Hannah Benson
New York NY
Currently a senior at NYU studying Literature and French. An aspiring film critic.
My Watchlist
Orlando
In this adaption of Virginia Woolf's novel, Orlando, a gender bending aristocrat, travels through more than 400 years of English history as a man and then a woman.
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- United Kingdom, Russia, Italy • 1992
- Director Sally Potter
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey, Heathcote Williams
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
A Man Called Ove
(En man som heter Ove)
When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
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- Sweden • 2015
- Director Hannes Holm
- Cast Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergård
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Flix Premiere, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Filmzie, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Handmaiden
(아가씨)
Her heart may not be the only thing stolen.
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- Korea • 2016
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandango At Home
Happy End
Don't believe the title.
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- France, Austria, Germany • 2017
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin, Toby Jones, Franz Rogowski
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Purple Noon
(Plein soleil)
Passion at ten. Envy at eleven. Murder at noon.
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- France, Italy • 1960
- Director René Clément
- Cast Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Ave Ninchi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Melancholia
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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- Denmark, Sweden, France • 2011
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on fuboTV, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Plex Channel
A Season in France
(Une saison en France)
An African high school teacher searches for comfort in a community that is all-too prepared to reject him.
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- France • 2018
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Eriq Ebouaney, Sandrine Bonnaire, Aalayna Lys, Ibrahim Burama Darboe, Bibi Tanga, Léonie Simaga
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Rafiki
When Kena and Ziki start to become more than friends, they need to make a choice between their happiness and their safety.
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- Kenya, South Africa, Germany • 2018
- Director Wanuri Kahiu
- Cast Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Jimmi Gathu, Nini Wacera, Dennis Musyoka, Patricia Amira
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy, Hoopla
A Paris Education
(Mes provinciales)
An impressionable film student tries to find his own voice in the vibrant, but sometimes suffocating, Sorbonne environment.
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- France • 2018
- Director Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- Cast Andranic Manet, Corentin Fila, Gonzague Van Bervesseles, Diane Rouxel, Jenna Thiam, Nicolas Bouchaud
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
35 Shots of Rum
(35 rhums)
A close-knit father and daughter navigate changes in their relationship as the daughter prepares to live her own life.
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- France, Germany • 2009
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Ingrid Caven
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI Amazon Channel, Metrograph, Amazon Video, Kanopy
La Chinoise
(La chinoise)
In this dark political comedy, a group of French university students are studying Mao and decide to start a revolution.
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- France • 1967
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Michel Semeniako, Lex De Bruijn, Omar Diop
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
45 Years
How well do we know those we love?
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- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Andrew Haigh
- Cast Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Richard Cunningham
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy