Benedict Taylor

Notes on a Scandal -- Barbara Covett is a lonely teacher who finds friendship in a fellow instructor, Sheba Hart. But when Barbara uncovers Sheba's illicit affair with a teenage student, her jealousy and rage spiral out of control.

Academy Award® winners Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett give wickedly entertaining, Oscar-nominated performances, in this sexy, stylish thriller. Judi Dench mesmerizes as Barbara Covett, a teacher who rules over her classroom with an iron fist, yet leads a desperate, solitary life outside it. That is, until she meets radiant new art teacher Sheba Hart (Blanchett). Although at first overjoyed with her newfound kindred spirit, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with a teenage student, her jealously and rage spiral out of control.

Barbara Covett is a lonely teacher who finds friendship in a fellow instructor, Sheba Hart. But when Barbara uncovers Sheba's illicit affair with a teenage student, her jealousy and rage spiral out of control.

Barbara Covett is a lonely teacher who finds friendship in a fellow instructor, Sheba Hart. But when Barbara uncovers Sheba's illicit affair with a teenage student, her jealousy and rage spiral out of control.

Barbara Covett is a lonely teacher who finds friendship in a fellow instructor, Sheba Hart. But when Barbara uncovers Sheba's illicit affair with a teenage student, her jealousy and rage spiral out of control.

Injured during WWII's North African Campaign, American pilot David Bradford (Tom Hanks) is recuperating in Jerusalem when he meets and falls in love with Sarah Perrara (Cristina Marsillach), a young Jewish bank clerk. Her family, however, vehemently opposes their romance and refuses to allow Sarah to marry outside their faith. Determined to put an end to the affair, the Perraras coerce Sarah into agreeing to wed an old boyfriend, a man she doesn't love. Called back into service, David leaves for the front, knowing that he must soon return to Jerusalem if he's to rescue the woman of his dreams.

Tom Hanks stars in this romantic story of an American soldier during World War II who, while recuperating in Jerusalem, falls in love with a young Sephardic Jewish woman. Her family finds out that Hank is Christian and attempts to keep their daughter from him, though she manages to reunite with him.

Injured during WWII's North African Campaign, American pilot David Bradford (Tom Hanks) is recuperating in Jerusalem when he meets and falls in love with Sarah Perrara (Cristina Marsillach), a young Jewish bank clerk. Her family, however, vehemently opposes their romance and refuses to allow Sarah to marry outside their faith. Determined to put an end to the affair, the Perraras coerce Sarah into agreeing to wed an old boyfriend, a man she doesn't love. Called back into service, David leaves for the front, knowing that he must soon return to Jerusalem if he's to rescue the woman of his dreams.

Judy Dench and Cate Blanchett deliver Oscar worthy performances in this mind-boggling psychological thriller. Barbara Covett (Dench) is a lonely teacher who finds friendship in a fellow instructor, Sheba Hart (Blanchett). But when Barbara uncovers Sheba's illicit affair with a teenage student, her jealousy and rage spiral out of control.