Introducing our series with TeaTime Pictures: Cinemaude. Find maude's Co-Creative Director Dakota Johnson and TeaTime Co-Founder Ro Donnelly's favorite romantic flicks curated monthly. Heavenly Creatures, 1994Directed by: Peter JacksonStarring: Kate Winslet, Melanie Lynskey, Sarah PeirseJuliet (Winslet) and her family move from England to New Zealand where she meets a quiet Pauline (Lynskey). Their shared love of music connects them—as their connection becomes more intense, their families threaten to separate them. They flee to the United States and vow to never part. Where to watch: Demand Virgin Suicides, 1999Directed by: Sofia CoppolaStarring: James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh HartnettThe story follows the lives of five brothers recounting the impact of a neighboring family, years later, following the subsequent deaths of the family's young daughters. The boys, now adult men, still hold onto grief and love for the girls lost as the film flashes to scenes of their youth. Where to watch: Pluto TV City of GodDirected by: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia LundStarring: Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Seu Jorge, Alexandre RodriguesSet in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, City of God, follows two young men who pursue nearly opposite paths as they navigate young adulthood. Flashing forward decades, Li'l Zé (Firmino) is a notorious kingpin who owns much of the city and Rocket (Rodrigues) who has chosen a life outside of crime—photographing most of the cities poverty. The world's of the two men entangle with love and the law, as the city continues to erupt in violence. Where to watch: HBO Max If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018Directed by: Barry JenkinsStarring: Stephan James, Regina King, Kiki Layne Based on James Baldwin’s 1974 novel, the story is set in the early 70s in Harlem, NY. Tish (Layne) and her fiance Fonny (Hunt) have an epic love story—having known each other since childhood. Their plans for a shared future together are interrupted as Fonny is accused and arrested for a crime that he didn’t commit. Where to watch: Hulu Happy as Lazzaro, 2018Directed by: Alice RohrwacherStarring: Adriano Tardiolo, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca ChikovaniThe 2018 Cannes winner followers the story of two men—Tancredi (Chikovani), one the son of a notorious Marchioness (who runs a feudal tobacco manner) and the other Lazzaro (Tardiolo), a farmhand who works for the land. When the two fake Tancredi's kidnapping and run away to the wilderness, the lives of those around them flip upside down. Years later, the two reunite to a reality neither could have expected. Where to watch: Netflix