Wednesday Signature Series

Visionary director Agnieszka Holland brings to life one of literature’s most enigmatic figures in this visually rich and unconventional portrait of legendary 20th-century writer Franz Kafka.

After years of exile, pianist Mathias returns to France when his former mentor Eléna invites him to perform a series of concerts. But soon after his arrival, a chance encounter with a child who looks just like him throws Mathias into turmoil.

When their beloved farmer is found dead under mysterious circumstances, a flock of the sheep conclude they will have to solve the murder themselves, learning that the human world isn’t as simple as it appears in books.

A profile of best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, who was openly queer but intensely private, and whose life was devoted to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved.