Tag Archives: convent

Benedetta (2021)

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Verhoeven Writers: David Birke & Paul Verhoeven (Based on the book “Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy” by Judith C. Brown)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2021, adaptation, anne dudley, benedetta, blessed virgin, catholic, catholicism, charlotte rampling, confession, convent, crucifix, daphne patakia, david birke, drama, foreign, gay, historical, history, immodest acts, italian, italy, jeanne lapoirie, jerome seydoux, job ter burg, lambert wilson, lesbian, michel merkt, nun, paul verhoeven, plague, said ben said, stigmata, trial, true story, virginie efira | Leave a comment

The Sound of Music (1965)

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Wise Writer: Ernest Lehman (Based on the stage musical book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse)

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1965, adaptation, austria, austrian, captain, children, christopher plummer, convent, dama, eleanor parker, ernest lehman, family, howard lindsay, julie andrews, love, Maria von Trapp, marriage, music, musical, navy, nazi, nun, officer, oscar hammerstein II, peggy wood, richard haydn, richard rodgers, robert wise, romance, russel crouse, the sound of music, true story, wedding, widower | Leave a comment

The Little Hours (2017)

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jeff Baena Writer: Jeff Baena (Based on “The Decameron” by Giovanni Boccaccio)

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 2017, adam pally, alison brie, aubrey plaza, comedy, convent, dave franco, deaf, fred armisen, Giovanni Boccaccio, jeff baena, jemima kirke, john c. reilly, jon gabrus, kate micucci, lauren weedman, middle ages, molly shannon, mute, nick offerman, nun, paul reiser, paul weitz, summer, temptation, The Decameron, the little hours | Leave a comment

Philomena (2013)

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stephen Frears Writers: Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope (Based on the book “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” by Martin Sixsmith)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Review | Tagged 2013, abbey, adaptation, aids, alexandre desplat, barbara jefford, comedy, convent, drama, gay, homosexual, jeff pope, journalism, journalist, judi dench, mare winningham, martin sixsmith, mystery, nun, peter hermann, philomena, philomena lee, political, politics, pregnant, sean mahon, search, son, stephen frears, steve coogan, the lost child of philomena lee, true story | Leave a comment

The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Wes Anderson Writers: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, & Jason Schwartzman

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2007, adrien brody, Amara Karan, anjelica huston, barbet schroeder, bill murray, brothers, comedy, convent, drama, family, father, funeral, india, irrfan khan, Jason Schwartzman, natalie portman, nun, owen wilson, porsche, Robert Yeoman, roman coppola, romance, scott rudin, snake, spiritual, the darjeeling limited, tiger, train, trip, trunk, wallace wolodarsky, Waris Ahluwalia, wes anderson, writer | Leave a comment

Black Narcissus (1947)

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Writers: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (Based on the novel by Rumer Godden)

Posted in Drama, Review | Tagged adaptation, black narcissus, convent, criterion collection, David Farrar, Deborah Kerr, drama, emeric pressburger, esmond knight, Flora Robson, Himalayas, jean simmons, kathleen byron, michael powell, rumer godden, sabu, the archers | Leave a comment