Brush with Fate 2003  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brent Shields
Cast: Glenn Close, Thomas Gibson, Ellen Burstyn, Phyllida Law, Kelly Macdonald, Patrick Bergin, Jan Decleir, Thekla Reuten, Kieran Bew, Betty Shurrman
History teacher Cornelia has a picture hanging on her wall that may be a 300-year-old painting by Dutch artist Vermeer. It is seen by fellow historian Richard (Thomas Gibson) who states that, though it certainly looks like a Vermeer painting, it couldn't possibly be. Thus the history of the picture is presented by Cornelia, tracing how it affected the lives of owners throughout the centuries. A "Hallmark Hall of Fame" TV presentation.
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Everybody's Famous 2000 R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Dominique Deruddere
Cast: Josse De Pauw, Eva Van Der Gucht, Werner De Smedt, Thekla Reuten, Victor Low, Gert Portael, Ianka Fleerackers, Alice Reys, George Arrendell, Francois Beukelaers
To make her laid-off factory-worker father, Jean (Josse De Pauw), happy, Marva (Eva van der Gucht) enters singing contests. When a chance encounter provides Jean with a chance to meet a real singing star, Debbie (Thekla Reuten), he kidnaps her. His ransom demands that Debbie's manager produce one of Jean's songs with Marva singing it. A comedy of errors ensues.
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Highlander: The Source 2007  R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Brett Leonard
Cast: Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield, Thekla Reuten, Cristian Solimeno, Jim Byrnes, Stephen Rahman Hughes, Stephen Wight, Thom Fell, Patrice Naiambana, Sakalas Uzdavinys, Geofrey Bersey, Rolandas Boravskis, Buckley Norris
Twenty years after the beginning of the successful "Highlander" series of films, the immortal Duncan MacLeod (now played by Adrian Paul) returns to the screen. In this "episode," Duncan, along with fellow immortals and the mortal "Watcher" Joe Dawson (Jim Byrnes), begins a trek to find the source of immortality. But the road is paved with obstacles, including the Guardian (Cristian Solimeno), an immortal who intends to stop the group from achieving their goal.
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In Bruges 2008  R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy, Jeremie Renier, Thekla Reuten, Jordan Prentice, Eric Godon, Elizabeth Barrington, Sachi Kimura, Anna Madeley, Inez Stinton, Zeljko Ivanek
Just before Christmas, their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) sends hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) to the medieval town of Bruges in Belgium. They are told to lay low and wait for further instructions. With time on their hands, Ken interacts with the tourists and locals around them–when he is not keeping a remorseful Ray from committing suicide. But, their boss Harry wants Ray killed, and he, personally, is going to make sure the job gets done.
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Rosenstrasse 2003 PG-13, 136 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Cast: Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Doris Schade, Jutta Lampe, Svea Lohde, Jurgen Vogel, Martin Feifel, Fedja van Huet, Carola Regnier, Plien van Bennekom, Jan Decleir, Thekla Reuten
Marriages involving Jewish men and non-Jewish women are the subject of this film in which newly widowed Ruth Weinstein (Jutta Lampe) travels to Germany to uncover facts behind the 1943 events when Aryan women tried to save their Jewish husbands by participating in a stand-off against Nazis at their detention camp.
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Twin Sisters 2002 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ben Sombogaart
Cast: Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl, Ellen Vogel, Gudrun Okras, Roman Knizka, Jeroen Spitzenberger, Julia Koopmans, Sina Richardt, Betty Schuurman, Jaap Spijkers
In the 1920s, six-year-old sisters are separated after the death of their parents and their paths diverge. World War II tears them apart even further. Finally, as elderly ladies they meet in a spa and, miraculously, reunite. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
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| 1. Brush with Fate (2003)
2. Everybody's Famous (2000)
3. Highlander: The Source (2007)
4. In Bruges (2008)
5. Rosenstrasse (2003)
6. Twin Sisters (2002)
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