Blogs in May 2026

The Disappearers 9th May 2026

So when eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston in 1988, answering the casting call for an openly queer play, they are already taking a big risk. But that is nothing compared to what rains down...

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The Tuscan Villa 8th May 2026

Italy, 1945. As war rages through Europe, a crumbling family villa that becomes a vital safe space for the people of Cortona during the war. But that sanctuary is lost the day its owner, Vivi, mysteriously vanishes… Manhattan, 1953....

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The Courtesan, Her Lover and I 8th May 2026

TWO WOMEN WRITERS. TWO CENTURIES. A CREATIVE KINSHIP. In the royal courts of nineteenth-century Rampur, courtesan-poet Munni Bai Hijab captivates the legendary Urdu poet Dagh Dehlvi, who immortalizes her in his verses while inadvertently eclipsing her voice. More than...

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The Folded Part 8th May 2026

In a remote town in the Himalaya, Maya tries to put behind her a time of great sorrow. By day she teaches in a school and at night she types up drafts of a magnum opus by her landlord,...

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Hotel of Secrets 7th May 2026

It’s Ball Season in Vienna, and Maria Wallner only wants one thing: to restore her family’s hotel, the Hotel Wallner, to its former glory. She’s not going to let anything get in her way – not her parents’ three-decade-long...

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