Patrick Marber

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.

Closer -- Two couples meet, cheat and deceive each other in this witty, romantic and very dangerous love story, masterfully adapted from the award-winning stage play.

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.