Little Women / Marie Antoinette

Little Women (1994)

Lovingly realized treatment of Louisa May Alcott’s classic 1868 novel stars Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, and Trini Alvarado as the March sisters of Concord, Massachusetts. With their father off fighting in the Civil War, the girls are raised by their mother and experience all the joys and sorrows of impending womanhood. Susan Sarandon, Gabriel Byrne, Christian Bale, Eric Stoltz, and Samantha Mathis also star; directed by Gillian Armstrong. 118 min. C/Rtg: PG

Marie Antoinette (2006)

Writer/director Sofia Coppola’s lavish and offbeat biopic stars Kirsten Dunst as the teenage Austrian princess sent to France to marry young royal Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman) to unite their countries and produce an heir. Initially balking at the etiquette of the French court, Marie’s rebellious ways put her at odds with the ultimately doomed aristocracy. With Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Asia Argento; music by New Order, The Cure, The Strokes, and more. 123 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English.