Painted Lady

The fabulous Helen Mirren is sublime as a retired former rock star now living a peaceful existence in a cottage on a friend’s estate. But a break in, murder, and theft of some art stirs her into action to ferret out the killer. She poses as a Polish countess and weaves through the criminal underworld of art thievery and trade. This terrific 1997 British two-part mystery has wonderfully kinky twists and turns and offers a wonderful performance by Mirren as a tarnished rock goddess who is transfo…