Two strangers connect in the intimate confines of a train compartment in Juho Kuosmanen’s arresting sophomore feature.
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Based on Books
![The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson](/assets/resized/sm/upload/97/1u/mh/p9/Drover_HERO-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=e808932ebe)
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
“An impassioned film with an unflinching Indigenous and feminist perspective.” — Sarah Ward, Screendaily
![Happening](/assets/resized/sm/upload/yv/c3/cw/3x/_Happening-Still-etalo_HERO-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=1830740c11)
Happening
L’événement
Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival, Happening is a powerful and timely abortion drama, executed precisely by director Audrey Diwan.
![My Salinger Year](/assets/resized/sm/upload/m3/1u/x6/wm/My%20Salinger%20Year_HERO-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=7bc8af6a0c)
My Salinger Year
Based on the 2014 memoir, My Salinger Year is The Devil Wears Prada for the literary world, a young woman’s coming of age as she balances her writing ambitions with her new job at a major New York City literary agency.
![Summer of 85](/assets/resized/sm/upload/bm/zj/az/13/Summer-2000x1125-1-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=27eab6aa1d)
Summer of 85
Été 85
This queer coming-of-age romance combines all the sensuality of François Ozon’s best with the infectious energy of a CW drama and how meeting one person can open you up and change the trajectory of your life.