Cast: Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly
Runtime: 1 hr. 34 mins.

JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.

Cast: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau
Runtime: 1 hr. 36 mins.

Donna Deitch's swooning and sensual first film, Desert Hearts, wasgroundbreaking upon its 1986 release: a love story about two women,produced and directed by a woman. In the 1959-set film, an adaptationof a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professorVivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to file for divorce, butwinds up catching the eye of someone new, the younger free spirit Cay(Patricia Charbonneau), touching off a slow seduction that unfoldsagainst the breathtaking desert landscape. With smoldering chemistrybetween its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vividcinematography by Robert Elswit, Desert Hearts beautifully exudes asense of tender yearning and emotional candor.

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Yui
Runtime: 2 hr. 42 mins.

A version of Shakespeare's "King Lear," set in feudal Japan where aging ruler, Lord Hidetora, unleashes a power struggle amongst his three sons.