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Two teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their friendship in an unlikely way after years of growing apart. In the process, they learn that neither is what she seems to be. TW Animal cruelty and murder [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Aug 24, 2023 - 1 comment

A young Viking prince on a quest to avenge his father's murder. [more inside]
posted by dnash on Apr 23, 2022 - 14 comments

The Queen's Gambit centers the "life of an orphan chess prodigy" named Beth Harmon "from the age of eight to twenty-two, as she struggles with addiction in a quest" to become a grandmaster in chess. [more inside]
posted by Fukiyama on Oct 25, 2020 - 70 comments

A story of the scientific and romantic passions of Marie Sklodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie, and the reverberation of their discoveries throughout the 20th century.
posted by ellieBOA on Jun 10, 2020 - 0 comments

In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends. This version of Jane Austen's Emma, directed by Autumn de Wilde and adapted by Eleanor Catton, is different. It has punctuation.
posted by tofu_crouton on Mar 3, 2020 - 9 comments

A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. A New England Folk Tale [more inside]
posted by Gyre,Gimble,Wabe, Esq. on Feb 23, 2016 - 40 comments