Michelle Pfeiffer is an astute choice for the ripe role of 19th-century Parisian courtesan Léa de Lonval.
A young newspaper columnist returns to her Dorset home town, and heats up its sedate status quo with her dalliances.
Judi Dench’s star turn as an Irishwoman searching for her grown son is a compulsive soul-stirrer.
Ben Foster goes above and beyond as cyclist Lance Armstrong, whose pride also went that way before his inevitable fall.
