Effi Briest

2009

Following her parents’ wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten – a former admirer of her mother – who is twenty years Effi’s senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, for Effi. Innstetten devotes himself entirely to his political career, and the sleepy small town of Kessin has very little to offer in terms of variety. But then, one day, Innstetten’s old regimental comrade, Major […]

Outside In

Outside In

2018

After serving 20 years for the crime of essentially being in the wrong place at the wrong time, 38-year-old Chris (Jay Duplass) is granted early parole thanks largely to the tireless advocacy of Carol (Edie Falco), his former high-school teacher. As he struggles with the challenges of navigating the modern world as an ex-con, and with a fraught relationship with his brother Ted (Ben Schwartz), Chris ends up confessing his romantic love for Carol — […]

Red Fox

1989

The husband plays kinky and dangerous games on his wife, like pretending he is a house intruder, wearing a mask so she couldn’t identify him, and then raping her. One night, he follows her to a bar and watches her get picked up by a man. The wife, upon realizing that her husband is watching her incognito, decides to play his game and goes with the man to a hotel. She and the man start […]