Den civilklædte politimand Bill Marks skal sørge for sikkerheden om bord på flyet fra New York til London. For Bill er det bare endnu en dag på kontoret. Lige indtil han modtager en anonym sms. Den giver ham besked på at få flyselskabet til at overføre 150 millioner dollars til en bestemt bankkonto. Indtil det er sket, vil en af flyets passagerer blive dræbt hver 20. minut.
Let Them All Talk fortæller historien om en berømt og anerkendt forfatter, Alice, som inviterer to veninder med på ferie på en luksusliner. Rejsen har til formål at pleje venskabet og klinke nogle gamle skår, og de tre veninder får følgeskab af Alices nevø og hendes nye agent. Filmen er skrevet af Deborah Eisenberg og instrueret af Oscar-vinder, Steven Soderbergh.
Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII. Transatlantic is a historical drama television miniseries created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, based on the 2019 novel The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer. The novel explores the historic Emergency Rescue Committee that operated in Marseilles, Spain, and Portugal in 1940 after the fall of France. The series includes or refers to well-known artists or scholars of the time who were saved by the Committee or interacted with it. The series closed the 2023 Series Mania festival in March, ahead of its Netflix premiere on 7 April 2023.
Queen Mary, Normandie, Mauretania: These great ocean liners of the Atlantic were the largest and most opulent passenger ships ever built. It was as if the finest hotels and most magnificent estates of the Western World had been put to sea. Tour their elite staterooms and swimming pools, and the below-deck immigrant quarters. Hear the real stories of the people who built and boarded them. Visit their renowned ports of call. Follow the great ships as they are drafted into combat, and witness the haunting tragedies that led the Lusitania, Titanic, and Andrea Doria to their doom.
Aboard a replica of an 18th century ship, ten participants set sail from the port of La Rochelle, France. Their destination: Quebec City. Dressed in period attire, fed the typical fare, and obliged to travel as their ancestors once did.
