Filmen handler om fire søstre, som bor sammen med deres forældre i Nordamerika, under den amerikanske borgerkrig. Deres far er præst og melder sig som feltpræst under krigen, hvilket har stor påvirkning på familiens hverdag.
Kathrine er en talkshowvært med en skarp tunge og et hold forfattere, der udelukkende består af mænd. Da hun får besked om, at hun ikke længere skal være vært, indser hun, at en fornyelse er nødvendig for at beholde jobbet. Katherines verden bliver vendt på hovedet, da hun ansætter sin første kvindelige tekstforfatter, Molly . Det, som startede som en ansættelse for at lægge låg på en bekymring om manglende mangfoldighed, viser sig at få uventede og hysterisk morsomme konsekvenser. Kathrine og Molly, som kommer fra forskellige generationer og kulturer finder sammen et fællesskab via deres kærlighed til den perfekte punchline.
Mistress America handler om den 18 år gamle Tracy, som netop er flyttet til New York for at gå på college. Der bliver vendt op og ned på hendes liv, da hun lærer den selvsikre Brooke at kende. Brooke fører et hektisk liv og giver udtryk for, at hun kan klare enhver situation, men efterhånden som Tracy lærer hende at kende, begynder hendes facade at krakelere.
I starten af 1900-tallet er det ikke almindeligt at være kvinde, 30 år og ugift, hvilket Beatrix Potters forældre ofte gør opmærksom på. Men Beatrix har sine egne planer; hun vil være forfatter og skrive børnebøger om figuren Peter Kanin. Da hun møder den uerfarne forlæggeren Norman Warne, slår hun to fluer med et smæk. Bogen bliver udgivet, og hun forelsker sig. Men forældrene er bestemt ikke begejstrede for alliancen.
Forfatteren Lee Israel har nydt en vis succes med sine biografier af berømtheder. Men ingen vil udgive hendes nye bog, og i desperation begynder hun i stedet at fremstille breve "skrevet af" kendte, døde forfattere. Hendes falsknerier bliver et hit, og pludselig kommer hun til penge. Men hvad sker der, hvis hun bliver afsløret?
To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Angela and Jessie are best friends intent on taking a wild beach trip, but when their roommate loses all their money in a drug scam, the girls—blissfully stoned—go to increasingly daring and absurd lengths to get it back.
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death, her daughter Mona Achache, a film director, discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings that Carole left behind, but these buried secrets make her disappearance even more of an enigma. Through the power of filmmaking and the beauty of incarnation with the help of actress Marion Cotillard, the director brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she really was.
Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.
Dagny Juell was the doctors daughter who left Kongsvinger for Berlin to study music, and became famous painter Edvard Munchs mistress and model. Than she ran into August Strindberg. They had a brief affair but after a couple of weeks Dagny left him for Stanisław Przybyszewski.
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.
A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her stories enthralled children everywhere but her personal struggles often proved too much.
The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. Readers turn to her work for answers as they confront the rise of authoritarian leaders, deal with increasingly intrusive technologies, and discuss climate change. Her books are useful as survival tools for hard times. But few know her private life. Who is the woman behind the stories? How does she always seem to know what is coming?
The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.
British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.
Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones.
The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both family and close friends.