Karina Fernandez – MRQE

Nico, 1988

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Approaching age 50, singer/songwriter Nico leads a solitary existence, far from her days as a Warhol superstar and celebrated vocalist for the Velvet Underground in the 1960s. Her life and career on the fringes, Nico’s new manager convinces her to hit the road again and tour in Europe to promote her latest album. She longs to rebuild a relationship with her son, whose custody she lost long ago.

Miss Marx

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In her public persona, Eleanor Tussy Marx was a translator, actress, a childrens rights activist, a feminist and a persuasive labour organizer, a tireless powerhouse determined to carry on her fathers work. She held her own with twentieth century gods, including both her father and his colleague Engels. In her privately life, however, she was vulnerable and her attraction to the self-indulgent and self-important Edward Aveling led her into misery and ultimately proved fatal.

Another Year

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

Daphne

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Daphne is a young woman negotiating the tricky business of modern life. Caught in the daily rush of her restaurant job and a nightlife kaleidoscope of new faces, she is witty, funny, the life of the party. Too busy to realise that deep down she is not happy. When she saves the life of a shopkeeper stabbed in a failed robbery, the impenetrable armour she wears to protect herself begins to crack, and Daphne is forced to confront the inevitability of a much-needed change in her life.