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Salmonberries **½ (1991, k d Lang, Rosel Zech, Oscar Kawagley, Chuck Connors) – Classic Movie Review 11,852

Writer-director Percy Adlon’s 1991 German drama film Salmonberries stars k d lang, Rosel Zech, Oscar Kawagley, Chuck Connors and Jane Lind, with dialogue mostly in English. Canadian singer k d lang plays androgynous orphaned Eskimo drifter Kotzebue, […]

Jan, 16

The Fox *** (1967, Sandy Dennis, Keir Dullea, Anne Heywood, Glyn Morris) – Classic Movie Review 8246

Director Mark Rydell’s once sensational but not overheated 1968 pioneering lesbian drama The Fox is taken from D H Lawrence’s novella about two women (Sandy Dennis as sickly, talky Jill Banford and Anne Heywood as […]

Mar, 14

The Turning Point *** (1977, Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Browne, Mikhail Baryshnikov) – Classic Movie Review 6026

The Turning Point (1977) was nominated for 11 Oscars, but there was not a single win! However, it won Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director – Motion Picture at the Golden Globes. Director Herbert […]

Sep, 15

Beaches **** (1988, Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan) – Classic Movie Review 4060

Director Garry Marshall’s 1988 movie is all about the ups and downs of a lifetime’s friendship between two women, which makes a refreshing change, especially with these stars. It was hugely popular among female audiences […]

Jul, 21

Winner Take All *** (1932, James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Virginia Bruce, Dickie Moore) – Classic Movie Review 2,494

Warner Bros’ punchy 1932 boxing drama film Winner Take All stars James Cagney as a talented upcoming boxer called Jimmy Kane, who falls for a sweet widow (Marian Nixon) with a kid (Dickie Moore). Producer-director […]

May, 17

Brokedown Palace *** (1999, Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Lou Diamond Phillips, Daniel Lapaine) – Classic Movie Review 1157

In director Jonathan Kaplan’s excellently acted, moving and harrowing 1999 movie, lifelong American graduate friends Alice Marano (Claire Danes) and Darlene Davis (Kate Beckinsale) are in deep and desperate trouble when they’re arrested for smuggling […]

Apr, 29

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