Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.

Being Julia

2004

English

7.0

♡ 9

76%

older woman younger man relationship

Romance

stage actress

István Szabó Director

Sheila McCarthy as Grace Dexter

Bruce Greenwood as Lord Charles

Jeremy Irons as Michael Gosselyn

Tom Sturridge as Roger Gosselyn

Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortuately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life.

Aattam

2023

Malayalam

8.1

♡ 7

100%

Anand Ekarshi Director

Vinay Forrt as

Zarin Shihab as

Santhosh Piravom as

Jolly Antony as Jolly

After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.

The Critic

2023

English

6.0

♡ 9

51%

Anand Tucker Director

Lesley Manville as Annabel Land

Ian McKellen as Jimmy Erskine

Gemma Arterton as Nina Land

Ben Barnes as Stephen Wyley

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.

The Belle of Broadway

1926

English

6.5

♡ 3

Harry O. Hoyt Director

August Tollaire as Bearded Old Beau

Armand Kaliz as Count Raoul de Parma

Ervin Renard as Fabio Merlin

Wilfrid North as Major Anstruthers

Madame Adele, once a great star of the Paris theatre, has fallen upon hard times. But she allows a young American performer, Marie Duval, to perform as the Madame Adele of old, and both become the darlings of Paris, one again and the other newly-crowned.

Nana

1926

French

6.6

♡ 2

68%

Action

based on novel or book

Jean Renoir Director Gresham

Gresham as Le jockey de 'Lusignan'

Dennis Price as Le jockey de 'Nana'

Luc Dartagnan as Maréchal - le bookmaker

Nita Romani as Satin

Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.

The Critic

2023

English

6.0

♡ 15

51%

Anand Tucker Director

Lesley Manville as Annabel Land

Ian McKellen as Jimmy Erskine

Gemma Arterton as Nina Land

Ben Barnes as Stephen Wyley

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.

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