Screenplay by: Miranda July
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins, and Debra Winger
Distributor: Focus Features
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Running Time: 1 hour 46 minutes
Rated R

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Website: Netflix