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Harriet

Stirring biopic about Harriet Tubman, an extraordinary black woman who helped escaping slaves as a conductor on the underground railway, was a spy in the Civil War, led 150 black soldiers in the Combahee River Raid, and lived to the age of 91. Cynthia Erivo received an Oscar nomination for…

The Draughtsman’s Contract

Mr. Neville, a cocksure young artist, is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner, to produce a set of twelve drawings of her husband’s estate, a contract which extends much further than either the purse or the sketchpad. The sketches themselves prove of an even greater significance…